The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-09
NO. 81
Washington Letter.
IFro,o our regular correspondent

Who is usually we'll informed upon
INSIDE democratic happenings assured
me that he had. The deal, according
to this gentleman provides that Black
burn shall not talk free silver during
the remainder of the Kentucky cam
oaign, and in return for his assistance
n keeping the silver question in tie
background the administration prom
ISIS that it will present no candidate
II the Senate, against Blackburn, if
the democrats retain control of the
Legislature. While not pretending to
youch for the accuracy of this story,
will say that many tips received
rom the same source have proved to
re straight. There are also corrobor-
,tive circumstances, as the lawyers
say First, Blackurns coming to
Washington in the midst OF the cam
,aign; second, his refusal to talk
third, the talk Of administration dem
\
ted to the Senate, if the democrats
carry the legislature. because of his
personal popularity, regardless of the
islver question. To take in the full
Significance of the last it must be re-
nembered that few weeks ago these
same administration democrats were
shouting "anybody to beat Blackburn.
They do not love Blackburn now any
more than did then, but they fear re-
publican success in Kentucky more.
Secretary Carlisle wished to have his
name presented to the democratic con-
vention as Kentucky's candidate for
President, and he knows his last
chance would go glimmering-he scar
cely has one out of possible on humid
red, anyway-the day Kentucky was
carried by the republicans. Some of
Blackburn friends have not hesitat-
ed to say that they would rather re-
publican be elected to succeed him than
a Cleveland democrat. Maybe that
was only bluff, but it frightened the
other fellows It was evident to Mr..
Carlisle, if not to the rest of The ad-
ministration, that with Blackburn and
his friends doing their level best, the
Republicans would have an even chance
to win, and that with Blackburn and
his friends Indifferent the republican
success was certain hence the necessity
for making deal of some sort.
The Louisiana Senators having failed
in their appeals to Caesars men, Car
lisle and Bowler, to let their growing
constitutions have the money Congress
appropriated for them, have taken
them to Caesar Cleveland himself.
These senators know just as we'll as
Everybody else does that their appeal
will be useless, the holding up of that
sugar bounty money having been
sactioned by Mr.. Cleleveland long be-
| fore little Bowler set himself up as
sort of one-man Supreme Court; to
decide the constitutionality of Acts
of Congress appropriating money but
having made Secretary Carlisle put
himself OH record in Bowler's support
they wish to compel Mr.. Cleveland to
do the same. Little Bowler's action
is foregone conclusion, although he
will, on August 7th, go through the
farcical proceeding OF listening to ar
guments in favor of the constitutional
ity of the sugar bounty law. He has
been ordered to hold up that money
and he will do it.
It is somewhat difficult to under
stand democratic ideas of economy.
One member of the Cabinet-Secre-
tary Morton-has, he says, as meas
ure of economy abolished the distribu-
ton of seeds to the farmers of the coun-
| try, in defiance of Congress, which
appropriated the money to buy the
seeds and to pay for their distribution.
| Another member of the Cabinet
Secretary Herbert-has started on a
six weeks tour of the Atlantic Coast
summer resorts, ON board of the U. s.
Dispatch Boat Dolphin, at public ex-
pense. He didn't say that his pleasure
| trip was also measure of economy,
but he tries to disguise its real nature
by pretending that it is made for the
purpose of inspecting the Government
Navy Yards on the Atlantic.
| The nations of the world seem to
know the timid nature of the Cleve-
land administration quite as well as
Americans do. Months ago France
was asked to furnish copy of the pa
pers in the case of Ex-Consul Waller,
who is now in French prison, and it
refused, an unprecedented thing to do.
Another demand has since been made