Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-02-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of The Standard
WASHINGTON, Feb. s, 1889.

tic llOu VI NdsiliiS tOl, loltiCoilN
speaking, this week. He came over t.
attend a grand dinner given by Secre-
tary Whitney in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland, and remained two
days as guest of Secretary Whitney
On Wednesday special reception
was given by him to Democratic mem-
bers of Congress, and it was attended
by nearly every man of prominence in
the party. Afterwards Governor Hill
called on Secretary Fairchild, Repre-
sentative Samuel J. Randall, whom he
calls the greatest living Democrat"
and other personal friends. Gov. Hill
did not meet Mr.. Cleveland except at
the dinner party at Secretary Whit
ney's, and great deal of gossip was
started by the fact that the day of the
Whitney dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve-
land took late train for New York
Probably Mr.. Cleveland's arrange
ments had been made to 60 to New
York before he even knew that Gov
ernor Hill was coming here, but that
does not prevent people from saying
that he went away to keep from meet
ing that gentleman. do not pretend
to say that the relations between these
two prominent gentlemen are not per
fectly cordial, but if such is the case
then public opinion here, as expressed
on every hand, is dead wrong.
Mr.. Cleveland has announced that
after the 4th of March he will become
\ member of famous law firm in
New York City, and will reside there.
He and Mrs. Cleveland went over to
New York this week to perfect ar
rangements for their residence in that
city. Society here deeply regrets los
ing Mrs. Cleveland, who has been the
most popular woman ever in the
White House.
The "small fry" of the Blaine crowd
in this city recei, ed a shock day or
two ago that set them to running
around with wild eyes and blanched
faces. The shock was caused by a
telegram from indianapolis saying that
Blaine had declined to go into the
Cabinet. 1t was really amusing to see
the CONSERVATION for several hours in
the gang, but it was not long before
official news from the head-center wal
passed around among the faithful
which caused them to resume the we
own-the-earth manner which they
have worn since it was known thai
Blaine was to be Secretary of State.
Mr.. Blaine is evidently not super
stitious, as he has just leased the resi-
dence in which the attempt was made
to assassinate Lincoln's Secretary oi
State, w. II. Seward.
Marrying an English wife seems to
have somewhat confused Senator
Hawley's mind as to the kind of gov
ernment under which he is living
He has offered an amendment to the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill, pro-
viding for gift to the widow Of Gen.
Sheridan os $4,000, "in recognition
of his eminent and extraordinary ser.
vices TO his country" This is truly a
remarkable proposition, and should it
be adopted would establish a prece-
dent that would be decidedly danger
Gus. 1t has been referred to the Sen
ate Committee on Military Affairs, and
if the members of that Committee
have the good sense with which they
are generally credited, that will be the
last of it. Gen Sheridan was a great
soldier, that everybody will admit, and
that his widow should have liberal
pension for the remainder of her life is
no more than right; but that in ad-
dition $500 of the peoples money
should be given to her, smacks q little
too much of royalty for this country.
Gen. Sheridan's services to the United
States were great, and / would be the
last one to deprive his memory Of one
iota OF the credit due him, but on the
other hand, were not the services of
the United States equally great to
Sheridan? What would the poor
Irish boy, Phil. Sheridan, ever have
amounted to had he not been appoint
ed to West Point and educated at the
expense of the people of the United
States? The line must be drawn
somewhere in disposing of other peo-
pies money, and it would seem that
at such absurd propositions as this Of
Senator Hawley's is a good place to
draw it.
A remarkable political trust has
been formed by the Republican men,
bers of the Senate, nearly every one OF
them being prospective candidates for
the Presidential nomination.; The
purpose of this trust is to serve notice
on Harrison that unless he agrees tu
forego second nomination for the
Presidency, the Senators propose to
make his administration Il failure by
refusing to cooperate with it. 1t Was
this trust that compelled Allison to
decline being Secretary of the Treas
ury, and the same thing will proven,
any member from accepting position
in Harrison's Cabinet. The result oi
this boycott on Harrison will be
watched with interest by the few peo
pie who make study of the under
currents in politics. Dem.
THE United States possesses deco
to the harbOr and shorc Of Pagopago
in the isla nd Of Samo, dated Ioruar,