Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-19

Washington, august y, 1895.
IsPE MAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MoNITo L

Washington, august y, 1895.
The anti Cleveland democrats are
once more saying cuss words in con-
nection with what they call "Cleve-
land luck.'' They say that the death
of Justice Jackson has given Mr..
Cleveland another lever to pull in his
efforts to control the next democratic
conve ntion, and every man at all ia
miliar with national politics knows
what powerful lever avacancy upon
the U. S. Supreme Court can be made
by an ambitious president, and Napol-
con was never more ambitious of OBJ
tanning personal power for himself
that is Mr.. Cleveland. There is logic,
too, in the rawlings of these mad dem
ocrats. OF course it isn't either right
or decent to use the word "luck" in
connection with the death of an en-
inent jurist like Justice Jackson; but
there can be no denial that this vacan-
cy in the Supreme Court has added
to Mr.. Cleveland's power; nor that
he will make use of it, as he does of
everything else, to help him control
the democratic convention. Circum-
stances will favor him, too. Nobody
will expect the vacancy to be filled
until after Congress meets, although
the next term of the Supreme Court
begins in October, because the nomi-
nation could not be acted upon by the
Senate until then, and there is an I'M
written law, which has very seldom
been ignored, against justice taking
his seat upon the bench of the Su-
preme Court before his nomination
has been confirmed by the Senate.
This being the situation, Mr.. Cleve-
land is at liberty to bangle this tempt
ing bait in front of every democrat |
he wishes to control, and he will not |
fail to do so, although in the end the
place will go to some of his creatures
like Wilson, Olney, or Bisse1. 1t is
not surprising under the circumstan-
ces that the anti Cleveland democrats
should be hot in the collar from
other causes than the sweltering
from the weather.
Washington's G. A. R. men are
making preparations for sending a
big delegation to the coming National
at Louisville, Kentucky,
Septe mber 11-13. Corporal Tanner is
very enthusiastic about it. He says:
conspires to make the
assemblage one of the largest and
most inspiring ever gathered together
in this country. It will be held at a
point that may be said to be central,
so far as veteran organizations, both
Union and Confederate are concerned.
On the South will be Knoxville, Chat
Atlanta, New Orleans and
other cities, and on the North and
West are Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
other states which are just alive with
Union veterans. In addition to all
these favorable circumstances the de-
1ication of the battle field of Chat
which takes place only a day
Or two before the opening of the en- =
will tend to greatly in
crease the attendance at the latter"
Puplic opinion can effect even
10mOCrdU1C IL. AlUGf
saying that this government had no
fund from which money could be tax
en- to help the wife and children of
ex-U. S. Consul Waller (who is in pri-
son in France under a court material
sentence believed to be unjust), who
are stranded at Port Louis Mauritius, {
The State Department changed front, ;
after learning from the newspapers
what the public thought of such in
humanity and directed the L. S. Con-
for Mrs. Waller and
Ter children on the French steamer :
which sails for Marseilles, France, on i
August 20. The same power may ev- .
compel the administration to
10 something for Waller even though
American citizen.
1t is regarded as significant that the :
of the Whitney boom ]
should have passed the word around
10 the Whitney democrats not to al
ow Mr.. Whitney to be spoken of as
cleveland candidate without contra '
licting it. This means, that Whitney's
who are among the l
hrewdest democrats in the country,
Mr.. Cleveland's friendship
letriment rather than help. Another
ignificant thing was the statement of
friend of Senator Hill, that Whit +
ley would not be able to get the New t
York delegation to the nominating
He said that Hill had
lever forgiven Whitney for nominate