Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-22

and Throws Up the Sponge
From our Regular Correspon lent.
WASHINGTON, June Is, 1900.
The Republican pretense that there
is uncertainty about who will fiji the
second place on The Mckinley ticket
| is amusing. Boss Hanna aud Mr.. Ne
kinley have long ago selected the
man, but the secret has been we'll
kept, and he has persisted in an en-
phatic denial Of candidacy, as they
wish the delegates to the convention
to be deluded into the belief that the
nomination is theirs. The platform
that will be adopted by the Philadel-
phia convention has also been written,
although the convention will go
through the farce of appointing a
platform committee to prepare it.
The platform was written by Postmas-
ter General Smith, who was chosen
for the task because he was newspa-
per man, but its authors are Boss
Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley. They die
tated it in the rough to Mr.. Smith,
who polished it up. In fact, the work
of the Philadelphia convention could
easily be done we'll inside of three
hours, but Hanna promised in return
for that 100000 contribution that
the convention should sit three days.
and the programme has been arranged
on three-dav basis, not only to give
the Philadelphians II chance to even
up but to try to work up little en-
thusiasm among the delegates.
Senator Chandler, who has a way of
nagging his party and it's leaders,
when the spirit moves him, has been
throwing cold water on the Hanna
Mckinley crowd by pointing out in a
published interview the danger of Re-
publican defeat this year. Following
are some of Mr.. Chambers reasons:
We will be hurt the most by the
charges of extravaganza and corrup-
ton. The next danger point is the
charge that the party is bound in
chains by the money power and that
its reins are held by millionaires, and
the third thing to fear is great losses
in the Philippines" He pointed out
exactly where defeat might meet the
Republicans when he said: "Suppose
the war news next fall is not good, or
that there are labor troubles. or that
prosperity is threatened. What then?
Illinois. Indiana, and even New York
would slip away from us. II is barely
possible that we may lose those States
even without any succession of I'M
toward events. In that event, we
would lose the election" Mr.. Chand-
Ter is being roundly abused by the
party bosses for publicity saying what
they have been saying among them
selves for weeks.
The Court of Claims has taken the
Sampson side of the battle OF Santiago
with vengeance. 1t decided that
Sampson commanded the fleet during
the battle and that the New York was
engaged therein. Under that decision
Sampson, who had no more to do with
destroying the Spanish fleet than the
reader OF this, will get $685. as his
share of prize money, while Schley,
the man who commanded the fleet
which destroyed the Spanish ships,
gets only about x3,OOO.
A sensational statement was made
before the Industrial Commission, now
hearing testimony on matters relating
to labor. by Mr.. NJ. F. Thompson, Sec
rotary of the Southern Industrial Con.
vention of Huntsville, Alabama, and
a bitter opponent of labor unions, who
said: Labor organizations are to-
day the greatest menace to this gov
eminent that exists inside or outside
the pale OF our national domain.
Their influence for disruption and dis.
organization OF society is far more dan
gerous to the perpetuation of our gov.
eminent in its purity and power than
would be the hostile array on our bor-
ders OF the armies OF the entire world
combined" That is probably the
most extreme opinion of its kind ever
publicly uttered in this country. It
was listened to by some OF the labor
leaders, who intend to answer it in
their testimony before the commits
sion.
Col. George c. Gorham, a lifelong
Republican and for years Secretary Of
the Senate, expresses the opinion that
Mr.. Mckinley would be defeated if
every Democrat in the United States
RETAINED from voting next November.
Speaking of the political outlook, he
said: "My correspondence is exten.
sive. representative and frequent with
all sections of the country, and l be.
lieve am telling you the truth when
l say that If the election were held to.
morrow, my old friend, Mr.. Mckinley,
would not carry half dozen States.
Let's see. Yes, he would carry Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire and Vermont. I feel certain he
would get those States. Maine.
though, would be doubtful. Now, if
anybody can tell me what other States
Mr.. Mckinley is cure to carry will
be very much obliged. 1 have given
the complete list OF safe Republican
States at this moment, and don't
know but that some OF these have
placed in the Mckinley column will
turn up missing in November. II
have been watching national cam.
paigns for good many years, and if
the Democrats can't sweep the coun.
try this year they would better 60 out
OF business and turn the job OF fight
ing over to somebody else"
The Republicans are so much
alarmed over the outlook for the Con.
gressional elections that they will
maintain campaign committee head
quarters in both Washing ton and Chi
csgo. Duplicating headquarters will
do them no good, as they cannot de.
stroy the record made by the Republi-
can administration. Dem.
The Ledger is taking desperate
chances. As sort of advertising