| Show washington LETTER WASH 1107 ON march 13 1893 the president of the united states has already won two consecutive falls to in his hie great but unequal catch as catch can wrestling match with the office seeking reeking element of tia his party and u unless n his bia wind or backbone about f suddenly fail him his ble final victory is certain the first fall was won before the office seekers got a good grip b by y the announcement that no successors to officials holding boad inn four year commis slone would be appointed before those commissions expire i 1 and the second which was a baak breaker by the announcement no that none of those who lk A held office during the last cleveland administration would be re appointed both of these theae strokes made the president a few seasonal peas onal enemies who while prevented by their own loud praise of mr cleveland in the near past from making an open attack attach upon him will take pleasure in ripping him up UD the back on the sly when the 0 opportunity port unity occurs but they also gained him many friends an boldness and courage always do for any man whether he be president or private citizen the democratic editors who charged mr harrison with subsidizing the press by appointing editors to office have bad baa their arguments turned against themselves by president cleveland and given as a reason for not appointing democratic editors to moe mr Cl evaland also took occasion to say that he was not pleased with the idea prevalent among editors of small papers that the office of postmaster in their town beloi belou ged to them thein if this thing keeps up a good many men will soon eoon be asking themselves where am I 1 at while president cleveland has baa been having everything his hie own way at the white house things have been exactly reversed at the capitol where the senators of his bis party have been engaged in arranging the slate for the reorganization of ot the senate committees in accordance with the change of majority in that body the one committee in which mr cleveland was moro more deeply interested te than all ali others was that on finance which will have to deal with all of the financial and tariff bills that may reach the senate of the fifty third congress the senior democrat member of that committee committe in taue last congress Con grees was senator rhee i and according to senatorial precedent he be was entitled to the chairmanship of the co committee in the present Cun Con grese but tits his financial views jews being directly and apparently unalterably opposed to those ol of president cleveland a program was arranged by the presidents enVe friends and approved by him to prevent Mr voorhees becoming chairman of the committee and also to so arra arrange tige the membership of the committee commett 0 e 1 that at the silver men would be to in a minority this program was completely ignored and not only was mr voorhees made chairman of the committee but a majority mujo rity of its members are pronounced edail silver vermen men this assignment which was made inside by the caucus committee ha bob yet to be ratified fied by the democratic benato ritel caucus but bui of that there is id no doubt so 80 way may be put down as certain that mr cleveland will not be able to dictate financial lecial legislation atio n to the fifty third congress secretary herbert SAY baye 1 I do not believe in dismissing a working man from the public service simply on the ground of his hia politics he also says that he be will continue in force the civil service rules for navy yara employed emp loyes which created such a commotion when issued by secretary tracy in t the he first year wf af the harrlson harrison administration verily the expected spoils is of the ar are e rapidly rapid ly vanishing i it to is not believed here that president cleveland withdrew the treaty for the annexation of hawaii from the senate because he was wag opposed to annexation the idea seems to be that he did not like the indefiniteness of several clauses in the treaty and that he has already directed secretary gresham to negotiate a new one A good many believe however that this will not be done until a commission shall have havar visited hawaii and obtained certain desired information as to the wishes of the native Hawaii hawaiians ans etc this commission could go anti and return before the present extra session alijo adjourns urns if as now thought the senate snail remain in session until about the last of april the present ad ministration administration Is just as aa much opposed apparently to the issue of bonds as was the last one aalt although the solicitor general bag baa given an opinion that the use of the gold reserve to redeem the treasury notes would be legal it will do neither except as a last resort to prevent gold going to a premium just at present there is a cessation in the demand for gold and the free gold that is goldin gold in the treasury over and above the reserve fund is steadily increasing and not a few people believe that the flurry is over for the present but that it will be renewed by the same in influences fluen ces when congress gets together again and for or the same purpose the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sher shermain maix filver law |
