Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-09-02
our WASHINGTON LETTER.
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rbu Charles Foster brought
n.-f suI,-t',l assortment OF
t.YI 1.t'..o with him when he
'.,..d ',.m OIlu that has yet been
...I % '.. cafr ~ the public.
..'n. .. lm the national election
. .Ir.Ds Settled ami all the money
n.t 0.., &c. spent between this and
N.. -.h az nest November will he
H,,n away II m"dc>,y in making
.uu- D. something luItc ~ wonderful
t. li- manipulation Of the figures
VHf.h show. or are supposed to show
i., amount ~ cash surplus III the
tmIul STATE, Treasury; he Is positive
tntt every northern tu>lng the word
g.. f,ur.-cut an except the southern
-fti... state viii hc carried 10y liar-
u... and R,ll and AT least six of the
..Yf',tu state II j. not clear why
boo. ,n,- not claim all Of the electoral
t.f,. such claim would not be Il
oNIi mufr rllcul"us than those he
Il. ualc lie should have known
t.,l those absurd claims would cause
I.. ruuhuw statements about the con-
Ilpu uf the Treasury. given out at
ihc -,mc time. 10 be- decrrditcd as
-t.u like people. are usually Judged
hy the company they keep.
Nj Foster rainbows, which are oh.
'iHuly "n q par with the small boy
Nhu g. not lit afraid, but whistles
with all his might while going through
thr dnrk places. have had a contrary
,1,rt a. what he intended and ex-
prriod Rainbow Charley" rs Mr..
tu-trt D.. uoN called, j. 80 well known
al. q tu.kV individual, in matters
political that his rosy talk has seri.
au-lv alarmed many Republicans, who
l,h,,c that lac has discovered some
new and very serious danger to the
Republican party, and that his stock
II rhiuluw- has been brought forward
40 orl,r to distract attention from
fli- danger. 10 Democrats Mr.. Fos-
ttt.- o,mntinn is only an amusing
SHOW. Whi,h although not prepared
,-pr.nll, for them, is being greatly
cuIuycd hy them.
There are reasons for the belief that
the administration is doing all it can
go have the date for the meeting of
the international monetary conference
ct su late IN the fall as To make it
certain that the result Of the confer
rurr cannot hc known before the
pfr-l,ulial election, in order that
Republican stump speakers and edi-
tors may have an opportunity to in
ilurrcr votes 10y pretending to forecast
that result Mr.. Harrison and his
puppets Who are managing this cam
ptiFu Ni,l have much more exalted
opinion uf the intelligence Of the
Amrricnn voters, on the morning OF
the ma 81 next November, than they
appear e. have nj the present time.
According To an official opinion of
the ATTORNEY. General, which suspicion
points to having been dictated from
Loon Lake made public this week,
ihc good people of Nicksburg.
Mi.-i.-ippi. must continue to have
their Ciiv postollicc presided over 10y
the notorious negro adventurcr, whose
nomination the Republican Senate
declined Ia conform. The Attorney
General holds. or at least pretends to,
that a failure 10 confirm the nomi-
nation oi n postmaster who is in
pp-.r--ion Of u postotlice before the
Assembling 81 the session of Congress
hltti fails 10 act on the nomination
leaves him the legal postmaster until
HE successor is nominated. If that
be good law the postoilicc department
from the foundation of the govern
mont has been in similar cases acting
illegally
senator Morgan, OF Alabama, is in
town he il a strong advocate of re-
taliatiou on Canada. and thinks that
Mf ilarrison's proclamation should
have prohibited the shipment Of Cana
dian goods through the United States.
The Revenue Marine Hospital Blu
roau b. taking active measures To pre-
vent tho introduction Of cholera into
nuf ports hy any Of the steamship lines
running from Hamburg or Havre
where the disease is reported to be
rapidly spreading Nj steamships ar
living from those and other foreign
pnfts are lo be- rigidly inspected and if
any traces 81 the dreaded disease are
found ,hcy will hc quarantincd and
thoroughly di-iniectcl before being al
lowed tn land th,ir passengers.
The Republicans here are doing lots
/ oi talking about breaking the "solid
snulh" this year. but when Democrat
made the rounds offering to wager any
part 81 ~ 0ID at odds Of two to one
/ that Harrison and Reid would not get
single Southern States electoral
no. takers could be- lound 1t is the
/ l,,llsi If many shrcwd observers that
/ prominent Republicans are doing so
I much talking about their expecting to
carry Southern States with the hope
IT causing the Democratic managers
81 lessen their efforts towards carrying
| the northwestern States. Dem.