Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-05-18

THE WILSON TARIFF BILL WILL
SURELY PASS.
UnVciling of the Mary Washing ton
Monument Practical Retrench.
ment I'm HOkc smiths Depart-
Reducing the Force In the GOV.
ernment Printing Office.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. May IL. 1891


/ From Our Regular Correspondent.
/ WASHINGTON, May IL, 1894.
The more the Democrats study the
proposed amendments to the Wilson
tariff bill, and the causes which led up
to their adoption by the sub committee,
the less they object to them as whole
When the amendments were first made
public there were some extremely
vigorous protests from Democratic
Senators and Representatives, and for
time it looked as though the con-
cessions made in those amendments
might prove to be but another case Of
jumping out of the frying pan into
the fire" but to-day the feeling is de-
cidedly better. and the impression
general, regardless of politics, that the
proposed amendments will all be
adopted and the bill passed by Demo-
cratic votes. Even Senator Hill is ex-
pected to vote for the bill, although it
is understood that he has about made
up his mind to first test the sense OF
the Senate regarding the income tax,
by moving that the bill be recommit-
ted to the Finance committee with in
structions to report 1t without the in
come tax. He declined positively but
politely to make any additional state
ment concerning his intentions, since
the amendments were made public.
There are few Democrats, however,
who believe that his vote will be cast
against the bill when it is put upon its
passage.
President Cleveland, all the members
OF the cabinet in the city. most of the
Justices of the Supreme Court, and a
large number Of prominent officials,
members OF Congress and citizens of
Washington went to Fredericksburg,
Va, yesterday to see and take part in
the ceremonies attendant upon the
unyeiling OF the monument to Mary
Washington in that city. Today those
who had not before been familiar with
it are loud in their praise of cold
Virginia hospitality" known and ap.
preciated throughout the civilized
world rs unsurpassed and unsur-
passable.
Secretary Hoke Smith made no mis-
take when he determined, about a year
ago, that the contract for printing the
Patent Office Gazette should be open
to competitive bidding every year.
Last year the saving was comparative
ly small-about $l0,OOO-and the
scandal involving the name of Hon.
Josiah Quincy with the successful
bidders, the National Lithographing
Co., followed; but this years bidding
enables the Secretary to have the work
done by the same old concern that did
it for years and at a price nearly $780,
GOO below what was paid for it for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1893.
Coxeyism is tottering on its last legs
in Washington. Coxey, Browne and
Jones counted upon being acquitted
when they tried for violating the laws
for the protection of the Capitol build
ing and grounds and they have not
yet recovered from the shock of being
convicted. They have applied for a
new trial, but there isn't the slightest
probability that they will get it. They
may be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the Judge. The
cOmmissary department at the Coxey
camp have begun to get low and the
men are now only given two meals a
day, and desertions are getting quite
frequent. The health officer OF the
District of Columbia is also after them
with q sharp stick, having reported
their camp to be . menace to the
health OF the entire city, and given
them peremptory notice to put it in
. healthy condition or get out. Force
has been added to this recommends
ton by information stating that two
deserters from Coxey's army were down
with smallpox at Philadelphia. Coxey
is trying to curry favor by declaring
that he has no connection with the
various bodies of men headed for Wash
ington and styling themselves Coxey-
ties. The House committee on Labor
gave him ten minutes to make an ass
of himself, and he did it in half that
time.
Public Printer Benedict took charge
of the Government Printing Office this
week, and he is already up to his neck
in the work OF reducing the force which
has been kept far too large by Mr..
Palmer, because he did not care to dis.
charge any of the Republicans and
was compelled by Democratic Senators
and Representatives to put on a few
Democrats. Mr.. Benedict says: "The
condition of the force is without.
precedent. There are 1854 persons
on the rolls, and when stepped out
before ! left 2,l32. We cannot &C
commodate SO many; there is no place
for them to work. Employees are now
working only from one.half to one
third time; daily furloughs being a
regular thing. This force has got to
be reduced down to a working basis,
and I shall do it as soon as possible"
The Republicans in the Office are all
looking for their discharge, and vio-
late no confidence in saying that the
most OF them will get what they are
looking for. They certainly have no
right to complain. 1t is more than
fourteen months since the Democratic
administration came into power.
DEN.
Cut I'm Two.