Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-10-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of the Standard

Regular Correspondence of the Standard
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 4, 1899.
The Cabinet meeting held to-day |
was little stormy. Pension affairs
raised u small cyclone, and before |
that had passed away the vacancy on
the bench of the Supreme Court
brought about hurricane. At least
two members are bitterly opposed to
the appointment of Attorney General
Miller, which President Harrison
seems determined upon. 1t must
have been rather embarrassing posi-
ton for Mr.. Miller, who was present.
President Harrison is still wrestling
with the problem of trying to find al
man for Pension Commissioner who
can satisfy the applicants for pensions
without creating financial deficiency.
The thing is impossible, but Of course
its none of our business, if the Ad-
ministration wants to wear itself out
in that way let it go ahead. The
latest man named as likely to have an
opportunity of declining to occupy
Corporal Tanners shoes is ex-Gover-
nor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania. Two
men stand ready to occupy the posi-
ton, Brown, of Ohio, aad Campbell, of
Kansas, but their readiness makes
President Harrison shy of them.
Mr.. Blaine is at last President, not
of the United States, but of the
Three Americas Congress. He was
elected to the position Wednesday
when the Congress met and organized.
Ex-senator Henderson, OF Missouri, was
elected President pro tempore. Mr..
Blaine's speech of welcome to the
members of the Congress was model
of its kind, and is highly praised here
by members of both parties. Immed-
lately after adjo1rning to November
18th, the Congress called on the Presi-
dent with whom the members took
lunch. Thursday morning they left
on special train for tour of the
North, East and West. They are
certain to be impressed by what they
will see and will return to Washing
ton prepared to discuss more intelli-
gently the matters brought before
them. 1t is thought at the State De-
partment that the Congress will sit
about three months.
Democrats have expressed consider
able disappointment over the result of
the elections in the new States. They
had been led to expect something diff
ferent.
Secretary Tracy's difficulty in get
ting q naval officer to command the
Kearsage, which started from New
York Tuesday for Hayti with Fred
Douglass, our Minister to that country
as a passenger, has been the subject of
q great deal of joking around Wash
ington this week. AS soon as it was
known that the commanders cabin had
to be given up to Fred, nobody who
knows the personal habits of that in
dividual blamed the Naval officers for
getting out of the dilemma in any way
possible. Secretary Tracy got very
mad, but all the same I'll bet big
red apple Tracy would not entertain
Douglass five or six days at his private
residence for years salary. Douglass
is very brainy man, but he is a ne
gro for all that, and no white man who
respects himself will care to be closely
associated with him in social way.
l am inclined to believe with the Ken
tuckian that there's as much in the
blood of people as of horses"
Ex-Representative Harris, OF Vir-
ginia, says the Democrats will have q
walk over, and that Malone will never
again be heard from politically.
have it on good authority that several
members of the Administration have
given up all hope of Mahone's cleo
ton.
Senators Hampton, of South Caro-
lima, and Harris, OF Tennessee, are
very wide apart in their ideas OF a cor
rect solution of the race problem.
Senator Hampton has for long time
advocated the purchase OF land in
Mexico, or of an island, and the colo
nizati0n thereon of the negroes of the
Southern States. Senator Harris being
asked what he thought of such scheme
replied: 81 do not consider it practical
at all. The negro doesn't want to be
colonized, and if the devil only had
those who are trying to make practical
capital out of him there would be no
trouble to speak about" Senator
Harris is one of the large number who
believe that the business of Congress
has grown to such dimensions that
continuous sessions ought to be held.
Representative Breckenridge, of Ar
kansas, thinks all the Republican
talk about the Rules of the House is
intended to work tho courage of the
weakened Republicans up to the point
of seating all eighteen of the Republi-
can contestants.
Charges have been filed at the De-
partment of State against Reed Lewis,
of Pennsylvania, Consul Agent at Mo
rocco. He is accused of having at
tempted to extort large sum of
money from q vice consul as the price
OF his retention in Office. Mr.. Lewis is
one of President Harrison's appoint
ments. Dem.