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Show Washington Letter-President Letter-President Cleveland has already done what no other President of the present generation has done. He has cowed the office seekers and sent the larger portion of them home to await his pleasure in making appointments appoint-ments The concensus of political politi-cal opinion here is that Mr. Cleveland Is likely to be the most Independent President so far as party politics are concerned, that the country has ever had, There are various reasons why this is believed, Mr. Cleveland was nominated against the wishes of all the socalled bosses of his party. That to gether with the unusually large elec toral vote he received hae caused him to feel that he is under no obligation to the party machine, either for his noml nation or his election and he has taken no pains to conceal the state of his feelings. feel-ings. It was probably because he didn't that the important Senate committees were organized upon antl Cleveland basis. Another thing which makes him indpendent,'and which wouldihave the same effect upon all of our Presidents if more than one termwaj forbidden by the constitution, is that he isn't laying wires to be renominated. If costs something to be Independent in the senate. Mr, Stewart of Nevada, who has formally left the republican party without becoming either a demo crat or a populist, wa"fouited from the committee on appropriations, mem bership of which is considered equal to the chairmanship of a less Important committee by the republican caucus and his place g-iven to Senator Teller of Colorado. The democratic caucus, was kinder to him as it left him chairman ef the committee on mines and mining, a place he held during the term which ended March fourth. The reorganization of the Senate com mittees, made necessary by democratic control of that body.i.has been completed It does not satisfy all of the Senators; it never does, because no caucus eommit tee can give every 8enator just the committee place he wants, and to which he thinks himself entitled. But it eomes about as near giving satisfaction as anybody expected it would. Con sidering the peculiar position occupied by the populist senators, between the democratic majority and the republican minority, they fared tolerably well. Each of them got a chairmanship the best one Education and labor going to Mr. Kyle, Although Senator Koach, of North Dakota, was given a minor chairmanship by the democratic caucus thereis an impression that the exposure of his connection with that bank embezzlement in this city will result in his retiring from the senate, either willingly or unwillingly, although he says he is going to serve out his term, The nomination of ex Congressman EcAdoo, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy brings a little encouragement to the armr of "ex's," the members of which have been In a gloomy state of mind because of the notification that they must not expect places. If the talk of Senators is any Indies tion the interest in the Hawaiian mat ter is rapidly waning. The sending of "X Congresman Blonnt of Georgia, to Hawaii by the administration, as a Fpecial commissioner in search of infor mation excited little more than a pass ing comment. "Sonism" is a cloud small as yet but still there upon the administration sky. The appointment of their eons to office under them by prominent officials has been the cause of trouble under many administrations and there is no reason to believe that history will fail to re peat itself in that respct. In fact it would be beneficial to all concerned If there were a law against snch appoint ments. Secrolary Carlisle has a scheme for the complete reorganization of our financial system, which will be perfected and submitted to Congress, next winter. It includes a repeal of the silver law and of the tax npon notes issued by State banks. |