Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-19
W'a5hln9ton STANDARD
GOLDBUG CARNIVAL.
SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLAR BLOW
OUT.
Everything TO Correspond with
That @Io.OOo Dress Eryan'~ visit
IOIhc Capital More Punishmcnt
iOF Ihc silver Vest :tllmin's
PiIchfOrk Again ictiNr-Swarm-
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Nhltll l. SaIt 10 nave cACttUcO ITO,
UuooOo, Everything was conducted
on the most lavish scale. from the
persona! escort from Cleveland, Ohio,
with their black horses, for which
Slo.NnW was spent, to the ten thousand
electric lights oil varigatcd colors used
in Illuminating the costly decorations
for the inaugural ball in the big court
Of the Pension building. 1t was j
millinnairc'S event from start to finish,
and the talk oi the millionaire'S agent
otherwise know as King Hanna, indi-
Gates that it is to be Il millionaire 5
administration, notwithstanding the
platitudcs of Mckinlev's inaugural
address. Never before were there so
many private railway cars in Washing
ton at one time and never before Was
SO much money spent at and upon an
Inauguration. 1t is very evident that
the milliOnairc's expect Mckinley 5
administration to bring them pros
pcrity, whatever it may do for the
poor. When they invest their money
th'y always expect, and they usually
get, return in dollars and cents.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan, who spent two
days i'll Washington this week, divided
his time between conferences with
leading Democrats and social inter-
course with his extensive circle of
personal friends, but declined to re-
main for the Inauguration of his sue
cessful rival. He said to those who
protlered him their support, that he
was not thinking so much about the
next Presidential campaign as about
the condition of the people, between
now and then. He also expressed his
sincere regret that the promised
Mckinley Prosperity" had not come
to the country. 1t is 4 remarkable
fact about Mr.. Bryan that his hold
upon Democrats has increased since
his defeat, instead OF diminishing, as
is usual in the case of defeated candi-
dates of all parties.
The silver men are not surprised at
the failure of the Fifty-fourth Congress
to admit Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma as States, and they expect
no better from the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress, as the edict has gone forth from
the Republican bosses that none of the
Territories shall he admitted, because
it is known that they would all send
silver Senators. But the silver men
expect to control the House that will
be elected in November 1898, and as
they will certainly retain control OF
the Senate, to have the Territories all
admitted to Statehood before the open
ing of the campaign of 1900.
Senator Teller thus stated his
opinion of the relations of Mr.. Nc
kinley toward the monetary confer
ence bill, which passed with the
House amendments: If the new
President has any sympathy for an
international agreement, it must be
Judged from his votes in the House,
and not from anything he has said
since his nomination, for, excepting
the prefunctory acceptance OF the plat
form, his every utterance has indicated
that he has gone over to the gold
standard, and will remain there"
Senator Tillman was the central fig
ure in the most dramatic incident OF
the closing week of Congress. He
charged in imprisoned tones that the
two corporations which have a
monopoly of making armor plate for
the Government have agents in the
Senate and when Senator Hawley, of
Connecticut, protested against the
charge, he repeated it, and intimated
very plainly that Hawley was one OF
the agents. There was time when
such charge would have resulted in
trouble outside of the Senate chamber,
but Senators no longer fight with any
other weapons than their tongues.
Mr.. Cleveland vetoed the Immigra-
ton bill, on the ground that it was a
departure from our national policy
that would impose hardships upon de-
serving people. The House passed it
over the veto, but the Senate did not
try.
1t is noteworthy that the harshest
criticisms of the manifest weakness,
both from business and political
point of view, OF the men in McKin-
ley's cabinet, have come from those
who are classed as Republican leaders.
OF course this criticism is as yet only
privately expressed, but it indicates
that unless Mckinley walks the
chalk line he will soon find himself
confronted by formidable Republican
opposition.
Mr.. McKinley's little bluff about
not taking up the question of appoint
ments for month or so, intended to
keep some of the oflice-seekers away
from Washington, did not work worth
a cent. They have turned up in
swarms and are making things lively
for King Hanna as well as for Mr..
Mckinley. The only prosperity they
see ahead lies in the public trough.
WASHINGTON, March 5, 1897.
A New College.
Yes" said Mr.. Spiffin, az never
had no such chance at an edu-