Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-25

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IL SEATING Alirich-NcSro Col.
l-;tor of Customs i'll GcorGia. ny
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,~u,NGTnN. Feb. IL, I>9S.
Had things have been said OF Mr..
Mckinley t. the friends of Cuba on
ii., floor. Ci the s'cnatc and House,
bat 10 American has I'D such in
-uitIug thing y: him aS were said III Il
signed lcttt. with the name OF his great
and good friend, Senior de LONE, Span
i.h Minister TO the United States, which
was this week published. Not only
WAS Mr.. Mckinley grossly insulted by
name in this letter, but he was jeercd
a. for allowing himself to he fooled by
the farce Of autonomy i'll Cuba and
the pTeteuse OF Spain that it wishes to
negotiate reciprocity treaty that
would give this country all the trade
OF Cuba and Porto Rca. 1t is doubt
less because OF grief that this great and
good friend should have such an
opinion OF him that Mr.. Mckinley did
not send de LONE his passport at once,
instead OF writing to have it fully
proven that the letter was written
and signed by de LONE, by his resigna-
ton. This letter was made public by
tho Cuban Junta, which has the
original in its possession, and if it does
not open the eyes of Mr.. Mckinley to
the real situation and cause him to
either recognize the independence of
Cuba or to intervene by force, it will
convince all of the people that a great
mistake was made in electing him
President-About I, 100000 are already
convinced. If he acts quickly, he may
get some credit, but if he delays, Con-
gross will force him to act and he will
get no credit. The feeling that the
time for action has come was plainly
mr. infested in the Senate while Sena-
tors Cannon, OF Utah, Mason, of Illinois,
and Allen, of Nebraska, we're speak
ing on the Cuban resolutions which
have been offered by each Of them.
In order that he might meet them
all and at the same time show bis ap-
probation of their loyalty to him dur
ing the recent deadlock, Senator Cor.
man entertained all Of the Democratic
members OF the Maryland legislature
except two who were kept away by
sickness, at a dinner in Washington,
this week. Not man who attended
that dinner regards Senator German
as out OF politics.
II the Democrats, the Populists, and
the Silver Republicans had not made
that agreement to act together in the
Congressional campaign, Represent
alive Plowman, of Alabama, would not
have been ousted out of his seat in the
House, by the votes OF Republican ma.
jority. The Republica MS voted to give
the seat to Aldrich, who ran as a
Populist candidate and was supported
by Republicans, not because they
thought lie was entitled to it, but be.
cause they thought the case could be
used to divide the Democrats and
Populists in some Congressional dis
tricts in which Republ leans cannot
possibly win il the Democratic and
Populists votes are cast for a single
candidate.
Mr.. Mckinley has not forgotten Ia
take good care of his personal friends.
Another one of them, Mr.. VIM. J.
Calhoun, OF Illinois, who it will be re-
membered WAS sent to Cuba as the
personal and confidential represent
alive Of Mr.. Mckinley, last spring, has
been given q fat berth. Mr.. Calhoun
is TO get the position on the Inter.
State Commerce Commission vacated
by tl.c retirement OF VIM. r. Morrison,
the old Democratic war.horse OF
Illinois. A Pennsylvania man was
slated for this position, but SO many
vigorous protests were received from
labor organizations that Mr.. Mckinley
was afraid to appoint him.
Boss Hanna is again asserting his
power. He kept very quiet for while
after he returned from his late Ohio
shopping expedition, but he this week
compelled Mr.. Mckinley to carry out
the terms of bargain made at the st.
Louis convention, in the face of pro.
tests not only from the people OF the
city directly interested and the entire
Georgia delegation in Congress, but
from members OF his own Cabinet.
This bargain has brought about the
nomination OF J. H. Deveaux, q negro
politician who helped Hanna control
the Georgia delegation to the St. Louis
convention, to be Collector of Customs
at Savannah, Georgia. The excuse
given by Mr.. Mckinley to Repre-
sentative Lester, of Georgia, who
called at the White House to make a
personal protest in the name of every
merchant who does business with the
Savannah House against the nomina.
ton OF a negro to be Collector, was
not calculated TO add to the respect for
him by the white people of Georgia, or
OF any other State. He said in effect
that instead of kicking, the white PEG.