Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-05-20
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
.om our REGULAR corrc-rondcnt.i

'tHNtftluf lower. Next tnat MT
& l,.,lud would soon make public Il
l,tt,t dr, lining To allow his name to
l, presented 10 the convention, and
pl.siuu the party 10 seek its candi
d,t, In the West. and still another
that VI cleveland had submitted a
Proposition to senator Hill for their
POINT Withdrawal IN favor OF some New
\ .lh man tnlc mutually agreed upon,
uf 900 the event Of that being rejected
ut their inability to agree upon New
\ ur.,r. Ia Withdraw IN favor OF some
western man. with Hill aS Vice prcsi-
d,ut These all belong To the i'm
uutttut II true class Of news, and are
uult mentioned Ia show the feverish
condition 81 things political at this
time
Tho sending 81 ex-senator Bruce, Il
negro Who Isa citizen of the District
ni Columbia when fat local office is
90 be- filled and n citizen Of Mississippi
wh,u Il, lrgat"s To Republican Ma
tuual Convention are to be elected
upon q Southern tour Ia strengthen
the Harrison hold upon the instructed
delegates Ia the Minneapolis conven-
tipn. j. regarded rs the most direct
Of weakness vet
mad, los the Harrison managers; but
u s -aid that something had To be
dome ~ once to Countcract the work
that anti Harrison agents. plentiiully
supplied with money, are doing among
lhc urgro delegates, or else they would
~ D., oppn-cd to Harrison 10y the time
the convention meets. Whether
Bruce will Use money or promises tC
cnujurc them with il not altogether
certain but from what Others have
told about other Presidential years, il
may Ice assumed that both will bt
u-cd, the former sparingly, and tic
latter plcniltully.
\ strongly backed movement in
favor 81 putting refined sugar on til,
fee list. j. making itself felt i'll Con
gfr.- II IL claimed. doubtless witt
truth. that IN no other way can the
dr~tcstrd sugar trust hc so quickly ol
~u surely shurn Of it's power. Many
Republicans privately admit their be
/ lief that II would Ice good move tC
pat refined sugar on the free list, bu'
their votes would be controlled b,
their party leaders should the Way'
aud Means committee Of the House
decide Ia iavorably report such ,
measure. and not by their privat,
opinions.
Massachusetts, manufacturers are
urging the House Committee on Ways
and Means Ia report a bill placing
iron ore on the free list and another
making general reduction in the
I duties on manufacturers of iron.
Representative Fithian, of Illinois
thinks that while the Republicans are
hurrnhing over the legislation grant
ing the rights and privileges of Ameri
can registry To the two big ships o
the lnman line, il good time to gel
the question Of free ships before Con
grc-- and the country. So he has intro
/ duccd a resolution asking that Jun,
/ q. and \ be devoted to the House fo
discussion of the hill providing fol-
the free admission Of American regis
try ~ ships built in foreign countries
| the final vote 10 he taken at o'clocl
T. VI. on the Sth. This is regarded b,
Democrats generally ms n good move
~ the hill II passed 10y the House an,
iurc,sl To- vote in the Senate, vii
show that the Republican Senators di'
not vote 20 admit the city of New
/ York aud city Of Paris To American
registry because they favored fire.
ships. hut because they wanted tn
lnman company to get some OF tn
postoliice ocean mail subsidy, whicl
they could not receive without havin
an American register. IL is probabl
that Mr. Fithian's. or similar resolu
ton. will he adopted by the House.
Il IL believed that Mr.. Blaine is Ell
couraging II he did not actually inst
gate the opposition TO the nOminatio
Of 7. Jefferson Coolidge as Minister t
France, which has made itself appa
cnt IN the Senate. The nominatio
was made by Mr.. Harrison in direC
opposition to the wishes of Mr.. Blain,
who wanted the place given to Repr,
sentative Hit, Of Illinois. An a
, tempt il being made TO get all of I'll
silver Senators tn vote against the cor
hrmation Of Coolidge, because of h
. extreme single standard iinanci;
, views. which he has gloried in maxim
! public ut every opportunity, notabl
! ia his speeches before the Pan-Amer
! can Congress, Of which he was a men
T. her.
I Whether il be true or not | cannt
p say. hut many believe that Mr.. Harr
= son is deliberately holding back ii
= nomination OF a successor to the la
= Justice Bradley, of the U. S. Supren
:, Court. for no better reason than
= control votes Of delegates to the Mi
Y neapolis Convention, by holding OF
e hopes to certain gentlemen who n
= anxious TO name the man for the V
i cancy.
= Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks, Il
e widow Of the man who had the hon
Of being Vice President upon the on
u Democratic tickets elected since lSj
y IL in Washington.
;. Langston. the negro ex-Congre.
/. man who had divided with Mahol
e thc control of Virginia's federal p
4 tronage, has been notified that his q
a ton in opposing instruction for Har
II son has shut him out, and that he W
get no more favors. DEM
~ A CHASTITY nightmare has ma