Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-04-11
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON.
What our Regular Correspondent says
about Capitol and its People.

1
nomination by making gold speech
at Chicago, in accordance with the in
vitation recently extended to him BY
an alleged non-partisan committee of
one hundred business men. as favor
ably as he did before the returns fro m
the Chicago municipal electiog reach
ed Washington, and it is probable
that he viii decide that ..important
fpublic business will prevent his
going to Chicago to make a financial
speech. He has his doubts about at
tempting to launch Cleveland or
any other democratic boom in a CITY
that has just gone republican BY more
than Al, 900, particularly when he re
members that the same city was car
ried by $4,000 majority in 1892 by
| the democratic Presidential ticket.
A change of more than 20. 600 votes
in the short space of two years and a
half indicates even to the slow moving
mind Of as great an egotist as Mr..
Cleveland that the democratic party
is losing popularity in Chicago, as
well as elsewhere
The rumor that Secreterv Gresham
intended to resign, which was start
ed anew early this week, was the
source of considerable amusement
among those who are acquainted with
the situation. The denial that quick
ly followed the rumor was not needed
to convince them that Secretary Ores
ham would not resign unless compell-
ed TO, although he now knows that
the object for which he changed his
politics-the hope of succeeding Mr..
Cleveland as Presidents impossible
of attainment. But he needs the sal
airy and he also needs the friendship
OF Mr.. Cleveland, upon which he de-
ponds for restoration to a place on
the bench. With the possible excep-
ton of Secretary Herbert Mr.. Ores
ham is the poorest member of the
cabinet, and. although an able lawyer
he has been SO long out of active
practice that he fears he would not
find it profitable TO resume. 1t is
probably that Secretary Gresham will
resign before the expiration Of Mr..
Cleveland term. but it will be to ac-
cept another office and not to retire to
private life
According to a story now being re-
peated around Washington, three
political and personal friends of Mr..
Cleveland. one of them member OF
the cabinet, were smoking their after
dim II cigars in room in the White
House the other day and discussing
the political outlook, when one of
them said: Speaking of political
predictions, reminds me to make one
myself. The next Presidential cam
paigh will see two democratic parties
in the field. One of them, the first to
nominate a ticket. viii have free sill
yer man for its candidate and big,
broad silver plank for him 10 run on.
The othor will be a democratic party
OF smaller dimensions 1t will stand
for gold alone. Its candidate for
President will be an out and out gold
man--will be called gold bug or
possibly gold elephant by his oppo-
nents-and the financial plank of the
platform upon which his campaign
will be made will advocate the gold
standard without any IFS and's or
butts. Thi. party viii not expect to
win; il will merely make the cam
paign for principle. Now for the
other side. The republican party
will have for its candidate man who
is friendly to silver without being an
enemy OF gold, and its platform will
reject his views, and he will win
When asked to complete the predic-
tion by naming the three candidate
the gentleman said: The identity
OF the free silver man and the man
who is friendly To silver is purely
speculative at this time But the
choice Of the gold wing Of the democ-
racy is foregone conclusion; it will
be Grover Cleveland. Unless all
signs fail two of this would-be proph-
cts predictions promise to be facts
the election of the republican candi-
date and the nomination of Mr. Cleve-
land on good platform.
The friends Of real reform in the
civil service-not the spurious article
given by this administration are
pleased with the black eve given the
spoils system by the majority of 45.
$40 votes in favor of the civil service
law in Chicago. Civil Service Com
missioner Roosevelt discussing this
subject said: i want to see the civil
service system become universal. in
the first place. because the officers
ought to be out Of politics. and the
service would be improved if they
were, but, in the second place, and
chiefly, because wish to take out Of
public life the utterly demoralizing
and degrading influence Of the spoils
system. II has been, on the whole.
the most fruitful of the causes which
tend to the degradation of American
policies. and IN no way can we so
strengthen the forces which tend to
the elevation OF eur political life as
to utterly destroy the spoils system.
Mr.. Cleveland and his family this
week moved out to their suburban
residence and the force of detectives