The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-06-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June "a, 1895.

Secretery Carlisle's success in
routing the silver Democrats of
Kentucky has given him the big
head, and if the Democrats carry
that state this fall-a gigantic if,
by the wayne will be certain to
take the presidential fever in its
most violent form. In his fight for
Black burns seat in the Senate Mr..
Carlisle has the earnest support of
the administration, for it is largely
Mr.. Cleyeland's own fight, but when
it comes to presidential nomina-
ton that is another matter entirely.
tits unquestionably Mr.. Cleveland's
present intention to take the nomi-
nation himself, if he can get it.
However, as Mr.. Carlisle is this
week going on his vacation, which
will be spent in the neighborhood
of Buzzard's Bay, perhaps he and
Mr.. Cleveland can come to an
understanding, if any understand
ing is necessary. Kentucky Repub-
licans say they are going to carry
the state, and if they do Mr.. Car
isles presidential aspirations will
be deader that those Of Sibley.
There is Democratic plot hatch
ing in Washington which bodies no
good to Mr.. Cleveland's ambition.
The national ASSOCIATION of Demo
cratic clubs is organizing a party of
stump speakers to make tour
through the West and Northwest.
The secretary of that association
who will be in charge of the tour,
is not over friendly to Mr.. Cleve-
land, owing to his having failed to
get one of the big federal offices in
the District of Colum bia, and Sena-
tor Morgan, who is to be the star
orator of the party, is an out-spoken
enemy of Mr.. Cleveland's financial
and foreign policy. 1t may be pre-
sumed, therefore, that this party
will in a quiet way do what it can
to increase Mr.. Cleveland's unpop-
ularity with the Democrats of the
West and Northwest. Taken alto
gether Mr.. Cleveland will have no
easy task to obtain that nomination !;
and no possible chance of being
elected should he succeed in getting
it.
Small Democratic officials who
have been notified that their dis
missal from Office would speedily
follow any declaration or work on
their part in favor of the free coin
age of silver, are much interested
in the case of Mr.. William R. Nor
rison, who draws $1,000 year and
perqs, for performing the compare
lively light and pleasant duties of a
member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Mr.. Morrison has
for some years enjoyed the credit of
carrying the greater part Of the Hi
nois Democracy around in his vest
pocket, and has had the desire to be
nominated for president by the
Democrats in his heart. Some two
months or more ago Mr.. Morrison
had conference with Mr.. Cleveland
and Immediately afterwards it was
semi-officially announced that Mr..
Morrison had gone to Illinois to aid
the administration Democrats in
their fight against the silver Demo
Gratis. But Mr.. Morrison didn't do
anything of the kind; he stabbed
the administration in the back, so
to speak, while supposedly acting as
one of its accredited agents. And
that isn't all he has done. One of
his henchmen = ex-Congressman
Forman-is now in Washington
booming Morrison as the free silver
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation. That Forman is acting
with Morrison's knowledge and con-
sent is generally believed, and the
small officials want to know what
Mr.. Cleveland is going to do about
this open defiance of the admins
tration edlct by big official. The
silver Democrats are chuckling over
the affair; they say the administra-