Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-22
HOW WE SWIM.
THERE is HARMONY IN THE
CAMP OF GREED.

he capitalists who were trying tt
get Mr.. Mckinley to mix this govern
ment up in the affairs Of Santo Do
mingo have Withdrawn the pressure
because they now believe that theil
man, Jiminez, who is already at the
head of the provisional government
will be peacably elected President by
the people of Santo Domingo, and
their business interests over there will
be taken care of by him, without the
direct assistance of this government
Private advices from Santo Domingo
say that United States consular Of
ficials are quietly aiding Jiminez al
they can. If that be true, they have
received a tip from Washington, a,
otherwise they would not dare to dc
such thing.
The sudden discovery, by the admin
istration, that Porto Rico needs a civil
government and the announcement,
that il ia to be given one 10 advance
OF Congressional action, Is intended
more to delay the establishment Of q
permanent government on the island
by Congress than for the benefit of the
Porto Ricans. Inasmuch as the pro-
posed civil government is to be entire
ly appointive from the top to the bot.
tom, and that its every act must be
approved in Washington before be
coming effective, it is a rather wide
stretch Of the Imagination to call il
home rule" for Porto Rico, as the ad.
ministration shouters are doing. A
Republican Senator who is classed az
an administration man, although his
friends know that he is rather in.
clined to oppose than to support any.
thing leading towards imperialism
said Of this new Porto Rican scheme
81 believe that it is the first step TO-
wards influencing Congress to defer
establishing a permanent form OF gov
eminent for Porto Rico until after The
Presidential election. Once this Pres
ident.made government is in opera
ton, plausible arguments can be pre-
scented to wait year and see how il
works, in order to get the benefit o.
the experience. before providing for &
permanent government"
A New York newspaper man-Mr
Fl. c. Green-who was in Washington
this week, said OF the Democratic out
look: "The New York delegation t.
the Democratic National Convention
will be unanimous for w. J. Bryan
His popularity with the rank and fiji,
OF Tammany was too great to he op
posed by Mr.. Croker, even il he hat
been disposed to antsgonize the Ne
braskan. But Mr.. Croker is for Bryan
heartily, and being = fsr.seeing politi
clan. he recognizes that Bryan as {
Presidential candidate is by no meant
a forlorn hope. Thousands OF patri
otto Americans who do not agree will
him on the financial question regart
the imperialistic policy of this admin
istration rs fraught with more DANCE
to the Republic than free silver
There are other thousands who viii
oppose the Republican ticket becaus,
its leaders are allied with the rapa
cious trusts, and because they fee
that the only hope Of relief from thei
tyranny lies in the triumph OF the De
'mociacy"
One witness before the industrial
Commission, and the last that will bs
heard on the subject of trusts unit
next month, did not mince matters il
suggesting remedy for trusts. Tha
was Mr.. Lewis Emery. formerly .
Pennsylvania State Senator and nov
connected with the Pure Oil Co. H,
testified that the railroads and othe
transportation lines helped the Stand
ard Oil trust by giving them lowe
rates than they did their competitors
and said emphatically: 81 am al
absolute believer in government own
ership of all transportation facilities
especially railroads. II the railroad
and waterways could be put under
government control the whole diff
Guilty would end II you would max,
an example OF these men who are dis
eliminating in their rates, and pu
them behind the bar.. il would bs
we'll" The last witnesses heard BY
the Commission were T. v. Powderly
Commissioner of Immigration, ant
Samuel Gompers. who told about labo
matters as he knows them from hi,
position as President of the American
Federation OF Labor.
One Of the most disgraceful thing
connected with the war in the Philip
pines was uneaTthed by the detention
this week. at Hong Kong by British off
ciala, OF steamship on the way from
Manila 10 San Francisco, with United
States troops The steamship is one O
those carrying the British flag which
are under charter rs troop-ehips, anG
the cause of her detentio was that she
had 4OO more men aboard than she
should have had. The answer to thi.
charge BY the War Department and
by Otis was that she had only one
more man aboard on the return trir
than she carried from San Francisco
10 other words, the British officials q,
Hong Kong are more considerable oil
the welfare of our soldiers than ouI
own officials at San Francisco and
Manila, who allowed this chip to take
on 4OO more men than she is allowed
by the British maritime law to carry
were. Surely that is enough to bring
bushes OF shame to any Americana
lace, unless he is past being ashamed
oil official incompetency and nepli.
gence. DEM
SECRETARY Root Wednasdau .a