Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-06-15
Late Eastern News.
The scheme TO Rob settler.

tie Says hat the recent ie"l-inu q
Secretary Teller withdrawiu. land
from settlements and aw riding tj!cn
20 the Southern Ptriti: railway /
hk,!v To pr,vUkr bpIl"r walfar..
N"t;i"rS have been ~ l,n>~r son o:
iar-t prpp"rt'Hu OF the i.,nois l.
years, and nave erected vain .h!,- in
rioTrintEtI All ~Stabi!-hcd ca,itl,
hnd "tntr enterprises. he oit:c
OF the dtr,-lun viii he o c0upt
these peo.'le, "ltEtrro purchase then
homes 4, cAorrlttut lilr-s FROM ia,
ratiioai CONTRARY or to secure leases
t"iiln% III 81 th+y must Hbandun
iiicIT h"m ;,.d nI"rc::y or lc..l~:
tsiiG dl>po,sees.d. McCook >,,rt~
tnat the feeling Is very hitter amuh4
the settlers and that they Wi h..
driven TO desperation, art duuh; 49,
viH.enve, II DISTURBED He ais" "a,
'n"f til vast lnrUai- i rqi!rra,i
mono"1EN: ~, = uj,iir don al,
.4.,A.. -rrir,.~ iluublc IL tne
West ahi VII be ut ~ distant day a
-;:eat pp."," t; Issue before the coun-
;r".
CANA Wiii Figa,.
WA>Hi>uT ~ .junn In m inter
view with Chm. IuenL, Secretary oi
he Linnr-r ."St;inn, he stated tn al
30 Important ,iI- ph'rhcs had been re-
ce!vvl here iii reference 10 the i'm
pending rup,ur" with France. For
eign nations had been accustomed
to believe IN the imnotency OF lda
Chinese as IL warlike people. and
China Is anxious to demonstrate the
great improvements it has made III
the modern arts and sciences, and its
great progress IN the art of war.
1t was, perhaps, owing to this feel
lng that there is now such IL strong
war party in China. 1t would be
easy Tor China to concentrate from
100 GOO to $50 ,0O0 men from south
ern provinces, and If necessary, half
n million troops can i'll short time
be marched to the field. The Chi
nese navy now consists of between
fifty and SIXTY effective ships, and q
number of Iron-clads, and steel
plated vessels have been la'ely Or
dered from England and Germany,
SO that France would not find China
helpless either on land OF sea.
The Oriental War.
New YORK, June. -The WrruM in
an editorial says: " War prepara-
tons so on III China. Even the
most tmid of her statesmen feel
that something must he done to just
ify her vast expenditure in placing
her army and navy ON martial foot
ing. Little isknowr Of the military
strength of France, and Ii Hung
Chang may feel that having already
challenged Russia. China has little
to fear from a power both smaller
and more distant than the empire of
the Gar. Russia could invade
CANA from Turkis,an, England couli
invade here from Assam, but France
must carry the bulk her of troops dir
ectly from home. If war comes to
pass it will, therefore, be among the
most remarkable of modern times"
Bouncing the Lady q rks.
WASHINGTON, June Tt has been
decided that the practical workings
of the civil service commission will
prevent the future appointment of
ladies to positions in the various de-
paftments, and there is no little stir
in consequence. The way ladle- are
to be kept out is q roundabout one,
but none the less etfectual. For
example, an appointm' ut clerk will
when the OCCASION ,equres, inform
the Secretary of the Treasury that
that there are, say, ten vacancies in
such and such divisions of the var
ious grades. The Secretary will then
require the chiefs Of the division in
question certify to him that addi-
tlonal help is needed. ana they will 80
certify that they need respectfully
two 81 900 clerks, five 81 900 clerks
and three 5000 clerks, and in every
case they will insert the word" male.
The reason that all the chiefs of di-
visions will call for male clerks Is
that they feel at liberty 20 subject
them to discipline, aud are not sub
ject to the Ii tlnence of sympathy in
their case. us with ladies'. There
may be other reasons. but the fact
remains, and is SO recognized ut the
departments that the operation of
the rules will result in excluding fe-
! male clerks after the new custom
goes into vogue.
Apgar Admoni.h-'h the Party.
New York. June II. AT meet.
ing of the Harlem Democratic club,
held last evening, Mr.. Edgar X. APP
gar delivered an address upon
Democratic policy" He began by
stating that party ties were less
strong than we have ever known
them. Electors vote for the ticket
which seems to offer the best hope
of IL prudent AMI frugal administru-
ton. The Democrats will, in all
probability, win the next presiden-
tial election. The Republican party
has had twenty-four years uniu-
terupted power. and it has suffered
that decentralization which too long
power brings. The ID mocratic
parry has always believed in the
'! strict construction of the organi''
law, and has thus incurred odun
There was sure to be a reaction fror,
the extreme centralizing tendencic .
of the war period. and that reaction
has come. The majority to-day be-
lieve in Democratic principles; We
must convince them that we truly
represent those principles. The
Democratic party is the party of the
people, but it should not be the
party of demagogues; it must stand
by its principles. Its unfortunate
Yielding to the Greenback heresy has
preyantel its comnlete SUCCESS since