Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-06-12
CUNNING CLARKSON.
HE is SCHEMlNG TO LAY OUT
MkINlEY.

on Beer - ConstitutionaIity o.
Beunties Unsettled-Anoth Pen
sion PropositiOn-The Democrnti,
! Prospects.
From Oui Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1898.
Just as the McKinleyites were
hugging themselves to think that the
Republican opposition to the fat fry
ing candidate had been whipped into
silence, they made q discovery which
has frightened them. This discovery
is q confidential circular sent out BY
]. S. Clarkson, asking for the personal
history of every delegate elected to the
st. Louis convention, and for the
name of the person who has the most
influence over him. The McKinleyites
don't know what Clarkscn is driving
at, but they know that he doesn't
want Mckinley nominated and that il
is likely to be something to hurt him
Hence this discovery, made through
Clarkson sending one of his circulars
to McKinleyite, has greatly alarmed
them. Clarkson isn't the only big
Republican who is secretly working
against Mckinley. They may not be
able to keep him out of the nomina-
ton, but they will make him spend
some anxious hours before he gets it.
The Senate voted down the PROPOSE
ton to add Is cents barrel to the
internal revenue tax on beer, which
WAS offered as an amendment to the
filled cheese bill.
Democrats were disappointed be-
cause the Supreme court decision, that
the money appropriated by the last
Congress for sugar bounties should be
paid, did not touch the question Of the
constitutionality OF the sugar bounty.
Some OF the ablest Democrats have
from the birth of the party claimed
that the whole system OF government
bounties was unconstitutional, and it
was hoped that decision would have
been made OF that question in this
case.
There is every reason to believed
that the House Committee on Invalid
Pensions was merely indulging in q
little campaign buncombe when a
favorable report was ordered to be
made to the House on the service
pension bill, and that few members OF
Congress seriously wish this bill to
ever become law. The bill provides
that ever man who served ninety days
or longer in the U. s. Army or Navy
between 1861 and 1865 shall receive
SO q month and one cent additional
for each day over ninety that he served
in either branch OF the service, and
this money is to be paid to the million
or theresbouts who are already draw.
ing pensions for disability as we'll az
to those who are not on the pension
roll. The bill, il il become q law
would add annually $30,0O0,0O0 OF
more to the already enormous ex
penditures for pensions.
Ex-Congressman Enloe, OF Tenn.
who is visiting Washington and who il
an authority on the Democracy Of hi
State, said OF the outlook: "Tennes
see is in good shape. We will cleo
our Democratic State ticket by an old
time majority. The people are as mao
as hornets over the '94 slump, and ar
going to expatiate that slip by eating
up the Republicans in November"
It hardly needed denial from Chair
man Harrity Of the National Demo
cratic Committee, to convince any
body who knows him that he ha,
never said that the National Commit
tee would attempt to keep anybod
out of the Chicago convention. MI
Harrity is in Washington, and thu
explicitly defines his position: "Speak
ing for myself as delegate to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, 1 ey
pect to enter it with q view OF abidin
by the will OF the majority. Whoeve
is nominated will receive my support
and 1 am certain that will be tn
sentiment of the great bulk of tn
delegates. Democrats always enter
conference, caucus or convention wit
the idea OF submission to the voice {
the majority. That is cardins
principle and there is no reason I
think it will be violated at Chicago b
either the advocates OF sound none
or OF free silver"
Section 81 of the Wilson tariff Law
admitting free foreign alcohol to b
used in the arts and manufacturer
was this week repealed by the Hous'
the vote being 165 to SO. Secretar
Carlisle had asked to have this sectio
repealed because it had been 60 clumsil
drawn that it was practically i'm
possible to make regulations to en-
force it. This section was one of tt
amendments added to the Wilson bill
in the Senate. 1t was known at th
time that it was badly drawn. and e1
pected that it would be put into propt
shape in conference. EVERYBODY n
members how the House was con
PEELED to accept all the Senate amen'
ments in lump to save the entir
bill from failure.