Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-11


really injure the trusts. Perhaps that
is what it is really intended for. Con
gress can break up every trust existing
in this country inside of ninety days
whenever it pleases to DO so. All that
is necessary is to remove the tariff
from the articles dealt in by the sever
al trusts.
Senator Chandler is one of that class
of Republicans who believe that this
Government exists for their special
benefit. Having recently put man,
who was his private Secretary, into the
Navy Department as Chief Clerk OF
one OF the bureaus, he now has the
cheek to introduce a bill to increase
that Chief Clerks salary from $1,SOO
to 81 500 year.
The House passed the Chicago
Worlds Fair bill with amendments
providing that women should be rep
resented upon the board of managers
and that the fair should be held from
April to October, 1893. There is no
doubt of the early passage of the bill
by the Senate. Circumstances have
overcome whatever serious opposition
there existed in that body.
The Republicans of the Senate have
struck stfeak of industry and agreed
to meet daily at II o'clock instead of
II. They have also decided in caucus
that the Montana steal shall be called
up on Monday and remain before the
Senate until the theft is consummated,
to be followed in regular order by the
dependent pension bill, the admins
trative customs bill, the land forfeiture
bill, the Jones silver bill, and the bills
for the admission OF new States. An
attempt was made at this caucus to
bind the Senators to support a Federal
election bill, but it failed most igno-
miniously. 1t is only by the aid Of
king caucus that Federal election bill
can be carried in either House or SEN
ate.
The House Committee on TerritOr-
les has practically turned down" the
applications of New Mexico and Ari-
zOna to become States, at the present
session, by deciding to postpone FIR
ther consideration of bills for admis-
sion.
Bills to allow Gen. Crooks widow u
pension of - 600 year have been in
troduced in the House and Senate.
The Republicans of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House have
not been able to stand the pressure
brought to bear upon them by the an
nouncement of the items in their tar
iff bill. Already they have declared
that hides anG raw silk shall 60 back
upon the free list, and the sugar peo-
pie are demanding with prospect Of
success that the cut on sugar shall not
exceed % per cent. 1t is impossible
to say how soon the bill will get before
the House. 1t has not yet been dis
cussed by the full committee.
The President and Secretary of the
Virginia Republican League, of this
city, have been arrested under the civil
service law prohibiting the soliciting
of campaign contributions from Gov
ernment employees. 1t was done with
the intention OF making these test
cases in order to get a judicial con-
OF the law.
The Civil Service Commission, not
satisfied with the largely increased ap.
preparation it has already asked for,
has submitted a supplementary esti-
mate to Congress asking for $37 900
more.
Secretary Proctor wants the Pension
transferred from the Interior
10 the War Department. He says the
work could DC done there cheaper.
The Republican members Of the
House Committee ON Elections must
have had some pretty severe twinges
of conscience of late. This week they
have decided two contested election
cases in favor of the sitting Democrats.
General Bunkum has occupied the
floor of the Senate for the greater part
of the present week. No legislative
body on earth is farther from the peo-
pie than the Senate of the United
States, but that does not prevent the
liberal use of platitudcs about the
dear people"
The House has passed the bill for
'he admission OF Wyoming Territory
Is State.
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill has
'een favorably reported to the House,
,ut it has been radically amended.
The Pan-American Congress has re-
ported in favor of the adoption of an
silver coin. DEN.
A NOVEL means of stopping leaks
n the Hudson river tunnel was adopted
! few days ago. Engineer Moy secured
| number of water rats and tied long
pieces of oakum to their tails, caught
n the middle by apiece of wire. The
ats were then forced into the caision
through air pumps. The rats follow
ng the current of air, found the leaks,
md passing through creyices left the
'akum behind. This stopped the
ngress of air sufficiently to enable
he pumping to proceed with success.