Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-09-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
.E'rilnr correspondence Of the Standard
WASHINGTON. Aug. u, 1891.

ll.'eHinr correspondence of the Standard
WASHINGTON. Aug. u, 1891
TX senator Malone, of Virginia, !.
daung enough and unscrupulou,
enough {" attempt almost anything
hut Il my information j. correct, and
th'r, i every reason to believe that il
l.. hi latest sChcm" i one of the most
desperate IN which he ever engaged
He once captured the State of Virginia
aud 90, himself sent to the senate bv
getting control 81 the so-ca led re all
I"S''' movement in that State, and he
- now plotting to get ,"..-ol of the
Farmers Alliance movement in that
state. in order To capture the legisla-
turc and get himself again sent to the
senate, tins time ~ successor To Sen
Htnr Daniels. The plot is all mapped
ont. and the decision of the Republican
state committee. al which Malone is
ia" owner, To- nominate no Republican
candidates for the legislature. was part
lud parcel thereof The word has
passed along the Republican lines that
they must support the nominations Of
the Alliance for the legislature if told
tu do So 10y their local leaders. and they
are 10 hc told to do so in every instance
that u blind plcdgc-Mahonc' name is
not yet tu hc uscd-can he secured
from the farmers candidate to vote as
they may hc told for the successor to
senator Daniels.
Harrison Republicans have never
been plenty outside Of the holders Of
the Federal office. but there is now a
manifest disposition even among that
class o( Republicans to get aboard OF
the Blaine train. which is believed to
have been given impetus enough 10y the
Scini endorsement of the PENNSYLVANIA
state convention to enable it to make
the trip to nomination station without
any serious difficulty, even should Mr.
Harrison attempt To play the part of
tram wrccker 10y placing Instructions
on the track, which he may or may
not do. as circumstances may deter
mine
All the rumors about the coming re-
trcmcnt Of Secretary Noble and Com
missioner of Pensions Kaum have been
revived this week One of the causes
for this was the statement made by
Secretary Foster that Mr.. Harrison
would return To Washington the first
week in September instead of remain
ing away until the first of October, as
he had originally contemplated, be-
cause th,r1 was some very important
business connected with the Interior
department that required his personal
attention. The only question pending
before the Interior department, so far
"a the public knows, that might be con-
sidercd important enough to require
the personal attention of Mr.. Harrison,
is that of compelling the cattlek kings
To vacate the Cherokee outlet, they
having up To the present time quietly
ignored the orders of Uncle Sam TO get
out but the general sentiment seems
10 be that the important business is
naming the successor to Secretary No
bile and To Commissioner Raum, who
are the two most important officials
connected with the Interior depart
ment. Another thing which is prob
ably having its effect in making Mr..
Harrison change his plans is, that he
can pull the wires for securing dele
gates to the National convention,
should Blaine allow him to continue to
think himself candidate, to far great
cr advantage in the White House than
anywhere else.
Ii is now absolutely certain that a
very large amount OF the 4 per cent.
bonds will not he presented for extern
sion ut per cent, and Secretary Fos-
ter is now putting his trust in the be-
lief that the most OF the bonds that
will not be presented for extension are
in the hands of guardians or trustees,
and that it will be a long time before
they are presented for redemption, and
that they will come in slowly and in
small quantities. Should he be wrong,
and the most of these bonds be pre-
sentcd for redemption Immediately
after they mature, September 9, Mr..
Foster will, if he carries out his present
intention of using part OF the $780,
GOO, 900 gold reserve fund to pay them,
in the opinion Of able constitutional
lawyers, render himself liable to be held
personally responsible for the amount
taken from the fund, to say nothing of
impeachment by congress.
There are those who say that Land
Commissioner Carter, Russell Harri-
sons protege, has not overworked him
self in trying to carry out the law by
driving the cattle-kings, some OF whom
are said TO he warm friends of both
Russ" and himself, from the Chero-
kcc outlet. Some inquiry into this
business may have to be made by Mr..
Harrison senior.
Mr.. Wanamaker was the principal
speaker ut a reunion of the "Old-time
Telegraphers" and the Military Tel
egraphcrs,' held here last night.
Wires were run into the hall, and every
word of the proceedings was instantly
licked into more than one hundred
thousand telegraph offices throughout
the land.
A large number of distinguished sci
entists are here in attendance upon the
annual convention of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science. Dem.
THE Walla Walla & Columbia River
Railway Company, organized in 1868,
was the first railroad corporation in
Washington. The work of construc.