Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-29

po-al-. which must specify the rtico
asked for pillnI, Gaping and plank
ing. must be- submitted.
The Council voted IT, extend and
improve Columbia street from Ninth
g. Tenth
OUR WLeH'NGrON LITER
Regular correspondence Of he -isndaFdl
WAsuiNGtoN, MAY -, 1891.
Mr.. Harrison IL not living up a. til,
reputation given him 10y his son Rus
sells paper. II he is the brainsa- well
~ the head ni decentralization. why
doesn't lac take held oi the very i'm
pottant questions now in an unsettled
condition before the Department oI
statcy Mr.. Blainc's absence could
not have been better timed II IL had
been previously arrnngcd-which il
may have bccn--,o give Mr.. Harrison
an opportunity Ia show the country
that Mr.. Blaine has been nothing NOR,
than n clerk Ia him. But the gentle
man from Indiana II too shrcwd Ia Civ,
himself away he finds the matters per
tanning 10 the other departments 50
pressing that he informed Mr.. Blainc''
assistant, who carried big bundle al
papcrs to the White House, that h,
was 40 busy that lac would defer foreign
matters for few days. In the mean
time lac Is probably praying that Nj
Blaine will return before those paper,
are again brought 10 him.
II Mr. Blaine should take il into hi.
head % go away on the sick list, or "a
resign entirely on the ground Of i'll
health. IL would not take long for those
now ignorant on that subject a. dis.
cover who has furnished the brains for
this administration.
Mr.. Wanamakor il iathering n
scheme that for pure unadulteratcl
gall" -urpasses anything In the his.
tory Of the Republican party, and that
IL saying good deal. He wants To-
make ten year contracts with favorite
parties for carrying the ocean mails in
various directions under the mail sub
sidy act oi the last Congress. Ofcoursc
that involves the ultimate expenditure
OF many millions Of dollars, while the
appropriation made, which was for
only one year. was f2.5O0.OO0. Mr..
Harrison approves Of the scheme. and
in order TO give IL n better aspect the
question has been referred Ia the At
torney General for an opinion M TO
whether the Postmaster General has n
legal right To make contracts To run
ten years. az course he will decide
that he has, and then the country will
have the pleasure Of seeing forty or
fifty millions Of its money placed where
IL will help Ia rcnominate and reflect
Mr. BENJAMIN Harrison. Whatever
other people may think. Mr.. Harrison
does not think that he made mistake
In putting John wsnamakcr at the
head of the Po-toflice.
Another little scheme OF Mr.. Wana-
makers was the establishment oi q reg.
ular mail service Ia Alaska and the
awarding Of the contract for carrying
tho mails Ia the North American Com.
mercisl company. whose steamers have
to 40 there anyway and whose business
makes probably nincty-nine hun
dredths Of the mail 10 and from there.
This company did not make any money
taking seals last year, and the admins
tration sympathiYes with II 10 the OK.
tent Of an entirely unnecessary mail
contract.
A party Of prominent Democrats
were gathered In the parlor OF a private
residence one evening this week, and
although the circumstances preclude
the use Of names, the conversation was
too interesting at times 10 be entirely
lost. 80 ] reproduce a portion Of IL here
with:
Did you know" asked n Southern
Senator, "that the Florence. South
Carolina, Tip,es, had run up the name
Of Wade Hampton for Vice President 2
"wish We could get him there" said
q Western Representative.
81 Join heartily with YOU" said an
Eastern Representative. "snd ! ear
tell you how II can be done"
"How 2" asked everybody In chorus
well, you see," he replied. 9TH,
Democratic party has three great prizes
10 distribute, the Presidency. the Vic,
Presidency, aud the Speaker Of th,
House Of Representatives. Now yot
all know that am not In favsr Of sec
tionaiism In any form. and yet rccog
nise the fact that the country In almost
certain 10 he geographically dividet
into three parts and that one Of these
great prizes viii 10 10 the South, on,
20 the East. and one 10 the West. ant
I don't thiak anybody can say tina
that isn't an equitable method OF dis
tribution. All the South has got 10 Dc
" u wants place upon the nationa
ticket 10 30 let the speakcrship 20 !,
the East or West"
"A bird In the hand" laughed .
Southern Representative who IL In On,
line Of the speakership lightning him
self.
Hut have you got II in the hand 2
retortei ihe Eastern man.
"You Just wait aud see" said tn,
southerncr.
How I should like 10 see Wad,
preside over the Senate" said q Sena
tor who had been nm interested listen
or. but n lie wns nominated wouldn'
the Farmers Alliance In the Southern
States defeat the ticket as they did him
for the senate ?"
That's side Of the question tba,
had not occurred TO me-" said the
gentleman who started the converse
lion >" but I would not fear TO wager
all I possess that q national ticket with
Wade Iiampton's name on IL could
carry South Carolina against anything
that could be pitted against IL; only
nominate him. and my word for IL he
will be elected" DEN.
JrDoE Campbell holds that II is no
crime 20 bribe members OF the State