Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-08-10


ing held are informal and are only at
tended by the democrats. Rumors are
plentiful but facts are scarce.
The commission representing the ex-
queen OF Hawaii, which is now in Wash
ington for the purpose of persuading
the administration not to recognize the
republic OF Hawaii, is on FOOLS errand.
The matter is cut of IL g hands of the
administration, and there is little doubt
that congress will adopt the Boutelle
resolution, directing the president to
formally recognize the new government
OF Hawaii and extend to it the good
wishes OF congress, which was delayed
in the house by ruling of Speaker
Crisp.
1t uld seem that the populists must
be making considerable progress in Tex
ak when democratic member of the
house from that state who was elected
in 80 by more than eight thousand plu
rallty feels called upon to engage in SO
palpable bit of buncombe as wac the
Introduction of joint resolution by
Representative Hutchinson, of the Hous-
ton district, providing for a constitu-
tonal amendment prohibiting the exist
ence of trusts and autholii zng congress
to legislate against them. Mr.. Hutch.
inson ls a lawyer, and it would be an in
suit to his intelligence to intimate that
he doesn't know Just how absurd bis
proposition ia. There is all the author
ity needed for congressional legislation
that would sweep out every trust in the
United States, but nobody expects it to
be exercised while the ..Ests hold the
democratic party, as repreSspted in con-
gress, by the throat 40 they have done
durii e this session Of cougresS
Repres, ntative BosgSs .billn4 abcieh
national banks and to cokfRpai'ihe secre.
tary of the treasury to Withdraw all gov
eminent funds on deposit with banks
aud keep them'in the treasury is another
buncc mbe measure, only intended to get
populist votes in the c.ose seventh Min
nesota district, which Boon misrepre
ssnts by grace of a populist plurality OF
a few more than hundred In a total
vote of nearly thirty-ive thousand.
Even populist ought to be able to un-
derstand that the enactment of such a
bill into law would bring on a worse
panic than Mr.. Clsveland's ''object let-
son" of last year. The National bank
ing system may not be perfect, but it is
the best the country ever had, and to
abolish it without providing something
to take its place would paralyze the bus
mess and commerce of the country.
After all the sensational statements
connected with the re-opening of the
sugar scandal investigation it is to end
in whitewashipg 1zzle. The photo
graph OF the written order bv Senator
Camden for the purchase OF stock was
shown 20 that senator this week and he
said he had no recollection OF having
written it. The man who could have
furnished the direct proof is the fellow
named Battershall, who claims to have
taken the order from Camden and who
furnished the original from which the
photograph now in the possession OF the
committee was made, and who ia now ID
Canada, whittier he fed as soon as he
heard that his testimony was wanted,
at somebody's expenoe. The
verdict as to Senator Camden can hardly
be considered vindication unless the
Scotch verdict of mot proven" can bs so
accepted. There is still some talk OF
trying to get this mess into court 10
order to find out the whole truth, but 1T
will probably end in talk.
Freight Rates Drop Again.
The Northern Pacific railroad has is