Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-08-16
POLITICAL DRIFT.
MARYLAND WILL BE SAFELY DEM
OCRATIC IN NOVEMBER.

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OCRATIC IN NOVEMBER.
The Sugar bounty May Not Re
Paid Till the Courts Pass Upon
the EaW-Our Government Pulled
China's Queue-Whati Is "a Bounty
hut n Tax!
Regular Correspondence of the STANDARD.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 8, 1895.
Senator German is evidently letting
the other fellows do all the worrying
about the situation in Maryland. He
has gone for his usual August stay at
Saratoga. He was in Washington
just before starting, and said: "The
ticket is frst-class in every respect
and the Democratic party is to be
congratulated. The tritling objec-
tons that are being raised against it
are no more than were to be expected.
The truth is there is less objection
than | expected, and much less than
has often risen before when tickets
we're named, and the party majority
has been larger than usual when the
votes were counted. / anticipate no
more than the usual amount of diff
Guilty in carrying on the campaign,
and>look for a good majority for Mr..
Hurst and the other nominees. There
must always be disappointments in
politics, but the party in the end will
get together and win, as usual. l
have no fear whatever of the result
in November. Long before that time
all real Democrats will be united for
the common cause.
Comptroller Bowler has heard the
arguments in favor of the constitu-
tionality OF the sugar bounty, and
against his assumption of the author
ity ID pass upon the constitutionalty
of the act OF Congress, but he has not
announced his intentions. From
what has been learned from other
sources it will not be surprising should
he, because OF his doubt of the con-
stitutionality Of the original sugar
bounty clause of the Mckinley law, re-
fuse to approve the payment of the
money appropriated to pay sugar
bounties until the courts have declared
the law to be constitutional.
How many of the newspapers which
make a practice of disappearing
the acts and intentions of the admin
istration, both at home and abroad,
will make public the fact that the U.
5. Minister to China was the first
representative of foreign govern
ment to demand of China, at the time
of the recent destruction Of missionary
property and massacre of missionaries,
not only reparation tor damage done
and the punishment of those who did
it, but the fullest protection for Ameri-
cans temporarily residing in China?
This demand was made in June and
its effect may be judged from the more
recent massacre Of English mission
aries, which has started the British
lion to roaring at the Chinese dragon
at an awful rate. In that massacre
not an American was killed or injured,
although they had mission station
near by that of the English who were
killed. Talk is cheap, but when it
comes to acts this administration is
not behind that of any other in the
history of the country in protecting
Americans and American interests
abroad. The fairness of the Republi-
IN vin.v,ifxy H.
judged by the way they treat this
Chinese incident. It's brick houses to
ginger cakes that most OF them will
ignore it entirely.
Secretary Morton has more than
once shown that his ideas on public
affairs are of the good, old Thomas
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson sort of
democracy. He has just given an
other instance OF it. Sometime ago
he said to a newspaper man in regard
to Il proposition to pay government
bounty on agricultural products: eff
it will pay to raise and export agri-
cultural products, there is no bounty
needed. And if it will pay to raise
and export agricultural products,
there is no bounty needed. And if it
will not pay to raise and export agri-
cultural products no bounty should be
given" This did not please the editor
of the New York periodical for whom
the interview was secured. He fixed
up an answer to the Secretary's words
and this week Mr.. Morton received a
proof of it. In reply Secretary Nor
ton has written him a short letter,
from which the following paragraph,
which is a nutshell statement OF the
whole bounty question, is taken: "Be
kind enough to explain to your readers
how the bounty is to be raised to pay
the producer of agricultural products
for his exports. except by taxation
upon the people. Has the govern
ment OF the United States single
dollar that is not taken from the
pockets of its citizens by means of
taxation?" The bounty system is
merely modern application of rob-
bling Peter to pay Paul." and there is
no doubt of its being class legislation
of the most vicious kind, although it
is difficult to convince those temper
arily benefited that it is. Dem.