Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondence
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 81, '96.


land, the Rothschilds and other gold
bugs, and the Democratic party, as
theoretically as the average hired man
would into a pile of hay while the boss
was in sight. He referred to Mr., Cleve
land in such %endearing terms as the
bull headed and self idolatrous man
who holds the reins of power, traitor
to and destroyer of the Democratic
party, and said sneeringly to the Demo.
cratic side of the Senate: How many
of you, men grown old and gray in the
service of the party and of the nation,
men who were its trusted leaders before
Cleveland was heard of, how many, l
say have been called into his counsels?
If any speak. l shall be glad to hear
them. Where has this man sunk his
personality? Whom has he consulted?
Whose advice has he recognized? None
but that of the bootlicks and syco.
plants who have crawled on their
knees for the crumbs of patronage and
betrayed their constituents for the off
ces in his gift. In the entire history of
this country the high office of President
has never been so prostituted, and
never has the appointing power been
so abused. Claiming to be the apostle
of civil service reform, he has de-
bauched the civil service by making
appointments only of those whose spon-
sors would surrender their manhood,
and, with bated breath, walk with SUBJ
missive head in his presence" There
was a whole lot more about this be
sotted tyrant" whose conscience has
become debauched, who ought to be
%impeached, ETC., but space forbids it's
reproduction. He wound up by abusing
the Supreme Court for it's income tax
decision, and predicting a wal between
the poor and the rich, unless his reme-
dies are adopted for all the diseases
the body polite is afflicted with.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has reported a long resolu-
ton setting forth the condition of af.
fairs in Cuba, the damage of our COM
mercial interests, and requesting the
President to use his good offices with
Spain to get the nation to recognize
the Cubans as belligerants. Senator
Cameron presented a minority report,
requesting spain to recognize the indie
pendence of Cuba.
Hon. John M. Thurston, Nebraska
new Senator, made q speech this week
in favor of the Monroe doctrine resolu-
ton, which attracted much more at.
tention than is usually accorded to
anything said by a new member of the
Senate, and which was alike credit
able to himself, his State, and to the
Republican party of which he has long
been an honored member. He took
especial pains to show the fallacy Of
the position taken by Senator Wolcott,
of Colorado, in his speech opposing the
resolution. Speaking of England's at
tempt to scare US into abandoning the
Monroe doctrine, by putting the finan-
cial screws upon us, he said: ave
solemnly advise them that our foreign
policy is not a matter of exchange or
barter; and ne financial panic can ever
induce US for a single moment to lower
the standard of our national honor"
He closed his speech with the following
words which any American might
justly feel proud of having uttered:
Sir, believing that the honor of my
country is involved; that the hour calls
for the highest expression of loyalty
and patriotism; calmly confident of
the verdict of posterity reverently call
ing God to witness the sincerity of my
pu pose, ! shall vote for the resolution
reported by the Committee ON Foreign
Relations. l shall vote for it, not as
an afront to any other nation, but to
uphold the dignity of my own. I shall
vote for it in this time of profound
tranquility, convinced that peace with
honor can be preser we'd; but, sir, |
would vote for it just as surely were
we already standing in the awful
shadow of declared war. l would vote
for it were the navies of all Europe
laundering at our harbors. l would
vote for it were the shells of British
battleships bursting above the dome of
the nations capitol. would vote for
it, and would maintain it, at all ha.-
ards, and at any cost, with the last dol
lar, with the last man, yea though ir
might presage the coming of q mighty
conflict the conclusion of which should
leave me without a son, as the last
great contest left me without a SIRE"
The pendulum which regulates the
principles professed by Senator Voor.
bees, of Indiana, has now swung back
to the side of silver. The silver men
who read the newspapers must when
reading about his speech this week in
favor of silver recall the part he took
as Chairman of the Senate Committe
on Finance at the extra session of Con-
gress called by MIR. Cleveland to repeal
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
silver law, as we'll az reports then cur
rent of the support of Senator Voorhees,
having been secured for Mr.. Cleve-
lands repeal bill through a deal in
volving certain government patronage.
1t is semi'officially stated that Mr..
Cleveland has almost, but not quite,
made up his mind to send a special