Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-10-05

1OVernment fIlnInR OIhlce-EIs
feet OF AbrogatIen of the Reel
PrOctty Treaties.
WAsHIN GToN, D. c., Sept. %. 1894.
Chairman Faulkner, of the Demo
cratic Congressional Campaign COM
mittee, consented this week for the first
time TO give out his estimate OF the
result OF the Congressional elections.
He figures, after making most liberal
allowance for doubtful districts-too
liberal many Democrats think-that
there will be in the next House 100
Democrats, 156 Republicans and 10
Populists. AS instances of his liber7
atty in making allowance for doubt
full districts it may be mentioned that
he only claims the election OF nine
Democratic Representatives in illinois,
while the estimate OF the Republican
campaign committee comedies the
election of IL Democrats in that State /;
he only claims in Louisiana, while
the Republicans concede &, in South
Carolina he claims and the Republi-
cans concede 6. That will give q fair
idea of the care exercised by Senator
Faulkner in making up his figureS.
He prefers Understanding the. Demo
cratic strength to over-estimating it,
and has no desire TO encroach upon
the buster and Dragging which has
been such marked feature of the
campaign on the Republican side.
Senator Hill is just the sort of man
who makes strong friends and bitter
enemies in his own party, but bitter
est of his enemies will concede that he
has q wonderful hold on the Demo-
cratic voters OF New York, which he
has demonstrated time and time again.
Circumstances having made it neces.
sary that the Democratic candidate for
governor of New York should be man
who could bring out the full Demo-
cratic vote of the State, which is al
ways majority, logically followed that
Senator Hill was that man. For that
reason Democrats in Washington,
whether they be his friends or his
enemie were pleased with Senator Hills
nomination and are confident that he
will be elected. He has never been
defeated by the voters Of New York
and he will not be this year. There is
much disappointment over Senator
Hills nomination, but it is confined to
4, the Republicans who were not count
ing upon such formidable antagonist.
A member of the Cabinet was asked by
q personal friend how he supposed
President Cleveland would regard the
nomination of Senator Hill. and he
q uickly replied: "Why, just as all
other good Democrats do: as the best
that could possibly have been made
under existing circumstances. The
President wishes New York to be
carried by the Democrats, and ! know
he believes that with Senator Hill at
THE head of the ticket it will be-" But
what about 1867" querried this in
quisitive friend. "Let us win the
campaign of a." replied the member
of the Cabinet; "then we can begin
to discuss the probabilities and pos
sibilities of &c."
Public Printer Benedict has made a
decided reform in the Government
Printing Office by abolishing piece
work and putting all the printers on
time. Nothing around that establish
ment has caused more pickering and
jealousy than the piece-work system /;
which a portion of the men worked
under. Il made mans pay depend
ent more upon luck in striking" phat,"
or the favor OF his foreman than upon
his merits or his skill as a printer. By
putting them all upon time work the
pay is equalized and it is believed that
the work will be better done. 1t is
certain that the Public Printer will be
enabled to devote much time to more
important duties, that he has hereto
ore been compelled to waste in listen
ing to the friends of those working on
time who wished to get transferred to
the piece department. because they
could make more money.
The new tariff abrogated all the re-
ciprocity treaties made under the Nc
Kinley law, and the formal notice
served upon the State department by
Brazil of lite intention to abrogate the
reciprocity treaty between that gov
eminent and the U. s. on January !,
1895, was merely q compliance with
the expressed terms of the treaty,
which were that either country should
give the other three months notice.
So far as this country was concerned,
the treaty was abrogated the day the
new tariff became law, Mr.. Mendonca
the Brazilian Minister, when asked
what effect he though the aDrogation
of the treaty would have upon the
trade relations OF the two countries
said: "The rates will not be material.
ly raised by Brazil against this country,
and / am expecting this country to
make large increase in sending manu-
featured woolens to Brazil as result
OF the new wooden manufacturing in
duced by free raw wool in the new
tariff law" Outside Of these items few
changes will occur by the termination
of the reciprocity" Dem.