Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-05-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Regular Correspondence of the Standard.

Mr.. Harrison has no right to blal, e
the people of the country for refusing
to believe him sincere in his talk about
reform so long as he continues to be
hale fellow we'll met" with Senator
Quay. This week he sent for Mr..
Quay to come to the White House and
received him with effusion when he
got there. Mr.. Harrison should re-
member that no line of battle is
stronger than its weakest part, and
that no political party is purer than
its recognized leaders.
The House has been quite lively on
several occasions this week. The civil
service law came in for some hard
knocks from both parties and a humor-
Gus criticism of the Administration by
Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, was seeming
ly as much enjoyed by the Republi-
cans as by the Democrats. Among
the stories was the following which
he stated was Republicans reply to
the question of what he thought OF the
Administration:
Wanny runs the Sunday ay-school,
Levi runs the bar;
Baby runs the White House,
And --- it, here we are.
After the uproarious laughter had sub
sided, Mr.. Allen continuing said that
Baby Mckee recently heard some one
say that Mr.. Harrison had been elected
because his grandfather had been q
great man. After thinking it over a
few minutes Baby Mckee said: "Well,
we'll, what is to become of me?"
The Worlds Fair bill went through
the Senate without any trouble or de-
lay, and the Senate amendments were
promptly agreed to by the House. The
bill is now in the hands of the Presi-
dent and will probably be law before
this is printed.
Secretary Windsm has got himself
into the hottest kind Of hot water by
what several Republican Senators call
his meddling with Congressional legis-
latiOn on the silver question, and he
is getting abuse very freely from mem
bers of his party, and it will not be sur
prising if the feeling against him re-
suits in q Congressional investigation
OF his recent letting Of the contract Ia
take seals in Alaskan waters for TWEEN.
ty years, about which there are some
ugly rumors. If such an investigation
should be held and the right witnesses
summoned Mr.. Russell Harrison, the
Presidents son, would not be in an en-.
viable position. To return to the sill
yer question; the Republican caucus
committees have at last reached an
agreement upon a silver bill. Senator
Teller, who was member of the com
mittee, has given notice that he will
oppose the bill.
Senator Mitchell devoted the great
er part Of his speech in favor of the
election OF Senators by the people, to
criticism of the secret executive ses-
sion. The abolition Of the secret ses.
sion and the election OF the Senators
by the people are both good ideas and
will probably come in time, but it will
be long time FIRST.
Speaker Reeds rules, shadow quor-
um and all, are to be imposed upon
the Senate unless the Democrats in
that body can defeat a resolution, pro-
viding for the change, which Senator
Chandler has introduced. The intro
ductiOn of this resolution is believed
by many to be only the preliminary
step toward the passage OF Federal
election and other obnoxious laws.
Your correspondent has not been in
clined up TO the present time to be-
lieve that Federal election law would
be passed, but this move makes it look
very much that way now.
We have got along for more than q
hundred years with plain ministers at
the courts of foreign countries, but
now the Senate, at the request of Sec
retary Blaine, proposes that the title
of our principal representatives in Eu-
rope shall be Ambassador" This
country is too big and too great to be
adopting the monarchial customs of
Europe, and it seems all the more alb
surd just at this time when every
throne in Europe is tottering.
Mr.. Carlisle has declined the propo-
sition submitted to him by the Repub-
licans of the House TO limit the de-
bate on the tariff bill to six days. 1t
has not been definitely decided when
the bill will be taken up, but it will
probably be about May 10th. The bill
according to 90 good Republican au-
thority as Representative Peters OF
Kansas, places the Republican party
between the devil and the deep sea- F"
The Democratic leaders are perfectly
satisfied to 60 before the people this
fall with this bill as the issue, and have
no fears of the result.
The Republicans of the House tried
to make little campaign material this
week based on the treatment Of Repub-
lican postmasters in the South, but
failed most ignominiously.
Secretary Tracy declined to allow
the Marine Band to visit Richmond on
May 90, when the Lee statue is to be
unveiled.
Secretary Rusk has issued a long
letter to the farmers giving his ideas
of the cause Of all their troubles and
how TO remedy them. DEN.
The wedding gown of Miss Tessie
Fair, who is to be married shortly, in
san Francisco, has been ordered from
Paris. 1t will cost 48 600 francs duty
paid.