Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-05

CLEVELAND HAS NO NEED OF
The GOLD BUGS.

pT' Nidcnt nud Cabinet witness the
naval Review In New lork
tHrhor tI,I service Did 10.
''iN" COMPETENT Employee. in the
weather sfurcau Diplomatic m.
p"in'mrnts.
'm our K,pulni CoFrcsr"udcuce.l :
N,-IuN"roN, u. e., April -, 1893.
llurAh for the Democratic admin
I-'fNtI'n. 1t has proven itself to be +,
'h" master. not the servant, OF Wall
street AMI the government still lives,
and the Treasury continues and will
'"uunn" To pay out gold to all who !
may desire 1t for Treasury notes. A
greater financial triumph was never
achieved by any administration. It,
marks the beginning Of new area, in
winch the President of the United
states and his Cabinet will dictate
uur national financial policy, instead
of having 1t done from Wall street, as
D, hA- been done already too long for
the good OF the country. The Wall
street crowd invited the knuck-down
blow they received. Seeing that
bankers all over the country were fol-
loving the lead Of those of the South
and West IN furnishing the Treasury
with gold the Wall streeters got
together and formulated proposition
IN which they agreed to furnish the
Treasury with from $4,000 900 to
S'OWoWO in gold, but the proposi-
ton had string tied to il in the shape
ol proVlso that bonds should be
ISSUED for their gold. Other bankers
turned their gold into the Treasury
without question, because of their
confidence IN the government, which
they thought in need of the gold to
tide over temporary difficulty, but
the Wall street Shylocks wanted their
pound OF flesh i'll the shape of interest
IN the bonds to he issued before they
would turn loose the gold living idle
IN their vaults. 1t did not take Presi-
dent Cleveland and the Cabinet three
minutes To formulate an indignant
refusal, which was wired to New York.
Later another proposition, less at
acting. WAS received. but it also was
promptly rejected. 1t must by this
tImo lT evident to even the most OBJ
tusc observer that the financial motto
OF this administration is, "No Wall
street domination"
The present condition of the Treas.
ury ~. under the circumstances. satis-
factory, and il the offers of gold
continue To be as freely made as they
have been for the past week it is be.
lleved that there will be no necessity
for the issue Of bonds. and even if the
demand Tor gold shall continue to in
crease, the reserve fund, at present
intact, will hc drawn upon to meet il
until II becomes certain that il will
Ice exhausted. before bonds will be
ISSUED. President Cleveland and Sec
rotary Carlisle are both fully deter
mined that no bonds shall be issued
until IT shall have been fully demon
Strated that nothing else will furnish
the relief needed. and many believe
that II that shall be shown IN the
ma ter will lie submitted to Congress
ut an extra session, before bonds are
| issued
Secretary lioke Smith is the ONLY
member of the Cabinet in the CITY.
and he has just returned from New
York. where the entire Cabinet and
the President took part in the bio
naval review yesterday. The Presi.
dent and the other members of the
Cabinet. except Secretary Lamont,
who IL compelled by private business
To remain there for several DAYS, will
~ direct from New York to Chicago,
Ia take part in the opening of the
worlds Fair. Secretary Smith had
tn miss the trip TO the Worlds Fair
because OF some pressing Indian bust.
ness that demands his immediate at.
tention.
The second chapter in the inyesti-
CATION Of the Weather Bureau opened
with "A stormy row between those two
good Republicans, Prof. Harrington
Chief 81 the Bureau, who is being in.
Ncstigated, and Assistant Attorney
General Colby, who is conducting the
investigation. The evidence taken I'M
To- this time fully bears out one of the
chargcs-that incompetent employes
were retained after the Chief OF the
Bureau knew they were incompetent.
Congressman Caruth, Of Kentucky
carries a very broad smile Just now
One oi the reasons of the unusual
breadth at that smile was the selec
ton OF his brother. George w. Carutb
editor Of the Little Rock (ArkO Ga
scii', 20 be u. :. Minister TO Portugal
: Among the other important Presi
DENTAL appointments made this week
were those of ex-Congressman Nc
Kinney. of Y. H.. to be Minister &c
Colombia; ex'Congressman Thomp
son. OF Cal. 10 be Minister to Brazil
rNCongrcSsman Wiley, of N. Y, to be
Consul ut Bordeaux, France. and tbf
, following well-known gentlemen to be
Government directors OF the Union
Pacific Railway Company; Mr.. Henri,
,. Dimock. Of n. Y; Hon. Don M
Dickinson, OF Mich. Mr.. J. w. Doane
; Of Ill: Gen. Fitzbugh Lee. of Va, and
Mr.. Joseph w. Paddock, of Nebraska
No more appointments will be made
until after the Presidents return from
the Worlds Fair, which will be mex,
Tuesday night, unless the present
programme il changed.
Nearly all Of the prominent official,
, went over 10 New York this week &c
see the international naval review. Tho
largest affair OF its kind that has eve
taken place in American waters. anc
they are all glad they went, for the,
saw what none of them will probabl,
ever see again. Dem.
Mrs Deed, Of Fairhaven, accidental,
gave her little grandson spoonful O
carbolic acid in place OF Group med
! icine. but the mistake was soon die
I covered. aud the necessary emetic
were administered and his life saved
hut lac is suffering from very sor
mouth aud throat.
4 Willie Patterson has disappeare,
from his home at Dayton. Willie an,
n companion hired team and starte,
out To seek their fortune. The team
: aud boys were captured and takel
back home. but Willie, upon learnin
that his father intended placing hin
IN the reform school, ran away and Ina
I not since been heard from.
Many large orchards are being So
out IN kittitas county this spring
In some parts of the State the Italia,