Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.
HE ALllhNCA AFFAIR WILL BE
SETTLED.
GG ti;c Gui Hivc tor thc amended
the EncOinc .;iW-ITan<Ger OF ~
Political Hos. Capitaii>t> VIII
Fight the snrOme Tax.


WA-Ii>GIoS, April %, lN,I
The much talked about Alliance
incident will soon be satisfactorily
settled. Secretary Gresham this week
received a dispatch from Minister
Taylor saying that the Spanish govern
ment would accede to all OF the de-
mand> OF the United States in the
Allianca affair. and that the captain OF
the gunboat taat fired on the Alliance
would toe punished f"r - doing.
Now that it has been settled that
the supreme Court will hear arguments
on the petition for rchcaring of the
income tax cases on May 6, and is ex-
pected that a full bench will sit on
that date, everybody is trying to dis
cover some method OF ascertaining
how Justice Jackson will vote, as his
vote is likely to be the deciding one as
TO rehearing, and il favorable there
to, as to the constitutionality OF the
law. Justice Jackson, although a
Democrat, was appointed to the SUI
preme Court by President Harrison.
He was made u. :. Circuit Judge by
President Cleveland, during his first
term.
So we are to lose our Teddy" after
all. He has not been able to stand
the "tatfy" lavished upon him by big
New Workers, who believe, or have
made him believe, that they believe
him to be the only man who can make
thorough job of reforming the police
force OF New York city. Consequently
Teddy" otherwise known as Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, will resign from
the L. :. Civil Service Commission and
accept the position of Police Commits
sioner of New York city. It's not sur.
prising that the newspapers of New
York city should have been a unit in
favoring this charge of base on the
part of Teddy" They know that he
will keep himself and everybody else
connected with the police department
of that city in hot water from the time
he enters office, and that he will stir
up lots OF interesting local copy, for
them. But will he reform the police?
That's another question altogether
He may, and then again he may not
He has been the High Mucky Muck OF
the U. S. Civil Service Commission
during the greater part Of two admin
istrations, but if he has been instru.
mental in bringing about any real re.
forms in the Government service NO
one except himself has been able to
locate them. But he always shows
up we'll in newspaper interview, and
talks Interestingly; hence he has had
little difficulty in keeping himself be-
fore the public, which is always ready
to forgive any fad OF those who know
how to make them interesting.
Washington regrets the loss of "Ted.
dy" but expects to keep track OF him
through the New York papers.
President Cleveland might have
been excused for smiling and quietly
shaking hands with himself when he
learned that his "Boy Comptroller
of the Currency-HOn. James II
Eckels-had been offered $4,000 a
year to become financial editor of tn,
Chicago W.aes-Herold, which has re-
Gently become the property of Mr.
Kohlsaat, and had declined the offer
1t was certainly notable tribute to
the sagacity of President Cleveland in
selecting Mr.. Eckels for the position
he has filled so well.
The latest estimate OF Treasury Off
Gals is that at least 20 per cent. oil
those who are known to be liable TO
the income tax have failed to make
returns, among them some of the
richest men in the country. including
the Vanderbilts. The delinquents
will be proceeded against as soon as
possible, but legal resistance is ex-
pected from the most OF them. as it is
known that it was by the advice oil
their lawyers that many of them
failed to make returns.
Senator Voorhees, denies that he
said, as was recently widely published,
thai ne had information that the Su
preme Court would reverse the deci
sion of Judge Woods and release Eu.
gene Debs. What he did say was thai
he believed the Supreme Court would
80 decide, his belief being founded on
his opinion of the law, and not upon
any advance information as to what
the court will do.
Secretary Morton is still after the
beef trust. He will show up its
methods, even if the antitrust law is
n. 6. Dem.