Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-11-15
WASHINGTON LETTER


asylum9 1t is egotism run wild. These
self.blinded individuals will never realize !
the disgust the people of this country feel
for their demonstrated lncapacity until the
election returns Of next November are
COUNTED; then they will have the remain
der of their lives to learn to see themselves
as others see them,
German, Hill, and the other anti-Cleve-
land Democrats are going, unless their
friends in Washington are misinformed as
to their intentions, to give Mr.. Cleveland
another chance to see whether his personal
following is as large as he thinks it is, by
helping to nominate him for President
again. They charge him with having
made it impossible to elect any Democrat
President, and say that he shall bear the
lgnominy Of being the only man who was
ever twice defeated for the Presidency OF
the United States. That will suit the Re
publicans, as they would rather defeat Mr..
Cleveland than anybody else.
The Republicans are naturally delighted
at the prospect of not only regainlng the
Presidency next year.but of having control
of both branches of Congress, a majority
of the Senate after March 4, 1897, having
been made absolutely certain by the result
of last weeks elections Nothing but some
stupendous blunder on the part of the Re
publican majority in the House at the com
ing session of Congress can prevent Ke'
publican success next year, and with that
man of iron will and proved sagacity,
Thomas B. Reed in the speakers chair, no
such blunder will be made. This is SO
well known by the Democrats that they
are now depending solely upon their abll-
| ity to create jealousy among the victorious
Republicans. A Democratic plan has al
ready been agreed upon, which involves the
concocting and spreading of all sorts of stor-
les calculated to cause pickering and dissen-
sion among the friends of the aspirants for
the Republican Presidential nomination, and
already those stories are being circulated
Let all Republicans keep in mind the source
and purpose of these stories and they will
cause no harm; and if disposed to take part
in factiona fight look at the present con-
dition of the Democratic party and be
warned in time.
Ex-senator Manderson,of Nebraska,who
is in Washington in connection with the
sugar bounty cases in which he is chief
counsel, says; The Republicans are in
position where they can take any man for
Presidential candidate. They do not
have to figure on the chances of this or that
man for election Their candidate will be
elected no matter who he is nor what State
he comes from"
The administration is understood to be
considerably troubled about the Cuban
question and several members Of the Cab
met, having in view the failure of Mr
CieyeIand's Hawaiian policy, are trying to
persuade him to make no recommendation
on the Cuban matter in his message to
/ Congress, further than to call attention 70
the information (sending the documents
with the message) gathered by the State
Department, and to request that Congress
shall define the policy to be pursued by this
government. If he accepts that advice it
will indicate that he has learned something
BY experience, but he will have to do it be-
fore most people will believe it possible
How are the mighty fallen F. Ellery
Anderson, of New York, one of the original
euckoos, has been officially snubbed by
Hoke Smith, one of the second crop OF
cuckoos. Mr.. Anderson is one of the men
appointed by Mr.. Cleveland to look outfol
| the interests ofthe government 10 the Union
Pacific Railroad. Quite a while ago rs
! made some recommendations to Secretary
| Hoke Smith, concerning the patenting OF
lands to that railroad company by the U,
Is Land Office Not hearing anything
about his recommendations, Mr.. Anderson
ventnred to remind the Secretary of them
and to ask that be say what he intended
doing about them He was curtly informed
that the Secretary did not deem it advisable
to pass on the recommendation elmer way
as Congress would probably legislate or
the subject at the coming session. It wa;
probably this snubbing of Cleveland wor
shipper that was responsible for the rumoi
that Mr. Smith was contemplating an early
retirement from the Cabinet He ISM
doing anything of the sort; he is enjoying
his prominence to the full and is using it tt
help along his ambition to succeed Genera
Gordon as Senator from Georgia If hs
can get that vacanoyin the Supreme Cour
he will gladly take It. otherwise he'll stick
to his present job.
The Republican party might have lot:
worse candidates than Senator Quay would
make and then not have bad one, bui
Senator Quay has no idea of becoming
candidate next year, Notwithstanding Dem
ocratie stories to the contrary