The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-10-25
ashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct Is 1895


WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct Is 1895
"Old man mystery" is Mr.. Cleve-
lands latest Washington name. 1t
has been bestowed upon him on ac-
count of the growing liking for mys-
tifying the public as to his comings
and goings. His manner of returning
to Washington after his long absence
temphasizes the correctness of the new
lappellation. None of his friends have
ever succeeded in giving Il satisfactory
Explanation of this desire to keep his
movements secret, especially when GO
ing upon or returning from trip, al
though some of them have made in
genious attempts in that line. There
is some curiosity expressed as to
whether when he takes his cabinet
down to Atlanta he will try to SNUG
gle himself and them out of the city.
III 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 exposition
on the 22nd inst. ,a~.,
While no senator has made posi-
tive statement to that effect, enough
has been said, by senators TO make it
we'll certain that there will be no re-
organization of the Senate when Con
gress meets, owing to neither. party
having clear majority in that body
and to neither republicans or demo
Gratis desiring to allow the populists to
dictate the organization by making
deal for their votes. BY this it is no.
meant that there will he no changes
among the off cials and committee
chairmen of the Senate, for there is
likely to he a number, but they will be
only sue as shall be agreed upon b,
b 9th republican and democratic sena-
tors, and will be of the give and take
order. In other words, instead of all
the Senate committee chairman and
officials being democrats, as at present,
they will be divided between demo-
rats 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
revolu ton, will agree with Attorney
General Harrison's assertion that ex-
press ions of sympathy by citizens of
this country for the struggling Cubans
are "discourt eous in the highest degree
to friendly power and tend to en-
barsss and obstruct the government
in carrying out its determination
faith fully to execute the laws and full
fill its treaty obligations" The Con-
stitution of the United. States guar
antees the freedom of speech, and Mr..
Harrison is probably the first. member
of Presidents cabinet 10 officially de-
clare its exercise to be discourteous to
| a foreign government or embarrassing
to our own. Mr.. Harrison may speak
for this administration, which has not
at any time during its existence re-
/ fiected public sentiment upon any
question if Importance, but he certain
ly does not speak for the American
people, W no will continue to exercise
their constitution-given rights by
publicly expressing their opinions
and sympathies, just as they have
done. If it be discourteous for Ameri-
cans to express sympathy for the
Cuban revolutionists it was also dis
courteousy for the French to have ex-
pressed sympathy for the American
revolutionists ofi76. The very corner
stone of this nation is Freedom, and
if the time ever comes when our people
do not sympathize with, aye and ex-
press their sympathy, too, for those in
o ther countries who are struggling for
freedom, our own freedom will be in
great danger. What adds to the in
congruity, not to say aburdity, of the
Attorney Generals position is the fact
that Spain did not stop to consider
whet her it was discourteous to the
United States or not when she recog-
nized the belligerency of the late Con-
federate states very early in the late
civil war.
Mr.. PETER, the bewhiskered gentle
man who partly represents Kansas in
the Senate, brings his opinions to
Washington a little head of Con-
gress. probably to escape the rush.
Several years ago he was cocksrre that
the populists would elect the next
president, but since then he has been
keeping tab on public sentiment, and
ow he gravely announces that he
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