Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-01
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular corresDouas0,
V AsHINarnS. D. q 49, u

The Cleveland democrats a..
ing time lodging that tbira ~,
question which is being fired L !. ,s'la
from all directions. A few - s"eia
Secretaries Carlisle and lame
instance, know, and dodge N, ~
sons Of their own, while the ~, s.
them are afraid of committino :,
selves to the wrong side Of IT, e' A'
ton. To the latter class belonals @'s-
Senator Wade Hampton. wbn =
forms the light duties and draus XIV
heavy pay of railroad comrniss;o
trying to escape responsibility n,
interview with him printed !.
North Carolina paper, which ouo,.s
him as saying that he had nerso..,
knowledge of Mr.. Cleveland's in,as
tion to be candidate again III i,
gentleman has got himself bonel.s
ly tangled up. He owns to IA,
ing expressed the opinion that Il Is
financial question should resuh !.
party splits the gold democrats vonls
insist upon returning Mr.. CleyeIaIa
again. But why this dodging9 !,
Mr.. Cleveland is not scheminc J.
capture the democratic nominatios
again, why do such close friends !,
his as Secretaries Carlisle and +.
mont neglect such good opportppi
ties as they have both recently had 4
stop the discussion by an authorjta.
tive announcement that Mr.. Cleye.
land is not a candidate for the nomi.
nation? And why does Mr.. Clera.
land himself not say something on
the subject? He has found it easy "a
lay aside presidential dignity and
say other things which would better
have been left unsaid. There is Inn
one explanation of all this lodging
Mr. Cleveland is candidate, but i
not ready to avow his candidacy, be.
lieying that he can so manipulate
things as to make it appear that his
party forces him to run again. Mis-.
taken judgment, both in belief and
in being willing to be a candidate to
certain defeat.
BY patient search of musty doe.
uments relating to the early years Of
the government it was discovered
that the comptroller had in certain
instances assumed the authority
without question to pass upon the
constitutionality of acts of congress
carrying appropriations. For weeks
the administration has been irving
to find an excuse to keep the more
than five and a quarter million dol.
lars appropriated at the last session
of congress to pay sugar bountles In
the treasury. This discovery fur,
nished the excuse. Comptroller Bow
Ter, little man with a head easily
swelled, required no persuasion to at.
tempt to follow in the autocratc
footsteps of some of the earlier comp
trollers. He notified the parties in
whose favor the first voucher against
that sugar bounty appropriation was
drawn that he had doubts about the
constitutionality Of the sugar bounty,
forgetting the millions paid out for
that purpose with his approval, and
would, next month, hear arguments
as to why the money should not be
held up. The arguing the question
will be useless, unless Bowler gets
frightened and refuses to play the
part assigned him. There is likely
to be music in the air on this subject.
In fact, there is already. The Louis
lana senators, and one or two OF the
representatives are now in Washing
ton-the greater part of that appro-
priai vi would go to their constltll-
ents- and they tried to read the riot
act to Secretary Carlisle, but ne
sneaked out by telling them he had
no authority over the comptrollef'
The Louisianians think they have
| been buncoed, and wheE Bowler de-
cides that appropriation to be uneoa'
stitutional, as he will if he doesn't
wesken, they may have something
interesting to say to the public Inc
administration dosn't care whether
Bowler's decision shall Afterwards
be upset by the courts or not; az
wants is to hold on to that money iof
a time.
Senator Blackbusn, of KENTUCKY
who has been in Washington, ga'e
the newspaper men a shock the9
will not recover from for some lilne
by refusing to talk. Think oil 1os
Blackburn refusing to talk, II eella'
tor Stewart should refuse TO rs 9,
terviewed on the silver question
would not be more surprising II :
known, however, that Blackburn
very bitter towards the admlhis'.'.
| tion and asnpeiallv towards Secretary