New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
THE FUTURE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION
,,os, ~, THEM WILL. RETIRE TO PRIVATE LIFE,
WITH SOME ADVANTAGE TO THEMSELVES
Mr. cARLIsLEs SORRY POSITION
Mr. GARI.ANDs RETURN

Mr. CARLIsLES SORRY POSITION
Mr. GARLANDs RETURN
TO ARKANSAS
Washington, July Is CSpecial) -AHho"e" -
distinctly and completely repudiateo ny 'hei
party at Chicago. the members oil the ""''''-
istration. with but one exception VIII ho' pr
sonally he losers on that account. MI ''"V'
hiss no desire TO enter politics He did so at the
urgent request of Mr.. Cleveland. He VIII siadS
return to his law pra ,tce which. in all prooa-
hilitv will I've increased by this opportunity 10
write his name on the records of the State De-
nor,,ncn. Mr. Ucrbert's course in Congress
was run. He was booked for private life when
Mr. Cleveland called him to the Navy Depart
ment He will now return to Alabama with TINS
additional feather i'm his cap Colonel Lamont
has had no official existence from the start eX-
cant through Mr. Cleveland's favor 1t is very
,,,uch for a man of his calibre TO have reached
tho Cabinet table of President of the United
States He will probably never be Of particu-
lar force in public affairs on his Individual ac-
count but he ought to be able TO DO good
deal OF profitable private business on the promi-
nence he has enjoyed here. The jumping 0l
man like Hoke Smith from low position IN
small Southern city to the Secretaryship oi 'he
Interior was a stroke Of great good fortune to
the beneficiary. Mr.. Smiths practice, when ne
returns to IT, will be larger than ever he mas
enjoyed what in the vernacular Is calied d
great ad" Mr.. Harmon, as an eX-Attorhey-
General will be a bigger man in CINCINNATI than
ever while ]. sterling Morton, VINO never en- en-,
toved much personal favor IN Nebraska, VIII
not he hurt there by his absolute failure III the
Agricultural Department. Nothing else Was s. en,
nerted of him Professor Wilson will go from
The Postof1ice Department to his college chalr
IN West Virginia. A. co,,,s,o
The exception to TINS RUE Is MI OaanI
He loses and loses heavily. 1t is no injustice
indeed TO describe him in homely phrase
as "a gone gosling" Leaving the senate Where
he had a place for life he occupied post I'M
~ a hard taskrnaster and by the side of po-
1t,cal striplings for associates. and now, as MS
term Of office draws to an en1 ne mas hnsen
discredited and almost an op'ec. o, ns,he
Hs nil find work to do at the bar. ana maybe
a fortune there but his glory as poil'iciah-
what he had-has departed forever
Rrt hard az his fortune IL. Mr.. Carlisle enjoys
nobody's sympathy. He is recognized as the
architect Of his own undoing. intellectual IN an
unusual degree ne is yet very unstaoie man.
and this silver question has exposed MIN III Ill vi
his weakness His denials to the contrary not
yitbstanding he for years free-siiNer HAIL
He was first elected TO Congress twenty years
ago as a free-sver champion That was 'he
CONTROLLING sentiment in kentucky in Demo-
crot,c circles at that time Mr.. Beck was the
author of II. and Mr. Carlisle, with the other
,,ounSsr men. fell in behind him. He trained
with the free-slver men all the time he was IN
tho House and as Speaker. put Mr. Band con-
stantly forward in silver's interests III was uui-
ing his second term in the House that ne haue
the famous speech about the act OF lo''' iio'i'
which the silver men never weary OF quotihe'
When Mr. Beck died. Mr.. Carlisle offered him-
self for the succession, and one OF his claims 10
recognition from a free-silver Legislature was
that he had always been friend OF SILVER
When he became Secretary OF the treasury HIS
horizon broadened. and his opportunities ior
studying the financial question IN all OF i's Dear
,nes were greater than he had ever before
on1,vea He improved them, and changed his
views about silver. He took the other SIDE Oh
,,a cuestion and now proclaimed that no greater
evil could befall the country than the inaugural,
tion of q policy OF free coinage but ne NlckTu
the moral courage to confess the chahse. "a.
astonnded eyerybody-and particularly his old
friends-by claiming that he had never peen u,
favor Of free coinage! That deprived MN OF a., an
,rNuence in the fight Just closed. and armed MS
enernies with the charge that he had not gone
over to the gold standard from CONVICTION, Du.
as the result Of coming IN contat' MIN h,m or
rot &c a question, but it is fact that many or
his deliverances made years ago are nov ~
circulation to support the chicago proPasahuo-
Washington since his retirement from Congress-
but he came occasionally, and as long as WORM
,ev's was open he stopped there. He retained his
,ar,ialitv for an old hosiery where so much I'M
nortant poltical history had been made He
took n deep interest In the growth or the city.
snd never failed when IN town to take cab ana
drive about noting the latest improvements
chatting with the driver as he went. THESE jour-
,evs served TO entertain him highly. and some
t;mes he would devote a whole afternoon 10
sirhtseeing in this way. The reason LOT MI
,1,-d,s abandonment of politics has never been
,,ear nc had attained 10 very high positioh
in tha House he was orator OF decided apll-
tv and in the NLVIIIth Congress mace qhe
rrincpal speech in support or the Morrisoh hoii-
1or.sl tariff bill 1t was while member of that
House TOO that he showed himself capable OF
rising above party pettness. Major Mcknieys
oo, moo in contest on fimsy grounds but the
Democratic lash was applied and everybody
Int Mr. Hurd was whipped in. He stood out
and voted in favor Of the contestee. Major Nc
Kinlev lost the seat, but he never forgot the
courageous act of his friend. and his telegram OF
coincidence TO the family showed how much ne
deplored his death. Mr. Hurd was one OF that
long train of prominent Democrats never IN
favor at the White House The reason In his
case is not known. Mr. Cleveland simply passed
him by, and Mr.. Hurd made no sign he was re-
ported as a much ADLER man than many that MI
Cleveland discovered" and appointed to high
Office When Mr.. Cleveland turned to Ohio for
an Attorney-General It seemed strange that he
should choose Judge Harmon, with only local
reputation, instead Of Mr.. Hurd, who enjoyed
National fame, both lawyer and political
leader Mr.. Hurd was not Of the Brice school
He was an intellectual man. very Independent.
and a hard and thorough student The fine
work" of the caucus WAS not at all to his taste.
and when he quilted the field the machine took
further note of him. He seemed to enjoy pri-
vate life though his friends always contended
that with his gifts for public affairs he was not
entitled to the ease and quiet Of the freside
A disnatch from, Ak Gas has conNeYed the