Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-04-27


i Hawaii Accorded Bread and Porto Rico a
Stone Col. Bryan and Admiral Dewey to
Sit Looking at Each Other on Nay day
Druggists Protest Against Var Taxation in
Time OF Peace Psducah. Ky. Presents Ad
mira Dewey and Wife with Dozen Bottles
OF Mountain Dew with which to Tone
Up for Visit to that Commonwealth -
Senator Horr Arraisns the Administrations
Misdeeds. Pronounces Them Decidedly
Tough" but Declares "He Likes IT,
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 20, 1900
Mr.. Mckinley has gone off on a
pleasure junket, but Boss Hanna is
working overtime. He is fixing up
the platform that will be adopted by
the Ohio Republican convention, next
week, and he is trying to figure out
whether the country can be enthused
by IL little jingoism in connection with
the failure Of the Sultan Of Turkey TO
keep his promise TO pay 10000 for
property belonging to American mis-
sionaries, which was destroyed several
years ago by a Turkish mob. II he
decides that jingoism is advisable,
Secretary Hay will probably give the
Turkish minister his passport, and the
Republican press will be filled with
spread-eagleism about the determined
stand the administration has taken
for the protection of American mis-
sionaries and their interests. Mr.. Nc
kinley can find time to 60 away for a
week, but his task isn't as heavy as
that of Boss Hanna, who has started
out to try for four more years of auto.
cratic power and hasn't time to waste
on pleasure.
The House is in open revolt against
the administration plans of preventing
action on the Nicaragua Canal bill at
the present session. Two hundred
and fifty members, half Democrats,
have signed petitions to Speaker Hem
derson, asking that u rule be reported
for the consideration of the Canal bill
on the first of May. II he ignores
that petition, those who signed it, be-
ing more than twO-thirds of the
House, can force their will ii they
stick together, and the indications are
that they will.
The House bill providing a form OF
government for the Territory of Ha-
waii, which has been agreed to by the
conference committee and will be-
come law, extends the tariff laws of
the United States to Hawaii, making
the Territory a customs district of the
United States with four ports of entry,
which serves to accentuate the injus-
tice OF the treatment OF poor Porto
Rico by the Republicans. Hawaii is
to officially become a part of the
United States, while Porto Rico, al
most at our doors, is TO be only an i'm
perial colony.
Col Bryan and Admiral Dewey are
to meet in Chicago, May l. and the
prediction is quite frequently heard in
Washington that the result of that
meeting may change the Admiral's
aspirations to the extent of making
him q candidate for the second place
on the Bryan ticket.
About one hundred gentlemen rep
resenting the drug trade are in Wash
tington spending lot of money in
hotel bills while they are trying to get
"A bill repeating that portion of the
war taxes affecting their business ia
vorably reported from the Ways and
Means Committee. They are on the
wrong track. Hanna is the man
they will have to see. He has decided
that no reduction of war taxes shall be
made at this session. He figures on
getting campaign contributions from
every interest affected by those taxes,
and the interests which chip in the
heaviest will be the ones favored when
the reduction is made, at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
Representative Wheeler, of Ken
lucky, representing the city of Padu-
cab, this week presented Admiral and
Mrs. Dewey about the most unique in
vitation they have yet received. The
Paducahans want the Admiral and
his wife to stop with them while on
their Western trip. An oak casket
about Is inches square, with gold ham
dies, and silver corner trimmings, and
II silver plate on top engraved with
Welcome to Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey" contains the invitation
proper, which is on a sheet of curly
birch and reads as follows: ITO Adj
miral and Mrs. Dewey: This town is
yours. Pull the latchstring--we will
do the rest. Don't surprise us, but
inform US when you pull" Inside
the oak casket were also twelve bot
ties of 2O-year Kentucky whiskey, an d
n cut-glass decanter incased in silver,
and bearing this greeting: Admiral
and Mrs. Dewey: We extend greet
ings and earnestly request that YOU
visit Paducah. thus honoring our city
and citizens"
Senator Hoar told some truths
which were decidedly unpleasant to
the administration, in his speech on
the Philippine question, which he de-
clared was long way from being set
tied. For instance, he said: "If
there had been single assurance
that we intended to respect the indie
pendence to which they aspired, there
would have been no war. If we had
dealt with them in the treaty of peace
as we dealt with Cuba there would
have been no war. Ii we had not
hurried reinforcements to Manila,
both of ships and of men, strengthen
ing the forces of our army and navy
there, after Spain had yielded, there
would have been no war. If the ur-
gent request of Aguinaldo. after the
outbreak of Feb. 5, that hos
tilities might cease, had not been met
by the declaration of Otis that fight.
ing must go on there would have
been no war. II Aguinaldo's offer to