Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-09-14
SOME FAIRY TALES.
THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE DO
ING SOME GOOD WORK.
Business Improving aud Party
Prospects Frightening Decrease
In Farm Values nder Republican
Rule-A Sugar Sen.
atOr Jones' Ruse-Treasury Re.
ceipts Increasing.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 1894.
Senator Faulkner, OF West Nir-
ginia, Chairman OF the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee,
who is almost constantly at the COM
mittee headquarters, smiles significant
ly every time his attention is called to
new version OF the dissention which
the Republican newspaper correspon-
dents profess to have discovered in
the committee. He says that those
for whose benefit the committee
exists have the best OF reasons for
knowing that there is no dissention,
and that it will be beneficial rather
than otherwise to the Democratic
party if those correspondents can con.
vince the Republican managers that
the committee is not in q condition
to render effective service to the Demo.
cratic candidates. As a matter of
fact, all these dissention fairy tales
are based upon misapprehension of
the duties Of the committee. With
the exception Of the campaign Text
Book, which is prepared by the COM
mittee, and which is not for general
distribution but for speakers and edi-
tors, tho committee does not decide
what sort of documents are to be sent
into Congressional district. 1t
merely sends what is asked for by the
candidate or those authorized to
speak for him. So it is simply i'm.
possible that members of the COM
mittee should dispute over what
documents ehall be sent out. The
committee is filling all the orders sent
to it, and will continue to do so.
Senator Faulkner says the informa-
ton he is receiving from all over the
country is daily adding to his conf
dence that the Democrats will retain
control of the House, and he thinks
that the greater the improvement in
business, now becoming apparent in
all sections, the larger the Democratic
majority will be, as the only thing
that ever made the issue doubtful was
the business depression and the dis
position of many voters to hold the
party in power responsible for the
hard times.
Representative John T. Dunn, OF
New Jersey, has some very strong
ideas on political economy, and they
are thoroughly practical, as is the
man. Speaking of the effect of the
Republican policy upon farmers, he
said: eff there is any class of people
under the sun who ought to vote the
Democratic ticket it is the farmers.
Since 1860 farm values have decreased
fully 40 per cent. in the United States,
as shown by the census figures. There
isn't country place in New Jersey
to-day that is worth over $50 per acre
for farming purposes. I happen to
own the old Doty homestead, on the
outskirts of Elizabeth, on which the
celebrated Ben Wade was born. 1t
contains eighty-four acres, and in
1860 was held at $4,000. 1 am now
negotiating to sell it for SIS 500. Land
is the only thing in this country that
has not kept pace with the increase Of
population. Protected industries have
absorbed the increase of value that in
the absence of laws favoring a special
class, would have gone to land own.
ers. As Q legitimate consequence OF
this beautiful protection doctrine,
Egyptian cotton and Indian grain
have been brought into competition
with the products of our soil, forcing
down prices of both to the lowest
point ever recorded"
In order that the matter should be
dealt with by experts, Secretary Car
Isle has designated a number OF U. s.
Customs Inspectors and officials OF
the Customs Bureau of the Treasury
department. to act as q commission
to draw up the regulations necessary
for the enforcement OF the sugar
schedule OF the new tariff. This
commission will be under the i'm
mediate direction of Assistant Score.
tary Hamlin.
Senator Jones, OF Nevada, isn't
much of a populist, Notwithstanding
his sensational letter announcing his
Abandonment of the Republican party
and his intention to sit with the
populiets in the future; but he is q
firm believer Of the free coinage of sill.
yer at ratio of 16 to l, and q very
shrewd politician; hence the publica-
ton of that letter. His sole object, in
the opinion of your correspondent,
was to endeavor to force the silver
question TO the front in the Con-
gressional campaign, because he
thereby hopes to lessen the number
of Democrats elected to the next
House, owing to the known differ.
ences of opinion in the party on the
subject. do not hesitate to predict
that upon all political questions Sen
ator Jones will continue to vote with
the Republicans as he has always
done. Mark the prediction. In other
words, the move is a political trick.
Secretary Carlisle wears . broad
smile these days, in spite of the hard
work he is having to do in connection
with the new tariff. Cause why? The
cash receipts OF the Treasury are
steadily increasing and it is no longer
necessary for him to sit up o'nights to
study out how to meet the obligations
of the government. Dem.