Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-13
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular corresponds.

state who would have haen
displeasing to the democratic ~
ers in congress than ATTORNEY 3 -
eral Olney. Mr.. olney does NJ, ~
ability, but the ability he has ]. ~
the kind which makes a succa.'.
secretary of state. He is utta,ls
void of that spirit of affahili.. ~
dealing with men which has nh
been considered prime necessi,r
the makeup of diplomat H.
so conducted the business of III
partment of justice that the ave.
congressman prefers when he 1,
business with that departmen,
transact it in writing rather than
take the chance of being personal
snubbed by Mr.. Onley, as his pra,a..
colleague, Postmaster General M
son, was, when he was chairma,
the house ways and means eom
mittee and the recognized leader !,
the democrats in that body.
There is more or less dissatis,o.
ton among democrats over ",
Cleveland's method Of selecting 4,
torney General Olney for secreta,v
state. Although there were SEQ.
of men prominent in democrats,
councils near enough to Washinp,or
to have been called into consnl,a
ton.
The convention of the Republican
National League, which will as.
semble at Cleveland, Ohio, on the
10Th inst, is regarded by most repub.
licans as the virtual opening of tho
presidential campaign. All report.
brought to Washington indicate that
the attendance will be large and ep.
thusiastic, including nearly every
man who is recognized as one of tn
national leaders of the party. Fix.
President Harrison, Gov. Morton
and Chauncey M. Depew have not
yet accepted the invitations extend.
ed TO them, but it is probable tina,
they will. Among those who have
accepted invitations and who will
attend the convention, barring sick.
ness or accidents, are ex-Speaker
Reed, Gov Mckinley, ex-Gov. Fora.
ker, Gen. Russell A. Alger, Senators
Allison, Dubois, Thurston, Garter,
Lodge, Nelson, Burrows and Patton.
One of the features of the convention
will be mammoth harmony dinner
to be given in the evening of the
second day. This dinner will he
served on the ground -four of the
Arcade building, and tables will be
set for 1900 guests and provided with
the best eatables to be obtained
The galleries above the ground floor
are half mile in length and will
accommodate more than 5000 republi
can men and women who will nat
urally want to see the greatest har-
mony dinner ever proposed eaten BY
the delegates to the convention and
their guests. Republicans are not
alarmed at democratic predictions
of trouble in the convention, because
they know that the basis Of the pre-
dicted trouble-the silver question
and the booming of some particular
candidate for the presidential nom
ination-is composed of matters over
which the convention has 40 legiti-
mate jurisdiction and with which it
will not attempt to deal.
Retribution is sometimes almighty
slow, but it nearly always gets there
Just the same. Charles B. Morton,
Maine democrat who was made
commissioner of navigation by Mr..
Cleveland in his first administration,
and auditor of the treasury for the
navy department early in the pres
ent administration, as reward Tor
the scavenger work he performed
in the campaign Of dirty personal
abuse that was waged against the
late James G. Blaine in 1884, was
this week summarily dismissed from
the latter office by Mr.. Cleveland
and, to make the delayed retribution
all the more satisfactory to decent
people, Morton was dismissed iof
exactly the same reason that he was
given ottice--for exercising his scaN'
enger proclivities. But he made the
mistake of abusing the man WHO
gave him office, this time, and Wa
consequently kicked out Of Once
greatly to the satisfaction Of Officers
of the navy, whose accounts II w:
his duty to pass upon, and win
whom he has been in constant
wrangle ever since he held the OF
flee. May his unlamented fate be
warning to those who try to traAei
into office over the sewer route.
WHERE can find -. Jenkins, US
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