Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-23
4 HEROIC REMEDY.
THE RESERVED POWER OF DEM
OCRACY STRONG AS EVER.
President Cleveland in lsetiracy to
Prepare Ills Messa.e- Necessity OF
the Bond I>suc-1he W. G. T.. us
Criticism of Mrs. Cleveland for
Her Part I'm Chrtstening the 81.
I.Ouis.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


/ Her Part I'm Chri.tening the 81.
I.ouis.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l6, 1894.
Those Republicans and Populists
who are trying SO hard to make some
body think that they believed the
Democratic party, as a national or
ganlzation, is dead, are merely making
themselves ridiculous. The Demo-
ratio party, which, to so no further
back than the memory OF every middle
aged man, made six successive I'M
successful Presidential campaigns
defeated in five at the polls and in one
at the hands OF an abortion known as
the electoral commissioners not to be
killed by dessention among few OF
its prominent members which resulted
in stay-at-home vote large enough to
defeat it in Congressional election.
On the contrary, that defeat will
eventually make the Democratic party
stronger than ever before, because it
will result in showing some of the
prominent experimenters, deyiations
from the established principles Of the
party will not be tolerated by the voters;
that thousands, even millions of good
Democrats will refuse to endorse any
half-and-half principles, preierring de-
feat to compromise with principles,
they have been taught to oppose.
The recent election was bitter lesson,
but the future will prove that it was a
useful one.
President Cleveland is not spending
much time at the White House just
now, because the time is short between
this and the assembling of Congress
and his annual message to Congress,
which will be one of the most impor-
tant to the country and to the Demo-
cratic party he has ever written, re-
quiries his entire time, and he can
work undisturbed at his country
residence, something which experience
has shown him he cannot do in his Of
flee at the White House. During his
vacation the President devoted much
! time to studying the financial system
of the country, which is generally adj
mitted to the radically defective, and
the result of that study will be shown
in the recommendations of his message
to Congress.
No Democrats can possible regret
the issue of bonds, officially announced
this week by Secretary Carlisle, more
than does President Cleveland and the
members of his cabinet, but in the
face of the necessity for preserving the
national credit, and in the absence of
any other method, owing to the sys-
tenn inherited from long series of Re-
publican administrations, regrets were
idle and action imperative. When
merchant finds his credit endangered,
owing to his receipts being less than
his expenditures, he cannot afford to
waste time in regrets because those
expenditures are largely the result OF
extravagant contracts made by his
predecessor. His credit must be pro.
tected and nothing will do that but
prompt payment Of his obligations rs
they mature, and to do that he must |
have money and it can only be had by
borrowing it on his note. That he
does, trusting to his ability to stop the
leaks in his business and make it
profitable it order to pay it back. That
is precisely the position OF the admin
istration in announcing an issue Of
bonds.
Senators Ransom and German had |
casual meeting and q friendly CONVEX
satiol in q committee room at the |
Capitol one day this week, and straight
way story was started that they had
evolved plan by which Democrat
was to be elected at an extra session of
the North Carolina legislature to fill
the unexpired term OF the late Senator
Vance, and Senator Ransom was to
resign and be elected for full term
beginning March 4, 1895, at the same
extra session. Verify, 1.-the wicked
fleeth when no man pursueth."
Secretary Herbert left Washington
tonight for Mobile, Ala, where lie goes
| W tuhC paw al VIC &ttCuu-
ing the public reception by the citizens
OF Mobile in honor Of the cruiser Mont
gomery, which is to be held next Mem
day. Secretary Smith has also gone
South. but his GRAND is of private
business, connected with the trial OF
an important lawsuit, at Atlanta, in
which he is one of the counsel.
A striking exhibition of fanaticism
run wild is given by the criticism of
Mrs. Cleveland by members of Penn
sylvania branch OF the w. G. 7. U. be-
cause she followed the usual custom
and broke bottle OF champagne in
christening the steamship st. Louis,
launched at Philadelphia, last Monday.
The criticism is all the more senseless
because Mrs. Cleveland is a consistent
advocate of temperance, never drink
ing wine at her own or anyone else's
table. In this case she was an invited
guest and had no more to do with what
was to be used At the christening than
q guest would have to do with what
was served on your table. DEN.
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