The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-10-25
WASHINGTON LETTER,


land and the ladies of the cabinet vii
probably accompany President Cleve
land and his entire cabinet when the,
leave Washington for the Atlantic
exposition, next Monday. Mrs. Cleve
land did not intend to go, but wher
she learned how disappointed the
thousands who had never seen her bu,
hoped TO do SO at the exposition and
en- route would be il she did not, she
with good nature and obiiging dis
position, has been almost persuaded tc
change her mind and go.
President Cleveland and all the
members of his cabinet met for the
| first time in several months at the re-.
gular cabinet meeting this week The
| meeting was more in the natur. of a
friendly socia! gathering than one OF
business. although there was some ex.
change Of opinions and informal dis.
cussioD of important matters bearing
upon the coming session of Congress.
Sympathy for the Cuban revolution
lists is perfectly natural feeling in
the hearts OF Americans, but the zeal
of an enterprising newspaper publish
er of Washington, in pursuit of popular
free advertising for his property. has
caused number Of more or less pro-
mincnt business men to allow their
sympathy to run away with their good
judgement and to join in pm bile call
for a mass meeting to be held in
Washington for the purpose Of public
ly expressing sympathy for the re-
volntionists. The meeting will be
held, aui the resolutions OF sympathy
adopted; bu. under existing circum-
stances it is an ill-advised affair, i'm
plying an entirely unnecessary and un-
called for lack OF confidence in the
administration to deal properly with
the Cuban affair. The aforesaid enter.
pvising publisher has been seconded in
this scheme by republicans, who hope
thereby TO em barrass the administra-
tion. President Cleveland is probably
as fully conversant with the present
status of affairs in Cuba as any man in
the United States, and holding meet
ings in Washington and elsewhere,
will neither delay nor expedite matters.
He will do his duty regardless of his
own or the sympathy of others.
Assistant Attorney General for the
Post Office Department Thomas-he's
a clever fellow, u good lawyer and n
good democrat, notwithstanding that
long title-in his annual report to
Postmaster General Wilson leaves no
doubt Of his opinion of those business
who adopt lottery methods to
attract customers. After giving the
1umber of lotteries which have been
shut out of the mails by the anti-lot-
cry law, which he declares has sound |
ID the death. knell to lotteries in this
country, Mr.. Thomas in his report
avs: But many business men think
hey must, in order to succeed, resort
o schemes that appeal to the gambling
,pirit of the people, and they accord
ugly sugar-cost their legitimate enter
,rises with lottery advertisements.
These fascinating and apparently inno-
ept schemes reach the boys and girls
# the land and tend TO make them
,amblers." The rebuke is sharp, but
10 thoughtful newspaper reader can
euy that IL is deserved, nor that it is
Ieeded by some business concerns.
Mr.. Harrison's managers are losing
heir shrewdness, If they approve of or
re responsible for political fairy
tory that was circulated ia Washing
on this week. Talk about thing
,aking horse laugh, il such thing
,ere possible this story would do it.
he preface to the story sets out that
was Tom Platt and his wicked anti |
harrison associates, and not the inn
,aculate Benjamin, who stabbed Gov.
[orton in the back at the Minneapolis
invention of '02, and gave the vice-pre-
dental nomination to whitelaw Reid.
nd as IL that were not sufficient per- ,
,rsion of facts for single story, it
roceeds to tell that Mr.. Harrison does.
I want next years nomination to gsI
Reid. Mckinley or Allison. but v
Is bosom friend and one-time running
ate. Gov. Morton. Gov. Morton has
ot proved himself 10 be as good .