The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-12-19
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON.

lands neglect o important public
business to 60 on hunting junket
at public expense, he is drawing a
salary for doing nothing, and Is be-
sides using a government vessel,
and have franticallv implored him
by teleg aph to return to Washing
ton and stop the criticism. Secre-
tary Carlisle's annual report Is
ready for transmission to Congress,
and although the law provides that
this report shall be made to Gen.
g ess, and not to the President, ne
is afraid to send it to Congress
until it has been edited by Mr..
Cleveland. And Secretary olney Is
afraid to open his mouth about
Lord Salisbury's communication
until Mr.. Cleveland has instructed
him az to what he shall say.
1t is now considered doubtful
whether the caucus committee
which is arranging the republican
member ,hip of the Senate COM
mittees will complete the task be-
fore the holiday recess. 1t is not
an easy job by any means.
Representative GrOut, of VT, has
introduced q bill that ought to be
come law, inasmuch as it probab-
ly represents the views of nine
tenths of those who live in places
where there are fourth-class post
masters. The bill provides that all
fourth-class postmasters shall be
elected by a majority vote Of those
who receive mail at their post
offices, and directs that the post
master General shall appoint only
those who are so elected. Those
who have lived In places where
men Objectionable to almost all
their neighbors have been appoint
ed postmaster can fully appreciate
this idea.
Senator Cullom, of Illineis, made
an able speech this week on the
Monroe doctrine concluding with
these manly and patriotic words:
ave have reached the time when
it becomes our bounden duty to say
to the world, with dignity and
flrmness, that thus far, but no
farther, shall foreign systems of
government be permitted to ap.
proach. Our doctrine is the protec-
ton of American interests, and
our motto is America for Ameri-
cans. We do not claim that the
world is ours, but we will insist Oh
our right to be consulted upon
affair. pertaining to the American
continents. Let us build 80 strong.
ly and speak so plainly that the
way Of the future Executives
Prime Ministers, and Ambassadors
OF our country shall be undoubtcd
Let it be so clear that no states
man of the future can find, as MI
Calhoun did in the Senate, any in
genious theory to weaken its force
and value. Let 1t be so certain an(
emphatic that no Secretary o
State can hereafter become a will
ling party to a treaty yielding
share of the control and supervis
ion of any inter-oceanic canal t.
any European country, as in tn
Clayton ulwer treaty. And let j
be so straight and practical that nj
American ambassador to the Brit
ish court shall feel at liberty tt
question the policy of his owl
government or possibly apologize
for the Declaration of Independ
ence and the Monroe doctrine"
The result of the adoption by thu
House of Representative Barrett
Impeachment resolution, directing
the committee on Foreign Affair
to investigate two speeches mad
: by Ambassador Bayard-one il
August and the other in Novembe
. lin which he characterized repub
licans as socialists because of thei
belief in the policy of protection
and otherwise abused Americans
will not be the impeachment of MI
Bayard, but it is almost certain t
TO be sharp censure from tn
. House, unless it can be shown tina
he was not correctly reported b,
the English papers. Mr.. Barrett
resolution would not have been in
troduced if the democrats had no
J adopted the policy of objecting t
every resolution offered in tn
House. Mr.. Barrett's Massachu
sets colleague, representative
Mccall, offered a resolution merel
asking whether the President ha
taken any steps to ascertain whetf
, ! err Ambassador Ravard had mao