Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-24

NATIONAL CAPITAL.
MUCH EXCITEMENT OVER HA-
WAIlAN AFFAIRS.
Reporters Into His Confidence
The New Tariff Hill May be Re-
vtscd In Caucus The President
and Cabinet Diligently Prepare
ing tor Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL, 1893.
The fuol-killer ought to have been
in Washington this week. He might
have worked twenty-fours every day
without completing his job. Although
! there is no cable to Hawaii and no
possible way that any news could have
been received from there since that
which reached here by telegraph from
San Francisco on Monday, and that
which came to the State department
from Minister Wits has not been
made public, the town has been full Of
stories giving details of what had or
had not been done there. They are
all allke-mere guesswork, and ma
jority OF them are but stupid guesses.
No one in Washington knows to a
certainty whether the provisional gov
eminent of Hawaii has retired in favor
OF the Queen who was, last January,
by the action OF Minister Stevens in
ordering a force of U. S. marines
ashore, bulldozed into abdicating in
favor of said provisional government,
although those who have seen the
communication of Minister Stevens
could doubtless make a guess that
would Lo worry nuar 10 the facts. A
good many of those who went off half
cooked, as the saying goes, when Sec
rotary Gresham's report recommend
ing that the wrong done by Minister
Stevens should be righted by the pres
ent administration was made public
are now sorry they did not do more
thinking and less talking. A man
cannot be good juror who would de-
eide upon his verdict as soon as the
testimony of one witness is heard.
Only one witness has been heard in
this Hawaiian business yet. When
all the evidence which is in the pos
session of the administration shall
have been made public, as it all will
be in due time, no Democrat will have
any reason to blush for the verdict of
the people, but some Republicans who
have been prominent may blush for
shame, if they have not forgotten
how.
President Cleveland must feel like
asking himself sometimes whether a
man forfeits all the rights he is sup
posed to have as a citizen when ne
becomes President. When he does
not advertise his intentions in the
newspapers he is accused of surround
ing himself with mystery. Because
the newspapers were not informed be.
fOrehand that the family of the Presi-
dent was to move this week from their
suburban residence to the White House
that simple domestic event was
heralded to the country as a sudden
and mysterious change of plans on the
part of the President, and lot of fool
reasons given to account for it. After
seeing his family settled in the White
House the President committed the
heinous crime Of going to New York
In company with Secretary Lamont
to attend to some pressing private
business, without telling the newspa-
per men about it. As soon as thew
found he was gone they made the
wires hot with stories about his having
gone to New York for the purpose OF
having dangerous surgical operation
performed, etc. Now, could anything
have been more absurd? How proba.
bic 1t seems that u man having two
comfortable homes in Washington
where lie could have the constant at
tention of loving wife would prefer
to go to New York for surgeon, if he
had need of one, instead of having the
surgeon come to him at his home.
President Cleveland is back at his
desk and there is nothing the matter
with him, except that he believes he
has the right to regulate his private
affairs to suit himself; but some peo-
pie seem to think that serious COM
plant.
1t is now considered probable that
the new tariff bill will be completed in
about ten days. There is possibility,
however, that it may not be made
public until after Congress meets, as
there is quite strong feeling among
Democratic members of the House
that it will save time, not to mention
annoyance and chickering's, to have the
new bill submitted to and approved by
a Democratic caucus before it is re.
ported to the House. Those who take
this view of the matter argue that it
will not be good politics TO have
Democrats fighting for changes in the
bill on the floor of the House, and
that ii changes are to be made or
asked for it should all he done in eau.
Gus. This appears to be good logic,
but there are a number of prominent
Democrats who are opposed to caucus
ing on the bill. 1t strikes your cor
respondent that the Democratic party
would be the gamer if its representa-
tives in both the House and the Senate
would caucus upon every important
measure that is to come before Con-
gress. There never was a time when
the necessity was greater for present.
ing q solid front to the enemy; there
was too much guerrilla fighting at the
extra session for the good OF the party.
| Owing to the time of the President
being taken with his message to Con.
gress and that of the members of the
cabinet with their annual reports,
there will probable be very few ap-
pointments made until after Congress
meets. Dem.
The attacks of the Olympian- Tribune
on the Northern Pacific Railroad puts
US in mind of a similar conflict that is
reported to have occurred between q
mouse and q giraffe. The smaller
quadruped was the aggressor, and was
nibbling with all its puny powers at