Milford chronicle., 1895-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Gratis carry that State this fall-a gigantic
r ''if,' by the wayne will be certain to
take the Presidential fever in its most vio-
lent form In his fight for Blackbun's
seat in the Senate Mr.. Carlisle has the
earnest support of the administration, for it
is largely Mr.. Cleveland's own fight, but
when it comes to a Presidential nomina
ton that is another matter entirely It is
unquestionably Mr.. Cleveland's present in
tention to take the nomination himself, if
he can get it However, as Mr.. Carlisle is
this week going on his vacation, which
will be spent in the neighborhood of Buz-
Yards Bay, perhaps he and Mr.. Cleveland
can come to an understandings any under
standing is necessary Kentucky Repub-
leans say they are going to carry the State,
and if they do Mr.. Carlisle's Presidential
aspirations will be deader than those of
Sibley.
There is a Democratic plot Matching in
Washington which bodies no good to Mr.
Cleveland's ambition. The national asso-
citation of Democratic clubs is organizing
a party of stump speakers to make tour
through the West and Northwest The
secretary of that association who will be
in charge of the tour,ls not over friendly to
Mr.. Cleveland, owing to his having failed
to get one of the big federal offices in the
District of Columbia; and Senator Nor
gan who is to be the star orator of the
party. is an out-spoken enemy of Mr..
Cleveland's financial and foreign policy.
1t may be presumed, therefore, that this
party will in a quiet way do what it can to
increase Mr.. Cleveland's unpopulaHty with
the Democrats of the West and Northwest.
Taken altogether Mr.. Cleveland will have
no easy task to obtain that nomination
and no possible chance of being elected /
should he succeed in getting it.
Small Democratic officials who have
been notified that their dismissal from office |
would speedily follow any declaration or
work on their part in favor of the free coin !
age of silver, are much interested in the /
case of Mr.. William R. Morrison, who
draws $500 year and perqs for per
forming the comparatively light and pleas
ant duties of member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Mr.. Morrison
has for some years enjoyed the credit of
carrying the greater part of the Illinois
Democracy around in his vest pocket, and
has had the desire to be nominated for
President by the Democrats in his heart
Some two months or more ago Mr.. Nor
rison had a conference with Mr.. Cleveland,
and Immediately afterward it was semi-of-
ficially announced that Mr. Morrison had
gone to Illinois to aid the administration
Democrats in their fight against the silver
Democrats But Mr. Morrison didn't do
anything of the kind; he stabbed the ad-
in the back, so to speak while
acting as one of its accredited
agents. And that isn't all he has done.
One of his henchmen-ex-Co Congressman
Iorman-is now in Washington, booming .
as the free silver candidate for the !
Democratic nomination That Forman is
lcting with MOrrison's knowledge and con-
tent is generally believed, land the small of. C
icials want to know what Mr. Cleveland a
S going to do about this open defiance of b
he administration edict by big official K
The silver Democrats are chuckling over Sc
he affair; they say the administration will Ia
lot dare try to discipline Mr. Morrison, n
While the inti-silver Democrats say he -
must be disciplined, if the administration :,
xpects to prevent the control of the Ma y
onal Convention by the silver Democrats. ST
The Democratic party in Missouri must in
e in bad way if reports which reach ST
Washington can be depended upon. Mr.. m
ichard Gentry, a Kansas City railway OF
uilder, now in Washington, says: "As CT
II as the political situation in Missouri is A.
| am of the opinion that the q
tate will be carried by the Republicans
ext year, although belong to the Demo
attic party. One of the chief reasons for
linking the Republicans will win is that =.
large number of Democrats are sick and :"
sgusted with their leaders; are tired of ~
e men who have dominated the party for
,ars to its detriment and to show their 81.
sgust will give aid to the opposition. - -
Hitt,of Illinois, has appar. ~
fly won his long and at times doubtful - -
int for life, and it now appears to be only 90
question of time before he regains the y"
bust health he so long enjoyed. He has =.
en- i'll for several weeks, but has grown "a
-ong enough to travel and has gone to =;
E Rhode Island coast to spend the sum. 1al
r. Mr.. Hitt,if he regains his health will "a
most certainly be the next chairman of -
= House Committee on foreign affairs, ui'
sitiOn he has held before and which his ne ,
perience in the Department of State and ~
the Diplomatic Service has thoroughly nc
tipped him for, and a position which 'li9
~. become very prominent during the wa
y-fourth Congress. ,s'