Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-09-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

! Mr.. Cleveland for Il third term. But
his endorsement carries no weight
| with anybody, because 1t Is well
known that Mr.. Gray is exceedingly
anxious to get the vacant seat upon
the Supreme Court left by the late
Justice Jackson. He may get it, but
if so it will surprise lots Of people
in Warrington, including at least two
members of the cabinet. Fan Lamont
had Il powwow with Ir. Cleveland
at Gray Gables this week, which will
doubtless have some effect upon the
third term business, either in push
ing it forward publicly or in silence
ing for time the cuckoos public
support Of it.
Another thing about which Dan
Lamont talked to the president was
who shall succeed General Scho-
field, whose age will place him on the
retired list on the 10Th inst, as com
mander of the army. According to
right and precedent the senior major
general Gen. Nelson A. Miles -
would succeed Gen Schofleld. But a
lot of democratic schemerS wish to
| carry party politics into the army,
ignore right and precedent, and jump
one of the other major generals over
! the head of Gen. Miles, because they
say that Glen. Miles is IA republican.
There are reasons to believe that
Dan Lamont is in sympathy with
those schemers, also for believing
that Mr.. Cleveland would like to ig-
more GEN Miles, but II il far from
certain that he will care to face the
storm of Indignation which would
certainly follow such an act of in
justice to as gallant an officer as ever
drew sword. Gen. Miles is popular
and Mr.. Cleveland knows it.
Mr.. John NJ. Reynolds, of Pennsyl-
vania, at present assistant secretary
Of the interior, evidently knows 4
good thing from a worthless article.
He was nominated on the democratic
ticket for Judge of the new superior
court of Pennsylvania, but knowing
the impossibility of getting it, and
having no desire to give up his present
very comfortable salary, he promptly
photographed his declination of the
nomination.
1t is said that Senator Mills, OF
Texas, accompanied his declaration
against the free coinage Of silver
with one against the nomination Of
Mr.. Cleveland for third term, in
order to prevent the Texans accusing
him of having become a cuckoo. Mr.
Mills was once Il silver man of the
most radical type. He has been in
Washington ever since congress adj
jouned, but he has untilnow refused
to define his financial position. He
was virtually forced into it by a
letter from the chairman Of the
/ Texas democratic committee, which
he could not ignore unless prepared
| TO drop out of politics at the end Of
his term i'll the senate, He will
doubtless find when he gets back to
Texas that he did not improve his
popularity with either silver or anti
silver men when he said that al
though opposed to the free coinage
Of silver he would vote for it in the
senate il noNt years Texas demo-
cratic convention endorsed il.
The Bowler farce Il u he repeated
secretary Carlisle has set September
10Th as the date to hear ex-senator
| Mauderson's arguments in an appeal
| from the decision of Bowler, refer
ing the claim Of the Oxuard company
of Nebraska, for sugar bounty to the
court of claims lnasmuch as the
order to hold up the money for sugar
houuties came from MIR. Cleveland,
there Il ne probability that Secretary
FL Carlisle viii reverse Bowler no mat
Ter how convincing the argument Of
Mr.. Henderson may be, unless some
other method For keeping the money
in the treasury has been decided
upon.
Numerous fairy stories are being
t printed about Speaker Reed being
bossed hy Oh. 81 that man into SCI