Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-17
IN A QUANDARY.
THE G. o. p. PLANNING TO EvADE
THE ISSUES.

Senator Jones in Poor tiealth-Gen. Hale Will
Make a Fighting Record - Secretary Alser
Will Not Down at the Biddins-The Trusts
Securely Entrenched - The Sweat.Shops
Make Soldiers Clothing The Canned Beef
Turns Out in Some Cases to Be Canned
Horse.
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1899.
The Republican leaders are laying
the wires for a financial fake that is
expected to tide the party over the
Presidential campaign. The caucus
committee of Representatives elected
to the next Congress, chosen TO pre-
pare financial bill for the Republi-
cans, met in Washington this week
and agreed TO meet again at Atlantic
City the 18th of next month. How
this thing strikes veteran political
observer may be judged by the follow
ing words of ex-Congressman Dolliver,
oi Mo-, in relation thereto: "The Re-
publican caucus committee is now en-
gagged in making pretense of doing
that which they have no intention of
doing-the framing Of measure for
currency reform. They will do their
best, and guess will succeed in STAY
ing off any change in the financial
statutes until after Mckinley has been
candidate for another term. Their
heroic and vociferous assertion that
they will do anything At all, does not
fool me-" 1t is probable that the
committee will get up some sort Of a
bill, but it will be purposely made
meaningless. Mr.. Mckinley has no
idea of allowing any real financial leg
islation before the Presidential cleo
ton.
Senator Jones, Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, has
had second attack of heart trouble,
similar to the one that laid him up
several weeks before Congress adj
journed, but neither his physician nor
his family regard his condition - dam
gerous as it has been represented to
be in kilograms sent from Washing
ton. The doctor thinks the Senator
will be all right, if he will remain per-
fectly quiet for about month and not
attempt to attend to any business
whatever. Those who know the ener.
getic makeup OF the Senator will I'm.
derstand how difficult it will b. for
him 10 meet the doctors wishes.
Gen. Wilson, Chief Of Engineers,
under whom Gen. Hale, who 10 max
ing a fighting record in the Philip
pines, served from the time he gradu.
ated from West Point with the highest
standing in studies ever attained, until
he resigned from the army to engage
in private business, at Denver, Colo,
said OF him: "He was the most re-
marksble man l have ever known,
both in his studies and in his abilities
and I am delighted to hear that he
has made out so we'll. He is young
enough to attain almost any rank if
he should stay in the army" Gen.
Hale entered the volunteer army as
Colonel OF the First Colorado Regi.
ment, and was promoted to Brigadier
General last August. He is only 81
years old.
1t is reported and generally believed
in Washington that Secretary Alger
has offered to resign, PROVE ed Mr.. Nc.
Kinley will allow him to n,,me his sue
cessor. How is that for gall2 That
such an offer should have been made
indicates that Alger has hold upon
Mr.. Mckinley that compels the latter
to defer to him. 1t would not change
the situation a particle for Alger to re-
tire from the Cabinet, if he was sue
ceeded by man selected by himself
to continue the system that has been
aptly called Algerism and to cover up
all its past defects. Mr.. McKinley's
wisest advisers are trying to get him
to defy Alger, force him to resign, and
to put man in his place whose name
will convince the country that he will
not allow q continuance of Algerism.
This advice would have been adopted
long ago, only it has failed to get the
endorsement of Boss Hanna, who
alone knows how many damaging Sc
crets connected with '96 Alger could
and doubtless would tell, if not let
down easy.
The report that the Attorney Gen
eral of the U. S. was about to begin
proceedings against the Standard Oil
Company for violating the Antitrust