Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-05
'fashln9ton Standard
HELD By POLICY.
MCKINLEY REFLECTED, MEANS
LARGE STANDING ARMY.

Inc LAYTON tund Burial Ct the Nlirc heroes
IT Arliaeton Height -protectionists Irving
to 'Nork' the Churches Cages FavoritiSm
tor Certain Banks Senator G!ark's Case -
forcing tic issls IN Congress.
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NA>HiNGr0N, Dec. -, lS'9.
Senator Curkr.ii. the leading Dem
ocratic member Of the senate Commit
tee on Military Affair. is strongly OPP
posed to the Repuhlican-imperialiS-
tic, in rcality-plan Tor large stand
ing army, and intends to fight it every
time it shows its head. lie said on
the subject: the army establish
ment is provided for until July
1901, and there is no necessity Tor leg
i>latlUn at this session Oh the subject
This gives IA II year and Il iIalf To- con-
slider the matter and decide what had
best be done. am in favor OF Slight
~ increasing the artillery arm OF the
SCI VIC, " tihC care vi OuI SEA COaSJ
Notifications, but do not think there
is now, or will be in the near future,
any occasion for permanent increase
in the number OF infantry or cavalry
regiments above that which has been
provided for by law for number OF
years" The Republicans are too
shrewd to make any move towards
legislation for large standing army
until after the Presidential election,
but there isn't the slightest doubt
that they intend doing so at next
winters session of Congress.
There is reason to believe that the
Lawton fund will reach a total in the
neighborhood of $4,000 by next
week, when it is to be closed.
Captain Sigsbee and Chaplain Chad
wick had charge of the funeral over
the bodies of $50 OF the crew of the
battleship Maine, which were brought
from Havana this week, and inferred
in Arlington cemetery. The ceremo-
MES we're very simple.
Neither Mr.. Quay nor his friends
are acting like men who are confident
OF landing that seat in the Senate.
They are in reality alarmed because of
the large number of Senators who de-
cline to say how they will vote.
The American Protective Tariff
League has done many absurd things,
but all its efforts in that line have
been eclipsed by a circular letter it
has sent to preachers for the purpose
of trying to get them to say that
church collections are increased by a
protective tariff. The ministers of
Washington are inclined to resent
this attempt to use them for political
purposes. One OF them-Dr. Alex
ander Mackay-Smith-who voiced the
opinion OF most of them, said: "The
weather cuts more figure in church
collections than any tariff measure
that could be framed, 1 have noticed
that collections frequently fall off as
much as half on rainy Sunday.
The attendance at the church is the
greatest thing to be considered. If
the gentlemen who are sending out
the circulars can prove that more peo-
pie 60 to church under a protective
tariff than under tariff for revenue,
1 will be inclined to think that there
is something in their contention"
Secretary Gage shows his contempt
for public opinion when he ordered
something like million dollars day
the receipts of the government for
internal revenue taxes-deposited in a
favored New York bank, pending dis
tribution among other national banks,
but he may find himself in hot water
on account of that order, as a Senator
is quoted as having said of the order:
"The only satisfaction Secretary Gage
vouchsafes to the country is that 1T
is confidential arrangement between
the Treasury and the bank That is
queer way to talk about the govern
ment's transactions, and l wouldn't
be surprised if an effort should be
made in the Senate to ask some sharp
questions about it. remember that
big muss was kicked up during Mr..
Cleveland's administration because
mach smaller sum of government
money was deposited in widely scat
tered banks. In Jackson's time the
same question was raised and the
country sat down hard on the scheme"
The hearings in the case of Senator
Clark. Of Montana, which are to begin
Jan. 6, before the Senate committee
on Elections, will be sensational if
Senator Clark proves, as he says he
will, that the whole case against him
has been q conspiracy, which having
failed to prevent the Montana Legis.
lature electing him Senator, turned its
scheme towards the U. S. Senate, with
the hope of getting him deprived of
his seat. Although each witness from
Montana will cost about $3.50, large
number have been summoned by the
committee. Ex-senator Faulkner, of
West Virginia, is Senator Clark's chief
counsel.
While there has been no agreement
to that effect, the general tendency of
talk among Democratic Senators indi-
Gates a strong desire on their part to
force test vote on some of the nu.