Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-09-24
SHERMAN BOTTLED.
HE is NOT WANTED IN THE OHIO
CAMPAIGN.
Enough for CamPaigning-BOss
Platt Visits the President With a
StOney Eye-The Southern Pacific
syndicate Will Win-MOre Trou.
bic Over ssCivil Scrviceo Rules.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

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bic Over ssCiviI Services, Rules.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th, 1897.
The Hanna-McKinley combine do
not wish Secretary Sherman to take
the stump in Ohio; they are afraid
that he will say something that ought
not to be said, either about the alleged
Cuban policy or about the various in
dignities which have been put upon
him since he was forced out of the
Senate and into the Cabinet. Know
ing the old man to possess the stub
bornness characteristic of the Sher-
man family, they have not attempted
to bulldoze him into not making
speeches in the Ohio campaign, but
have attacked him upon his weakest
side. For many years Mr.. Sherman
has been one of the greatest sticklers
for maintenance of the proprieties Of
official life, and that is what the
Hanna-McKinley combine has been
working on. How much they have
impressed the old man may be judged
from his reply when asked how soon he
was going to Ohio and what part he
expected to take in the campaign.
He said he did not expect to be in the
State before the first Of October, and
that it was not certain that he would
take any part in the campaign, and
that it was not customary for the Sec
rotary of State to make political
speeches. If somebody doesn't open
his eyes Mr.. Sherman will make no
speeches.
Boss Platt came over from New
York this week to urge upon Mr.. Nc
kinley the speedy appointment of the
Platt candidates for the Federal Off
GERS in New York which have not yet
been filled with Republicans. He told
MIR. Mckinley that he wanted the
prestige of naming these officers now,
for the assistance it would give him
in the greater New York municipal
campaign; and if he was not to be
allowed to name them, he wanted to
know at the earliest possible moment.
1t is understood that Mr.. Platt talked
to Mr.. Mckinley more like man who
had the right to demand things than
one who asked them as favor, and that
his men are going to be appointed.
Plat wants to get Secretary Bliss to
resign and become his candidate for
Mayor of greater New York.
Notwithstanding the protests of the
subcommittee of the Senate commit
tee on Pacific Railroads, the syndicate
that is after the Union Pacific Railroad
will get it under the decree of the U. S.
Circuit court of the Eighth District,
ordering the road to be sold. The
Senators who conferred with the At
torney General asked that the matter
be held up until Congress met, and
pointed out that it could easily be done
by the government taking an appeal
from the Circuit to the Supreme Court,
but the members of the purchasing
syndicate are men of influence in Re.
publican circles and when the question
was brought before Mr.. Mckinley and
his cabinet it was speedily decided that
no appeal should be taken and that the
policy of the government should be
hands off. This may seem strange to
some people, in view of the very posi-
tive statements made on the floor of
the Senate by Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama,
and others who have made careful
study of this matter, that this sale
would mean the loss OF million of dol
lars, to the United States and to other
creditors of the road, but it really
isn't strange; it is merely cause and
effect.
The decision of Judge Cox, in the
case of Woods against the Postmaster
General, that the recent civil service
rules promulgated by Mr.. Mckinley
have no authority in law, and that the
legal right of the head of a go, eminent
department to remove his subordinates
without giving any reason therefor,
was hardly in print before the Civil
Service Commission, which is credit
ed with responsibility for the author
ship of the rule that no dismissal
should be made from the classified SER
vice except upon written chsrges-the
rule upon which Woods based his suit
made public a statement trying to
break the force of the decision by say
ing that it did not affect the binding
power of the Presidents order upon all
officials. Intelligent persons may de-
eide for themselves how "binding" an
order will be which has been declared
by court to be illegal.
The experiment of shipping Amer
lean butter to London made by the
Agricultural Department has not
been a financial success. Complete
reports for the last shipment have been
received and they show that the Mas
sachusetts butter, which is sold where
it is made for 20 cents a pound, only
brought 1911 cents pound in London,
and the Minnesota butter was sold to
London wholesalers for 18a cents a
pound. The greed of the London re-
taller is given as an excuse for the
small prices, but, inasmuch as there is
no practical way for the American
dairymen to compel London retailers
to accept a smaller profit and give
them the benefit by paying large
wholesale prices, it is not a valid one.
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