Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-01
"SECTION o."
PARTY CONSIDERATIONS iNFLu-
ENCED THE TWO MACKS.
New England Wanted It Done and
Mckinley Reached for tho Ear of
McKenna and IL Was Done-Sher.
man MnZZicd-A Job of the Little
Rnsg
From Our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, Sept. oath, 1897.
Mr.. Mckinley and his Attorney
General are in New England just in
time to receive the thanks of the
numerous persons in that section who
will be largely benefited financially
by the construction the Attorney
General, under direct orders from Mr..
Mckinley, has placed upon section %
of the new tariff law. 1t has long
been n saying around Washington
that New England never gets left in
tariff legislation" For time it look
ed as though that saying would prove
false, because it seemed certain that
the discriminating duties prescribed
by section % would be levied upon
importations from other countries that
come into the United States through
any portion of Canada. 1t was stated
that Attorney-General McKenna favor
ed that construction, which Senator
Elkins declares was what those who
framed the section intended, but New
England influences were brought to
bear upon Mr.. Mckinley and he
promptly responded - he will need
New England support in the next Re
publican convention. The result is
the opinion of the Attorney General,
which will be accepted rs law by the
Treasury officials who administer the
tariff, declaring that the section does
not impose discriminating duty on
importations from other countries
shipped through Canada; nor upon
importations from countries other
than British possessions shipped in
British vessels. Senator Elkins an
nounces his intention to make fight
in Congress for legislation that will
compel the collection of discriminating
duties upon the class of importations
exempted by the Attorney-GeneraPs
opinion, but with the administration
against him lie is not likely to make
much Roadway. II is probable that
he is only making bluff, anyway.
1t was an absolute waste of breath
for Secretary Sherman to deny the
truth of the story cabled from Europe,
that this government had sent an
ultimatum to Spain saying that the war
in Cuba must be ended before the last
of October, or this government would
take steps to secure the independence
of Cuba. 1t was very we'll known to
every person who had watched the
antics of this administration upon
Cuban matters that no such prompt
and business-like policy had been put
into effect, although the administra-
ton may have some such story sprung
upon the public day or two before
the Ohio election and allow it to 60
undenied until after the votes are
counted.
Speaking OF the Ohio campaign, it
looks as though Boss Hanna had sue
ceeded with his little scheme to put a
muzzle on John Sherman until after
the election in that State. All along
Mr.. Sherman has stated it be his in
tention to make some speeches in
Ohio, and he reiterated that intention,
even after Mr.. Mckinley had limited
to him that he had doubts of the
propriety OF the Secretary OF State
making stump speeches, but the old
man has been silenced some way, and
this week he said that he had about
decided that the State Of his health
would not permit him to take any
part in the Ohio campaign. Some
way the whole story of the manner in
which John Sherman has been treated
by Boss Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley will
get out, and you may be sure it will
make interesting reading.
Eleven more or less eminent adj
vocates of the single gold standard and
enemies of bimetallism, international
or independent, met in Washington
this week, and with all the egotism of
the tailors of Tooley Street, who, it
will be remembered, styled themselves
eve, the people," and organized them
selves into a monetary conference, un-
der authority of a resolution adopted
by the gold bankers convention that
met at indianapolis last January.
This job is also being bossed by Hanna,
but not big Boss Hanna. Mr.. H. H.
Hanna, of indianapolis, who nagged
Mr.. Mckinley into sending that special
message to Congress, just before ad-
journment, asking for authority to sp-
point a monetary commission, is the
boss of his outfit. Congress ignored
that recommendation, but q little
thing like that didn't worry this Mr..
Hanna, who proceeded to appoint
monetary commission of his own, and
he is actually foolish enough to be-
lieve that Congress will pay serious
attention to the recommendations it
will make, which are certain to be
antagonistic to silver. Dem.