Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.. c., Sept. 10, '95.

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Senator Gray, of Delaware, was the
FIRST Democrat of any prominence to
publicly endorse the nomination of Mr..
Cleveland for u third term. But his
endorsement carries no weight with
anybody, because it is well known
that Mr.. Gray is exceedingly anxious
to get the vacant seat upon the Su.
preme Court left by the late Justice
Jackson. He may get it, but if so il
will surprise lots of people in Wash.
ington, including at least two members
of the Cabinet. Dan Lamont had q
pow WOW with Mr.. Cleveland at GRAY
Gables this week, which will doubtless
have some effect upon that third term
business, either in pushing it forward
publically or in silencing for a time
the cuckoo's public support of it.
Another thing about which Dan La.
mont talked to Mr.. Cleveland was who
shall succeed Gen. Scho6old, whose age
will place him on the retired list on the
Goth inst, as commander of the army.
According to right and precedent the
senior Major General-Gen. Nelson A.
Miles-would succeed Gen. Schofeld.
But a lot of Democratic schemers wish
to carry party politicts into the army,
ignore right and precedent, and jump
one of the other major generals over
the head of Gen. Miles, because they
say that Gen. Miles is a Republican.
There are reasons for believing that
Dan Lamont is in sympathy with those
%schemers; also for believing that Mr..
Cleveland would like to ignore Gen.
Miles, but it is far from certain that he
will care to face the storm of indigna-
ton which would certainly follow such
an act of injustice to as gallant an Of
ticer as ever drew a sword. Gen Miles
is popular, and Mr.. Cleveland knows il.
John NJ. Reynolds, of Pennsylvania,
at present Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, evidently knows a good thing
from a worthless article. He was nomi-
mated on the Democratic ticket for
Judge of the new Superior Court of Pa.
but knowing the impossibility of get
ting elected and having no desire to
give up his present very comfortable
salary he promptly telegraphed his
d%eclination of the nomination.
1t is said that Senator Mills, Of Texas,
accompanied his declaration against
the free coinage of silver with one
against the nomination of Mr.. Cleve.
land for a third term, in order to pre-.
vent the Texans accusing him of hav.
ing become a cuckoo. Mr.. Mills was
once a silver man of the most radical
type. He has been in Washington ever
since Congress adjourned, but he has
until now refused to define his finan.
cial position. He was virtually forced
into it by a letter from the Chirman of
Texas Democratic Committee which he
could not ignore unless prepared to
drop out of politics at the end of his
term in the Senate. He will doubtless
find when he gets back to Texas-he
started this week-that he did not i'm.
prove his popularity with either silver
or anti-silver men when he said that
although opposed to the free coinage of
silver he would vote fof it in the Sem
ate if next years Texas Democratic
convention endorsed it.
The Bowler farce is to be repeated.
Secretary Carlisle has set September
20 as the date to hear ex-senator Man.
derson' g arguments in an appeal from
the decision of Bowler, referring the
claim of the Oxnard company, of Ne.
braska, for sugar bounty, to the Court
OF Claims. 1nasmuch Gs the order to
hold up the money for sugar bounties
came from Mr.. Cleveland there is no
probability that Secretary Carlisle will
reverse Bowler, no matter how con-
vincing the argument of Mr.. Mander-
son may be unless some other method
of keeping the money in the Treasury
has been decided upon.
Numerous fairy stories are being
printed about Speaker Reed being
bossed by this or that man into select
ing this or that member of the House
for Chairman of the most important of
the House Committees. Mr.. Reed is
VIGOROUSLY fond of q joke and he prob.
ably enjoys reading these stories.
Everybody who is at all acquainted
with Mr.. Reeds character knows that
while always open to being convinced
by argument, and sometimes allowing
himself to be persuaded, he con not be
bossed by any man That very fact is
the foundation ofhis public reputation.
CONKLLNG.