San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-18
The Daily Eight.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is 1895
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent. |
WASHINGTON, Oct. II, '95.

"Old man mystery" is Mr.. Cleve
lands latest Washington name. l
has been bestowed upon him on &C
count of his growing liking 70
mystifying the public as to hi
comings and goings. His manner
OF returning 70 Washington afte
his long absence emphasizes tn,
correctness OF the new appellation
None Of his friends have ever sue
ceeded in giving satisfactory ex
PLANTATION of this desi,O ~ Keep hi:
movements secret, especially when
going upon or returning from q
trip, although some of them have
made ingenious attempts in that
line. There is some curiosity ex-
pressed as to whether, when he
takes his cabinet down to Atlanta,
he will try to smuggle himself and
them out OF the city. II anybody
knows when the party is to start
they are keeping the knowledge TO
themselves. All that is known in
Washington is that arrangements
are being made in Atlanta to have
the presidential party at the expo
sitiOn on the 22nd inst.
While no senator has made a
positive statement to that effect,
enough has been said by senator's
to make it we'll nigh certain that
there will be no general reorgani-
cation of the senate when congress
meets, owing to neither party
having a clear majority in that
body, and to neither republicans or
democrats desiring to allow the
populists to dictate the organiza-
ton by making a deal for their
votes. By this 1t is not meant that
there will be no changes among the
officials and committee chairman
Of the senate, for there is likely to
be a number, but they will be only
such as shall be agreed upon by
both republican and democratic
senators, and will be of the give
and-take order. In other words,
instead of all the senate commit
tee, chairman and officials being
democrats, as at present, they will
be divided between democrats and
republicans, with the chances in
favor Of the populists being entirely
left out in the cold.
Few Americans, no matter what
may be their opinions of the Cuban
revolution, will agree with Attor-
ney General Harmon's assertion
that expressions of sympathy by
citizens of this country for the
struggling Cubans are "discourt-
eous in the highest degree to a
friendly power and tend to embar-
ass and obstruct the government
in carrying out it's determination
faithfully to execute the laws and
fulfill its treaty obligations" The
constitution of the United States
guarantees the freedom of speech,
and Mr.. Harmon is probably the
first member OF a presidents cabi-
net to officially declare its exercise
to be discourteous to foreign
government or embarrassing to our
own. Mr.. Harmon may speak fol
this administration, which has
not at any time during its exist.
ence reflected public sentiment up
on any question of Importance
but he certainly does not speak
for the American people,
who will continue to exer.
else their constitution given
rights by publicly expressing their
opinions and sympathies, just as
they have always done. If it be
discourteous for Americans to ex,
press sympathy for the Cuban re-
yolutiocists it was also discourtesy
for the French to have expressed
sympathy for the American revo'
lutionists OF '76. The very corner
stone Of this nation Is freedom
and il the time ever comes wheT
our people do not smypathize with
aye and express their Sympathy
too, for those in other countries
who are struggling for freedom
our own freedom will be in great
danger. What adds to the incon
gruity, not to say absurdity, o.
the attorney generals position il
the fact that Spain did not stop t.
consider whether it was discourte
Gus to the United States or no
when she recognized the belliger
ency of the late confederate state
very early in the late civil war.
Mr.. Pieffer, the bewhiskered gen
tleman who partly represents Kan
sas in the senate, brings his opin
ions to Washington little aheat
OF congress, probably to escape tn
rush. Several years ago he wa
certain that the populists woul
elect the next president, but sine
then he has been keeping tab ol
public sentiment, and now h
gravely announces that he hash
any doubt that the republicans Wi