Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-01-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of the Standard.

Regular Correspondence of the Standard
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 81, 1889.
EX-Speaker Carlisle is Just now
about the busiest man in Washington.
A few days ago he thought that the
Republicans of the House Committee
on Rules, Messrs. Reed, Mckinley
and Cannon would not dare report the
rule to the House giving the Speaker
authority to declare quorum present
whenever the necessary number of
members are in the hall, whether
they vote or not, which rumor said
they had decided upon; but now he
has learned something,that makes him
believe they will, and he is hard at
work gathering material to make the
fight of his life against such an iniqui-
tUus rule. It is Particular unfortu
nate that Mr.. Carlisle's Democratic
colleague-Ex-Speaker Randall-con-
tinues too unwell to give Mr.. Carlisle
much assistance in the fight that he
proposes to make, first before the COM
mittee on rules, then before the House,
and lastly before the courts. Mr.. Car
Isle thinks the passage of such a rule
by the Republicans of the House
| would be as great a usurpatiOn of
power as Oliver Cromwell was guilty
of when he closed the English parlia-
ment by force, and that such a rule
would be violation of sacred rights
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States. 1t is needless to say
that Mr. Carlisle will be ably support
ed by every Democrat in the House
in fighting a rule that would give
Speaker Reed as much power over leg
islation as is possessed by the Car OF
Russia. That is a free country and
minorities have rights that must be
respected.
Representative Seney, of Ohio, left
here Christmas day for home to take
part in the Senatorial fight. Judge
Seney is candidate, but he has not a
word to say against any OF the other
candidates all OF whom are his per-
sonal friends. The Judge says he has
no barrel 10 tap, but that he is in the
fight to stay until it is ended. If the
Democratic meml ers of the United
States House of Representatives had
to decide the matter there would be
no doubt of Judge Seney's election.
Public opipion here still believes that
Mr.. Brice will win, but it is by no
means as unanimous as it was several
weeks ago. Rightfully or wrongfully
the election of Mr.. Brice will give the
Republican newspapers an opportunity
to cry doodle" which they will not
neglect, hence many Democrats that
are personally favorable to Mr.. Brice
are hoping that poor man may cap
ture the prize.
| Senator Window has a grand op-
portunity to show what he is made OF
when he comes to award the exclusive
right of taking seals in Alaskan waters
for twenty years from May LIST, 1890.
The advertisement inviting proposals
is now out and the proposals will be
opened January 23d. For the last
twenty years this right has been held
by the Alaska Fur Company, and
every member of that organization has
become millionaire, in ways that the
least said about them the better. This
same company will expect to renew
their contract, and from the time
given by Secretary Window from the
date OF the advertisement to the open
ing OF the proposals-less than one
month-it looks as though Mr.. VIM
ldom were not averse to its doing so.
| Mr.. Harrison is said to favor the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine in 1892.
If Mr.. Harrison wants to sidc-track
MIR. Blaine effectually he has only to
make this fact officially known. For
some reason or other the people OF
this country have never takeD kindly
to Administration candidates of any
kind, and there is no reason in the
world why an exception should be
made for Mr.. Blaine. 1t is only as an
anti-Harrison candidate that Mr..
Blaine could get the nomination.
| Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad" The Republican
leaders, in spite of protests from mem
bers of their own party, have deter
mined that the House election COM
mittee shall report Federal election
bill to the House. 1t will never be-
come law as many Republicans will
oppose it. How the Democrats feel
about it may be understood from the
following remarks made by Senator
Pugh. "It will be impossible to pass
such bill" AS for myself, will re-
main in my seat night and day for
weeks to prevent the Senate from
passing such bill and all of the
other Democratic Senators will do the
same. This is the most vicious of all
the Republican attempts to violate
the constitutional rights of the States
and it will be resisted to the last by
the Democrats. Dem.
THE newest fad in New York." SAYS
the Chicago Champion, "is the little
three-ounce cocktail bottle that hold.
just enough for two drinks" Thi.
latest ingenious and cunning invention
is "prettily-shaped" bottle with !:
I" nickle-plated screw top" which to
gether with the two hand-mixed'
drinks it contains is doled out for .
lquarter of dollar.
t 1t is announced that the transfer O
the townsite oil Bellingham has beer
made from Eldridge & Bartlett to TIN