Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-09-25

were chosen without any reference to poll
ties The platform adopted by the Labor
CONGRESS may therefore be taken as a fair
expression of the views Of the active and
intelligent working classes Of both political
parties That platform leans strongly to
The Democratic side. The Congress did
not consider the negro question worth 4
moments dispute. 1t dropped that issue
entirely, and sought to occupy the minds
of the laborng classes-that is, of great
majority Of the population of the country
with questions of very different char
actcr; mainly industrial and financial.
Now, there is nothing which the Demo
cratic party 50 much desire as to @ct the
negro out of politics and this class of qucs-
tions in. The laboring population OF the
country, without dcSi yning it, are bccom-
inc the allies of the Democratic party.
Not only are the questions they put for
ward the very questions which the lcmo-
cratic party wish to have discussed, but
the views which they express on those
questions have Il strong Democratic color
nr. These views will doubtless undergo
some modification after the ample debate,
the strict scrutiny and sitting TO which
they will hc subjected; but the working
men Of the Democratic party will be alike
satisfied if these questions can be suhstitu-
ted for the financial politics of the last ten
wears; not douhting that the truth has cv-
cry,hing to gain by full and spirited dis
cussion.
THE BYRON SCANpAL.-Nrs. Harriet
Hcrchcr Stowe, in the -iHanfr NomlIy
for September, prints an article which
purports to be IL statement made to her by
the late Lady Byron, concerning her de-
ceased husband the brilliant and dissipa-
ted poet. In substance it amounts TO this
' After the marriage Of Lord Byron, his
wife discovered that her husband had been
criminaly intimate with his halt-sistcr,
and a child was the result Of this incest
uous conncc:ion which unfortunate fruit
Of Il di>gracciu intimacy Lady byron ten
dcry cared for until its death released her
from the duty. That Lady Byron COM
pcllcl her husband to break off this guilty
intrigue and conceal the facts under her
husbands lifetime, but four years before
her death acquainted Mrs. Stowe with the
same, lcavin. it to her discretion as to civ
ing them publicity. Mrs. Stowe does so
now that Lady Byron, Ada, and the un-
happy fruit of the alleged incest are all
dead, because the Italian mistress of Lord
Byron, the Countess Guiculi has published
Il book which ccnSurrs the memory Of
Lady Byron. The publishers Of the At
M~tic lIonthIY has sent advance sheets far
and wide, and the principal portions ofthc
article have been reprinted extensive
ly. The American press is much divided
in their comments upon the dark scandal,
Il portion doubtng the facts set forth in
toto, and bclicvin" that Lady Byron WAS
insane in putting forth such statement,
while others urge that even were it true,
no good end could be subscrvcd by the
publication. Others, not only believe the
truth of the story, but consider the publ
cation an act of justice. 1t is certain that
we shall soon hear from the press and pc
riodicals of England in a way that will af-
ford light upon the entire matter