Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-06
From our Regular C0rrespon lent.


The Passing of Pingree-The Tribulation Of
Boss Hanna.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 90, 1899.
Unless Mr. Mckinley exhibits lit
tie more backbone than usual, his
party managers are going to compel
him to drag Admiral Dewey along
with him on the stumping tour upon
which he is to start next week. They
are now trying to get him to promise
to ask Dewey to accompany him,
knowing that Dewey would have to
regard such a request as an order he
must obey, regardless of his own
wishes. Mr.. Mckinley has not yet
agreed to become party to this at
tempt to use the country's admiration
for Admiral Dewey as Republican
vote-maker, but there is danger that
he will do so, Notwithstanding all the
administration talk for months past
about Dewey being allowed to dispose
OF his time in any way he pleased
when he got back home.
The administration is very glad Of
the Dewey excitement, which is now
at white heat. 1t serves to distract
public attention from the humiliating
fact that the Filipinos, who have no
navy, succeeded in sinking United
States gunboat and killing or captur-
ing its entire crew, within 25 miles of
the city of Manila.
II the Cubans all feel as strongly
concerning the action of Gen. Ludlow,
in pushing aside the civil authorities
in Havana and putting an end to
labor strike by arbitra,ing military
authority, as Gen. Carlos Garcia, who
is now i'll Washington, does, there is
danger ahead. When the news OF
Ludlow's action reached Washington,
Gen. Garcia sent Ludlow a telegram
saying: 81 beg to remind you that
you are not in Russia" and speaking
of that action he said: "Of all the
blunders and arbitrary acts committed
by the military authorities in Cuba,
this act of Gen. Ludlow, approved by
Governor General Brooke, is the most
vicious. Gen. Ludlow has been most
unwise in taking military charge of
affairs in Havana without being asked
Tor help by the civil authorities.
There was absolutely no need for such
display of brutal authority. The
strike was as peaceable as any peoples
gathering can be. Gen. Ludlow has
taken wrong view of the objects OF
government in Cuba. He ought not
to have meddled in the strike. The
civil authorities ought to have pre-
vented his action, taking in advance
the necessary precautions to settle the
differences between the employees and
the laborers. The charging on help
less laundry women, reported in the
newspaper dispatches, shows that
brutal force has been unnecessarily
used in Havana. l protest against
such outrages and denounce them As
q violation OF the rights my people are
entitled to under the guidance of the
American government. Gen. Lud-
lows uksse, in which he threatened 10
plunge into the Cubanas fortress a
thousand or more men, is the most
abusive ostentation of power that
have ever heard, including those is
sued by Weyler. / hope that the adj
ministration will take this matter up
Immediately, so rs to prevent serious
complications that may arise from the
inability OF Gems. Brooke and Ludlow
TO cope with the situation in Havana"
The Census Bureau is to be the
same old political machine the Re-
publicans have invariably made it,
and those who control the appoint
ments don't care how much it will
cost the people. An indication of
this has just been given by the choice
OF q tabulating machine TO be used.
The committee decided to use the
same machines that were used ten
years ago, although new machine
was offered which would do the work
much faster. The decision is. said to
have been made because the new ma
chimes, if adopted, would have largely
reduced the number of clerks required,
which Republican Congressman pro-
tested against.
According to the talk OF citizens of
Michigan, who have been in Washing.
ton recently, the passing of Pingree is
more pleasing than otherwise. One of
them-Mr. NJ. 1. Duke, of Grand
Rspids-said: "Hon. Hazen Pin
gree's retirement from politics marks
the finale OF u stupendous demagogue.
He has acc emphasized very little in his
spectacular career, cave to spend the
public funds recklessly and increase
the taxes of the people. A great
many who looked upon him as a
modern Moses now zee that he was the
commonest sort of politician. His
administration has been costly one
for the taxpayers of Michigan, and
now that the voters see him revealed
in his true light they are thankful
that his official career is ended"
A Washington man has received
letter from a Republican friend in
Ohio, from which the following is ex-
tracted: "You ought to see Hanna.
He has the scare OF his life on, aud be-
lieves that Mclean is going to win,
unless he can get the disgruntled Re-
publicans back into the traces. He
and his henchmen have dropped their
bulldozing tactics towards Republi.
cans and are talking as sweet as pie to
them. We are enjoying his scare, and
will decide later whether we'll stay at
home on election day." Dem.