Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-09
NOPE SHUFFLING.
REPUBLICANS STUDY "HOW NOT
TODD
FeIOny,,in Every Schedule OF the
Tariff Bill - juicy Piums Fall
Outside the Fence Democratic
Prospects I'm MissOuri-A Sinecure
for a PayOrite.


From Our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, July %, 1897.
There never was q clearer case OF
asking for bread and receiving stone
than the so-called antitrust amend.
ment by the committee. 1t was not
their first intention to report any
amendment on this subject, but they
became satisfied that ii they did not
there was danger that the Pettigrew
antitrust amendment, which was re.
Gently tabled by little parliamentary
juggling, might be brought to direct
vote and be adopted. Then they got
their heads together and concocted
the sham that will be just about as
injurious to the trusts as the antitrust
law has been, and they actually expect
the voters OF the country to accept
their work as an earnest and real at
tempt to curb the power OF trusts,
instead OF seeing it for what it really
is; an attempt to bamboozle the voters
who don't know any better than to
look to Republicans for legislation
adverse to trusts.
Senator Turpie gave the Republican
tariff bill raking fore and aft in a
speech in favor of the amendment
supported by the minority of the FL
nance Committee, TO tax inheritances
over IS 600 : per cent. for the next five
years. He told the Republicans that
they had made the measure prohib-
itory and that besides, no bill had ever
been presented that made 80 large and
unprovokcd spoilation OF the worlds
commerce. He said there was "com-
pound felony" in nearly every shedule
Of it, and that the bill made it almost
penal offense to carry on trade with
the people of South and Central
America, while one-third OF it was a
war against France, Germany. and the
continent of Europe. He added that
the rates in the bill were akin to
bribery and rapine, dictated by a
"banditti of syndicates." He closed
by referring to the silver question and
EXPIRE, sing the opinion that the sban-
donment of the free coinage OF silver
by this government was step in
excess of the rightful authority of
those who had ordered it done.
The Republicans of the District OF
Columbia who contributed money and
time to elect Mckinley are inclined to
say cuss words every time they glance
over the list of seven juicy diplomatic
places which have been given to resi-
dents of the district. With the excep
ton of John Hay, who Ia more of a
literary man than a politician, and
more of club and society man than
of either. and Louis A. Dent, who was
the late Mr.. Blaine's Private Secretary
for long time, the average Republican
had never heard of these favored indi-
viduals until their names went to the
Senate. It is probable that the other
five gentlemen were credited to the
District of Columbia for the conven-
fence OF their Congressional hackers,
but that doesn't make it please the
local pie-hunters any better.
Representative Dockery, of Missouri,
who has just returned from visit to
his home says: "There is but little
activity in the business circles OF
Missouri at this time. Affairs are in
somewhat of an expectant attitude,
awaiting the appearance of the be-
lated prosperity promised by the Re-
publican party, which seems to have
been sidetracked somewhere along the
line of its journey. Money is idle and
listless, because the opportunity for
profitable investment is uninviting.
Under existing conditions, Missouri
would probably double the majority
she gave Bryan. The next House. in
my opinion, will be overwhelmingly
Democratic, and the Republicans will
also lose control of the Senate"
1t looks to q man up tree as
though John Russell Young, the news
paper man, who is the new Librarian
of Congress. had dropped into S. 900
a year sinecure, as A. Il. Spofford, who
has been Librarian for number OF
years is made his first assistant and
will probably continue to do all the
hard work. It is given out that Mr..
Spofford was made assistant instead OF
Librarian, at his own request, but, OF
course. nobody has to believe such an
improbable story just became it has
official backing. SpofOrd has many
influential friends who might have
made trouble, if so disposed; that ac-
counts for the story. Dem.