The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-08-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS, 1897.

I
is, to attempt to force the retirement
from the Cabinet of Secretary Sher.
man by incorporating not only his
words and acts, but his mental condi-
ton. Secretary Sherman was never
stronger mentally than he is today,
but even if it were true that his men
tai faculties were beginning to feel the
advance OF age, his long and honor
able public service would entitIe him
to sympathy, in place of sneers and
inuendOes which have been and are
being meted out to him in the columns
OF the democratic and assistant dem
Ocratic press. OF course. everybody
knows that the principal object of
these political ghouls is to iniure the
Republican party in Ohio at the com
ing election, but, as the average of in
telligence among Ohio voters is as
high as that of the voters of any state
in the Union, this nasty plot will be
more likely to react upon its concoc-
tors than to injure the Republican
party or Secretary Sherman. The
Ohio voters are likely to have an op-
pOrtunity to judge for themselves
whether the mental faculties of Mr..
sherman are as strong as ever, as he
intends making some speeches in the
state during the campaign, if his
health continues as good as it is now.
No surprise was felt by those who
knew the animus of the charges made
against Constructor Bowles, who is in
charge OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
when acting Secretary Roosevelt
made public his full approval of the
report of Commander G. II Davis.
who made a complete investigation
of all the charges against Mr.. Bowles.
Not only does Mr.. Roosevelt approve
Of the report generating Mr.. Bowles,
but he adds that it was because Mr..
Bowles was doing his duty so faith
fully and cOnscienciOusly that attacks
We're made upon him by those who
wished him TO do otherwise.
Comment is heard on all sides on the
marked Discrimination Of all the promi-
nent democrats to talk for free silver
This is price again. Among them
selves heretofore ardent democratic
silverites have not hesitated to ex-
press their admiration for the man
ner in which Boss German hedged
on the silver question in the Mary
land democratic platform, and there
is very little doubt that many of the
National democratic leaders regard
free silver played out us 4 battle crv.
and are engaged in hunting q new
phrase which they can use to BAN
booz!e the voters. The death Of free
silver craze is also regarded as the end
of the candidacy Of Bryan. Mean
Whlle the country grows daily more
prosperous, and the people know
That they owe their returning pros
perity to the faithfulmess with which
President Mckinley and the republi-
cans N Congress kept the promises
made in the last National republican
platform, and knowing it are not
likely TO pay any serious attention
70 any new experiment that may be
proposed by the beaten an. ,'emof-
lized democratic party. y majority
of the voters in 189? trusted the demo
cratic party to their everlasting sor-
row and distress, but they won't dolr
again.
Before rendering the opinion that
Secretary Gage has requested as to
whether the 10 per cent, diserimlnat-
'ng duty provided in the Dingley tar
for goods imported from Canada
d to goods from Japan OF other
mi, runtries invoiced to an Amer
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