Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-24
HOW THEY DIFFER.
DEMOCRACY DOES NOT FEAR TO
SHOW IT'S HAND.

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" th1 ;|rt'i;.,!i:an~ Il civil"
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pruini~c at ic0iiDNiy CurNctt'S
pro.p. It, .cr tic Oregon Sr;.t
in ti!v ~.u;.tr slim.
From ca. Er-'i.u. Cores; r'.ich'.
ASIiINHT"N. Dec. l.. 1897.
That the Democratic party fights
best and wins oftenes: when it is ag-
greSsive is well known. Therefore the
action OF the Democratic caucus Of
the House in running up the party
flag with declarations, writ so large
that even he who runs may read
against the retirement Of the green
backs, either directly or indirectly;
against any extension OF privileges
enjoyed by National banks, and for
the recognition of the belligerency OF
Cuba, and the enactment of a Just
and fair bankruptcy law, was wise as
we'll as good politics. 1t shows the
country that if the Republicans in
Congress were afraid to announce a
policy for the session in advance OF the
Christmas recess, which extends from
tomorrow until Jan. 5th, the Demo.
Gratis were not.
1t has been often denied on the
floors of Congress that the logical out
come of the present civil service law
would be civil pension list, under
the alias OF "roll of honor" to which
all Treasury Department employees
more than 70 years old are to be
transferred for life, at a uniform an
nual salary OF 5000 each - that is,
they are to be, unless Congress up
sets this programme, which it is more
than likely to do. Nothing has &C.
Cured since the civil service act was
placed upon the statute books that
will do more to open the eyes of the
people to the correctness of the posi-
ton of those Democrats who favor the
repeal of that law. The country is
to-day staggering under the burden of
its military pension list, and will not
carry a civil pension list.
Although the National Board of
Trade which, held its annual session
in Washington this week, changed
the time for holding its annual meet
ings from January or February to
December for the avowed purpose of
influencing Congress, its members
must be fully convinced of the i'm
possibility OF getting the gold legisla-
ton they, in common with Secretary
Gage and his side partners of the
monetary conference" are trying to
secure from the present Congress.
The Republicans of the House
should be held responsible for their
failure to save the 100000 or
81 100000 year which Repre-
sentative Bingham asserted could in
the opinion of himself and his
colleagues on the Appropriation COM
mittee be saved by the reduction of
extravaganza salaries paid to clerks in
the departments. If that committee
has such an opinion, it failed to per-
form its duty when it reported the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial sp-
preparation bill, now before the House,
without providing for those reductions.
There are reasons for believing that
there are sufficient number of Re-
publican Senators who will refuse to
reverse their previous votes against
the right of Governor to appoint
Senator after legislature has failed
to elect when it had an opportunity,
to make it certain that Mr.. Corbett
will not be given that Oregon vacancy,
even If majority of the committee
on Elections and Privileges reports in
his favor, as it probably will.
Mr.. Richard Croker, the widely
known Tammany Democrat, was q
guest of Senator Murphy this week.
He said that he only ran over to
Washington for rest and change,
but there was probably considerable
New York politics in the long talks he
had with Senator Murphy. Dem.