Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-02-26
WASHINGTON LETTER,
A CONTEMPLATE EXHIBIT OF
PARTISAN SPLEEN
Morton Takes Out Ills Spite on
WOmen-NOthimg Hut ApprOpria.
lion Bills sure Os Passing Com
gress This acssiOn-payment of
Campaign RO0dIc-E.c.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1897.
Secretary Morton may get another
reprimand from Congress to file away
with those he has already received, il
it shall be proven that two women
were discharged 10y his orders from the
L. :. Bureau of Animal Industry al
South Omaha, Nebraska, for no Other
crime than exhibiting pictures of Hon
w. j. Bryan in their windows during
their campaign. Senator's Aliens
resolution calling upon the Civil
Service Commission for Il full explana-
ton Of the dismissal of those two
women was this week adopted by the
Senate after Mr.. Allen had delivered a
few caustic remarks thereon, in which
he said that the treatment he received
from the Civil Service Commission
while in search of information about
the matter was violation of all the
decenies and proprieties of official life
and incidentally denounced the Civil
Service Commission rs a fraud. n
deluSion and snare. Senator Allen
said he thought the discharge of these
two women was aggravated by the
fact that six other women in the same
establishment had exhibited McKin-
ley's pictures and were not even
reprimanded for it.
Congress is just beginning to realize
that some very lively hustling has got
to be done to get the regular appropria-
ton bills through on time, though
many are predicting that all of them
will get through. 1t is certain that not
much else will get through, and for
that some people are thankful.
If, as many suppose, the statement
that Chauncey NJ. Depew will be ap-
pointed Ambassador to England, which
has come from those close to Mr.. Nc
kinley was put out rs feeler to ascer-
tain how the Senate would regard the
payment of the debts of the last cam.
paign to the millionaire element by Civ
ing them honorable positions, it has
served its purpose, even if the result
isn't altogether satisfactory to either
Mckinley, Hanna, or the millionaire
contributors to Hanna's election fund
Senators have made it plain that they
would make fight on the nomination
of Mr.. Depew, or any other man, whose
relations to the Vanderbilts, Pierre.
pont-Morgan and other corporation
controllers make it apparent that the
nomination is made in payment for
campaign contributions. This opposi-
ton might not be strong enough to de-
feat man whose personal friends are as
numerous as those of Mr.. Depew, but
it will make statements which will
stir up public opinion to such an ex-
tent that Mr. Kinley will be certain
to regret having made the nomination,
il he does it.
Republicans would gladly let the
money question drop, that is, the
leaders of the party would, but it con.
tinually crops out in both House and
Senate, and everytime it does the
monetary chasm in the Republican
party, which was temporarily bridged
by the bimetallic plank of the st.
Louis platform, is seen to widen.
Little Billee" Chandles stuck red
flag on top of that plank and shook it
meaningly in KcKinley's face when
he made that bimetallic speech in the
Senate, while eastern members of the
House, especially Fowler, of New Jer-
sey, and several New Workers, openly
repudiated that plank while opposing
before the House Coinage Committee
the bill authorizing a monetary con-
ference.
Although the reported row between
Speaker Reed and Representative
Boutelle, of Me-, has been repeatedly
denied by Others, neither of the
principals have said word. They do
not speak to each other when they pass,
and members of the House are wonder
ing how Boutelle will fare when Reed
makes up the committees of the next
House. He is now Chairman of the
Naval Committee.
1t is stated that Senator Frye has
abandoned his right to succeed Scna-
tor Sherman rs Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations and that
the place will go to Senator Davis, of
Minnesota. who is now third member
of the committee, if the Republicans
are allowed to fill the committee
vacancies that will exist after March
Sd. There is some interesting gossip
in connection with Senator Frye. As
second member of the committee he is
entitled by all the precedents of the
Senate to the Craftsmanship, but he is
said to have abandoned his claim be-
cause he was told that fight would
be made in caucus to keep him out of
it on account of his Cuban sentiments.
The friends of Cuba will be glad to
see Senator Davis at the head of the
committee. They have not forgotten
the red-hOt speech for free Cuba he
made early in the present session.
The receipts of the post Offices of
the country are regarded as an indis-
putable barometer of the condition of
business. A statement given out this
week by Postmaster General Wilson
shows the gross receipts of 30 of the
postoffices in the largest cities for
January 1896 and January 1897.
Twenty of the Offices show a decrease,
the greatest in years. Another proof
of the delay in the arrival of promised
prosperity, and another proof that
those who declared business began to
improve the day after the election
were mistaken. Dem.