Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-28
QUAY'S LITTLE BOOM.
THE REPUBLICANS SEARCHING
FROM A TO lZZARD


The President Scores n Point on
the waller Case-Reed Shows His
Hand Or silver Memorial
bridge.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Feb. 14th, 1896.
The Quay-Platt-Reed combine put a
new comedy on the political boards this
week by announcing the candidacy OF
Senator Quay for the Republican
Presidential nomination. 1t was ex-
pected to make political sensation,
but it didn't. Quay's candidacy, al
though followed 10y qualified denial
from him, may be accepted by the
gullible Republicans of Pennsylvania
as thing of life, just as many New
York Republicans have accepted the
candidacy of Gov. Morton, launched
by the same combine, but, bless your
soul! that doesn't make it so. There
isn't the slightest doubt among
politicians that this combine wants
Reed nominated, nor that this alleged
Quay boom is like the Morton boom
only intended by the combine as an
other step towards Reeds nomination.
In addition to that, this Quay boom is
being used to let Senator Cameron,
who has already been forced by Quay
to announce that he would not be
candidate for reelection TO the Senate,
understand that the money he has
put into his literary bureau, established
to boom him as Republican silver
candidate for the Presidential nomina-
tion has all been wasted, and that his
political aspirations may now be
pigeonholed for good and all. QUAY
wants TO control the Pennsylvania
delegation, just as Pistt does that OF
New York. They will at the proper
time throw them to Reed, unless it
becomes apparent before that time that
Reed can't be nominated. In that
case they will throw them to the man
they can make the most advantageous
deal with. They are out to win. They
would prefer doing it with Reed, but
will not hesitate to throw him over
board if it becomes necessary to win
with some other man.
The Republican Senators are still
very much in doubt about their future
programme. They are trying to make
some sort OF deal with the Populists
to get the House tariff bill through the
Senate without amendment. They
have not yet attempted to elect the
Senate officers nominated by their
caucus with the exception OF the AS
sistant Doorkeeper who was elected to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
OF Captain Bassett.
The papers covering the Waller case
were this week sent to Congress by
President Cleveland, in answer to
recent resolution asking for them.
And il they do not make certain Re-
publicans who have been using this
case to make political capital feel like
fools they must be queerly constituted.
Instead OF having neglected Waller be
cause he was negro, as these Re.
publicans have so loudly asserted, the
administration has, because he is an
American citizen, succeeded in getting
the French Government to release
him from prison, although the papers
sent to Congress prove beyond doubt
that ne was guilty of the offense for
which he was sentenced-treasonable
correspondence concerning the move
ments of the French in Madagascar.
The papers sent to Congress also show
that Walters alleged valuable con-
cessions from the government of
Madagascar are not believed in by any
body but himself, and have nothing
official upon which to stand. The
French Government agrees to release
Waller, as a courtesy to this govern
ment, merely stipulating that he shall
make no claim for damages except
through the French courts. Thus
endeth the disagreeable chapter.
The Senate this week adopted q
resolution directing the Secretary of
Agriculture to resume the free dis
tribution of seeds.
IfSpeaker Reed has counted upon the
support of any silver Republicans in
his fight for the Presidential nomina-
ton he would better scratch them
from his calculations. They know
him now for their enemy. Not be-
cause of the vote by which the House
refused to agree to the free coinage
substitute for the House bond bill,
which was passed by the Senate, be-
cause they knew all the time that a
large majority OF the House was op.
posed to silver. and that Mr.. Reed him.
self would vote against free coinage
as he had done before. 1t is for the
unexpected knockdown blow which
has been administered to silver by the
action OF the house committee on