Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-04-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(oUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE
Washington, April l, 1895.

men in his own party. Senator
German, who may be said to be a,
the head of that class, told gen
tleman that Mr.. Cleveland's ego.
tism was just as great as ever,
Notwithstanding the disastrous ex
perience of the last two years, aud
that he actually believed he could
again be elected if nominated on u
platform of his own making, so far
as it relates to tariff and finance.
1t is needless to say to the intelli-
gent reader that Senator German
does not believe Mr.. Cleveland
could again be elected upon9 any
platform; nor that he is doing ev-
erything he can, and he can do a
great deal in the Democratic party
to block the game Mr.. Cleveland is
playing for a denomination. The
latest scheme to boom Mr.. Cleve-
land is to have him make a speech
at Chicago in the near future; it
has not been fully developed yet.
Much uneasineSS has been cauS-
ed official circles by a report that
the Supreme court will by a vote
of ) to 3 decide the income tax to
be uncon stitutional. More than the
usual attention is given this report
because of the recent advance
leakings of important decisions of
the court.
Verify, times have changed. Up
to the Cleveland regime it was the
habit of nearly every President to
walk about the streets of Wash
lngton, just as any other citizen in
search of a little healthful exercise
would do, but the memory of the
public is short and the other day
when Mr.. Cleveland actually walk
ed from the White House to the
residence of Secretary Herbert,
about four squares away, the local
papers made a sensation out OF it:
which shows the deteriorating eff
feet of having a President who
shuts himself up, surrounded by
sentry boxes and detectives and is
afraid to venture out among the
people.
Speaking of changes, one that
was very amusing was brought to
the attention of the public by an
overtruthful speaker at one of the
sessions of the Southern Methodist
conference for the Baltimore dis
trict, now sitting in Washington.
Mr.. Cleveland sent an invitation
to the members of the conference
and their families to attend a
special reception at the White
House, and when it was laid be-
fore the conference, one of its mem
bers-Rev. j. Tongue, of Charles
town, w. Va. came near to excit-
ing riot by opposing the accept
ance of the invitation and calling
attention to the fact that the last
time this conference met in Wash
lngton-in 1S75-it had refused a
similar invitation from President
Grant. on the ground that the con-
ference wished to keep as free as
possible from politics. NotwitE-
standing Mr.. Tongues remark 5
about the inconsistency of such ac
ton he was promptly hooted down
and Mr.. Cleveland invitation ac-
cepted. Sensible people. regard
less of their politics or their reli-
glon, can only laugh at such silly
dolngs on the part of those who
assume to be leaders and teachers
of their respective congregations.
1t seems a little queer that the
administration should actually be
apologlzlng Tor the presence of
Admiral Mead's fleet in Central
American waters at this time. 1t
may be true that the presence of
the ships is accidental-that is
the only way this admin
lstratlon can do the right thing
but it is timely, in view of the
bulldozing attitude of England to-
wards Nicaragua: and instead of
feeling disposed to explain or
apologize therefor, it might have
been supposed that the admins
tration would have been only too
glad to have claimed credit for hay
ing them there. But nobody can
tell what this administration will
do about anything. s.