Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-08-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washing ton, july 20, 1895.
IAL CORRESPOND NcE OF THE MoNITo

Washington, July 20, 1895.
Has Joe Blackburn made deal with
the administration? A gentleman who
is usually we'll informed upon inside
democratic happenings assured me
that he had. The deal, according to
this gentleman, provides that Black
burn shall not talk free silver during
the remainder of the Kentucky cam
paign, and in return for his assistance
in keeping the silver question in the
background the administration prom
ises that it will present no candidate
for the Senate against Blackburn, if
the democrats retain control of the
legislature. While not pretending to
vouch for the accuracy of this story,
1 will say that many tips received
from the same source have proved to
be straight. There are also corrobor-
ative circumstances, as the lawyers
say. First, Blackburn's coming to
Washington in the midst of the cam
paign; second, his refusal to talk;
third, the talk of administration dem
ocrats about Blackburn being reel
ected to the Senate, if the democrats
carry the legislature, because Of his
personal popularity, regardless of the
silver question. To take in the full
significance of the last it must be re-
membered that few weeks ago these
same administration democrats were
shouting "anybody to beat Black
burn" They do not love Blackburn
now any more than they did then, but
they fear republican success in Ken
lucky more. Secretary Carlisle wishes
to have his name presented to the
democratic convention as Kentucky's
candidate for President and he knows
his last chance would go glimmering-
he scarcely has one out of possible
one hundred anyway-the day Ken
lucky was carried by the republicans.
Some of Blackburn's friends have not
hesitated to say that they would
rather republican be elected to sue
coed him than Cleveland democrat.
May be that was only bluff, but it
the other fellows. 1t was
evident to Mr. Carlisle, if not to the
rest of the administration, that with
Blackburn and his friends doing their
level best, the republicans would
have an even chance to win, and that
with Blackburn and his friends indif-
ferent the republican success was GER
tain; hence the necessity for making
a deal of some sort.
The Louisiana Senators having fail
ed in their appeals to Caesars men
Carlisle and Bowler, to let their sugar
growing constituents have the money |
Congress appropriated for them, have
taken their appeal to Cleveland him
self. These senators know just as well |
rs everybody else does that their ap
peal will be useless, the holding up
hat sugar bounty money having been
anctioned by Mr.. Cleveland long be-
ore little Bowler set himself up as
sort of one man Supreme Court to
decide the constitutionality of Acts of
Congress appropriating money; but
having made Secretary Carlisle put
himself on record in Bowler's support
they wish to compel Mr.. Cleveland to
10 the same Bowler's action is
oregone conclusion, although he will
On August 9TH, go through the farci-
,al proceeding of listening arguments
N favor of the constitutionality of
he sugar bounty law. He has been
ordered to hold up that money and he
will do it.
The nations of the world seem to
Know the timid nature of the Cleve-
and administration quite as we'll as
americans do. Months ago France
vas asked to furnish copy of the
papers in the case of Ex-Consul Wal
er, who is now in a French prison,
and it refused, an unpreceded thing
20 Go. Another demand has since
been made for the papers, and State
officials express the OPP
Mon that another refusal will in due
course be made. Meanwhile an Am
,rican citizen is languishing in a
French prison, on what he claims to
De trumped up charges and an unfair
rial. This administration seems to
De opposed to protection for Ameri-
cans either at home or abroad.
Some interesting statistics are given
Of the United States Agricultural ex-
pertinent stations which are now in
operation in all the States and Terri
10 haaT1