The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-03-19
POLITICS AT WASHINGTON
(From CUR Regular Corr .spondent.)

than-eVeryDOdy-el WAS never
more canspicuously Haunted in the
face of Congress and of public
oppinion than it is in the begin
ming of the last year Of his reign.
Self-opinionated Presidents we
have had before, but none of them
ever told Congress and the world
before Congress had promulgated
its opinion upon al important mat
ter that they would pay no atten-
ton to that opinion. Mr.. Cleve-
land did SO this week, when by hIs
direction Secretary OIney gave to
the press statement defining the
attitude of the administration ON
the Cuban question. That there
was a purpose in making public
this statement before the coferees
of the House and Senate had
agreed upon the exact form of the
concurrent resolution for the recog-
milton OF Cuban belligerency-the
House and Senate having adopted
differently worded resolutions, al
though the sentiment of both were
the same-there is no doubt, and
that it as to neutralize any bene-
fit that the Cubans might have
derived from that resolution is the
belief Of most people. This state
ment reduced to plain English is
tn It MIR. Cleveland says to Con-
gress and to public opinion, which
in this matter 1t unquestionably
represents, 81 care not what you
think or what you do, l will not
recognize the belligerency of the
Cubans, nor will take any other
step towards helping them tc gain
their independence, or even en-
courage them by an expression of
sympathy"
Not Il few people think Congress
has been served right in this case,
because OF its failure 10 60 about
the thing in the right way. Its ex-
perlence in. the pigeon-holing of
tho Armenian concurrent resolu-
tiOn should have been sufficient to
have caused the Cuban resolution
to have been put in shape in
which it could not be ignored by
Mr.. Cleveland. This could easily
have been cone by making it a
Joint resolution. Then if Mr.. Cleve-
land had vetoed it they could have
passed it over mis- veto and COM
PEELED him to carry out its prrovi-
sions. This can yet be done, and il
it isn't done Congress will justly be
accused of being afraid of Mr.,
Cleveland.
The people Of the newer States
and of the Territories have never
had any reason for admitting Mr.
Cleveland, and if all of the m feel as
their representatives in the House
and Senate do about Mr.. Cleve.
lands reference to them as being
citizens of badly.regulated munich
palities, corrupt and unsafe terri
tories, and undesirable states, in
his speech to the Presbyterian
Home Missionary meeting in New
YOsk, he would not meet Y very
hosp.table reception should he visi
any of them. The House found il
necessary to censure Ambassador
Bayard for making un-Americar
speeches in Great Britain; it would
now be in order for both House anC
Senate to censure Mr.. Cleveland
for having made an un-Amerlcal
speech in New York. 1t Only add.
to the insult that the Objectionable
language should have been used al
an argument in favor of home
missions, which are naturally
favored by almost everybody. III,
real grievance which Mr.. Cleve
land has against those people il
that they have never agreed will
him or his policies, and have no
hesitated to say so.
Mr.. B. F. Jones, of Pa, who wa,
chairman OF the Republican Nat
ional committee in the Blaine Cam
paign, passed through Washington
this week. Speaking of the politi
cal situation said: "My opinion i,
that the republican candidate fol
President will be elected without
any difficulty, but l have no ides
who will be chosen to lead the par
ty. AS far as Pennsylvania is con
cerned Senator Quay Is the favoritt
and no doubt the delegation from
his own state will give him loya
support. But the republicans are
rich in material, and among all tn,
aspirants there is not one un
wo rthy of the nomination"
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