Middletown transcript., 1895-11-16

them.
| German, Fill, and other anti-Cleve-
land Democrats are going, unless their
friends in Washington are misinformed
as to their intentions, to give Mr..
Cleveland another chance to see
whether his personal following is as
large as he thinks it is, by helping to
nominate him for president again.
They charge him with having made it
impossible to elect any Democrat pres
ident, and say that he shall bear the ig-
nominy of being the only man who was
ever twice defeated for the Presidency
of the United States. That will suit
the Republicans. as they would rather
defeat Mr.. Cleveland than anybody
else.
The Republicans are naturally de-
lighted at the prospect of not only re-
gaining the Presidency next year, but
of having control of both branches of
Congress, a majority of the Senate af-
ter March 4, 1897, having been made
absolutely certain by the result of last
weeks elections. Nothing but some
stupend0us blunder on the part of the
Republican majority in the House at
the coming session of Congress can
prevent Republican success next year,
and with that man of iron will and
and proved sagacity, Thomas B. Reed,
in the Speakers chair, no such blunder
will be made. This is so well known
by the Democrats that they are nov
depending solely upon their ability to
create jealousy among the victorious
Republicans. A Democratic plan has
already been agreed upon, which in
wolves concocting and spreading of all
sorts Of stories calculated TO cause
pickering and dissentinn among the
friends of the aspirahls for Republican
presidential nomina, ion, ard already
those stories are beiag circulated. LIT
all Republicans keep in mi q ,ht
sources lid purposes . { e. si", ;..s AMI
they will CAUSE II, h.In; ard if dj>-
posed to take part il, il c ,allal ii-fi
look al the presen e r,ii:i,...i 1T ~
Democratic party and be warird lii
time.
Ex-senator Mandrrsun, of Nebraska,
who is in Washington in connection
with the sugar bount, cases in which
he is chief counsel, says: "The Repub-
licans are in posi- ion where they can
take any man for PRESIDENTIAL candi.
date. They do nut have to 6gure on
the changes of This or that man for
election. Their candidate will be |
elected no matter who he is nnr what |
state he comes from.''
The administration is understood 10 |
be considerably troubled about the
Cuban question and several members
of the cabinet, having in in view the
failure Of Mr.. Cleveland's Hawaiian |
policy, are trying to persuade him to
make no recommendation on the Cuban
matter in his message to Congress,
further than to call attention to the
Information (sending the documents
with the message) gathered by the
State Deparlm t, and to request that
Congress shall define the policy to be
pursued by this government. If he
accepts that advice it will indica 9
that he has learned something by ex-
perience, but he will have to do it be-
fore most people will believe it possi-
BILE.
How are the mighty fallen! E.
Ellery Anderson, of New York, one of
the original cuckoos, has been officially
by Hoke Smith, one Of the
second crop of cuckoos. MI. Anderson is
one of the men appointed by Mr. Cleve-
land to look out for the interests of the
government in the Union Pacific Ra J.
road. Quite awhile ago he made some
to Secretary Hoke
Smith, concerning the patenting of
ands to that railroad company by the
q. s. Land Office. Not hearing any
hing about his recommendation, Mr..
Anderson ventured to remind the Sec
retary of them and to ask that he say
what he intended doing about them.
He was curtly informed that the
Secretary did not deem il advisable to
pass on the recommendation eith..r
way, as Congress would probably leg
slate on the subject ut the coming
'ession. 1t was probably this snnb-
,ing of Cleveland worshipper that
Vas responsible for the rumor that Mr..
'mith was contemplating an early re-
irement from the cabinet. He isn't i
loing anything of the sort; he is Ell. !
Dying his prominence to the full and
8 using it to help along his ambition
o succeed Gen. Gordon rs Senator :
rom Georgis. II be can &c: thai
'acancy iD the supreme Court he will
lady take II. otherwise he'll stick 10 Y
lis present job. 3