Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-06-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of the Standard.

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WASHINGTON, June l, 1888.
Greater enthusiasm has never bee
shown than was displayed by the Dem
ocrats in Congress at the suggestion
that ex-senator Allen G. Thurman
should be nominated for Vice-Presi
dent on the ticket with Mr.. Cleveland
The sentiment is absolutely unani
nous in favor of the greatest of al
OF Ohio's citizens. Nothing hut th'
consent of Judge Thurman would b'
, necessary to secure his nomination by
acclamatiun.
with the ticket Cleveland and Thur
man, Ohio could be added to the Dem
ocratic column this year," said ar
Ohio Democrat to your correspondent
to-day. Mr.. Cleveland is said to be
the man who first suggested the nom
ination of Judge Thurman, and the
idea spread like a prairie-fire among
Democrats here, for the noblest Ro
man Of them ALL as the Judge is af
fectionately called, is personally very
popular. But from the Judges re-
cent remark: If the people believe
me to be an honest man they will lei
me alone" there is no doubt left of his
permanent retirement from politics.
1t having been decided by a caucus
of Republican Senators that the fish
cries treaty must be discussed in open
sessions of the Senate, those who had
constantly voted against open execu
tive sessions for any purpose, such
men as Senator Edmunds and Sher
man, for instance, did not hesitate 9
moment to turn completely around
and reverse their previous records.
There was one days open discussion
of the treaty this week, after which i,
was postponed until June 11th. The
Administration has nothing to lose by
having.the subject publicly discussed
Seeing the utter hopelessness of any
Republican being elected President
Mr.. Blaine has written another letter
stating in positive terms that he will
not, under any circumstances, accept
the Republican nomination. He
knows what it i to be run over by the
Cleveland train, and one experience
of the kind is as much as he wants.
A committee of citizens of Cincin-
natl are in this city, for the purpose ol
inviting Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland to at.
tend t''s opening of the Centennial
Exposition in this cit,.---
Commissioner Stockslager has re
commended that suits be brought
against the Southern Pacific Railroad
Co., to vacate patents for about 80,
600 acres of land in Southern Cali
fornia.
The House Committee on Public
Lands has adopted the substitute Of
fered by Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, for
the general land grant forfeiture bill
which recently passed the Senate
The Senate bill permits the roads tc
hold all the lands along the line as far
as the roads have been completed, re-
gardless of the time limit provided in
the original grants. Mr.. Holman's
substitute holds the railroads to a
stricter accountability, and forfeits all
lands not earned strictly according to
the terms of the original grant.
Tho first session of the Fiftieth Con-
gress bids fair to break the record as to
the length of the session. No one
dares to name time for adjournment.
If they are not still here in Septem-
Der it will be because the heat will
drive them away. Let us glance at
the regular business that has to be
finished up before they can adjourn
OF the fourteen regular appropriation
bills, only two-the Military Academy
and Pension bills-have passed both
houses. Five of the others have
passed the House, and one is now
pending before that body. Six of them
have not yet been reported from the
committees. The first session of the
Forty-ninth Congress was called very
slow, but at a corresponding date two
years ago it was more than one-thirf
ahead of the present Congress.
The Mills tariff bill, when it comes
before the House again, will hav,
quite number of amendments added
But none will be accepted or voted TO
by Democrats, except those which
have been accepted by the Democrat,
caucus, a resolution to that effect hav
ing been unanimously passed by tn
caucus Wednesday night. The amend
ments which have been accepted b,
the caucus are rather numerous, bu
do not effect the bill to any grea
extent. 1t is estimated that, all told
they will not make more than $1,000
600 a year difference. DEN.
ONE Of the largest catches of fisl
ever reported on the Sound was takel
by the Puget Sound Fish Company OF
the 7th inst. Their pound net con
tanned nearly a ton of herrings, smelt
salmon, founders and salmon trout
while the large trawling line containe,
600 pounds of halibut and 100
pounds of rock cod.
| THE following officers have beef
elected for the First Regiment of tn
National Guard of Washington:
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