Milford chronicle., 1895-06-14

Inc one thing not surprising about Mr.
Z CIeveland's selection Of Mr. Judson Har-
mon, Of Ohio. to be Attorneys General in
place of Mr.. Olney. who has been made
7 Secretary of State. is that Mr. Harmon is
a corporation lawyer. Mr. Cleveland has
: made considerable money as a corporation
lawyer himself, and he doubtless expects to
. resume that occupation after March 4th,
y 1897, which accounts, in a measure, for his
y Partially for corporation lawyers. II is
understood that one of Mr. Cleveland's
objects in taking Mr.. Harmon into the
u cabinet is the hope of pIacating Senator
|. Brlee, who has not been friendly towards
Z the administration since the tariff fight in
the Senate.
! The Cuckoo Democrats praise the new
+, appointments, but ex-Representative Conn,
of Indiana, an anti Cleveland Democrat,
voiced the opinion of many Democrats
when he said of them; Both appoint
ments are characteristic of the President.
One is the promotion of the most unpopu'
lar man in the cabinet, and the other the
exaltation of a comparatively obscure at
torney to one of the most important offices
in the country. 1t goes without saying
that there will be no change in the conduct
of either the State Department or the At
tomey- Generals Office. Possibly, in the
absence of the President, the individuality
of Mr. Olney may make itself manifest,
as did that of Secretary Gresham in the
| Alliance affair, while the President was
duck hunting. But it may be expected
that trusts will thrive and jingoes will howl
without in the least disturbing the COM
placency of the administration, which, of
course, distinctly and exclusively means
President Cleveland" After all the per.
sonality of the cabinet means nothing, as
they are all merely clerks to carry out Mr..
Cleveland's orders.
The big democrats are trying to make
the public realize that ex-Secretary Whit :,
ney is playing his cards, not as an assist
ant to Mr.. Cleveland, but as an indepen-
dent candidate for the Democratic Presi- I.
Dental nomination. Even Senator Smith, II
of New Jersey, who was Senator Cor ii
mans lieutenant in all the fights made 81
upon the administration policy during the
last session of Congress by the German
Brice combination, seems to be in the deal
AT any rate he has taken occasion, while
in Washington, to state very positively
that Whitney was out for the nomination
also to give Whitney lot of "taffy." ID
Some people are of the opinion that the 'lS
prominent anti Cleveland Democrats are yS
going to make use of Whitney to beat s.
hr Cleveland at his own game, and that
having bound him by promise, which he Ell
bought he was perfectly safe in making, lsS
o support Whitney's candidacy, they are al
low going to work with the idea of nom !
hating Whitney on the first ballot ID
Congressman Cadmus, of New Jer- We
ey, doesn't take rosy view of the pros Du
ect of the Democratic party in his State, cal
Though he was a Democratic member of go
lie last Congress, and a candidate for re- Dy
ectiOn. Mr.. Cadmus is a silk manufac- ga
lrer and believer in protection He says:
Politically the State is very quiet although eeI
iere will be an election for Governor this wa
III. have no doubt of the succese of the l,h
epublican ticket, and the chances are that ea'
e Democratic nominations will go beg va
n.y." M, ~
The Kentucky Republicans are confident "
their ability to elect their candidate for . .iia
overnor, and hopeful that they will elect Wv "
majority of the Legislature, which would :.
san Republican successor to Senator 'lils
ackbum. They have written to Wash. s lal
ytOn asking merely to be let alone, in re- ia's
, to offers of assistance from outside ~,
eakers; 1--WE don't want any outside nc
.akers," writes one of them, "or one 1 ID
lar contributed by anybody not residing lIou'
the State. We have got the Democratic od'u
-ty split and we are going to win, the VI !,
certain, and probably the ny
gslature." The administration is de- .u' u !
mined that Blackburn shall not be re- 'ol /
ned to the Senate. if it can possibly pre- -
It it Secretary Carlisle when he re- Ueei,
IS to Kentucky this week will go pre- w.
ed to compel every Federal employee in De9'
State, including the fourth-class post ne
sters and the army of internal revenue
connected with the big distileries to VI i>1
ose between fighting Blackburn and the liia'i1
of their positions. 1t will not be sur eie &
ing if Secretary Carlisle becomes an Du'
l candidate for the Senate before the piope
paign closes He doesn't care particu. ,'le''
: about returning to the Senate, because De %
xpects to go on the bench before this ye@a'
inistration retires,b but he wants to beat ln'
kbun, and if he thinks becoming a 'u l, M
iidate necessary to do it will not hest s.i'Rp'