Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence Of the Standard.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Oct. 18. 1899

WASHINGION, ~. ", Oct. 10, 1908.
Senator Quay has been making
things as lively as possible for Presi-
dent Harrison this week. He is un-
derstood to have reminded the Presi-
dent of many sins, both OF omission
and commission, that he would have
much preferred forgetting. Mr.. Quay
is OF the opinion that President Harri-
son stands bodily in need of political
guardian, and it is more than proba-
BILE that the junior Senator from Penn
sylvania, who thinks the Administra-
ton owes its existence to him, stands
ready to accept the guardianship.
Mahone's friends here are quietly
hedging. Now they say that he has
no idea of being elected but only went
into the campaign in order to get alb
solute control of the party machinery
so that he could fix up the delegation
to the next National Republican re-
nominating convention. This is not
very likely story, and it would be
just as well for the Virginia Demo
Gratis to keep up the lively fight they
are making until election day.
Statistics already collected by the
Census Bureau show that the number
of cotton mills in the South have more
than doubled since 1880.
Gov. Hill was warmly greeted by
many admirers during the short stop
he made here last Monday. He called
on Hon. Samuel ]. Randall, and
spent nearly an hour with him. Mr..
Randall is much better, and expects
to be entirely well before Congress
meets.
The International Maritime Con-
ference met here Wednesday and Or
ganized by electing Admiral Frank
lin President. Delegates are present
from every maritime country in the
world, except Portugal.
The forced return by Senator Man.
derson of the money drawn on an it,
legal re-rating of his pension has
created commotion in the Pension
Office. There are forty or more of the
employees in that Office that have re-
ceived quite large sums of money as
arrearage on their re-rated pensions,
and all these are anxiously inquiring
whether there is any law to make
them disgorge, and whether in the
event of their refusal their pensions
and salaries can be held by the Gov
ernment? Tanner hit Secretary No.
BILE blow straight from the shoulder
when he called attention to the fact
that four days before he was appoint
ed to Office, Gen. Black, by special re-
quest in writing of Secretary Noble,
re-rated the pension of General w. H.
Powell, without medical examination,
from $3.50 to $50 per month, and
dated it back to 1865. Tanner has
plenty Of ammunition, and if he once
became convinced that the Admins
tration intends to leave him out in
the cold he will begin firing right and
left. He has just fired broadside
into Bussey.
A gentleman just returned from an
extensive trip through the West says
he found the people almost unani-
mously in favor of holding the Worlds
Exposition of 1892 in Washington.
Chicago has opened headquarters here
more to beat New York than with any
hope of securing the Exposition.
Washington is second choice with
both Chicago and New York.
The members of the Cabinet are all
quite busy preparing their annual re-
ports, all of which have to be in the
hands of the President before he can
complete his message to Congress.
Heard the news from Montana"