Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-31
WOLCOTT PREMATURE
AT LEAST THAT is THE OPINION
OF OUR CORRESPONDENT
He Thinks congressman Gave the
silver Conference the ssCOId
ShOulder''-COl. Clarke, of Ala
bama, Utters Sentiments Which
Have the True Ring-Etc.

silver conference the ssCOld
ShOulder''-Col. Clarke, of Ala
bama, Utters Sentiments Which
Have the True Ring-Etc.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Jan. oath, 1896.
1t remained for Senator Wolcott to
strike the first discordant note heard
in Congress in connection with Presi.
dent Cleveland's Monroe doctrine
message, and the appointment of the
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
which he declared to be a menace
rather than a guarantee of peace
That Mr.. Wolcott is brilliant orator
is conceded by all, but that he is toe
shallow ever to become a statesman
was we'll known before he delivered
that speech attacking Secretary Olney
President Cleveland and the Monroe
doctrine. Oratory is a gift, while
craftsmanship can only be acquired by
deep study and long experience, with
more than the average allowance Of
brains to start with. Had Senator
Wolcott confined his remarks to op.
posing the Monroe doctrine resolution
this week reported to the Senate by the
Committee on Foreign Relations he
would have been in good company, az
many OF the strongest friends of the
Monroe doctrine consider that resolu-
ton ill.timed and badly worded, but
when he tried to jump upon the adj
ministration for its action in patriotic
ally upholding the Monroe doctrine,
and upon the doctrine itself, he found
himself alone.
Although there are lots of strong
silver men among the Democratic
members of the House and Senate,
with the exception of Representative
Bell, of Colo, who is more OF Pupulist
than Democrat, not one OF them took
part in the silver conference held in
Washington this week, for the purpose
of making arrangements for holding a
national silver convention to nominate
q Presidential ticket. All the silver
Democrats were invited to participate
in this conference, but regarding it rs
merely tail to the Populist kite they
declined doing so. In fact nearly all
the members of Congress, even the
Populists, seem to have turned the
cold shoulder to the silver conference,
which was composed of nearly the
same men who at the last silver con-
ference nominated Sibley, of Pa, for
President.
Col. J. G. Clarke, Of Ala, president
of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, is ex-
pressing some very robust political
opinions around Washington just now.
For instance, he says: 1.-THE only
chance the Democracy has to win is to
put forth plank in the National plat
form declaring for silver in un-
mistakable terms. No straddles or
equivocal language will be accepted by
the people. They have been fed on
that sort of stuff long enough. There
are 157 electoral votes in the South
ern States that can be carried on a
straight silver platform-one that says
what il means and means what it says
but they cannot be had for gold
standard candidate on single stand.
ard platform. The people are hungry
for real, live issue and they ought to
have the chance OF being recorded on
this one. If the Democrats throw
away this opportunity another such
may not come for many years"
Tim Campbell. who for considerable
period represented one of the New
York city districts in the House, and
who, when he failed to secure the
Tammany nomination. ran as an
independent Democrat and was defeat.
ed by Henry Miner. the Tammany
candidate, has been turned down by
one of the home Election Committees.
He contested Miners seat, but the
committee decided against him. Tim
says he'll try again. Personally Tim
is very popular in Washington. He
originated the expression, "What's the
Constitution between friends" which
was jocularly quoted by Senator Hill
the other day.
The departure of Miss Clara Barton,
president Of the Red Cross Society, for
Armenia, and the reporting of reso-
luton expressing sympathy for the
Armenians and calling upon the
European powers to give the protec.
ton guaran teed them by treaty, to the
Senate, brought that matter quite
prominently to the front this week.
Although Secretary Olney does not be-
lieve that the Sultan of Turkey will
allow Miss Barton to enter Armenia
for the purpose of distributing money
contributed by our people for the
destitute Armenians, after his recent
order against it, he has instructed Mr..
Terrell. our minister to Turkey, to aid
Miss Barton in every way that he can.
Secretary Olney has furnished Con.
gress with all the information in his
possession concerning the Cuban
revolution. The hot heads in Con-
gress are still advocating immediate
recognition OF Cuban belligerency, but
the conservatives who counsel modefa-
ton for . while longer, are still hold
ing back.
Speech making 10 the principal in
dustry of the Senate just new. while
the House is railroadine appropriation
bills, 80 as to be ready for an early
adjournment. Dem.
OUR FROST BITTEN o.LABoRER STILL
GRowLING.-Notwithstanding an ex.
cellent reason was given for the low
temperature in the theater at the
Effie Ellsler engagement last week
(and which was, by the way, not near
so low as the Olympian reprssents) in