Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.
WAanInnroH. D. C.. Aug. II. is

Maryland as a certainty TINS year.
Senator German overreached him
self, as the smartest Of political
bosses are apt to do sooner or later.
He now has not only the Cleveland
democrats against the ticket he nom
imated, but number of his Old
time lieutenants have reyolted be-
cause of his having deceived them
at the recent state convention. Cor
man has made deal with Dan La
mont, whereby that oily-tongued
gentleman undertakes to get the
Cleveland democrats into line for
the German ticket, but those who
ought to know say that he cannot
live up to his contract. As sample
Of the confidence Maryland republic
cans feel this language used by Mr.
A. 7. McKissick is given: "The re-
publicans are going to carry Mary
land this year as sure as fate. Mr..
German has alienated thousands Of
democratic voters by his co-opera-
tion with Raisin to force the nomi-
nation Of Hurst for governor. Hayes
was promised the nomination, and
was dazed at the eleventh hour to
find out that the promise was not to
be kept. know of hundreds of
democrats who will bolt the ticket
and all the fine work Of Arthur p.
German will not get them into line.
Hundreds more will indirectly aid
the republicans by refraining from
voting, and the consequence will be
Il big republican victory. If they do
not win by at least 5000 majority,
the best political judges will be mis-
taken"
A significant political move is the
action Of certain prominent Cleye-
land democrats in feeling the demo
cratic pulse by setting Il boom for
Senator Villas, of Wisconsin, to going.
Mr.. Villas is neither the
first nor second choice of Mr.. Cleye-
land, he Is faithful cuckoo, and
would be far preferable - eX-Secre-
tary Whitney, who has mind and
will of his own. The politicians who
come to Washington do not consider
that Villas would have any show for
the nomination, even If backed by
the administration. He might in GER
tain contingencies get the support Of
Mr.. Cleveland and portion of his
cabinet, but there are mt least two
members of the cabinet who would
oppose with all the strength at their
command the nomination of Villas.
Republicans would not object to his
he would be SO easy
to beat.
The department Of state did a very
thing when it refused to
receive public contributions for the
for the wife and children
of ext. :. Consul Waller, who is in
prison in France, on what is believed
70 be trumped-up charge, This
woman and her children are in Mad
agascar III want. The officials of the
of state informed the
counsel Of Waller, who are trying to
get this government to do something
10 get him out Of prison, if he is un-
justly there, that there was no public
fund from which money could be
taken to relieve the wife and chill
dren of this American citizen, even
though they We're starving in a for
eign lane The counsel then APP
pealed through the newspapers for
public contributions, asking that
they he sent TO the department of
state 50 that they could be trans
mitted at once to the L. :. Consul at
Madagascar. The officials refused
TO either receive or transmit contri-
on the tlimsy ground that
there was no law authorizing them
TO do so. There may be no man
made law to cover a case " this
sort, but there is Il higher law-that
Of humanity which would have
furnished authority, which neither
the American people nor their rep
rescntatives in congress would ever
have questioned, had these demo-
cratic officials used it.
The arguments for the payment of
the money appropriated by the last
congress for deferred sugar bounties
were made last week before His
Majesty, Comptroller Bowler, ac-
cording 70 program, ex-senator Man
derson leading oil for the Nebraska
beet sugar people, and the counsel
for the louisiana sugar men follow
ing. His Majesty has not made his
decision, or rather he has not am
nouueed il. | understand that he
will not attempt to decide the ques-