Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-25
SAME OLD REGIME.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT SILENT
AS A CLAM.

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Presidential Ticket The Negroes Dissatis
fled With the Administration - BRYAN.
Standing in Alabama-Sampson wants 4
Finger in the Pie When Dewey Comes.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, August Is, 1899.
Frequenters OF the War Department
which continues to be the busiest OF
them all, are reminded by the presen,
situation, OF the adage about the diff.
Guilty of teaching old dogs new tricks
There's new head to the department
but the machinery is just the same as
it was during the Alger regime, and
there is the same Discrimination to tell
the public anything that can be hid.
Although it is well-known that more
men have already been enlisted than
will fill the original announced num-
Der of Philippine regiments of volun-
teers, and that enlistments are still
being made as rapidly as possible.
War Department officials say that no
official decision has been made TO in
crease the number of regiments, and
that no additional call for volunteers
is likely. This is nothing more than
quibbling. 1t is so certain that more
regiments will be organized that lists
of their officers have been made out.
AS to issuing new call for volunteers,
none is necessary to continue the re.
cruiting up to the limit fixed by Con-
gress-35, 600 men. As matter of
fact, no call was Issued when the pres
ent recruiting was begun-a simple
order OF the Secretary OF War was is
sued.
Senator Quay expresses the belief
that there will be an anti expansion
Republican Presidential ticket in the
field next year, and that such men as
Tom Reed and ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,,
will support it, and that its vote in
New England will be large enough to
throw the electoral votes of those
States to the Democrats.
That nearly all of the negroes
trouble has its origin in bad advice,
given sometime thoughtlesely, and
not few times with the malicious in
tention to make trouble, is we'll known
to those who have taken the time to
study the race problem. At Washing
ton lawyer deserves place among the
bad advisers of the negro. He stated,
10 an argument in defence of q negro
who was charged with being dis
orderly and found guilty and fined,
that his client would have been JUS.
titled had he shot the policemen who
arrested him. If some negro despe.
RADIO who heard that statement should
kill the first officer who attempted to
arrest him for some petty crime,
wouldn't that lawyer be an accessory
to the murder?
The administration crowd is really
becoming alarmed ct the extent OF
the "nigger" luminosity to Mr.. McKin-
ley, and the word has been passed
around to the "nigger" Office holders to
whoop it up for the administration at
every turn, and especially 10 try to
counterfeit the anti-McKinley talk ut
the gathering, in Chicago, to be known
as the Afro-American Council. The
negro voters OF Ohio have it in their
power to make it impossible for the
Mckinley. Hanna candidate for Gov
ernor to be elected; consequently,
they are being "jollied". by everybody
connected with the administration
but some OF these "niggers" are just
smart enough to make it plain that
an Office with good ealary attach.
ment 10 the only sort of q jolly they
will take from the administration.
Representative Bankhead, OF Ala
bama, was in Washington this week.
He WAS indignant because of n publica.
ton several days ago alleging that he
attended an anti-Bryan meeting at
Saratoga. Speaking of it, he said
~ havn't been in Saratoga and it ia
we'll known that Alabama is a Bryan
Os0scs We Will cCuu al lU6tfuCteu
Bryan delegation to the next national
convention. Bryan is the logical
candidate, and he will be unani.
mously nominated, and he will be
elected, too."
The Sampson clique taking advan.
tage of the absence OF Mr.. Mckinley
and Secretary Long, 10 again schem-
ing to get orders issued BY the Navy
Department for SIMPSONS squadron
to 60 to sea to meet Admiral Dewey
! and escort him into New York harbor.
Sampson isn't satisfied with his at
tempt to rob Schley of honors bravely
won, but has the nerve to try to share
in the honors that will be bestowed on
Dewey. and unless the clique 10 called
down by Mr.. Mckinley or Secretary
Long, he may succeed in getting the
desired orders. Already Acting Score.
tary Allen has ordered Sampson to
prepare plans for the participation OF
the navy in the reception Of Dewey.