Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-10-07
At THE CAPITAL.
HARRlSON PROPOSES TO KEEP
ms HAND ON THE HELM
uuay agate snuLbcd Indiana Sup.
riird wt,b "sugnr" -tlc,ciand's
Setter satisfactory The situation
,hsrEinE.

NN-uuNoroN. - G., sept. 30, 1892.
senator Quay il not ut all ayersc to
taking Mr. Harrison place ne boss of
the Republican campaign, If Mrs. Ilar-
usnn' r. illness continues serious enough
g. prevent Mr. Harrison giving the
necessary attention To politics, to
k,rp himself sufficiently well posted
10 direct the movements Of the figure
hoai. Tom Carter; and he dropped
INTO Washington this week for the
purpo-c OF inlImaging as much to Mr..
Harrison. The iutlmation was duly
made hy mutual friend, and Mr..
ilaffisuu was pruluSe in thanks, but
bee dtd not accept the invitation To
slalicatr hi. political throne ia Quay's
favor An Indiana man speaking of
this attempt 81 quay To resign the
rrin- ut political power. said: Mr..
ilafrisuu = a better politician than
Quay. nud the latter should have
known that after the long. and in the
cud succc-slul fight made by the
lnfmer to overthrow Quay's power over
ihc Republican machine he would
Never uudcr any combination Of cir
rum-lnucs. agree to his again taking
ruu,rl - Mr. quay got nothing
hut a little additional humiliation for
hi- ui,t
Is Congressman Pierce. Of Indiana,
whu b. chairman OF the Republican
.tutt,r Committee Of that State.
mate a dying visit To Washington this
wc, 4 tn confer with Mr.. Harrison and
other Indiana politicians in the city.
frtm the tome Of newspaper inter
,,os given uui 10y him as soon as he
arrived, person who knew nothing
about tie subject would suppose that
thU Indiana Democrats were falling
over each other in Gheir efforts 20 Join
the Republican party, but that was
uul hlun When lac called on
M's.fs Harrison. Dudley. Michenor,
Neh.kcr aud other Indiana Republican
politicians, which lac did at the earliest
possiblc mumcnt. his talk was very
different H. told them that the
state was Ia dsnger aud implored their
assistance "a save the party from the
humiliation Of having its candidates
defeated - his own State. lie carried
from here mandatory order upon
the National Committee for oonsid-
cradle sum Of money. which he said
was 50 urgently needed that he would
take the order Ia New York himself,
aud he did
Mr Clu,cland's letter Of acceptance
has caused some disappointment, but
!, 4. among the Republicans exclusive
~ Democrats are delighted with the
style II the letter as well as with its
Language, aud the belief is general that
Il will make convincing sort OF cam.
paign document 10 put in the hands
III intelligent doubtful voters. His
Characterization Of the Republican cry
~ Tree trade ~ an impossibility in this
country was n happy thought, and his
Vmarks On tariff reform, for which
the Democratic party stands. should
hc read 10y every voter in the land. A
tarin iut revenue will Ice u necessity
until somc new method OF raising the
money necessary - run the Govern
ment shall have been devised and put
into practical operation, but that is no
reason why the preRent abortion which
taxos tho consumers oi every protected
article FOR the benefit of few manu-.
ia'tutcf' should remain upon our stat
ute hooks. disgrace to the in,elli-
gence OF our national legislators. The
objective point of the present Demo
cratic campaign IL lair trade, which
eau only Lee brough! about by radical
reforming Of the present tariff laws.
Representative Mitchell, of Wiscon.
sin, chairman Of the Democratic Con-
gfes-ional Campaign Committee, SAYS
he has good reasons for being conf.
dent that the electoral votes OF that
State viii be cast for Cleveland and
Stevenson. but he Tears that the deci.
sion ~ the state Supreme Court
stains, thc recent apportionment may
give the Republicans several Congress
men that they would not have elected
u the new nppurti0nment had been al
lowed tu stand.
West Virginia IL one Of the States
that the Republicans always carry, i'm
their minds. before election, or, as Rep.
resouiaiive Anderson Of that State nuts
u They are always going to carry
the State. but they never do" Mr..
Anderson. who il fresh from the State,
says The Republicans will not
carry West Virginia this year. Down
there W. are all Democrats on the
tafifl question. but the force bill issue
- the one We are most interested in.
There are hundred Mckinley bills
~ that scheme and il involves the
rights of Our people 10 govern them
selves. and II il going 20 carry the
state against the party that fathers
H."
That lingo business with Venezuela
did not pan out. as the officials of
that poor revolution racked country
have informed the officers OF our war
vessels that they will do whatever is
required Of them 10y this government.
This u Disappointing TO the admins
trhtion. which counted upon sufficient
opposition To bring out few spread
eagle orders, calculated to work up
enthusiasm among first voters.