Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-13
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
PRESIDENTIAL DOOR CLOSED
TO OFFICE SEEKERS.
Referred to the Department Head
Compromise Probable On the ALI
Absorbing TopiC-Punf>hmen OF
II Coward The Chinese bill TO
Succeed the Federal Election bill.
N our Regular Corrcspondcnce.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 6, 1893.

W ASlilSGlON, OCt. ., 1898.
President ClcvelandS motive in
having AL his callers state the nature
of their business to his private sccre-
tary before being admitted to his Office
has been 50 gro>scly misrepresented
that present the facts, which follow
So much of the Presidents time has
been occupied in listening to the APP
peals of Congressman and other prom
inent Democrats for offices for their
friends that he has found it necessary
to stay up the greater portion Of nearly
every night in order to perform his
more important duties. In order to
put a stop to this he determined
to place the duty of choosing all
officials upon the members of his
cabinet, he accepting their recommen-
dation as final, and in order TO save
his own time, as well as that OF his
callers. Those who call at the White
House are required to state the nature
of their business to private secretary
Thurber. If it be about an appoint
ment the new rule is explained and
they are referred to the member of the
cabinet who has jurisdiction of the
Office wanted; if about public business
they are at once taken to the Presi-
dent. The change is popular with
Congressman and will strike most
people as being sensible one.
The most notable incidents of the
silver debate in the Senate this week
were the appeals made by Senators
Butler, of South Carolina, and Black.
burn, of Kentucky, to the Senate to
end the controversy by compromise.
Although compromise has been talked
about privately by Senators this is the
first time that it has been publicly
advocated on the floor of the Senate.
Senator Voorhees, still stands out
against compromise and insists that
the bill for unconditional repeal can
be passed. Predictions are freely
made that the question will be dis
posed of next week, but the same sort
Of predictions have been made before
and it still remains undisposed of.
The Senate is having more or less dii-
ficulty now in keeping quorum, and
if some agreement is not soon reached
on this silver question it is doubtful
whether quorum can be kept here.
The Senators are tired of the debate,
and there is no way TO force vote.
There is one Congressman-he's O
Tammany man, tOO-who is always
certain of warm welcome when he
calls at the White House, whether he
goes asking an appointment for
friend or to discuss public matters.
The reason is this: On the day that
Baby Esther was born this Congress
man was approached by a loud
mouthed individual who has made
himself conspicuous by his personal
abuse of President Cleveland-proba-
bly, because he was turned down by
HMM a well-known restaurant.
which was at the time crowded with
prominent public men. and the afore-
said loud-mouthed individual made a
disrespectful remark about the baby
whose birth had just been announced.
The Tammany Congressman walked
close up to the man and deliberately
spat in his face. The coward sneaked
off like the cur that he is, and the
Congressman was asked why he did
not knock him down. "Strike him I"
he remarked scornfully. 81 would
not dirty my hands with such as he."
Within an hour the incident as re-
ported to the President, and sin e then
he is never too busy to see that Tam
many Congressman when he calls at
the White House. The Tammany
Congressman has, however, asked for
nothing since the incident, for, as he
put it, az do not wish to be rewarded
for having done what any good citizen
would have one-resented an insult
to the family of the President"
The House need not be idle after
the vote is taken on the bill for the
repeal of the Federal election laws.
next week, even ii the hardness of the
Senate in disposing of the silver ques-
ton prevents the recess which many
Congressman would like to take, par
ticularly those from States in which
elections will be held this tall. The
McCreary substitute for the Geary
Chinese law has been favorably re.
ported to the House from the Foreign
Committee and can be taken I'D at
any time, and the Judiciary Commit
tee has reported the Oates bankruptcy
bill to the House. 1t is probable that
the Chinese bill will be given the
preference.
How much truth there is in the
talk among Republicans about the
Democratic members OF the House
Committee on Ways and Means being
afraid to attack protection may be in
ferred from the following remarks by a
Democratic member of that committee
The new tariff bill will be framed
on the lines laid down by the Chicago
platform, even if it results in the de-
feat at the polls of every Democratic
member of the committee. We shall
hew close to the line and you can rest
assured that no matter what else is
done it will be found that the tariff
bill when it is reported will be com.
pletely in accord with the Democratic
platform" The Republicans who are
trying to create contrary impression
are doing foolish thing. 1t is much
better that the country should know
at once that the high protective duties
of the Mckinley law will be entirely
wiped out by the new bill.
The Republicans have allowed the
debate in the House on the bill for the
repeal of the Federal election laws to
60 by default, keeping more or less
quiet by order OF Boss Reed.