Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1895-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
Our Regular Correspondent.

WAsmNGro, ID. c., June 10, 1895.
The one thing not surprising about
Mr.. Clevelano's selection Of MIR. hudson
,nHarmon of Ohio TO Zoe Att0rn-J -tieuer-
al in place of Mr.. Olnay, tho has been
made Secretary OF State ia that Mr..
Harmon is a corporation lawyer. Mr..
leveland has made considerable money
3 a corporation lawyer himself and he
doubtless expects 20 rassme that occu-
patton after March fth. 1857, which ac-
Mounts, in a measure Tor his partiality
or corporation lawye, j. IL is under
food that one CfAig. evel8ud s OBJ cts
taking Mr. Harmon into the cabinet
the hope oi placating $ 'natOr Brice
~ has not bean friendly towards the
characterization since the tariff fight in
he. Senate.
The Cuckoo 4 mocrats preise the new
appointments but tx Representative
( Conn, of 4 llama. an anti. Cleveland
democrat, voiced the opinion of many
democrat when he said of them Both
appointments are characteristic of the
President One IL the promotion of the
most unpopular man in the cabinet and
the other the oxidation Of a compare
n lively obscure attorney to one Of the
most important offices In tho eounrrY.
a 1t goes without saying that there Wilt
L. bt No tuHuEe IN InurJNNutt Oh tliLtE the
Estate Department. or the Attorney. Gen
erars Office. Possibly in the absence OF
\ the President, the individuality of Mr..
Olnsy may make itself manifest as did
that of Secretary Gresham in the Allan
ca affair. while the President was duck
hunting. But IL may be expected that
trusts will thrive aud j'ngOes will howl
witncCt in the least disturbing the com
placency Of the administration, which
of COURSE, distinctly and exclusively
means President Cleveland" After al
the personality of the cabinet means
nothing, ~ they are all merely clerks to
carry out Mr.. Cleveand's orders.
The big democrats ARE trying TO make
re public realize that cx- Secretary
whitney is PLAYING his cards, not as on
assistant to Mr.. Cleveland, but as an
independent candidate for the demo
a cratic presidential nomination. Even
Senator Smith of New Jersey, who was
Senator Germans lieutenant in all the
fights made upon the administration
policy during the last session of Con
0Te2S> by the German Brice combination.
seems TO be in the deal. at any rate he
4 has taken OCCASION while in Washing
ton, to state very positively that Whit
nev was out for the nomination to give
\ Whitney a lot OF "taffy' Some people
are of the opinion that prominent anti
Cleveland democrats are going to make
use of Whitney to beat Mr.. Cleveland al
his own game, and that having bound
him by a promise, which he thought h,
was perfectly safe in making, to sup
port Whitney s candidacy, they are nov
going to work with the idea of nominal
ting Whitney on the first ballot.
Ex-COngressman Cadmus, of New Jer
! sey, doesn' take rosy view of the pros
pect of the democratic party in hi
state. although he was a democrats
member of the last Congress-, and n cal
y didate Tor reelection. Mr. Cadmus i
silk manufactures and be
lever in protection. He says DO
litically the state is very quiet. al
\ though there will be an election for 20
ernOT this fall. ! have no doubt Of tn
y success of the republican ticket, and tn
j chances are that tho democratic nom
, nations will go begging
The Kentucky Republicans are conf
dent of their ability to elect their candi
date for governor, and hopeful tina
they will elect majority of the legislf
tnre. which would mean a repubHca
successor to Senator Blackburn. The
have written to Washington askin
merely to be LET alone, in renly to Offer
of assistance from outside speaker
We don't want any outside speakers.
writes one OF them. or one dollar COZ
tributed by anybody not residing
the state. We have got the democrat
party split and we are going to win II
GOvernOrship certain, and probably II
legislature" The adminisiratibs e n
n termined that Blackburn shall not
returned 70 the Senate, if it can poss
bly, prevent it.
Secretary Carlisle when he returns
Kentucky this week will 90 prepared
compel every Federal employee in ii
atate, including the fourth class pos
masters and he army of the intern
revenue men connected with the big iii
tilleries to choose between fghtiI
Blackburn and the loss of their DOS
tions. 1t will not be surprising If Seer
tary Carlisle becomes an open candida
for the Senate before the campais
closes He doesn't care particular
about returning to the Senate, becau
ne expects to 90 on the bench befo
this ADMINISTRATION retires, but
wants ito beat Blackburn. and il
thinks becoming n candidate necessai
to do it will not hesitate.