The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1895-09-06
Our Washington Letter.

very interesting as it progresses.
These two democrats haYe not worked
together heretofore, but now that each
thinks he can use the other they are to
form c cOpartnership. Mr.. Cleveland
wants friends in the senate very badly,
and, although Senator Brico is not an
orator, his ways are very persuasive
when it is to his interest TO make them
so-and be may be able to render Mr..
Cleveland valuable aid in the senate by
~silencing democrats who may he dis
posed to make speeches criticizing the
administration, ii in no other way.
Brice is not undertaking the task found
so burdensOme during the last session
of congress by Gray, OF Delaware, Vi
las, of Wisconsin, and Mill, of Texas,
from philanthrOpic motive. He isn't
constructed that way. He thinks he
al use Grover Cleveland or he would
have agreed to become his cham
pion or the floor of the senate. Brice
has developed presidential aspirations.
lie has had Campbell nominated for
governor of Ohio by the democrats in
order that his overwhelming defeat
may remove him from the field of pres
idential possibilities. That will leave
the field clear for the presentation of
Brice'S name as Ohlo's candidate for
the democratic presidential nomination,
and Brice believes the friendship OF
MI. Cleyeland will help his aspirations.
Perhaps so. But will that friendship
be given after Brice's purposes becomes
known to MI. Cleveland? Keep your
eye on this Clevelaud-Brice partner
ship. Mark the moves of the partners.
Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, the republi-
a nominee for governor of Mary
land. passed through Washington this
week. He is very confident of his cleo
tion, although he frankly says that 1t
will be no childSplay to GUST the de-
mocrats who have controlled the state
government for nearly thirty years
without a break. The Maryland cam
paign will be fought on local issues
exclusively. The tariff and silver will
not cut any figure. Atlast years con
gressiOnal elections the state went re-
publican by about 5000, and this year
with the republicans united and en-
thusiastic and the democrats divided
and Indifferent it is not surprising that
the republicans should expect to carry
the stale. A gentleman who has Just
returned from a trip through the Bay
shore section of the state says if the
telling is the same in other sections as
the oystermen and farmers vote as they
talk the state will give a republican
majority of 10000. This gentleman
SAYS he did not meet single democrat
who expressed any confidence of carry
ing the state, while be met scores who
said they thought the state would 90
republican and that they didn't care if
it did.
1t is whispered in the most exclusive
cuckoo circles that the vacancy in the
US. supreme court has been placed at
the disposal of Mr.. Z. Ellery, of New
York, who is one of the Origial cuck-
oos, and who is, like Mr.. Cleveland and
so many of his appointees, a corpor-
alton lawyer. According to these
cuckoo whisperings, if Z. Ellery wants
the place be has only to say SO and it
will become bis, after Mir. Cleveland
has made all the use possible of the va
eancy as a persuader, to make promi-
nent democrats see the financial and
other questions as he sees them.
Just now there is considerable talk
among those who are usually used by
the administration when there is a de-
sire to ascertain how the public would
take anything about the intention of
Secretary Olney to give US a vigorous
and thoroughly American foreign pol.
icy from this time on. This NAV or
may not be true about the future, but
there is certainly nothing either vigor-
Gus or American in the exasperating
Slow manner in which the case of
Waller is being handled by the depart
ment of state. Perhaps things will
get a more rapid move on after Secre-
tary Olney returns from his vacation.
One thing may be set down as certain.
If Secretary Olney will take a bold
stand i'll the foreign policy he can
count upon the staunch support of the
republicans in congress.
Senator Quay's Washington friends
are rejoicing over his personal victory.
and predicting that it will result in his