Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-13
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. June Z. 1895.


State who would have been more dis
pleasing to the democratic leaders in
Congress than Attorney General Olney
Mr. Olney does not lack ability. but
the ability he has is not the kind
which makes a successful Secretary of
State. He is utterly devoid of that
spirit OF affability in dealing with
men which has always been consider
Ell prime necessity in the makeup
OF diplomat. He has so conducted
the business of the Department of
Justice that the average Congressman
prefers when he has business with
that department to transact it in
writing rather than to take the chance
Of being personally snubbed bv Mir.
Olney. as his present colleague, Post
master General Wilson. Was when he
was chairman Of the House WAYS and
Means committee and the recognized
leader Of the democrats in that body.
BY the way. speaking vi Wilson, if he
had not been Postmaster General he
might have been Secretary Of State,
but siuce he joined the cabinet he has
shown himself to be too much of
narrow gauge man even for Mr.. Cleve-
land. who Is certainly far from being
predetermined himself.
There is more or less dissatisfaction
among the democrats over Mr.. Cleve-
lands method Of selecting Attorney
General Olney fer Secretary Of State.
Although there were a score of men
/ prominent in democratic councils
near enough to Washington to have
been called into consultation without
delaying the filing of the vacancy or
mountaineering them, no advice was
asked of any of them, and about the
only democrat outside OF the cabinet
who has seen Mr.. Cleveland was SEN
ator Gray, of Delaware, who is known
as a cuckoo, but not as a leader.
The convention of the Republican
National League. which will assemble
at Cleveland Ohio, on the 10Th inst,
is regarded by most republicans as
the virtual opening of the presidential
campaign. All report brought to
Washington Indicate that the attend
ence will be large and enthusiastic,
including nearly every man who is re-
cognized as one of the national lead
ers OF the party. Ex-President Har-
rison, Gov. Morton and Chauncey M.
Depew have not yet accepted the in
yitations extended to them, but it is
probable that they will. Among those
who have accepted the invitations and
who will attend the convention, bar
ring sickness or accidents. are ex-
Speaker Reed. Gov. Mckinley, ex-Gov.
Foraker, Gen Russell A. Alger, Senat--
ors Allison, Dubois, Thurston, Carter,
Lodge, Nelson, Burrows and Patton.
One OF the features OF the convention
viii he mammoth harmony dinner
to be given in the evening of the Sc
cond day This dinner will be SER
we'd on the ground floor of the Arcade
building, and the tables will be set
for 1000 guests and provided with
the best eatables to be obtained. The
galleries above the ground floor are
half mile in length and will accom-
date more than 5000 republican men
and women who will naturally want
to see the greatest harmony dinner
ever proposed eaten BY the delegates
to the convention and their guests.
Republicans are not alarmed Mt demo-
cratic predictions OF trouble in the
convention, because they know that
the basis Of the predicted trouble--the
silver question and the booming of
some particular candidate for the
Presidential nomination--is composed
Of matters over which the convention
has no legitimate jurisdiction and with
which it viii not attempt to deal
Retribution il sometimes almighty
slow but it nearly always gets there
just the same. Charles b. Morton. a
Maine democrat who was made Com
missioner Of Navigation by Mr. Cleve-
land in his first administration and
Auditor of the Treasury for the Navy
Department early in the present adj
ministration as reward for the scav-
enger work he performed in the cam
paign OF dirty persopal abuse that
was waged against the late James G.,
Blaine in 1884, was this week sum-
marily dismissed from the latter of
flee by Mr. Cleveland, and, to make
the delayed retribution all the more
satisfactory to decent people, Merton
was dismissed for exactly the same
reason that he was given office--for
exercising his scavenger procliyities.
But he made the mistake of abusing
the man who gave him office, this
time, and was consequently kicked
out of office, greatly to the satisfaction
of officers of the Navy, whose account
it was his duty to pass upon, and
with whom he has been in constant
wrahgle ever since he held office. May
his unlamented fate be warning to
those who try to travel into office over
the sewer route.
Secretary Carlisle is going to Ken
lucky to make the last attempt to
stem the tide of free silver which is
apparently sweeping over the demo-
cratic party of that state.
Good Appetite
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