The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-05-02
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON.


ministration, after having allowed
poor little Nicaragua to suppose
that it would be protected against
the rapacity Of Great Britain has
been conjoled or bu!ldozed-it mat
tiers not which-iAto keeping its
hands off while England forcibly
compels the little republic to do
just what is demanded by the Bril-
fish. Senator Hill was right when
he said the Monroe doctrine was
meaningless. 1t has always meant
just what it purports to mean
European hands off American
countries-when republican Pre;i
dents were in office, and it has
cen so underst' cd by all European
governments.
An instance, was the lettering
and fall OF the Macmillan govern
ment in Meyico, which the Taird
Napoleon tried to establish while
the U. s. was busy fighting the civil
war, at few words from President
Lincoln,
Mr.. Cleveland now realizes that
if he attempts to carry out his an
nounced programme of compelling
every federal office-holder, large
and small, to take an active part in
the fight against silver which he
has started inside the democratic
party, he will have an open revolt
on his hands. Prominent silver
democrats are giving Mr.. Cleve-
land a chance to hack down by pub
licly stating their belief that Mr..
Cleveland has been misrepresented
and that he never had any such in
tention. Of course they know that
he did have that intention, and
they fear that he still has it. 1t is
well known that large majority of
the Federal officials in the south
and west are silver men. A demo-
cratic Senator says Mr.. Cleveland
will find himself formally read out
f the democratic party, If he per-
sists in trying to carry out that pro.
gramme.
Mrs. U. s. Grant, her daughter,
Mrs. Grant SartOris and her grand
daughter, Miss Rose Sartoris, have
gone to Chicago, where they will at
tend the celebration of Gen. Grants
birthday, under the auspices of the
Chicago Press Club.
Civil Service reform will lose one
4of its most courageous advocates by
the resignation of Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt to become
Police Commissioner of New York
city. This stepping from the head
of national commission to become
a member of municipal commits
sion, even of the g.eat city of New
York is not promotion in any
sense of the word for Mr.. Roose-
welt; but he is a New Yorker and
was unable to stand the home pres.
sure brought to bear to secure his
help in the reformation of the
abuses in New York police circles
which have scandalized that city.
The people of New York are to be
congratulated on the change, but
there are no reasons for extending
the congratulations to Mr.. Roose-
welt.
Representative Tawney, of Min
nesota, at present in Washington,
says be hasn't been able to see the
increase in the sentiment in favor
of the free and unlimited coinage of
silver, regardless of other nations
which he has heard about since he
came to Washington. Referring to
a published interview in which Sec
rotary Mosely, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, declared
that everything in Minnesota was
going towards silver, Mr.. .Tawney
said it reminded him of story
about a man, who after walking
aboutthc swamps which used to
surround the city of Duluth, APP
preached hotel-keeper with Il
proposition to sell car load OF
frogs legs. The hotel man didn't
want so many, but agreed to buy a
bushel. The next day the seller
turned up with four pairs of frogs
legs, and when the hotel keeper IN
dignantly said to him: "Why ]
l thought you said you could get a
car load" he replied 81 did; l
Thought from the noise they made
that the swamps were full of 'em,
but these were all could catch"
Two members of President Har-
rison's cabinet--Senator Proctor
and ex-Attorney G, neral Miller
have declared most positively their
ignorance of any intention on the