The silver star., 1897-10-21

Field of the U. S. Supreme Court is
going to retire sure enough this
time. Attorney General McKenna
is slated to succeed him, and Cab
met shake-up is expected at the
same time, which it is said may
land TEDDY" Roosevelt in the Cab
met as Secretary of the Navy and
bring about other changes of more
or less Importance.
Attorney General Terrell, of
Georgia, who is i'll Washington on
business before the U. S. Supreme
Court is somewhat Indignant at the
Misrepresentation which have been
made of the shooting of he Negro
postmaster at Hogansvilic. He
said; "A great injustice las been
done to one of the best and most
substantial towns in orr state. The
report of the Rost Office INSPECTORS
| will bear out MY declaration that
there was absolutely no evidence OF
any dcep-seated plot on the part of
the citizens of Eogansville to re-
move Loftin. There isn't spark
of evidence to sllow whether he was
shot by a white man or negro.
AT any rate, there was no conspir-
, acy among the prominent citizens
OF the town, as some of the papers
/, put it, and all such reports are un-
founded aspcrsious on good peo-
pie. know the citizens there. and
there isn't better community in
, any state in the Union. A whole
town should not be made to suffer
| Tor the deed ., ore nliscreant. The
State officers are as anxious as the
Federal authorities to bring the
guilty party to punishment, and cv-
cry means of detection is being used
: to that end"
! Mr.. Mckinley is almost in state
OF panic OH account of his private
t advices from Ohio. Boss Hanna
. with all his egoiism has become a
larmcd at the indifference of SO many.
, men who have heretofore been the
t most enthusiastic workers in every
} republican campaign; he fears the
indifference will last until election
day and that it will keep thousands
, of republicans away from the polls,
. and he has communicated his fears
: to Mr.. Mckinley, who is nov trying
: to devise some scheme to arouse a
r little enthusiasm among the For
/, aker republicans of Ohio. Ex-Con-
gresham Layton, of Ohio, who al
though democrat is rot taking
any active part in the campaign be-
cause of his pressing legal engage
, nents, has been telling his Wash.
. ington friends that the Ohio demo-
Gratis have ar excellent chance to
win, if they can only succeed in get
ting out full vote. He is conf
dent that the republican stay-at-
home vote will reach away up in
the thousands, and is afraid that
the same cause may largely reduce
= the democratic vote. lie says he
never saw such apatiy among rural
voters in an Ohio campaign as ex-
lists at this tii;,c.
Consul General Lee was in Wash
ington this week preparing for his
return to Cuba next week. He had
n conference with Mir. Mckinley
and several with Assistant Secrc-
tary Day, but did not meet Secrc-
tary Sherman at all. Still there
are persons who object to the asscr-
ton that Mr.. Sherman has nothing
whatever to do with the relations of
this government with Spain and
Cuba, calling ii ''prepostcrous" etc.
II would be preposterous for man
who has been in Washington during
the Inst six months, and kept his
eyes open, to claim to believe that
Sherman has had anything what
ever to do with either Spanish or
Cuban matters. The opinion is
prevalent in Washington that Mr..
Sherman will he frozc out Of the
Cabinet before the first Of the year.
A personal friend Of General Lee is
authority for the statement that he
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