Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-12-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence Of the Standard.

WI. uaITlSOu anu MI. norton are
no longer on friendly terms. As
much has been suspected for some
time but it was not until the trip to
Chicago from which both of them re-
turned Wednesday morning, that the
suspicion became a certainty. They
would not go together, nor even on
the same line Of railroad. One had a
special car on one line and one on the
other, although one car would have
furnished ample accommodations for
both parties. In Chicago they had
nothing to do with each other, and at
the dedication OF the auditorium,
which both attended, they entered
separated, although it was the inten-
ton OF the managers of the affair that
they should make their entrance arm
in-arm. 1t is not probable that any
one thing brought about the present
state of feeling between the two gen.
tlemen-it has been steadily growing
since March. Mr.. Morton was very
liberal, one might say extravagant,
contributor to the Republican cam
pagn fund, and he very naturally
thought that he was entitled to little
more than the fifth-wheel sort of in
fiuence usually accorded the Vice
President. Mr.. Harrison, it seems,
thought differently, hence, they now
confine their association to barely
speaking as they pass by.
Senator Call has created mild sort
of sensation by introducing bill au-
thorizing the President to open nego-
tiation with Spain for the purchase oi
Cuba. Whether we want Cuba, OF
whether Spain wants to sell Cuba,
have suddenly become interesting
questions. To the first question there
are many answers, mostly different.
The last everyone, nearly, answers in
the affirmative.
Poor Mrs. Harrison Everybody il
sorry for her. She has been worrying
herself to death because she could NOT
live in the White Honse as she did IN
Indianapolis, and now to add to the
good little woman's trouble, her sister,
Mrs. Scott-Lord, has died. 1t will moi
be at all surprising if Mrs Harrison'e
health should break down under the
burden of sorrow. She has not been
well for months.
No man ever spoke to an audiencs
which more clearly represented the
entire civilized world than was the one
which gathered in the hall of thu
House of Representatives., "Wednesday
afternoon, to hear Chief Justice Fuller
deliver an address ON the inaugura
ton Of Washington. The Chief Jus
tice, though making no pretence o
being an orator in the popular sens,
OF the word, acquitted himself in {
manner that was highly creditable t
him, and enjoyable to his hearers
The ceremonies were held in com
memoration OF the one hundredtf
anniversary of Washington's Inaugura
ton. The real anniversary was thu
SOth of last April, but as Congress wa,
not in session at that date it post
poned its part in the Centennial unit
December Hth.
Speaker Reed has already proven
that the Republican managers knew
what they were about when they
slated him for Speaker. Never be
fore has any Speaker announced any
of the committees OF the House unit
they were all completely made up
but 80 anxious are the Republicans te
oust some of the Democratic mem
bers and give their seats to the Repub
lican constituents, that precedent
was set aside and FIVE committees an.
nounced last Monday. The commit
tees named are Ways and Means
Appropriations, Manufacturers, Elec
tions, and Mileage. The Committee
on Elections is the one they wanted
to get to work, as no contested elec
ton case can be acted on by the House
until it is reported from that com
mittee.
The defalcation and Ascending oI
E. G. Silcott, Cashier of SergeAnt-at.
Arms Leedom's Office is still worrying
the members of the House, and the
question of whether the Treasury will
lose the ~, 900 stolen or the mem.
bers for whose pay it was drawn, il
not decided. It is probable that il
will be dead loss, as it is the opinion
of shrewd lawyers that Mr.. Leedom'a
bond OF SOC, 900 is 80 drawn that il
cannot be touched to make good any
part of the money stolen by Silcott.
1t was not intended by the Admin.
istration that any official notice should
be taken of the death or funeral oi
our late Jefferson Davis, but the clos.
ing of all the departments at noon on
Wednesday, on account OF the Con-
gressional Centennial, caused many
people to think they were closed in
honor Of Mr.. Davis, that being the
day of his funeral.
The most of the bills 80 far intro
duced are back numbers, that is, they
were before Congress a. the last ses.
sion and failed to be act.J i on.
| Dem.
GOVERNOR Semple estimates that the
capacity of the various mills in Wash.
ington to-day is about 1,750, ,OOO, ,OOC