Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-21
WHOLE NUMBER 1876.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence Of the Standard.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 7, 1890.

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most careful consideration when. in
opposing bill to increase the pension
of a generals widow to 500 month,
he said: Instead of this Government
being .of the people for the people
and by the people, it is rapidly becom-
ing a Government of the classes for
the classes and by the classes" This
is true bill. There is entirely too
much class legislation in this country,
and it is on the increase all the time,
and it remains for the people to stop
it. Now they have the power, but if
the interference is delayed too long
the classes will be stronger than the
people.
Again there are whispers to the Of
feet that the Republicans will report
no tariff bill this session, because at
the end of the session the Treasury
surplus, it is expected, will have been
turned into a deficiency. The rumor
may possibly be true about no bill
being reported, but if so, it is solely
because the Republican protectionists
have not been able to throttle the de-
mand for tariff reform among their
Republican colleagues. The cry for
free raw material is becoming loud
one, particularly from the Easyern
manufacturers. Within a week, Sem
ator Hale, who has been as pronounced
a protectionist as Mr.. Blaine, has pre-
sented long petition from New Eng
land manufacturers asking that raw
materials used by them be admitted
free of duty.
The first year of the Harrison Ad-
ministration has closed, and one nat
urally looks around to see what has
been accomplished, and is compelled
to answer, nothing worthy of even a
single line in the history of the coun-
try. The year has been devoted most
ly to removing Democrats from office
and settling disputes among Republi-
cans as to which of them should be
fed at the public crib.
The Senators are some of them
talking of boycotting the newspaper
men because they refuse to tell how
they find out what is done in the al
legged secret session. The Senate will
do we'll to 60 very slow in this matter,
because there is possibility that the
newspapers of the country might re-
taliate by boycotting the Senate, and
if they did, the temperature would be
pretty low in the north end of the
Capitol building. The newspapers
can exist without the Senate, but it is
by no means certain that the Senate
can exist without the newspapers.
Mr.. Harrison has issued another
buncome PROCLAMATION warning all
persons against illegally taking fur.
bearing animals in Behring's Sea-
He issued similar one soon after he
entered Office and the Canadian YES.
sells seized under it and turned loosed
with prize crews of one man each made
the United States the laughing-stocl
of the world. The farce is presumably
to be repeated this year.
It has been suggested by a promi
nent Democrat that instead of con.
suming four days in unseating a Dem
ocrat, as was done by the House this
week in the case of Mr.. Late, Of Ar
kansas, that the majority should gel
Speaker Reed to make a ruling com
pelling the House to vote as soon a,
the report of the Committee on Elec
tions is received. The result would b<
the same and it would save lots o
time.
The members of the Three-Americas
Congress are to make a tour of the
principal cities of the South as soor
as the Congress adjourns, which it il
thought will be about April /.
The public, after coming to the con
clusion that the charges had been sus
tanned, seem to have lost interest ir
the proceedings of the investigation o
the Civil Service Commission. Shidy
was the witness that settled things.
d. H. Bates, formerly Superintend
ent of the B. & o. Telegraph Company
and a representative of the knights o
Labor, made arguments this week be
fore the House committee on Post
Offices in favor of Wannamaker's pos
tal-telegraph scheme.
Some surprise was caused among
Democrats when Ex-Governor War.
mouth was confirmed by the Senate as
Collector Of the port of New Orleans
by Democratic votes. If the Demo
Gratis had voted solidly against him his
nomination would have been rejected
Ex-Congressman Taulbee, who was
shot at the Capitol by correspondent
Kincaid, is in critical condition and
his death is hourly expected.
Senator Barbour, Of Virginia, spoke
for, and Senator Spooner against, the
Blair bill this week.
A naval court Of inquiry will inves-
tigate the alleged cruelty Of Capt. Nc.
Gala, OF the U. S. s. Enterprise, to his
men.
The bill transferring the weather
bureau to the War Department has
been favorably reported to the Senate
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill il
having hard time in the hands of the
House committee on coinage.
DEN.