San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondence.

The man who could have pre-
vented Mr.. Clevelsnd's nomination
In '92 is determined to prevent his
nomination in '96. That man is
Senator German. 1t is well known
that German had only to say one
word at the Democratic convention
Of '92, and Mr.. Cleveland's nomi-
nation would have been impos-
sible. German wanted that nomi-
nation himself, and when q can.
vass OF the convention showed that
while he could get votes enough
pledged to defeat Cleveland, he
could not get enough to be nomi-
natrd himself, he declined to al.
low the use Of his name before the
convention and Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated. He wants that nomi-
nation now just as bad as he ever
did, and is determined to keep Mr..
Cleveland out of it whether he can
get it himself or not. His supper
tiers are some of the shrewdest
workers in the Democratic party
and, like him, they all dislike Mr..
Cleveland. These men are taking
especial pains to inform the DEM
ocratic voters, by other methods
than the party papers-that it was
the killing Of the Wilson Tariff
bill, which was Mr.. Cleveland's
own measure, and the adoption Of
the German. Brice Tariff bill, which
was publicly denounced, although
afterwards signed under compul-
sion by Mr.. Cleveland, that saved
the industrial and commercial in.
terests Of the country from ruin
and the National Treasury from
bankruptcy. The German men
are perfectly confident that they
can control more than one-third of
the Democratic convention and de.
feat the nomination of Mr.. Cleve-
land or any man named by him,
even they do not succeed in nomi-
mating German. They are not do
ing any talking for publication,
but they are out for blood, so to
speak, and they are getting 1t, too.
One Of the few Democrats who is
on visiting terms at Gray Gables
has written to Washington
friend saying that Ex-Governor
Campbell Of Ohio, is no longer per-
soma grata to his highness, Grover
l. That lingo Fourth OF July
speech which Mr.. Campbell made
before Tammany is what did the
business. 1t was taken as a per-
sonal insult by Mr.. Cleveland, and
coming from the source it did it
was especially CALLING. Mr.. Camp
bell, in addition to having been
given the privilege Of declining q
place in the cabinet, has controlled
to much greater extent than any
other one man the federal appoint
ments which have been given to
Ohio men under this administra-
ton, and his loyalty to Mr.. Cleve-
land was confidently counted up.
on. But that is all over now, and
il Mr.. Campbell gets within speak
ing distance of place on the Dem
ocratic National ticket he will do
so without any aid from Mr.. Cleve-
land or any member of his admin
istration. Mr.. Campbell passed
through Washington on his way
back home, but he declined to dis.
cuss the effect that speech had had
or was likely to have upon his re-
lations with the administration
but from the talk of some of his
personal friends 1t is clear that his
object in making the speech was
not only to announce his candidacy
for the presidential nomination
but to discount the effect Of the
robust declaration in favor of the
enforcement of the spirit and letter
of the Monroe Doctrine which
everybody expects to be made by
the Republicans in Congress very
early in the next session. Mr..
Campbell knows, as everybody
who has given the subject any at
tention does, that nine-tenths Of
the people in this country are OPP
posed to the humble pie, surren-
der everything foreign policy Of
the present administration hence
his indirect condemnation and re-
pudiation OF it.
Mr.. Willis l.. Moore, the new
chief Of the Weather Bureau, is a
journeyman printer, protege Of
the late Frank Hatton, and the
manner in which he secured the
appointment, although himself a
Republican, shows him to have the
proverbial shrewdness of the craft.
He has been connected with the
bureau for about 20 years, having
originally enlisted as private in
the signal service, and has for sew
eral years been chief forecaster at
the Chicago office. He has used a
system of his own in making
weather forecasts, which have