Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-12-03
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writing on the wall.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Goth, 1897.
Mr.. McKinley's aid to Boss Hanna
has made the election Of the latter to
the Senate an apparent certainty, but,
unless some very shrewd students of
things political are wrong, it has also
made Mr.. Mckinley's denomination
for the Presidency almost an impos-
sibility. According to current gossip,
Senator Foraker will lead fight on
Mr.. Mckinley in his own State, and
the anti-Platt Republicans in New
York will use the "Citizcn's Union"
organization. which has been made
permanent to down Plat and prevent
his carrying out the deal to give Mr..
Mckinley the solid vote of New York
in the Republican National Conven-
ton OF 1900. While these movements
may not be directly in the interest of
Car Reed, as some say they are, he
is likely to occupy the best position
for being benefited by them, if they
succeed, as his friends are known to be
at work in New England and elsewhere,
to keep the following he had last year
together, and to add to it. Platt and
Hanna, in addition to the enemies he
has made in the distribution of pie,
will be heavy load for Mr.. Mckinley
to carry, and the chances will certainly
be against his getting nominated again.
Democrats are inclined to poke fun
at Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, and
to accuse him of having been asleep
for few months, owing to his having
returned to Washington singing the
same old Cleveland Carlisle song about
the only currency legislation needed
being that which will retire the green
backs. Most advocates of the retire.
ment OF the greenbacks propose some
other sort of currency in their place,
but Mr.. Lindsay would have the green
backs retired as fast as they are PIE"
sented at the Treasury, and nothing
issued in their places. In other
words, he believes, or thinks that he
believes, that the people could prosper
under system OF enforced contraction
of the currency that is already less in
volume than the country needs. How
ever, there are not sufficient number
of shares in that belief to cause any
uneasiness.
Representative CRANES, of Tennes-
see, has letter written to him by
Hon. w. ]. Bryan in reply to an in
quiry as TO the truthfulness Of news
paper statement that Mr.. Bryan had
decided to retire from politics. The
letter says: 1.-THE newspaper item is
not true. l expect to remain in
politics all my life. Whether ! shall
ever run for office again depends on
circumstances" Mr.. Gaines hasn't
the slightest doubt that Mr.. Bryan
will head the Democratic ticket in
1900 and be elected President.
Ex-Congressman Paul Sorg, of Ohio.
who passed through Washington this
week on his way to New York. is en-
thusiastic over the Democratic out
look. He says the party is in
healthier condition than it has been
for sometime. and that there is
greater desire for harmony prevailing
inside the party. He expressed the
opinion that by 1900, all friction and
ieuds within the party will have
vanished, and that in the national
election OF that year, the Democratic
party will triumph. Mr.. Sorg de-
clined to express any opinion for pub
LEGATION about the Hanna-Foraker
scrap in Ohio, although it was inferred
from his manner that he thought
Hanna would win. That is the pre-
vailing opinion among Ohio Demo
Gratis in Washington. They almost
believe that Hanna's success will
sound the death knell of Republican
rule in Ohio.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa.
has let the Republican financial cat
out of the bag and shown why the Re-
publicans would not dare, even if they
controlled both branches of Congress.
to put Secretary Cages ideas into
statute, by saying naively, in pub
lished interview: Why il we should
pass law on those lines at this session
of Congress, Iowa would not return a
single Republican Congressman next
fall and the Republicans would lose a
Senator from that State" Mr.. Hep
burns confession may not have been
polite from a Republican point OF
view, but it is true, and there are four
or five other States in which the Re-
publicans would fare no better than
in Iowa. The administration has got
to make bluff at trying to get gold
standard legislation from Congress, in
order to keep campaign promises, but
that is az far as it cares TO 60 now
under any circumstances.
B. X. Bruce, the negro ex-senator,
ex-Register of the Treasury, etc. who
lives in Washington, but claims a
residence in Mississippi for office-holdr
ing purposes. evidently knew just
what he was doing when he went to
Ohio to take the stump for Boss
Hanna, as Mr.. Mckinley has dropped
broad hint tina. Bruce was to be
again appointed Register of the
Treasury. As a professional Office