Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-20
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me two meetings of the 80 !,
held last week, which Were ~, saOlas;
the last that Will be held a. 0uas
months, We're largely deyo,s ssSeis
discussion Of politics. Mr. Cles.,
Is thoroughly alarmed at tbs - ~
revolt In the democratic M. a's
though his friends pretend -
light Of it and to think that 4 I'as'
ready losing ground. 4 consia =
part ofthese discussions were M, ape
to the situation in Ohio. Il
clear that Mr.. Cleveland y, w
Judge Harmon to be attornan
eral with a special view to n y. -
upon the Ohio democrats MA MT
he actually INDUCES the hon. 10
the state will go democrat I.
year. Attorney General Harm ~
q friend of Ex-Governor camrt
whom Mr.. Cleveland wishes Z
cept the democratic nomination ].
governor this year, and when b. :.
turns to Ohio to straighten On, I,
private business hewill carry car,a,
confidential messages to Mr. Cam'
bell, calculated to start the preside
tial bee to buzzing around f.
head.
Frankness is a virtue which sor.
times tells more than is intends,
For instance, Representative Wis
of South Carolina, who is now
Washington, in discussing the re,ss
sal of Judge COTS decision conca,,
ing the 5. G. registration law, saId.
"There is great need of new con-
stitution in place of the ore fastens
on us by the carpet-baggels in recon
struction days. 1t is desira BILE I'd /.
strict the right of voting in some ysv
so as to prevent its exercise BY m
ignorant and poverty stricken
classes
Verify, it is difficult to- account for
some of the acts of democratic Il.
ficials. While patriotic Marylander,
are asking contributions for the cree.
tion of a monument to the memory
of Fancis Scott Key, the author q
the "Star Spangled Banner Com
missioner of Pensions Lochren dis.
misses Miss elizabeth N. Key N
granddaughter of Francis Scott
Key, and the sole support of blind
mother, from a petty clerkship in the
pension bureau, and this too not.
withstanding Miss Keys good record
as an efficient clerk during the four.
teen years she has been in the BIZ.
reau. Unless the effort to get Miss
Key reinstated, which is now being
made, shall succeed, her case will
prove the truth of the adage ''repub.
lies are ungrateful, and should stand
as an everlasting disgrace to thu |
democratic administration which
allowed Miss Key to be dismissed BY
Com. Lochren.
More or less amusement was felt
among the knowing ones in Washing
ton when that interview with ex-
Secretary Whitney, in which he said
he was not a candidate for the dem.a
ocratic presidential nomination, was
published. No one expected MI.
Whitney to avow himself a candi-
date for that nomination more .hanaI
year before the nominating conyen-
tion meets. He is too smart for that
He is known to be very rich man
and if he announced himself to be ia
candidate now, he would either have
to allow himself to be victimized by
the army of impecuneous democrats
strikers in every state of the Union
or make enemies by refusing to put
up money for them that would MAKE
his nomination impossible. whitney
will bear watching. He can contFd
larger corruption fund than any
man who has any chance Of the dem
ocr;ltic nomination, and If he vans
that nomination he will get it. BaL
unless he concludes that his election
can be bought he will not want m
nomination.
Secretary Olney will now have ~
opportunity very soon to show wlls' a.
sort Of a secretary OF state ne VIII
make. 1t is certain that ehlhe's
mobs have destroyed much properly
belonging to American missionafiFs
in China, and it is feared that tns'
have also taken the lives Of Amer
can citizens. Mr.. Onley's handilis
Of this case will be carefully watcllea'
The people will demand prompt ana
vigorous action and if they don KY
it so much the worse for Mr.. Olnet.
Mr.. Cleveland's proclama'i0u
warning Americans against assls'liis
Cuban revolutionists is merely pr
caution against demands for iuss'