Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-09-15
IN CIRCULATION
ISTHE REPUBLICAN, PARTY OVER
PROBABILITIES.

State, and that Would "Settle II" for the
Campaign of l900-Bryan Gaining Strength
in the Empire State-The Republican q" In.
dustrial Commission" to be Looker.on at
the Chicago Anti. Trust Convention
Conditions for Secretary Root.
From our Regular Correspon lent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 1899.
Democratic success in the Ohio
campaign will spell defeat for the Re-
publicans in the national campaign.
That much is already plainly sppar-
ent, young rs the campaign is. The
advantages of this situation are alto
gether on the side of Democracy. Mr..
Mckinley knows that his chances for
next year will vanish if he fails to
hold Ohio this year; also, that carry
ing Ohio this year will add practically
nothing to Republican chances of sue
cess next year. That is why the stu
alton is 80 advantageous to Demo-
Gratis. If they can carry Ohio it will
practically settle the Presidential cleo
ton year ahead, and if they fail to
carry it, the failure will not iniure the
party's prospects. 1t isn't only from
Democratic party leaders that good
news from Ohio comes. 1t comes also
from long-headed business men, such
as Mr.. II. kruken, of Cincinnati, who
said, while in Washington: "The
Democracy of Ohio has golden OPP
portunity, in my opinion, to elect its
candidates in the coming election.
John r. Mclean has many elements
OF strength, but his greatest hope is in
the intense dissatisfaction that has
grown up against the leaders and poll
cies of the Republicans. The chief
hostility is against Senator Hanna,
and many and keen a-e the
knives that will be welded against
him. In fact, the discomfort is grow
ing stronger each day, and if politi-
cal revolution is not brewing, / am
greatly deceived"
Every Republican official in WASH
ington who has the slightest reputa-
ton as stump speaker, from Mr.. Nc
kinley down, has been invited-in re-
ality Ordered-to help out the Hanna
ties. Mr.. Mckinley will not go so far
as to take the stump, unless Hanna,
after he returns and looks over the
field, tells him he must 1t is not
surprising that he should shrink from
making such an exhibition of his high
Office.
1t was only by the shrewd manipu-
lations of Mr. Mckinley, while he was
in Philadelphia, that the administra
tion escaped severe raking over be-
cause OF the methods followed by the
Pension Bureau. Knowing that an
attack by the q. A. r. encampment
on Commissioner Evans would be gen.
orally recognized as an attack upon
him and his entire administration, Mr..
Mckinley went to the encampment to
head the attack off, and he succeeded,
so far as formal resolution of attack
was concerned.
Judging from the talk OF New York
Democrats who come 10 Washington.
Col. Bryan is likely to come very near
TO getting solid delegation to the
National Convention from that State,
Notwithstanding the scheming against
him by q few individuals. One New
Yorker said: bryan clubs are being
organized in every election precinct in
Kings county, which shows that the
rank and file of the party in that
county are for the Nebraskan, Just as
the mass OF Democrats all over New
York State are for him. He is stron-
ger in New York by far than he was
in 1896, and that he will get the cleo
toral votes of the State in 1900 have
not the slightest doubt"
There was no truth in the statement
that an agreement has been reached
on the Alaskan boundary line. Nego.
tiations are still pending, and an
agreement is no nearer than it has
been several times before when some
new proposal upset all that had previ.
ously been done.
The Industrial Commission created
by the last Congress, is again holding
daily sessions in Washington, the par
ticular subject now under iuvestiga-
ton being trusts. The Commission
has authorized some OF its members to
attend the conference on trusts, to be
held at Chicago, next week, under the
auspices OF the Civic Federation, but
the Republicans being in the major
lty, the Commission took especial
pains 10 instruct its representatives to
that conference that they should be
merely Onlookers, without any author
ity TO do or say anything that will
commit the Commission in any way.
This is only one Of many indications
showing the real attitude of the Re
publican party towards trusts. 1t
seems farcical for the Commission to
send representatives to the trust con-
ference, if they are merely to be dunn.
mics. But doing farcical things has
long been a Republican specially.
Secretary Root has locked horns
with the bureaucratic clique in the
War Department which made all the
trouble for Gen. Miles during the war
with Spain, and Miles is again the
bone OF contention. Secretary Root
wants Miles sent to the Philippines to
command the army. aud the clique is
determined to prevent his going, if
possible, and it has so far been able to
prevent the necessary order being is
sued by Mr.. Mckinley, notwithstand-
ing his promise that he would carry
out every recommendation made by
Secretary Root. This fight may re.
suit seriously for some persons. If
Root loses. he may get disguised and
resign, and if he wins, he will hardly
fail to get even with those who are
trying TO thwart him.
The outside attendance at the en-.
campment of the Spanish American
War Veterans, which opened in Wash
ington to-day, was not up to expecta-
tons. Dem.