Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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t:e-ullr correspondence Of The Standard
WA>HINGroS, d. C., Nov. :. 1880.
The great tidal wave OF Democratic
success that swept over the country
Tuesday brought more real rejoicing
to Washington than anything which
has occurred since the election OF
Cleveland and Hendricks, in lNNi.
Democratic faces are ovtr>pread with
smiles, and WHO has better right to
smile, whilr the Republicans. who are
frl-itcnc! clean out al their boots, %
around with wu-h"Gonc faces and
make no attempt to explain the con
domination which the voters 0i the
country have placed upon the adj
mini>tration and upon the Republican
Majority in Congress for its action i'll
giving the people a batch OF the most
unpopular Laws cgcr turned out ut Il
single session OF Congress, topped of
with the worst OF all. the Mckinley
tariff law. Tia" weight OF which has
been felt hy rv.rrl. -. :, although it is
! only II III u IL i ;.-" / !,,, anne Il law.
The Dcmp"i..ts expected, as they
had every reason to do, to carry the
House Of Representative by Il good
working majority, but they were
hardly prepared to see the party win
such an unprecedented victory i'll
every section Of the country, electing
more than two-thirds of the House
and carrying Republican stronghollS
like Massachusetts,, New Hampshire,
| Pennsylvania, Kansas, Michigan, Ne
braska and Wisconsin. If ever there
WAS Il good reason for holding ii
Democratic jubilee it certainly exists
now, and it is not strange that the
Democrats here are i'll the widest
state of enthusiasm.
The returns proved too much for Mr.
J. 5. Clarkson, the gentleman who
took hold of the Republican Con-
grcssional Committee, with the an
nouncement that he would win the
fight, and he has gone South to re-
cuperate his shattered nerves. He
also wished to escape the impertincnt
questions of those he persuaded to
contribute considerable sums of money,
which was to purchase a certain victory.
MIR. ClarksOn was also anxious to avoid
an interview with Mr.. benjamin Har-
rison until that gentleman has time to
smooth his very much ruillcd feathers.
Clarkson is responsible for much of
the suffering Mr.. Harrison is undergo
ing now. Last summer Mr.. Har-
risOn, like 4 man of sense, had made
up his mind that the Democrats
would control the next House, and
although deeply regretting the out
look, he had ceased to worry to any
extent over it. Then Clarkson came
along and with rainbow stories con-
WINGED the old gentleman that the
Republicans were bound to win in the
Congressional elections and that it
would be great scheme to have the
idea passed along the Republican lines
that this election was to be national,
and a vindication of Mr.. Harrison
and the administration. 1t was done,
and that's why the heart OF Mr.. IIarri-
son is heavy.
He realizes that Clarkson got him
into fight that he might just rs well
have kept out of, and that the people
have jumped on him and his party with
their heaviest shod feet, and he would
like to talk to Clarkson about it. He
has suspicion that Clarkson knowing
ly got him into this scrape for the pur-
pose Of having him knocked out, so as
to help the Presidential aspirations OF
Gen. Alger. to whom Clarkson is
pledged.
| Mr.. Wanamakcr was asked what he
thought OF the result, but he declined
to talk further than to say that he
knew nothing about politics. No news
in that.
Millionaire Carnegie, who is here
looking after some of his fat contracts
with the Navy department. says in an
interview that ne regards the results of
the election as the salvation of the Re
publican party, and that he is glad OF
it. MIR. Carnegie is probably the larg-
I est individual beneficiary under the
Nc kinley tariff law in the country.
and necessarily a Republican, and it is
the passage of that law and the results
OF the election that have become mixed
In his mind. when he says he is glad of
1t. AS to salvation, if the &C. o. p"
gets few more doses of the same kind
as that administered last Tuesday, it
Will need the services of an undertaken.
Secretary Noble and Attorney Gene
raj Miller want to be provided for be-
fore the general breakup, which they
see ahead, and are both bringing all
the pressure they can command TO bear
on the man in the White House. for
the purpose of securing the vacant
place on the bench of the Supreme
Court
The Democrats are fortunate in hay
ing SO much good material at hand to
select the next Speaker of the House
from. Among the names already men,
toned are Messrs. Mills, Crisp, McMil.
Ian, Breckenridge, tKy) Bynum and
Springer. Very few members of Con-
gress are now in this city, but somehow
the idea seems general that the speak
ership will 60 to the South. In that
event 1t Is almost certain that it will
be one OF the first four gentlemen above
mentioned.
Chairmen Brice and Flower are meet
ing with praise on every han.l for the
able manner in which they managed
the campaign, and left the Republicans
under the impression that they we're
doing little or nothing.
The Republicans who went home to
vote returned mostly at night, to es-
cape the jeers of their friends.
/ Dem.
ONE OF the most appalling disasters
| that ever oocurroJ =, Orooo,, -a...1A I