Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
THEY EMBRACE.
CLEVELAND HAS MET AN AFFiN-
iTY IN NC"

Policy of the Incoming Admins.
tratiOm by Removals of silver
Men i'm Office and Appointment
of Goldbags-Wa>hin Gossip.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 20, 1896.
Has President Cleveland made Il
deal with PreSidcnt-clcct Mckinley?
Strange as this question may appear
current rumors make it pertinent.
One of those rumOrs has it that list
of Federal employees in number of
Southern States who took an active
part in supporting Bryan in the late
campaign, is being prepared; that
they are all to be dismissed and gold
Democrats" appointed in their places,
and that an understanding exists by
which these gold Democrats" are to
be allowed to retain their places under
the Mckinley administration. En-
Congressman FOrman, of Illinois, who
took an active part i'll the campaign
as gold Democrat, and who has Just
beer appointed Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue to succeed Mr. Miller
who resigned to enter private business,
is said to have received assurances
that he would be allowed to keep the
Office under the Mckinley administra-
ton. In fact, it is said that he would
not otherwise have accepted the Office.
These rumOrs cannot be authenticated,
and it would be difficult to believe
such things possible had it not been
for the political happenings of the last
year. Just imagine what would have
been thought of the man who would
have correctly forecasted the political
events of the past twelve months one
year ago.
The larger the number of Republi-
can Senators and Representatives in
Washington grows the more probable
it becomes that no real effort is going
to be made by them to pass the Ding
ley tariff bill in the Senate. While
there are few conservatives among
them who favor passing it or some
other bill slightly amending the pres
ent tariff law at this session of Con-
gress and sparing the country the
worry of an extra session, the great
majority of them are determined to
have an extra session and to pass a
high tariff bill in the House and to
try to pass it in the Senate, and will
probably have their way.
Senator Mills, of Texas, is among
the early Congressional arrivals. He
says he doesn't care to guess what will
be done at the coming session of Con-
gress, but his talk indicates that he
doesn't expect any tariff legislation.
He had a few words to say that are
commended to the gentlemen who
are inclined to follow the advice of
Senator PETER and favor the organiza-
ton of new party to combine all the
elements opposed to McKinleyism and
the gold standard. Said Mr.. Mills
The Democratic party will live as
long as the government lives. mol
amount of whipping can kill it,"
Some of the friends of the McKin-
ley administration are not talking
as wisely rs they might about the pos
sible relations of the silver Republican
Senators to the proposed protective
tariff bill which is to be put through
the House and attempted to be put
through the Senate at the extra
session of Congress expected to be
called as soon as Mckinley is in
augurated. For instance, Representa-
tive GrOut, of Vermont, after ex-
pressing the belief that the con-
stituents of these Senators would COM
pei them to support protective tariff
bill, goes step further and makes the
threat that if they do not vote for 1t
they will be ignored in the distribu-
ton of Federal patronage in their
States during the entire term OF Nc
Kinley. While this threat would
almost surely be carried out, it is GER
tainly impolitic, not to call it sbsolu-
tely foolish, to publicly make it before
the Senators have indicated their in
tentions. High-spirited men are
seldom controlled by threats, and if
the fool-friends of protection are not
careful they will drive away votes they
might have got had no threats been
made.
Senator Veat, OF Missouri, isn't one
Of those who thinks there is the slight
est chance for the Dingley tariff bill to
be passed at this session. He said
I" l have no doubt that the Republican
Senators who voted with the Dem.
ocrats at the last session against the
consideration of the Dingley bill, with
the possible exception of Carter, will
stand with us again, and if they do
there is no possibility OF passing the
BILL"
Senator-elect Pettus, who will on
the 18th of next March succeed Senator
Pugh, OF Alabama, was law partner
OF Senator Morgan about thirty years
ago and might have been in the Sem
ate twenty years ago had he not de-
clined the nomination. When he
takes his seat, Alabama will have what
no other State has or has ever had
two Senators who are residents OF the
same town. Gen. Pettus, who for he
was a Confederate Brigadier, will
bring to the Senate ripe experience.
He is as strong an advocate of the free
silver as could be found anywhere.
The Jackson Democratic Associa-
ton has invited Mr.. Bryan to deliver
the address at its celebration OF Jack
son day, January 8. 1897, and are
hopeful that he will accept. t
The question of who the few gold
Democrats in Congress will caucus
with at the coming session is being
much talked about. Having bolted
the regular Democratic nomination,
unless specially invited to do so. it is
claimed they cannot attend q DEM
ocratic caucus, and nobody seems to
know whether such invitation will be
extended to them. Dem.