Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-06-28
CUE WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June lI,h, 1913
TIE tLhIEh.IhL ClLlrEATiDI.


the celebration of the nations hun
dredth anniversary in 1875, at phila-
delphia, viii fail to make desirable
impression upon visitors from Europe,
If the president persists in converting
the whole affair into political machine
for promoting his own personal ends
and those of his supporters for third
term. Ii
ONLY ONE HALF OF THE PEOPLE ARE REP
RESENTED ON THE COMMISSION,
the celebration can not, in any tru G
sense of the word, be called national
and will not be SO regarded, either by
'nreprcsentcd Americans by foreign
crs. TO secure the hearty sympathy of
the masses, the aid of capitalists, the
cooperation of the entire press of the
country, the presence of large num-
Der of foreign exhibitors and visitors,
and the attention and respect of the
governments and peoples of the entire
civilized world-to secure these essen
tials to success, the American press
must declare at the start, and emphat-
ically, that it will not recognize
NATIONAL" CELEBRATION TO BE ENG1-
NEERED FOR PARTY PURPOSES.
If there is one thing more than an
other that the American people wish, or
ought to wish, to impress upon the
world, it is the possibility of men and
women of the most opposite views on
religious. moral, social and political
questions--lnen and woman of different
races and various kinds and degrees of
culture, including the entirely unedu-
Gated and the often fcarfullv mis-ed,l-
cated-living under the same govern
ment in comparative harmony, simply
by agreeing to submit, and by quietly
submitting, for stated periods, to the
arbitrament of a fairly ascortained ma
jority; and nothing would excmplify
this more markedly to foreigners than a
pro rata representation on the Commits
sion of naturalized citizens of all ma
tionalties, and of citizens native and
adopted, of all religious and political
views, including even those who enter
tain strong individual convictions an
tagonastic to those of II majority Of their
fellow citizens and who banker after
extreme political and social changes
unattainable ut the present stage of
human progress, but who recognize,
nevertheless, the fact that, all things
considered, a man can come nearer
doing as he pleases, under our form of
government, provided always that he
does not infringe on the rights of 9TH
ers, than under any other that has ever
existed beyond the confines of the brain
that conceived it.
TAE VIENNA SCANDAL
causes good deal of annoyance to
Americans who proposed to pass the
summer i'll Europe. No one pretends
to know the truth of the matter; but
the fact that men appointed to honor
able positions by the president, and SO
thrust, as representative Americans,
into the society of European gentlemen,
are even accused by cooks and tapsters
of swindling them, must necessarily be
Notifying to American travellers in
Europe. 1t is these repeated hlundcrs
of the president in his appointments
that cause thoughtful men to doubt the
success of the centennial celebration.
THE CONGRESSIONAL PRINTER,
Altman NJ. Clapp, has been rendered
uneasy for some time by well founded
rumors that Senators Cameron and
Scott of Pennsylvania have decided to
give his place to Pennsylvania printer
The Congressional printer, as you are
aware, is elected by the Senate, and
has charge Of the Government Printn"
Office. About the first act of Reuben
+. FentOn, Senator from New York,
after he took his seat in the Senate, in
1869, was to get up combination in
that body to GUST John ID. Defrees from
the position of Congressional printer,
and give it to his friend Clapp, WHO now
holds it. Besides helping Clapp, Fen
ton also revenged himself on Defrees,
but for whose successful strategy in
Chicago, in '6S, in favor of ColfaX,
Fenton would have most certainly been
nominated for the Vice Presidency.
Fenton is now, however, dead cock in
the pit, and the administration men
make it a religious duty to ego for
every Office holder appointed on his
Recommendation. There is no doubt
that the Senate will allow Cameron to
name Clapp's successor, in considera-
ton of the decisive majority that Penn
sylyania gave for Grant last November.
In the meantime, Clapp is very nerv-
Gus, and is running round to procure
certificates of his loyalty to the admin
istratiOn. u# " ri - d ... '"'s
ENLARGEMENT OF THE WARRINGTON "cHKoN-
i ..r ICI.E." ,rl ...
The Daily Chronicle has been enlarged
to eight pages, and makes % handsome
appearance. By the by, the Chronicle
contained, few days ago, q carefully
written editorial defining the words
"capital' and "labor," and showing
their existing relations to each other.
the writer explained, with unusual
clearness, that little permanent evil can
result from the concentration of wealth