Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-23
Washington correspondence.

The i1th Congress expired at noon
yesterday. Their deeds, and mis-
deeds, are HOW part of TIE history OF
The country. 1t is fondIy and conf
IDENTIFY expected that the new Con
%ress, having a large Democratic
majority III the House, will profit hy
the errors of their immediate pre-
decessors, and that they will ignore
jobs of every name and nature and
act as statesmen, not merely rs par
tZinS.
l will now give you brief sketch
of "a scene that occurred before the
Senate committee Oh Territories last
week, and one in which the people Of
your Territory are peculiarly inter
ested: Time 1870 A. NJ. Persons
present, Senator Saunders, (chail
mani Morrison, Garland, Vance and
Butler; later the Commissioners
Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary for Washington Territory
Gov. W. A. Newell, with his brother
Doctor, Delegate Brents, and your
correspondent. After the committee
had transacted little routine bust
pess, at the earnest solicitation oil
Mr.. Brents, in behalf of the Commits
sioners and at the request of Senator
Saunders, the Governor was given NJ:
teen minutes time to expitiate on the
beauties of Washington Territory.
He got on about the physical condi-
ton OF the country, and if they
would only admit it as a State, he
showed, or attempted to show them,
in his grandest manner that well
became his colossal intellect, that he
would, or could, pay off the National
debt, by the manufacture and sale of
the lumber that could he cut from
Puget Sound. He then told about
lumber being cut 2lS feet long, and
when he reached this important part
of his harranSue, | could see by the
twinkle in Senator Garland's eve,
that he strangely suspected this was
some Manchausen yarn, he gathered
up few papers and then precipitato-
ly left the committee room. Then
followed some queries to the Cover
nor from Senators Vance and But
Ter, as to the amount of population
of your Territory, and when told
there were but 135, 200, both these
gentlemen bottled the Governor
up" by telling him they would never
consent to make State out of little
"pocket borough" This was
clincher. and to see the forlern look
of your Governor, would have nude
your susceptible heart ilutter. He
looked for all the world like "pa-
tience on a monument smiling at
grief"
The Senators then all filed out.
except the Chairman, Saunders, DIR.
Newell, Mr.. Brents and your CORES
pondent. The Governor then
clutched up great roll of manu-
script, that he no doubt thought
would immortalize him, did he but
get chance to expand his gigantic
intellect to the committee by reading
the contents of the bundle. He left
the committee room " a sadder, if
not a wiser man" than when he en-.
tered it. Let me remark, parenthet-
lcally, that people who come before
committees with a roll of manu-
script, are looked upon by tie
members with a degree of grave
suspicion, as it is known by them
that there are plenty of hungry
Bohemians about Washington who
write up speeches at from $25 to 500
apiece. l don't believe the Cover.
nor had his written up, as he seemed
very impecunious all the time he was
here, waiting for remittances, you
know, my boy" as he facetiously
told NE one evening. Now, let
me tell you few little facts: Brents
has fully posted the committees of
Senate and House with regard to
your Territory, and it seems like a
piece of impairment interference in
In any one coming on here to bother
the committee with their useless gas.
1t has done infinitely more harm than
good. The same foolish game was
played last year in regard to Dokota,
and it had the effect of killing the
bill.
The tariff bill passed just at the
close of the session, which will re-
duce taxation to the amount of about
SIS, 10000 OCCASIONAL.
The New York State Bar Associa-
ton are making preparations for the
reception for the Lord Chief Justice
of England, who is coming over on
a visit this Summer.
A San FRANCISCO dispatch of
Wednesday says that the wife of
MIR. II. G. Strive, Of Seattle, is
lying dangerously i'll at the Lick
House.
WM. Pickering, who represented
King county in the Legislature sew
arol farms 1iad on tho 1etb - ,oJ