Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-07-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


i.em or Ecppler Corr,-rondcnt.l
W,-uI~sroN. II. G. July ), 1892.
lho murder 81 Carnc.ic's locked
...i workman hv rinkcrt0n mercen-
,llrs srud .hudder around the civil
% world aud furnished the voters
thr ultci States with an object
...u not soon TO hc forgotten, show
.t II-t What sort OF protection
t.lullIrau legislation gives t. the
% Hs, Gamer Jerry Simpson APPLY
.Il u'lt Il hop" that the people
s.II u.V lr aroused To the fact that
protection only protects the capital
.i eIu. lr this case. hnilds 4 castle
H -..ibul where he may enjoy his
.4lt in p'acc.' Representative Tar
-.u,, chairman OF the House com
ttttr, uu labor, said Every one
t.lat condemn the employment OF
f.tu.uul,.. without the authority of
tts a. kill people. Their presence Is
d m,ut,r tu peace, and there ought to
Co. .umcthrg done to put a stop to
sl.h ln-inrss." Even Republicans
r. found Who condemn this crime,
Though itj- one Of the direct ont
..m,. ol their parly's policy. One Of
tH,a, B.. Representative Lind, OF Min
ttsoia. Who said This employment
armed mcrccnaries cannot be justi-
ir,i and ought not Ia he permitted"
Representative CaninCtti has intro
u0,l rc-' luton providing for II Sc
Let committee to investigate this Car
r.f.u iu-iur--, IN order to ascertain
uh, sn industry protected to such an
,st,nt ~ that OF steel and iron should
tttsmpt e. reduce it, lahorers' wages
lfnw 20 10 "a per cent, and why this
tfilst az combine should he allowed TO
Intrsiu,, a condition Of fcudal despot-
ism rs hiring armed men to force its
employs 81 accept the reduced wages,
nni a similar resolution is before the
F ii-natc The resolutions are timely,
I nod unless there IL great change in
ihr pf,sput continents OF members oil
rpuerc.r. y strong one will he adopted.
usuy believe that the reduction OF
easrs was order Il by Carnegie in the
hoin ui stas lng of acton on the pend
lug ball, reducing the tariff on the en-
iifr metal schedule.
The Republicans are i'll q very de-
nofalifed condition, owing to the res
ignatiun ut Mr.. Campbell rs chairman
td thtif National committee, whether
. ihu fvsirnation was brought about by
tho publication 10y ex-senator Farwell
of the statement that Mr.. Harrison
had once refused 10 appoint Mr.. Camp
. isll tua Federal office because of his
l,.ing professional lobbyist, by ob-
Irrtiuns ~ the trusts for which Mr..
/ ampl.ell - attorney, or by reason OF
+ tho threatened revolt Of the Republi-
Iran FARMERS Of Illinois. 1t may be
/ hat all Of these things were factors in
Irausing the resignation, or that none
/ 1T them had anything to do with 1t,
I iiut the lact remains that the demon
( nltfniiun exists in the Republican
ranLs. and political parties, like arm
Z les. are always at disadvantage when
they are for any cause even slightly
tlpmufaliscd
There IL Lesson in the present con-
/ ,ition 81 the Republican party that
Will not be- Loot upon Mr.. Cleveland,
uhu will soon select the chairman for
the Democratic National committee.
iie will profit by Mr.. HarrisOn's error,
tnd will choose man for chairman
WIN has the ability TO manage a sue
cesslul campaign. and who is above
even the suspicion OF being allied to
/ any oi the numerous trusts and COM
blnes lostered by Republican legisla-
tlon, notably the Mckinley tariff law).
which are depressing the people OF the
nilrd States.
senator Berry. in speaking against
senator IIalc'a resolution as TO the
effective differences between the Re-
publican policy Of protection" and
the Democratic policy of tariff for
revenue only" showed that the first
whereas. which says that never were
lalorer- ao prosperous and so well
paid. was oonspicuously contrary to
facts by reading newspaper kilograms
concerning Carnegie's lockout. He
.sid that the Republican party be-
lieved IN high taxes and extravagant
appropriations, while the Democratic
party believed in levying taxes for
revenue only, and in practicing econ
omy. But" said Mr.. Berry. the
issue Of the present campaign, which
rises far and above all other issues, is
the lnrce hill, TO which the Min
neapolis convention and its candidates
lor President are fully committed"
Democrats In Congress believe that
the nomination of Weaver will close
the career Of the third party, as far as
the South IL concerned, as his speeches
when he was a Republican-he has
been eyerything-weres SO bitter against
the south that few Southern men will
vote for him after reading them, and
southern Democrats in Congress will
sec that the aforesaid speeches are
given a wide circulation in that Sec
ton. Representative Hemphill, OF
South Carolina, says: "All this talk
Of any other party except the Demo
cratic carrying South Carolina is bosh
Nine-tenths Of our people were fol-
Cleveland, and he will carry the State
by = larger majority than has been
given Tor years"
The judiciary committee will go tC
Penn ylvaniA 10 investigate the Pink
eFtons, under the recently adopted
House resolution. Dem.