Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-11-26
MACK IN A QUANDARY
DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN
THE DEFICIENCY
Foster Not Much of n Diplomat
P1lhy with the People on cuban
Independence - TsChiniey'> Bust
Obstructs Public ,5ustneSs-Etc.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

WAsHINGroN, Nov. 18th, 1897.
1t is not surprising that Mr.. Nc
kinley should be worried about what
to say in his annual message to Con-
gress about the Dingley tariff, which
WAS, according to its supporters, to be
such revenue producer that the
receipts of the government were to
speedily exceed its expenditures. The
facts are unsatisfactory enough to
worry him and every other supporter
of the Dine!ey law Since the first OF
July, the Treasury deficit has been
more than $43,000,0O0 The right
thing for Mr.. Mckinley to do would
be to come out like man and say
that the present tariff had failed to
provide a sufficient revenue, and to
ask Congress to provide other means
of raising revenue, either by amend
ing the tariff law or by imposing adj
ditional taxation, but he will hardly
dare to do that, as it would be ac-
acknowledgements of error upon the
part of himself and those whose
imposed the Dingley tariff upon the
country. cit is probable that he will
wind up by sticking to the origin al
Dingley tariff, in hope that it will, in
time, produce revenue sufficient to
meet the public expenditures, and let
it go at that, trusting to time, Cir
cumstances and luck to furnish some
way of getting himself and party out
of the tariff hole.
Ex-Secretary Foster met the full
expectations of his enemies. who had
predicted from the beginning that he
would make a mess of the sealing
negotiations, so far as England was
concerned. He had done that very
thing, although he is charged with
having made some questionable state
ments about reciprocity, and other
things to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier
of Canada, in order to try to get that
gentleman's consent to the negotia-
ton of a treaty binding England,
Canada and the U. s. to cessation of
open sea sealing for time. Sir Will
frid declined to consent to such an
agreement, unless he was given tariff
and other concessions for Canada,
which this administration would not
dare to give, and now the whole bust
ness is off, and the killing of seals
wherever found will 60 right along by
Canadians, although citizens OF the
United States, Japan and of Russia
are prohibited by Fosters recently
negotiated treaty from doing the same
thing. Mr.. Foster is as mad as wet
hen because the public is on to the
fizzle he has made after all the months
he spent chasing all over the world,
drawing a fancy salary and travelling
expenses, and has issued a statement
endeavoring to keep himself in his fat
position by making it appear that the
negotiations were not broken off, but
merely suspended until the Canadian
government can do little thinking.
According to q statement emanating
from official circles, and evidently
given out as feeler, Mr.. Mckinley
will not send the correspondence with
Spain. concerning Cuba, to Congress
until il is asked for. and may not do
80 then if he doesn't consider it ad-
visable. All the summer and fall,
friends of the administration we're say
ing, "Oh, it will be all right when
Congress meets; then Mr.. Mckinley
will make all the correspondence
public and his course will beindorsed."
What has brought about change OF
mind? The most plausible cause is
that Mr.. Mckinley believes that if the
correspondence was made public while
Congress was in session that it would
bring about Congressional action in
less than 4S hours, and that is just
what he dosen't want. He desires to
give Spain more time. and if he doesn't
undergo another change of mind be-
fore his message goes to Congress he
will tell Congress so.
grievance against Mr.. Mckinley. On
the same day that it was stated that
Mr.. Mckinley had arranged to give
one hour every morning to sculptor
who had been engaged to make bust
OF him it was officially announced that
only three callers who were sent for
would be seen by Mr.. Mckinley until
he had finished work on his message
to Congress. The Office hunters want
to know what urgency exists for the
making OF the bust, and why the hour
a day to be devoted to q sitting for the
sculptor could have been given to hear
ing what they had to say.
Hon. J. P. Newman, of Kentucky,
who is visiting Washington, says of his
State: Kentucky is back into the
Democratic column to stay, and it will
be many a year before the opposition
will be able to get control again. There
is no doubt in my mind Of the election
of free silver Democrat to succeed
Senator Lindsay, but I will not under
take to predict who will be given that
honor. Mr.. Bryan's popularity in our
State has not waned; in fact, / think
uc 10 etlOu6CE tO-udy tbnu CNois
Representative Berry, OF Kentucky,
who was one OF the party of Congress
men recently in Hawaii, is enthusiastic
in his praise of the climate, soil and
products of the islands. Upon the
subject of the annexation he says: ell
there was certainty that the people
of the islands could be secure in their
right of self-government, as now en-.
joyed under the Dole administration
I would be in favor of policy of non
intervention by the United States
but the danger is that it we do not act
some other country will, and this coun-
try will not tolerate the acquisition
OF Hawaii by any foreign power
These are the grounds upon which ]
favor annexation" Dem.
Citizens, Mass Meeting.
A mass meeting of the citizens oil
Olympia is hereby called to meet in