Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-09


Washnston-The Alaskan Boundary Still
Unsettled Republicans Schemins to Down
Bryan and the Chicago Platform Matters
Unsatisfactory in Cuba.
From our Regular Correspon lent.
WASHINGTON, June ., 1899.
More men, more blood, and more
money for the Philippinesl That i.
the cheerful outlook. Mr.. Mckinley
has become convinced that Aguinaldo
successfully played the role OF brcr
fox in his dealings with the blue,
coated and red-trousered American
civilian commissioners, by staving of
active military operations sgains,
him until the rainy season, while he
was preparing for another campaign
in the fall. He has also become con.
WINGED that any further delay OF the
volunteers in the Philippines who
wish TO come home will be dangerous
Convinced OF these two things there
was nothing left for him to do except
to decide to issue a call for volunteers
to go to the Philippines, under author.
ity OF the army act OF the last Con.
gress. He has made that decision
but, in keeping with his usual custom
of giving the public an excuse for hi.
every important act, will defer issuing
the call for volunteers until he gets 6
cablegram from Gen. Otis saying thai
more men are imperatively needed
over there. 1t has been found i'm pos
sible to get any considerable number
OF the volunteers now in the Philip
pines to re-enlist, although each man
who does SO is given travel pa,
amounting to about 5000.
The Spanish flag is for the first
time in more than year flying ir
Washington. 1t flies over the hote
in which the Duke de ARGOS, the new
Spanish Minister, and his American
wife, are guests. The new Minister
called on Secretary Hay and presented
his credentials and later was presented
by Mr.. Hay to Mr.. Mckinley, and dip
lomatic relation are again established
with Spain. The Minister has man,
personal friends in Washington
which was the home of his wife when
he first met her and for many year.
afterwards.
U. S. Commissioner of Patents
Duell is making . record as an eff.
cient official. He has the work of the
Patent Office in such good shape tina,
Washington's most successful firm oil
patent lawyers, c. A. Snow & Co., an.
nounce that they can procure patent.
in from four to ten weeks from date oil
application. They have procured
more than 10000 patents, and i,
would be impossible to find a CITY
town or village in the United States
which has no client OF theirs.
Although the negotiations have not
been formally broken off there is prac.
tically q deadlock over the Alaskan
boundary. Months ago it wss
charged that Great Britain did no,
wish this dispute settled, and it begins
to look as though those who made the
charge knew what they were talking
about, although it is apparently Can.
ada that has brought about the dead
lock in the negotiations.
Since getting the consent of Boss
Hanna, the Henderson. Sherman
Speakership combine have been rush.
ing things 80 rapidly that they have
already apparently got al the other
candidates distanced. In the rush the
Henderson wing of the combine has
taken the lead to such an extent that
they are claiming that Henderson is
As good as elected. and there appear.
to be good ground for the claim, bu.
appearances in this sort of fight are
often deceptive. 1t seems certain
however, that the combine will win
and that either Henderson or Sher.
man will be Speaker.
Republican assistance 10 being ne.
cretly given TO the schemers who are
working to prevent the denomination
of Col. Bryan and the re.adoption OF
the principles OF the Chicago platform
by the next Democratic National con.
vention by securing more than one.
third of the delegates to that conven.
ton. The scheme is to get men
elected delegates who can be con.
trolled by the schemers, if they are
not instructed. The practical result,
of this scheme 10 likely to be tina,
many delegates will be instructed
who under ordinary circumstances
would not be. The rank and file OF
the Democracy know what they want
and also how to get it.
Subscriptions to the Dewey Home
fund are coming in so slowly tina.
daily statements are no longer issued
OF the amounts received.
The administration is much wor.
ried by the failure of the Cuban
soldiers to surrender their arms
and Eaccept the $50 per capita
sent over there for them. They
had supposed that the poor. ragged
devils would jump at the chance OF
getting $75 apiece, more money than
probably three.fourths of them ever
owned at one time in their lives
They don't know what to make of the
refusal, but they fear that it means
trouble of some sort, and their fears
are likely to be true. Dem.