San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
by our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aprll II. '95

sASy SboA bOu NhdO utlllduu lOI a
southern man at the head of the
next Democratic National ticket.
Needless to say it was played
against Mr.. Cleveland, and so clev-
erly was it played that it caught
the immediate endorsement of
Senator Hill, who apparently for
got, in his anxiety to thwart Mr..
Cleveland's hopes, that he was prac-
tically committing himself to the
German boom. The manner in
which this demand was first made
public was calculated to blind
great many ordinarily shrewd
people to the fact that Senator Cor
man was pulling the wires. 1t
was on the editorial page of the
Washington Post, an alleged indie
pendent paper, that the demand
first saw the light, in all the con-
spicuousness Of double-leaded type.
Now, it is fact well known to
those who keep posted on such
things that the Independence of
the Washington Post has been upon
more than one occasion made a
commercial commodity to be ex.
changed for cash or personal IA
vors. That being the case it did
not require Pinkerton to connect
that demand with recent confer
ences in Washington of prominent
Democrats who are opposed to any
further party favors being granted
to Mr.. Cleveland, although few OF
them are actually committed to
Senator Germans candidacy. The
making Of the connection was aid
ed by the knowledge that the Post
is controlled by a Democrat-ex-
Congressman Beriah Wilkins, of
Ohio, who has the Ohio mans ma
tural love for political deal and
no special liking for Mr. Cleveland,
although he doesn't object TO ask
ing for, and accepting executive
favorS.
Senator German was far too
smart to have this demand for a
southern candidate have any out
ward appearance OF a German
boom. Yet that is exactly what
it is. While the demand is calcu-
lated in fact, was intended to
tickle the ambitions of a score Of
southern democrats, should it
grow into power great enough to
control the next democratic nomi-
mating convention, there is only
one man who is big enough and
smart enough to take advantage Of
it, and his name is German. There
may be ADLER southern democrats
than Mr.. German, but if there are
they have successfully hid their
ability, while Mr.. German has
forced the democratic Senate to
retain him as leader against the
wishes Of democratic president.
Mr.. Cleveland recognizes this
demand for southern man as a
very shrewd move, and he knows
the source from whence it eman-
ates. Helis afraid of Mr.. German,
not having forgotten the humili-
ating defeat he suffered at his
hands during the late Congress,
but he proposes to fight, not only
for himself but to prevent the
nomination Of Mr.. German. These
contests for the empty honor of
the Democratic nomination are
decidedly amusing to Republicans,
who regard the election OF a DEM
ocratic president in 1896 as an i'm
possibility. But they are interest
ing all the same.
The exceptions to the income
tax made by the Supreme court
decision, are calculated to add to
the uupopularity of the tax, which
will, it is believed, be repealed at
the next session Of Congress.
Cuban affairs are attracting
much attention in Washington
just now. 1t is clear that the re-
vOlution is much moro serious
affair than it was at first supposed
to be, and speculation Is rife as to
what will be the position of the
administration should the Cubans
succeed in setting up government
of their own. Without the moral
support Of this government, or
some other, it will be a physical
impossibility for the Cubans to
maintain their independence of
Spain, even should they succeed in
establishing a temporary govern
ment. Will this government ex-
tend its moral support? That is
the question.
The administration must have,
through some of its subordinates,
been doing something disagreeable
to Rudyard Kipling, the talented,
but eccentric English author, who
blackguards everything American
and still lives in America through :
choice. Mr.. Kipling has been in
Washington for a month or so, and
is credited with the intention to
write political story in which Mr..
Cleveland and all the members of
his cabinet are to figure. What
ever his intentions may be Mry
Kipling succeeded in getting him a
self passed by the sentry boxesIe
which, by the way, have since %
been removed, and the Gordon ole