Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-04-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SECRETARY CARLISLE is MASTER
OF THE SITUATION.


administration Republicans Lie
tbout Attorney General 0Incy-
The Policy OF tnUcxing Hawaii
tn Bc til. subject of Mature Dc-
liberation Reciprocity Practicai-
~ Failure.
From our REGULAR CORES ouivncc.l
WASHINGTON, u. G., April 81, 1893.
Secretary Carlisle Is daily proving
himself to lee the right man in the
right place. He has not allowed him
self to become anxious or excited
during the tinanc.al furry OF the week,
brought about, rs he firmly believes,
hv combine OF bankers who are
seeking 10y n renewed demand for gold
for shipment abroad to force an issue
of bonds. So firm is the Secretary in
his belief that this is true that he
politely, but positively, declined to
accept an invitation extended him 10y
New York city bankers to meet them
in that town for the purpose of dis
cuSsing the gold problem; he also,
when 1t was suggested to him that the
bankers would come to Washington
To discuss the matter il he would in
vItc them, declined to do so. For the
t.. :. Treasury 10 he run entirely in
dependent OF Wall Street men is
something decidedly new, and compli
ments for Secretary Carlisle are heard
on all sides. from Republicans as well
as from Democrats. One gentleman,
a personal friend, said Secretary
Carlisle believes that Wall Street
bankers have had entirely too much to
say in the conduct of the financial
department Of the Government in the
past, ana that they are largely respon
sible for the present situation. Con-
sequently he has no idea of taking
them into his confidence as to what
he intends doing. He proposes giving
them a needed lesson by showing
them that all the financial ability is
not congregated in Wall Street, and
that they cannot dictate the countrv's
financial programme" The iirmncss
of Secretary Carlisle against an issue
of bonds has already brought about n
better condition of affairs. and it is
believed that if those who wish to
compel an issue Of bonds become
convinced that none will be issued the
demand for gold for foreign shipment
will soon resume its normal condition.
The outlook is now considered much
better than it was at the beginning OF
| this week.
Attorney General Olney has appa-
rently been selected az the target at
which to fire every Islander and lie that
is Matched up by the guttersnipes OF
the opposition and the sensational
press. One OF the most audacious of
these was the one which purported to
give in detail the particulars of Rep
resentative Wilson, of West Virginia,
being snubbcd by the Attorney Gen
eral, in the office of the latter, which
was published at time when it was
known that Mr.. Wilson would be
where he would not be likely to see
the story until it had about two days
publicity, and worse than that, some
of the papers that printed the lie neg
lected to print Mr. Wilson's unqual.
flied denial, which was telegraphed to
| them as soon as he read the article
The Attorney General, like the digni.
fed gentleman that he is, quietly per.
forms his official duties, just as though
the barking ours did not exist.
| Many statements, some Of them
ridiculOusly absurd, have been made
about President Cleveland's intentions
concerning Hawaii. The fact of the
matter is that he will await the report
of Commissioner Blount before decid
ing what 10 do. 1t was because he
did not consider the information al
hand sufficiently definite to make W
his mind what ought TO be done tina
he sent Col. Blouht to Hawaii. AL
statements to the contrary are merely
guess work, as neither the Presiden
nor Secretary Gresham will discuss
the matter; that is, not for publica
ton.
President Cleveland and Secretar,
Gresham have been investigating tn,
) working of the muchtalked-abou
reciprocity treaties made under tn
authority Of the Mckinley tariff law
and it looks now as if they were On
and all failures and that they will
have to go. Those with Brazil an,
with Spain for Cuba and Porto Ric
will probably be the first to b
abolished, as there have been numer
Gus complaints about the manner il
which the customs officials of thos
countries have violated the treaties
i, Tables prepared at the State Depart
r ment show that the whole system In
been failure, and that instead of in
creasing the market for America
products there has been, in sewers
countries, a marked falling off in on
, trade since the treaties went into e
t feet. The President believes tina
3 a cOnciliatory policy towards GU
neighbOrs will result in much create
commercial benefit to us than the pc
icy of reciprocity by coercion whic
was practiced by the Harrison al
e ministratiOn.
q Hon. james Z. Eustis. of Louisiana
. this week qualified as U. S. Ambass,
dor to France, and to-day he left &c
, New York, whence he will start iC
J., Paris.
Secretary Herbert left today fc
I Hampton Roads. He will fly his fla
from the Dolphin during the Nav'
Review and will accompany the int
!. national fleet to New York, where
e will be met by President Clevelan
: and the remainder of the Cabinet, an
where the final exercises will tax
place.
!, A NOTED PoLYGAMIsT.-A man b
G the name OF Hammond has turned u
] in Victoria who is undoubtedly IL
i,,aat ,,orr,oI man ~ that op