Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
REGULAR orrrspoudenc, ~ ihc -tandafd. J.
A~lttNsIDN Ami Il 1881


Ks .ulsr orrrspopdr % thc standard
WAsniNrt"N, Aprl Il, 1881.
MIR Bialnr has lost none of his old
time cunning lie wishes To- give the
country thc impression tina, lac j. run
ming q - Department oi State entirely
independent of Mr. Harrison. and to
help that idrn alorg he waited until
after Mr. Harrison had gone on hi.
grand vote hunting tour before lac lie
liScrcd a copy uf the reply ol tn, Coy
crnmcut tn the last dispatch uf the
Italian Government to Marquis lmpc.
rial. the Italian charge datlaire- IN
this city, for tran.mi~siun to Rome, al
though. ! have II ON excellent au-
thdrity, that reply had been entirely
written. aud approved 10y Mr.. Harrison
and the cabinet ~ hong ago ~ las,
SATURDAY
This reply il one Of the longest and
most elaborate documents ever sent by
this Government to n foreign nation,
and it informs the Italians in unmis
taxable language that the United
states does not propose to interfere
with the regularly constituted State
Courts under hy circumstances, and
that when il shall have been proven
that any citizen or citizens of Italy
were among the members Of the Ma
fla" lynChcd at New Orleans. IL is will
ling Ia take up the question OF paying
to his or their families money indcm-
nifty. II l. in short thoroughly
American letter. Mr.. Blaine has many
faults but lack of Amcricanism is not
one of them. thank heaven.
TEDDY" Roosevelt is the happicst
man in Washington since he found
out that his Civil Service Commission
was Ia have added To the number Of
people over whom il tyrannizcs about
six hundred employees Of the Indian
service, mostly connected with the In
dian schools. 4 nun-partisan Indian
service may bc very desirable. but IL
will never be accomplished as long rs
the agents and their cmployes-not
under " reddy's" supcryision-are Re
publican strikers. rs they are now.
Another bogus reform is the alleged
attempt Of Secretary Tracy TO clear the
navy yards of the country Of partisan
politics. He has issued an order de.
claring the positions vacant after June
1t. nj the New York yard and after July
lst, at the Norfolk yard Of all foremen
aud master mechanics, and ordering
an examining board Of naval officers To
convene at these yards respectively
May llth ard Jtfhe ,, for the purpose oi
exsmining applicants for the vacancies,
"Why," said naval officer, "this
thing IL fraud on its face. and, in my
opinion, is only gotten up to get rid OF
some men whose open discharge is not
desirable II there are incompetent
forcmcn and master mechanics en-.
ployed why not discharge them and, il
IL Is the desire Of the Secretary, have
their places filed by competitive ex-
aminations, but what sense is there in
requiring men who have proven 10y
years OF successful work their compe-
tence 10 take part in competitive ex-
amina,ions in order to demonstrate
their fitness for doing the work upon
which they have been engaged, in some
cases, for half lifetime"
The workingmcn are after Secretary
Tracy with a sharp stick, because oi
what they claim to be IA violation of the
contract labor law by Commodore Fol-
ger. OF the Washington Navy Yard, in
employing upon the recommendation
OF an English official. two foreigners rs
machinists, within week after their
arrival in this country. Secretary Fos-
ter will be asked to investigate the
matter IA soon ~ he comes back from
New York, whittier he has gone TO
brace up the Harrison forces.
The remains Of the big hearted Demo
cratic veteran, Representative Spinola,
who died here Tuesday morning, were
taken to New York for interment
Wednesday morning, accompanied by
u Congressional committee and dele
CATION oi New Workers. Hc will bc
missed in the House.
The true inwardncss Of the resigna-
tion Of Senator Edmnnds has leaked
out. II l. chngrin. There was time
when his word was law with his Re
publican colleagues in the Senate. but
at the last session his suggestions were
not only ignored, but he was actually
snubbcd on several occasions by n ma
jority VI the Republican Senators, and
in such ways NJ to make IL plain that
his power over them was gone. never
TO return. That was more than the
old legislative tyrant could stand, 50
he resolved 10 go himself a. escape fur
thcr modification. DEN.
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