Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-28
ON THE RECORD.
TIE AOMiNiST RATION FAVOPS
DESPOTiC SPAIN.

1"ei'ii' si'id s'S Stisti Tic u. ~.
p. Is Arraycd on the Side of
the Few Against the Many-A
Silvery Radiance i'm the Politi.
cal Horizon.
From our Regular Corscsl ondcn..
ASIiiNGIoN, Jan. ~, 1895.
The Democrats in the House be-
lieve that Cuba deserves recognition
at the hands o! this government; the
Republicans, whatever they believe,
voted this week to man to help
Spain, by ii continuation of the Do
nothing policy. And in addition, Mr..
Dingley, the Republican floor leader,
admitted that the Cuban question was
partisan question. Surely the DEM
ocratic party could not ask for more
good campaign material to be given
them in a single week by their OPP
ponents. If the Democrats get the
votes OF all who believe that it il
right and duty of this country to end
the war in Cuba by aiding the Cubans
to gain their independence, at the
Congressional elections, they will get
about theree-fourths of the entire vote
OF the country. Mr.. Dingley may dare
to make opposition to do anything to
help Cuba the platform upon which
he will appeal for votes in his own dis
trict, to be returned to Congress, but
there are few Republicans in the
House who will dare to do the same.
But no matter what these men NAV
do or say at home they cannot escape
the record they have this week made
by voting down the Democratic
amendments to the Consular and
Diplomatic bill, declaring for recogni-
ton of Cuba by this government. Let
that record be kept before the voters.
The administration in its anxiety to
keep down the appropriations in order
to wipe out the Treasury deficit has
made one mistake that may give it
considerable trouble. That is, in re-
ducing the number o: le:ter-carricrs
in cities. There was some plain talk
on this subject in the Senate from
Republican Senators. Senator Hoar
said: at is absolutely intolerable
that this great branch of the service
should stop or be crippled. Many of
the smaller cities of the country are TO
be deprived practically of mail dc.
livery facilities, and it is time that
something be done to avoid serious
business embarrassment" And Sena-
tor Allison said: "The point is, that
the Postmaster General has presented
estimates to Congress too low to cover
the expenses of his department" The
cut in the appropriation for the Dis
trict of Columbia, which has no
represen tatives in Congress to make
fuss about it, is the deepest of all, the
amount being nearly two million and
half dollars less than the estimate
of the Commissioners, and more than
half million less than the appropria-
ton for the current fiscal year. All
of this cutting is done for the purpose
OF enabling the Republicans to make
good showing in the Congressional
campaign of this year, regardless OF the
inconvenience it may cause.
The elowness of the debate in the
Senate on the treaty for the annexation
of Hawaii has not prevented its reach
ing an acute stage, and there may be
some sensational developments before
it is ended. The bringing OF the Presi-
dent of Hawaii to Washington by the
administration. for there is little
doubt that Mr.. Dole came to the
United States at the request, direct or
implied, of Mr.. Mckinley, is being
somewhat harshly criticized and many
believe that his presence in Washing.
ton will be much more likely to make
votes against annexation than for it.
1t is admitted by Senators who favor
annexation that they have not yet
secured a sufficient number of votes to
ratify the treaty; Senators who oppose
it say they never will.
The Republicans did not succeed in
their efforts TO have the old Stanley
Matthews resolution, declaring all u.
S. bonds payable in silver dollars, at
the option OF the government, which
was introduced by Senator Teller.
pigeon-holed. The Finance committee
has fAvorably reported the resolution
to the Senate and there isn't the
slightest doubt that it will be adopted
with number of votes to spare when
it is voted upon, nor is there any doubt
of it's being pushed to vote. It is in
charge Of Senator Vest.
The quarterly meeting OF the execu-
tive Committee of the American Bi.
metallic Union was held in Washing
ton, this week, for the purpose of TAX
ing the parliamentary steps for
participation in the Congressional
campaign of this year. Gen. A. J.
Warner. of Ohio, rendered his resigna-
ton as President OF the Union, on ac-
count OF his bad health, but was per-
suaded to withdraw it on the promises
of members of the committee that
they would take up his work while he
took long rest and tried to regain
his health. The committee will pre-
pare and issue literature opposing the
arguments put forward in support Of
the Gage currency bill. 1t will also
issue full and exhaustive reply
to- the report of the Indianapolis
Monetary Commission. The COM
mittee was also enlarged and now con-
sists of one member from each State
and Territory and the District of
Columbia.
The election of = silver Chairman
and silver Secretary was the con-
vincing answers of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign committee to
the thousand and one tomfool stories
that have been told about the posi-
bility of its doing otherwise. Dem.
THE Olympian objects to the Oregon