The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-05-24
NO. %
" ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

| Iilc Ccuttc VI Uidkc a. lulI tApiatildIIciI
of the somewhat cratic course the
administration took in that Nicara
gnan business. This is not guess,
but positive statement of a fact OH
| tanned from trustworthy sources. 1t
| has been known from the first that
| the republican Senators wOuld demand
| this information, but now n sufficient
number of democratic Senators have
| pledged their cooperation to make 1t
certain that resolution calling for
all the documents will be put through
! the Senate with IL rush. And that
sn't all. 1t is on the programme for
| the Senate to reaffirm the Monroe
doctrine as the people, not the law
vcrs of the Cleveland-Gresham stripe,
nave always understood it-European
hands off American governments;
and there is little doubt that the re-
publican House will promptly adopt
| the same. Whether the administra-
tion will be allowed to 60 with the
tacit rebuke carried by a Congression-
ii reaffirmation OF the Monroe doc
trine will depend upon the nature OF
the explanation it sends with the
! Nicaraguan correspondence.
That gallant old tar, Admiral
Meade, after forty years Of service in
the navy of which any man might be
proud, has been so nagged by the pre-
sent administration that he has asked
to be retired from active service; and,
smarting under the petty insults
which have been heaped upon him, he
so far forgot himself as to publicly
express his opinion of the administra-
ton, and that opinion was far from
complimentary. This has greatly
Iexasperated Mr.. Cleveland, and Secre
tary Herbert, who has demanded an
texplanation or denial from Admiral
NJ eade, holding out the threat OF q
court-martial for violation OF naval
regulations if the Admiral declines.
Admiral Meade was unquestionably
wrong in expressing his opinion, but
he was also very human. Brave men
seldom stand dogeing silently, what
ever the consequences of resentment
may be.
The conclusion of the long wrangle
over the Senatership in Delaware has
attracted considerable attention in
Washington, because of its possible
bearing On the question of whether
the Senate shall or shall not be re-
organized when Congress meets. The
general impression is that the demo-
cratic acting Governor OF Delaware
was wrong in claiming the right to
exercise at one and the same time the
functions of Senator and Governor,
and that his vote in the last ballot for
Senator was illegal. Accepting that
view of the case Col. Dupont will be
admitted to the Senate as successor to
Mr.. Higgins. Senator Sherman said
on the subject: "Mr. Dupont will, in
my judgment, be notwithstanding
that Gov. Watson, when he cast his
vote as Senator, was the then Govern
Tor of the State OF Delaware" In
I other words, Mr. Sherman doesn't see
how one man can be State Senator
and at the same time Governor of a
State. Do you?
| Although Mr.. Cleveland makes
great claims as to his devotion to civil
service reform, the Civil Service Reform
Association, Of Washington, at its
annual meeting, which was addressed
by Comptroller OF Currency Eckels.
unanimously adopted a report made
by its secretary which contained state
| ments calculated to raise doubts as to
the sincerity of Mr.. Cleyeland's claims
| in that direction. This was particu-
larly true of that portion OF the report
dealing with Recorder of Deeds Taylor,
whose violations OF the civil service
law were so notorious that the Civil
Service Commission recommended, in
report made TO the President that
he be dismissed from Office. The re-
port, which was unanimously adopted
say: cat the direction of the execu-
tive committee of the association I
inquired into the charges against Tay-
lor and learned that most of them,
if not all, were well founded, and / so
reported to the committee.
A committee eff the association, in an
interview with the President towar ds
the close of the winter, urged immedi-
ate consideration of the report and
recommendations of the Civil Service
Commission, which were made to him
last August. So far as is known, how
ever, the case has not not yet been
wer.-Latest U. S. Govt Report