Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-05
LITTLE HOPE FOR DEMOCRACY
Likened Unto House that is Divided
Against ITSELF
wA1TtRsoN ON cLtvELAND's MESSAGE
Has Not Read the Mnnifesto and
Does not Think that He VIII do
so--Littlc to Commend the
Document.

Colonel Henry Watterson, editor OF the
louisville Courier-Journal, who has been IL
Omaha for two days past on lecture en-
gagement, left last evening for the east. Mr.
watterson has lecture dates which will take
him through Iowa, Illinois and Missouri be
fore he returns to Louisville.
mo, / haven't read the presidents mes
sage" said Mr. Watterson previous to his
departure, "and what's more don't think
shall read it, Nothing will come OF it. Con
gress will not do anything at all and II th'
republicans are wise thsy will simply pass
the appropriation bills and go home. Will
different political majorties in the two house:
and Mr.. Cleveland in the presidency 1T Is
idle to hope for any agreement upon any i'm
portant measures Of legislation.
CONCERNING FINANCIAL MATTERS.
"You say there are more sensational recon-
mendations in the message than were pre-
dicted and that the chief feature Is the
part urging the retirement of the greenbacks
Well they ought TO be retired, but | don't
think they will be. Back In 1880 made a
speech in Chicago after the national conven'
tion in which outlined plan for financia
legislation that still think most advisable. il
there was a newspaper in the country that
approved it or failed to say l was great
nece ssity for one generation that made the
war debt breaking its back to pay 1t eff.
| would have had 1t reduced to something
like a thousand millions and funded at low
rate Of interest for the safe investment OF
the money of small investors.
"It must be remembered, too, that our
national banking system rests upon the ma
tional debt and that II the national debt is
wiped out we wipe out the whole national
banking system with 1t. That is one of the
lii. H., l,n oil o,N1 i,t
to be maintained. OF course, there Is no
immediate danger threatening 1t, and there
won't be IL the volume of national debt con-
tinues to be increased as 1t has been during
the past five years.
What about Secretary Carlisle? I am sorry
Mr.. Carlisle ever went into the cabinet. /
am sorry he did so because l am afraid he
will never return permanently to Kentucky.
Mr.. Carlisle has by his firm adherence to
President Cleveland antagonlZed and alien
ated so many of his Kentucky friends that
he could with difficulty regain his former
position in his own state. Mr.. Carlisle will,
I think 20 either to New York or to Chicago
when he retires from the cabinet, and join
with his sons in the practice of law.
DEMOCRACY HoPELESSLY DIVIDED.
"Yes, | did refer in my lecture to the
democratic party in 1860 being then as now
hopelessly divided. That is the truth. 1t
Is impossible for the democratic party to
win in the coming election. 1t is true
that the party got together again after 1860
and 1t may get together once more. But
ever since the war it has been nothing but a
loose bundle of warning factions. 1t has
been utterly incapable of any affirmative
policy.
II have almost concluded that am through
with politics. My interest in politics is now
solely personal. l like to see my friends
crafty their ambitions and shall continue
ready to help them in their struggles. But
| no longer lie awake nights worrying about
what is to become of the party. l am going
to be abroad during the campaign of next
year. l shall sail for Europe on April 3 and
remain away a whole year. l shall not stay
in any one place while abroad, though l shall
probably spend large part of my time al
Geneva. l have contracted to write popular
one-volume life of Lincoln. / couldn't stay
at home and do the work justice, so l shall
settle in Geneva long enough to write the
story"