Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-04-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prom our rerular eorrespondenl
wAsHIsGTos. D. c.. April u. Iss


Whatever Others may think about
II there is no longer any doubt that
Senator StilIman, of South Carolina,
regards himself as a probable presi-
Dental candidate. He has left
Washington for the west, and Will
deliver speeches in Louisville, st.
Louis and Denver, and possibly in
other places. He has two strings to
his presidential bow. If the demo-
cratic convention Is captured by the
silver men he hopes to be their
candidate, and if the anti-silver men
win he proposes to head bolt Of the
silver democrats and to have him
self nominated as a silver candidate,
and to get the endorsement of the
populist convention. In furtherance
Of these projects he is making his
western trip, and when he returns he
will make another speech in the
senate that he intimates will be a
much greater shock to senatorial
dignity than was the speech he de-
livered in the senate some time ago.
/ have just heard an interesting
rumor In connection with Mr. Cleve-
lands alleged delibcration as to
what he shall do about those con-
current Cuban resolutions, which is
given you for what it is worth. Il
have reason to believe said bust
ness man who is personal friend II
Mr. Clevcland's, that Cleveland is
meditating on using Cuba for po-
litical coup that will astonish the
world, and, he believes, give him an
other term. He knows that as things
now stand the democratic party has
no earthly show to carry the country,
but he has an idea that the enthu-
siasm which would be aroused by d
foreign war will rebound to his credit
sufficiently to renominate and re-
elect him, and he is thinking serious
ly of taking such action towards Cuba
as will make q war with Spain a GER
tainty, and | believe he has more
than half decided to do it,
Representative Lorimer, of Ill.,,
was at first inclined to regard the re-
port that he was flooding the country
with Harrison buttons, of which, ac-
cording to the story, he had pur-
chased many thousands, as joke,
but when kilograms began to pour in
upon him enquiring about it he sent
out serious denial of the whole
story.
Here is IN opinion Of the admins
tration, expressed, MIND you, not BY
a republican but by democratic eX-
congressman Hon. G. G. Conn, of
Ind: THE president is the cabinet,
and the heads Of the various depart
ments are well fitted to look after the
details Of the administration and if
il will brighten the Cleveland hori-
ION to send cabinet luminaries on
political recruiting junckets, it is
fully rs satisfactory as to allow them
to remain here and draw double sal
airy as government officials and cor
poration counsel And Mr.. Conn
rubs it in by offering this suggestion
for the consideration Of the members
Of the cabinet who take the stump
at would he interesting to hear them
explain how wise and patriotic adj
ministration had accumulated a ma
tional debt OF more than $500,000,000
in less than three years; also the
process employed by anxious finan-
cial Samaritans to bind up our none
tary wounds with successive bond
issues; how "A great party had prac-
| tically been driven tn suicide be-
cause of the political vagaries of a
faNorite son, and how the prosperity
Of an intelligent people had been
turned over to the Unsuitable greed
of series Of Industrial and CONNER
cial Combines
The senate doesn't approve of the
policy Of consolidating all the small
postoiliccs with the big ones III their
vicinity, which the administration
has been pushing of late, and TO en-
phasize lis disapproval it added an
amendment TO the regular postotiice
appropriation BILL limiting the con-
solidatlon Of postotlices to those To-
Icated within five miles Of the cor
porate limits of cities.
II congress endorses the action OF
the house committee on military af-
fairs nothing short of Il presidential
veto Will prevent Gen. Miles being
made LIT General The committee
1 hy vote Of eight to four decided to
favorahly report the joint resolution
oAcred hy Representative Hardy, Of
lnda ~ promote Gen, Miles to that
rank The fight which Secretary
Lamont has been making on Gen.