Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-04-28
ALL THEIR OWN WAY.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS RE-
MOVED A STUMBLING BLOCK.

Jones Retiracy from the Craftsmanship Of the
Democratic Committee Due Simply to III
Health Commissioner Trip Thinks the Sa.
moan Matter Easy Of Adiustment-Army or.
ficers Talk too Much.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1899.
The McKinleyites are jubilant be-
cause their bluff intended to drive
Gar Reed out of Congress has sue
ceeded, and Reed has accepted an Of
fer to join New York law firm. This
means new deal all around in the
House and general shaking up of
the desirable chairmanships, many of
which were held in the last House by
men who were no more subservient
to the administration than Reed him
self WAS. All this will be changed in
the organization of the present House,
if present plans of the administration
can be carried ou', aud no man will
get anything desirable in the way of
a craftsmanship who does not wear the
Mckinley collar. There are about q
dozen Republicans who consider them
selves candidates for Speaker Of the
House; but they are wasting their
time. The Speaker and all the i'm
portsnt chairmanships of committees
will be selected 10y Boss Hanna and
Mr.. Mckinley, and all the Republican
caucus will have TO do will be to ratify
the selections. There will, of course,
be Republican objection to this pro-
gramms, but without a stronger lead
ership than it is likely to have, it will
not be able to change it. A friend OF
Mr.. Reed says that he intends as a
farewell shot at the administration to
take hand in the election of his sue
cessor. If he only would, there would
be lively scrap, but as his law firm is
to make a speciality of corporation
practice mis- partners will doubtless be
able TO convince him that he caunot
afford TO offend such an Influential cor.
poration magna,e as Mark Hanna.
The talk about deposing Chairman
Jones OF the Democratic National
Committee because Of his extreme sill
yer views is tommyrot of the worst
kind. Chairman Jones has represent.
ed majority of the committee, and
still does; but his health is in such q
condition-he is now at Atlantic City,
slowly recovering from his recent seri.
Gus illness-that his physicians have
told him that it will be rsking death
for him to attempt to do the amount
Of work he had been doing up to the
time he was taken sick. This being
the situation, Senator Jones' retire.
ment from the position of chairman of
the committee was easy to predict,
but it was very small business to try
to make it appear that he WAS to be
forced out because he was not this or
that, and is calculated TO cause a man
like Senator Jones to take the bit in
his teeth, regardless of his health or
the orders of the doctors, and retain
the craftsmanship until the Democrat.
ic candidate for President, in accord
ance with custom, names his success
sor. Should Senator Jones die under
the strain, those who originated the
stories mentioned would be - surely
murderers as though they had admin
istered poison to him.
Hon. Bartlett Trip, the American
member of the Samoan commission,
which will leave San Francisco next
week, on the auxiliary cruiser Badger,
doesn't regard the trip as anything
more than q pleasant summer excur-
sion. He said before leaving Wash.
ington: 81 do not believe it will take
any extended period for the represent
aiives OF the three governments inter.
ested to agree on some policy that
will be satisfactory to all. There are
no insurmountsble difficulties in the
way OF an understanding that will pro.
tect everybody. 1t isn't rs though
the mastery of continent was in.
volved; the comparative smsllness OF
the interests at Apis is a pretty sure
guaranty against trouble of a serious
Sort" There is more interest in the
result of the Commissions investiga-
ton OF the charge that German tresch-
cry was responsible for the ambuscad-
ing of American and English marines
than in anything else it has to do.
Nobody seems to care = continental
what the Commission does about the
government OF the Samoan islands.
A sharp reprimand to the military
censor At Manila was sent by the War
Department, because he allowed the
remarks of Gen. Lawton about 100000
men being needed in the Philippines
to he cabled to this country; it is said
that Gen. Shafter also got a hint from
the same source that he was doing too
much talking about his belief that it
would be necessary to kill off half OF
of the Filipinos before we could keep
peace on the islands.
Mr.. McKinlsy has decided that it
would be bad politics to call for more
volunteers to be sent to the Philip
pines, and has ordered that the volun-
teers now over there shall be sent
home as fast as vessels to bring them
are available. Regulars will be sent
to take their places, as it is not con-
sidered safe to reduce the number Of
men under command OF Otis, even du.
ring the rainy season, soon to begin.
There was quite shock in Wash
ington when Admiral Dewey reported
that Lieut., Gilmore and IA OF the crew
of the Yorktown had been, while
away from the ship on launch, either
killed or captured by the Filipinos.
Washington is Lieut.. Gilmore's home.
Dem.