Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-06
WASHINGTON LErrpp
From our regular corresno,.

Republicans have not laol
portant conversational toni "a
past week. First, there was ~
b1metallic speech Of SENATE, 80
man; then came the harmos,s
action of the Ohio Republican
vention, in nominating wins
ticket, adopting a platform tba.
goot republicans can stand /.
and endorsing ex-Governor Fosl foS
for the United States sena,a
Governor Mckinley for the :.
dental nomination. Gov. McK,I
may or may not be the nat
standard bearer of the renuhl;.
party next year, but the Ohio a,
vention made it plain that h !.
be earnestly pushed in the nation.
convention by his own state.
Another topic much discussad
republicans is the "harmonyn dim,
given by Hon. Chauncey NJ. Denan
at his New York home, in honor !,
ex-President Harrison, and attend.
by number of leading republican.
including Gov. Morton and GOV N.
Kinley. A gentleman who wa.
guest at that dinner told your CORE.
pendent that what struck him mo..
was the extreme cordiality show,
towards each other by the gentlems,
who are by general consent Regarded
as leading candidates for the repuh
lean nomination. He said he Va,
convinced that whatever envy and
jealousy might exist between SOM
few of the followers of the principaI
guests at Mr.. Depew's dinner, no such
feeling existed between the gente.
men themselves.
! have no desire to wave the
"bloody shirt" but it does have 4
queer look when you come to think
about it, that in all the various cele,
brations of Memorial Day in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of Washington, not
a single official of any prominence
connected with the administrator
took any part. 1t is only fair to
mention in this connection that See
rotary Herbert had accepted an in.
vitation to deliver the address at the |
st. Elizabeth asylum cemetery, but
was prevented by having to accom-. |
pany the funeral cortege of Secretary
Gresham to Chicago. But it does
seem strange that of all the hun.
dreds of assistant secretaries and
bureau chiefs under the government
which those soldiers fought to pre-.
serve, and did preserve, not one
should have taken part in the cere.
monies in honor of the dead defend
ers of the nation.
With the sudden and entirely I'LL.
expected death of Secretary Gresham
all hard feelings towards him were
buried, his mistakes forgotten, or at
least overlooked, and everybody who
had ever known the man could re-
call some pleasant trait OF the reg
sonal geniality which made him
easily the most popular man per
sonally in the cabinet. 1t is mat
ter of deep regret to his warmest
personal admirers that he ever be.
came secretary of state. He had
ability enough to have successfully
administered the office, but his edu-
cation, temperament, previous lie
and modes of thought were all 20
many stumbling blocks in the way
Of his doing SO. This is not time
to criticize his career at the head Of
that department, but his most partial
friends do not claim it to have been
the success his judicial career was,
Some people got little mixed up
about the length of time within
which Mr.. Cleveland would be com
PEELED to select the successor to the
ldlG " ~
law said the president could appoint
an acting secretary for period o.
only ten days, but in 1891 the law
was amended to read as follows
"A vacancy oceasioned by death O
resignation must not be temporary
filled for longer period than thirty
days Thus It will be seen that Mh
Cleveland having designated Asslsr
ant Secretary Uhl to act as secretary
of state has thirty days in when Y
select a permanent secretary OF sta'e'
Only one thing appears to be certal"
about it at this time, and that Is, III
ClevelaI d will endeavor to use lll5
vacancy to strengthen his financial
policy. Some Of those who are r.
ing discussed as eligible for the VA,
cancy are impossibilities. one :"
these is ex-Secretary Whitney W.
very positively declined to become . :,
member Of Mr.. Cleveland's secohu
! an b;,a+ ,,-ba,,, II UaS being tOrlHtu'