Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-11
THEY ARE "TIRED."
TIE GOLDBUG ADMINISTRATOR
ABANOONS EFFORT

tccts on Congressional Elections
Silver Forces will Continue Uni
ted-An Amusing SimiIe for Re.
publican PrOspcrity-Etc.
From 0nr Regular Correspondent
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 1, 1898.
Although it was known week ago
that the advocates of the single gold
standard were defeated, it was not sup
posed that they were prepared to make
such an absolute acknowledgement of
defeat to the country az to abandon
all attempts to get gold standard
legislation through the House, which
Is entirely dominated by Gar Reed,
who is one OF the boldest of the gold
advocates. Such is the fact, however,
Mr.. Reed has decided that no financial
legislation shall be put through the
House at this session, and that all of
his power shall be used to keep ap-
preparations down and to bring about
an early adjournment. That any bill
supported by Mr.. Reed could have
been damned through the House is
certain, and only last week Mr.. Nc
kinley intimated in his New York
speech that financial bill would be
passed by the House. From the be-
ginning OF the session, that has been
generally understood to be the Re-
publican programme. Now it has
been abandoned. Why? Because
there are many Congressional dis
tricts in which the Republicans are
afraid to make a campaign in favor of
the gold standard, and they do not
dare to commit the party any further
in that direction than the defeat of
the Teller resolution which Car Reeds
slaves did. However, that is clear
enough for those who do not wish
to be deceived. As Representative
Dockery. OF Missouri, remarked:
"This clears away all the fog in the
atmosphere and makes the issue for
1898 and 1900 a purely financial
one. Republicans will be unable
henceforth to separate themselves
from the cause of the single gold
standard. They are absolutely COM
mitted to it, and from it next fall
there can be no escape"
There have been number of inn
portant conferences of Representa-.
tives of the three parties that SUD-
ported Bryan and silver in the the last
campaign held in Washington during
the last few days, but it is not deemed |
advisable to make public what object
is in view, further than to say that
it looks to a complete cooperation of
all the silver forces in this years Con-
gressional campaign. To 90 into
detail might put the other side in
possession of more than it would be |
advisable for them to know.
Representative Allen, of Mississippi.
{" Private John Allen, of Tupelo;1.
has applied the we'll known story of |
the negro who baked 'possum, went |
to sleep beside it, and woke up 10 find |
the 'possum gone, with the bones living |
before him and 'possum grease on his |
fingers and lips. to Republican talk of
prosperity. The story makes the
astonished darkey say: "Can it be
possible dat 1 eat dat 'possum while I |
was asleepH 1t do look like must |
have eat him, but TO God, dat 'possu m
has less effect on my constitution dan
any 'possum l ever eat befo'." Mr.. |
Allen says to the Republicans: "You
tell US about prosperity, and show |
figures that look like prosperity, but
TO God, this prosperity has less effect
on my constitution than any prosperity
l ever had in my life."
Senator Mason is one of the Re-
publicans-there are many more
who is not pleased with the do-nothinp
attitude OF the administration towards
Cuba. He says that it is 10 the power
OF Mr.. Mckinley to bring about i'm
mediate peace on the island, and that
if something is not done soon he in
tends 10 offer resolution calling upon |
the President to demand peace. But
the offering Of such q resolution, and
it's adoption by the Senate, would not
change the present statute a particle.
So long rs the Republicans in the
House stifle their opinions and vote
rs Gear Reed dictates, it is useless for
the Senate to do anything about Cuba. |
In the course of one OF the strongest
speeches, yet made against the an.
nexation OF Hawaii, Senator White of
California, the chairman of the Dem.
ocra,ic Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, took occasion to say, that he
did not believe word of the stories
about the sugar trust being opposed
to annexation, and to call attention
to the fact that some Senators who
have generally been credited with
sustaining friendly relations with the
sugar trust were strongly in favor of
annexation. The significant occur
renee connected with the RESUMPTION
OF the consideration OF the apnexa-
ton treaty by the Senate was the vot-
ing down of the motion of Senator
Thurston, of Nebraska, to postpone its
further consideration until March l.
The motion was made by Mr.. Thurston
because he did not wish the treaty
considered while Mr.. Dole, the Presi-
dent OF Hawaii, remained in Washing
ton. No record vote was taken, the
motion being defeated by rising vote.
<AssoouSu tuio luCiucub IUulCht6S t0AL
Mr.. Thurston will vote against the
treaty, sixty votes are claimed for it
by Senator Davis. The vote is some
weeks of, however, if present plans
are carried out.
The latest ukase of the Car of the
House is that there shall be no River
and Harbor appropriation bill at this
session OF Congress. This has caused
a lot of profanity, as it has been under
stood by members of the River and
HarbOr Committee and others that
bill carrying not to exceed 81, OOO, 900
would be allowed to pass, and the COM
mittee had practically completed such
a bill. Dem
The rush to Alaska has brought to
Seattle n very undesirable element,
and reports of pocket-picking and
robberies are becoming very frequent.