Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
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NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES
WELL TO HIS DUTIES.

Whitney Will lie Gin the Hands
0Of His Friends'' - Cleveland and
cabinet will Visit the Atlanta
ExPosition-OIney Begins we'll
The President I'm Summer Quar-.
tiers.
Regular Correspondence OF the STANDARD.
WASHINGTON, June IA, 1895.
No member of the Cabinet ever
made a more favorable impression
upon his first appearance in Washing
ton than Attorney General Harmon
has. Every one who has had the
pleasure of talking with him has been
at once struck by his agreeable man.
ner, quick grasp of subjects discussed,
and general observation-disclosures If he
doesn't make model Attorney General
those who have met him will be greatly
surprised, particularly the newspaper
men, who quickly size public man
up, and express their opinions of him
to each other, if they do not always
send them to their papers. Before
buckling down to the business of the
Department of Justice, Judge Harmon
will return to Cincinnati for few days,
to put his private business in order.
The financial opinion expressed by
him is sound enough to be adopted by
every good Democrat. Said he: al
want the American dollar to be just as
good as anybody else's dollar, and,
with that qualification, don't care
what it is made Of"
Speaking of ex-Secretary Whitney's
published interview, Mr.. Ira NJ. Davis,
of Albany, N. Y, says: ct was
Horatio Seymour who wrote to his
friends when his name was mentioned
in connection with the Presidential
nomination, but your candidate can
not be- Now comes w. C. Whitney
and tells the Democrats that he can
not stand as their candidate in 1896.
Mr.. Whitney means every word he
says, but il New York sends Q delega-
ton to the convention, instructed to
cast her y votes for him, he will not
then say nay. There never was q time
in his life when w. C. Whitney re-
fused to obey his party's call. He will
do next year. / have the most i'm.
plicit faith in Whitney, and believe
that If nominated he will be elected.
He is the strongest Democrat in the
country today.
The Georgia delegation which visited
Washington for the purpose OF invit-
ing President Cleveland and the
cabinet to attend the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton returned home in a very good
humor. President Cleveland and
every member OF the cabinet who was
in Washington accepted the invitation
and will visit the exposition during
the latter part of October, unless i'm
portant public business shall prevent
President Cleveland complimented the
Georgians very highly on the energy
they have displayed in working for the
success of the exposition.
Secretary Olney's first move as Sec
rotary of State was an important one
He believes that the United States
should do just as it would under similar
circumstances. Therefore OH account
of representations made by the Span
ish minister he ordered the Cruiser
Raleigh to proceed to Florida waters
and to remain there until further
orders for the purpose of preventing
fillibustering parties going over to
Cuba. 1t is altogether probable that
Secretary Olney, like most Other
Americans, sympathizes with the at
tempt of the Cuban revolutionists tc
throw off the yoke of Spain, but biz
personal ympathies have nothing tc
do with hisofficisl duties. The United
States is at peace with Spain and it il
the duty OF its government to exercise
all due diligence to prevent the de-
parture of armed bodies of men from
its ports to make war upon Spain
hence the Presidents proclamation.
President Cleveland has cleared his
desk and will, probably before thi.
letter is printed, join his wife and
children at Gray Gables, where he will
spend the hot weather. He will be in
Geographic communication with Wash
ington and will attend to all public
business requiring his personal at
tention, just the same as If he remain
ed 1t the White House. Dem.