Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.


the attempt of the cuckoos to make
the democrats believe that Mr.. Cleve
land doesn't wish TO be again n0mi-
mated for President. but merely to
have the honor Of declining the nom-
ination after 1t has been rendered by
the democratic national convention.
Inasmuch a. the democratic admin
istrations and Congress buncoed the
voters of the country It would be on
| " q case OF poetic justice for Mr..
Cleveland and the cuckoos to bunco
the democratic patty. Ii the demo
cratic convention falls into the trap
set for It and nonInaies Mr.. Cleve-
land with the expectation that he
will decline IL will he the most dis
appointed body ever seen, IA 1t IL
Just as certain as any future event
can be that II nominated Mr.. Clevc
land will accept. In view of the gen.
orally recognized fact that the demo-
cratic nomination will next year be q
very empty honor 1t il difficult to
understand the efforts that Mr..
Cleveland and his cuckoOs are making
t, get it. These efforts can only be
accounted for by the inordinate ego-
tism Ut Mr.. Cleveland, which causes
him to believe, improbable as 1t ap-
pears to every body else. that he
cOnld be elected again
1t has been known for quite a
while In administration circles that.
failing to get the nomination him
self, Mr.. Cleveland desired to throw
the entire administrator infiuen e to
Secretary Carlisle. 1t has now leak
cd out that there Is a revolt against
this programme from an unexpected
direction. Mr.. Cleveland's man, Dan
Lamont, heads the revolt Dan Is
grateful to Mr.. Cleveland for the po-
litical favors he has received from
him, and, although he doesn't like
the idel Of third term for anybody,
he Is willing to help NJ. c. try to get
another nomination, but he owes
nothing to Secretary Carlisle, and he
declines to have his allegiance trans
ferred to him when Mr.. c. sees he
has no show. There is another man,
who has done financially for Dan La
mont what Mr.. Cleveland has done
politically for him. That man Is ex-
Secretary Whitney, and Dan, propos-
es to show his gratitude by making
Mr.. Whitney his second choice,
instead of Secretary Carlisle. Mr..
Cleveland has only one objection to
Whitney, but that is serious one.
He is the only man In either of his
cabinets that he failed to completely
dom mate.
The force of example is one of the
strongest known to man. Mr.. Cleve-
lands use of government light
house tender for his hunting and
fishing trips was the natural forerun-
ner Of Secretary Carlisle's intended
use of government light house ten
der to make tour of the great Lakes
Not only will the Secret Try and his
wife be carried on this iupket at pub
lie expense, but his son and his wife
will go along and others may be add
ed. The junket Is to last five or six
weeks, and II Uncle Sam wasn't to
foot the bills it would be quite costly
for the two Carlisle families. Still,
you Occasionly find democrat will
ing to quote "Public Office Is a public
trust" at you, In the face Of the pri-
vate snap the members OF the present
administration have made OF 1t.
Nothing more CALLING to the Cleve.
land democrats has occurred for long
time than Senator Germans new
cinch on the cor troll OF the Maryland
democratic organization, and the
astute German rubbed IL on them by
having his convention endorse the
liable and patriotic administration of
President Cleveland" and the tariff
law that President Cleveland refused
to sign. Mr.. Germans resolution de-
clared the tariff to be the best we
have had for thirty.five years, which
isn't strange when IL Is remembered
that Mr.. German was one Of the prin-
cipal authors of the Senate tariff bill,
which took the place of the Wilson
bill and became law without the
presidents signature. German may
not capture the democratic Presiden.
tial nomination next, ear for himself,
but 1t is not unlikely that the man
who does must first dicker with him,
and he will be more exacting than he
was when he allowed Mr.. Cleveland
to be nominated In '92.
Fear may do for the sugar planters
what right and justice would not do.
Finding that Comptroller Bowler was
determined, regardless OF the argu-
ments which will be presented to him
next week to refuse payment of the
money Appropriated by Congress for