Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.

ONer erittctSm> OF the President-
Secretary CarIisie.s Zeal Borders
on The offensive Partisanship"
Once Under Ran-Thc Government
Glasses the NIiuts tn silver.
special Correspondence of the STANDARD.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 2jih, 1880.
President Cleveland found on his
return from Atlanta that although the
season for the propagation of Cabinet
designations was little late in open
ing it had been working overtime to
catch up. He learned for the first
time that Il disagreement existed be-
tween himself and Secretary Olney of
such serious nature that the latter
was going to retire from the cabinet,
and that it was on account of that dis
agreement tina. Mr.. Olney did not ac-
company him to Atlanta. This might
have been very distressing to him, if
he had not known that it was because
he would have to go to Atlanta little
latter on with the foreign repre-
sentatives to take part in the exercises
OF Diplomatic Day at the exposition.
and the pressing nature of some
private business in Boston, that pre-
vented Secretary Olney going with
him.
The President presided over Cabinet
meeting today, but there was nothing
said or done which implied in the
slightest degree any disagreement over
the position Of this government in
dealing with the dispute between Eng
land and Venezuela. From the first
the President and every member of the
cabinet have held the same opinion on
this matter, and they still do. While
not pretending to speak for the Presi-
dent or the members of his cabinet, it
can be said that many prominent DEM
OcratS believe the current stories about
disagreements and intended resigna-
tons are circulated for the purpose Of
trying to goad the administration into
declaring what it will do in case Eng
land should resort to force to carry its
point in Venezuela, and that some of
the circulators have benefited at the
expense of the English secret fund.
BE that as it may, the administration
has no idea of showing its hand to Eng
/ lDrI nj Of thn &c
position has been fully determined
upon and will be announced when
necessary, and when announced it will
be approved by great majority of our
people, if not by all of the Presidents
political opponents.
A very small thing is needed in
Washington to start very big sensa-
ton. One of those small things was
the order for continuous work on the
guns which are being made in the gov
eminent gun shop, for the new battle.
ship Oregon, now lying at the Mare
Island navy yard waiting the COM
pletion of her armament. This order
was made the foundation for string
OF the most outrageous stories as to
the administration hurried prepare
tons for the inevitable war with Eng.
land and similar rot. The truth was
easily obtainable, if it had been wanted
The order for continuous work was is
sued by the Navy department for no
other purpose than to have the guns
ready at the stipulated time in order
to prevent the throwing Of any blame
for delay on the department by the
contractor. BY working three eight
hour shifts three days work are &C.
complished on the guns every "a hours
How very warlike these preparations
are may be seen from the size Of the
working shifts-one foreman, four ma
chinists, one engineer. one fireman
and two laborers to each.
It's, OF course, known that President
Cleveland is and will be very busy
man until after his message to Con
gress is completed, but there is one
thing that all the Democrats here
abouts would like him to take time tC
do. That is to dismiss the negro
Taylor, who is Recorder OF Deeds for the
District of Columbia. Taylor claims
to have been a Democrat before h,
came to Washington, but his rascalities
, have been much more marked thar
Democracy since he secured one of the
best local positions in Washington
and this week he attended negro Re
publican mass-mee,ing and made q
speech in favor of a negro Republican
being elected as one of the delegates
to the National Republican convention
Since then every Democrat one meets
expresses the wish that President Cleve
land would kick Taylor out of the of
flee to which he appointed him.
Secretary Carlisle proposes to set 6
example by going all the way to Gov
ington, Ky, to register in order that
he may be able to cast his vote for the
straight Democratic ticket in thai
State.
The stoppage of the coinage of silver
has no hearing whatever upon the
silver question. The only silver tina,
has been coined for sometime has beer
worn and mutilated silver. The ap
preparation for that purpose for the
current fiscal year having been ex,
hausted Secretary Carlisle directed
that the mint at New Orleans be CLOSED
and the employees furloughed unit
such time as coinage may be resumed
1t is probable that the question OF the
coinage OF the 1877 ,644,0 900 ounces o.
silver bullion which the government
, now has on hand. remaining from the
, purchases made under the Sherman
law, will be referred to Congress
Should Congress order this silver to bs
coined the government would make
l profit Of almost $54 DOC, 900 Oh it, tina
being about the difference between it.
, cost and the amount of silver dollar,
. it could be coined into. Ineffectua
attempts were made to get the las
Congress to authorize this coinage.
r Dem.
I A BRILLIANT SCHEME.-The Cen
tralia Chronicle suggests that in these
, times of high taxation and scan