The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


The anti Cleveland Democrats are
once more saving cusswords in con-
nection with what they call "Cleve-
land luck They say that the
death of Justice Jackson has given
Mr.. Cleveland another lever to pull
in his efforts to control the next
democratic national convention, land
every man at all familiar with ma
tlonal politics knows what power
full lever vacancy upon the u. ).
Supreme Court can be made by an
ambitious president, and Napoleon
was never more ambitious of OBJ
tanning personal power for himself
that is Mr.. Cleveland. There is
logic, too, in the rawlings of these
mad Democrats. Of course it isn't
either right or decent to use the
word ''luck" in connection with
the death of an eminent iurist like
Justice jackson; but there can be
no denial that this vacancy in the
Supreme Court has added to Mr..
Cleveland's power; nor that he will
make use of it, as he does of every
thing else, to help him control the
Democratic convention. Circum-
stances will favor him, too. No
body will expect the vacancy to be
filled until after Congress meets, al
though the next term of the Su-
preme Court begins in October, be-
cause the nomination could not be
acted upon by the Senate until
then, and there is an unwritten law,
which has very seldom been ignored,
against a justice taking his seat
upon the bench of the Supreme
Court before his nomination has
been confirmed by the Senate. This
beng the situation, Mr.. Cleveland
is at liberty to dangle this tempting
bait in front of every Democrat he
wishes to control, and he will not
fail to do so, although in the end
the place will probably 60 to some
one Of his creatures like Wilson,
Olney, or Bissell 1t is not sur
prising under the circumstances
that the Cleveland Democrats
should be hot in the collar from
other causes than the swelterlng
weather.
Washington's G. A. R. men are
making preparations for sending
big delegation to the coming Ma
tional Encampment at Louisville,
Kentucky, September 11-13. Cor
poral Tanner is very enthusiastic
about it. He says: "Everything
consplres to make the assem- blage
one of the largest and most inspir-
ing ever gathered together in this
county. 1t will be held at a point
that may be said to be central, so
far as veteran organizations, both
Union and Confederate are con-
cerned. On the south will be
Knoxville, Chattan ooga, Atlanta,
New Orleans and other cities, and
on the north and west are Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and other states
which are just alive with Union
veterans. In addition to all these
favorable circumstances the dedica-
ton of the battle field of Chatta-
nooga, which takes place only day
or two before the opening of the
encampment, Will tend to greatly
increase the attendance at the lat
ter"
Public opinion can affect even
Democratic administration. After
saying that this government had no
fund from which money could be
taken to help the wife and children
of ex-U. S. Consel Waller (who is
in prison in France under court
martial sentence believed to be I'M
just), who are stranded at Port
Louie, Mauritins, the State Depart
ment changed front, after learning
from the newspapers what the pub
lie thought of such inhumanity,
and directed the U. S. Consul at
the place named to secure transpor-
tation for Mrs. Waller and her
children on the French steamer
which sails for Marseilles, France,
on August 20. The same power
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