Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-16
IN CIRCULATION.
A HARRISON GHOST RISES UPTO
DISTURB THE Tin GOD"

Signing the Gold Bill Closes the Deal Made a,
st. Louis in I896-Senator Lodge in Guam.
dary-Senator Kyle Dodsed the Vote on the
Gold BiIl-There is Reason Not Stated fol
Substituting Rear Admiral Rsmey for Real
Admiral Watson in Command Of the Asiatit
Squadron-The Porto Rico Tariff Still As
tates Republican Congressman Senator Ma
son Wants no Further Delay in Reporting
His Resolution Of Sympathy for the Beers.
From our Regular Correspon lent.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 1900.
Unea-ineSs reigns in the Mckinley
camp for variou. reasons and especial
ly because of rumor that Ben. Har.
rison, who has been jumping all oveI
the Republican webbing on the
Porto Rico tariff question, is going &c
be doomed as an anti-McKinlev and
anti-English Republican candidate fol
the Presidential nomination. The
story, as it comes to Washington, is
that Harrison is sure OF the Indians
vote in the convention 10 start with
that he is reasonably sure of the Min.
nesota vote and has more than a fight.
ing chance to get the Michigan vote
if Mr.. Mckinley continues his present
pro-English attitude towards the wal
in South Africa, and has supporters in
many other States. 1t is too soon to
say how much there is in this alleged
Harrison boom, but he isn't the sor,
of man TO say or do anything without
an object, and it is difficult to see
what other object he Can have in
humping the Mckinley policy, as he
has been doing recently, than to try to
get the Presidential nomination for
himself.
When Mr.. Mckinley signs the gold
standard bill, which will make the
rich richer and the poor poorer, which
was passed in the Senate and House
this week, as reported from the Con.
ference committee, he will cancel one
of the heavy obligations he incurred
to the moneyed interests of the coun-
try during his campaign for election
to the Presidency.
Senator Lodge is usually a good
tslker, although always radical 10 his
ideas, but he couldn'. do himself JUS
tice in his speech in favor of the bill civ.
ing Mr.. Mckinley authority 10 govern
the Philippines as he pleases, which
ought properly to be called: A bill
making William Mckinley Gar of the
Philippines. 1t is not easy to tell the
Senate that it should give one man
autocratic power over the lives and
fortunes of millions Of poor devils who
were bought and sold without their
consent. If Congress ever passes this
bill the people of this country will
sorely regret it.
Senator Kyle, OF South Dakota, who
attends the Republican caucus and
votes with that party on all questions
involving politics. lodged the gold
standard bill by absenting himself
without having secured pair, when
the vote was taken on the report OF
the Conference Committee on the
gold standard bill. The report was, OF
course, adopted. The vote was prac.
tically the same IA that on the gold
standard bill which passed the Senate
several weeks ago.
Although officially announced by
the Navy Department that the reason
ADMIRAL Watson has been detached
from the command VI the Asiatic sta.
ton and ordered home and Admiral
Remey ordered TO proceed to Manila
and take command of the Asiatic Sta
ton, is that Watson's health is bad, il
is known that there are other and
more important reasons for the
change. Watson has had trouble
with the Bureau of Navigation, and
has had such a stormy time with the
officers under him that he was several
months ago temporarily relieved from
the command Of the fleet, for the pur.
pose OF allowing things to cool down a
little, but the order relieving him was
not made public either in Washington
or Manila.
The attempts of Republicans to
shift responsibility for the disgraceful
exhibition given the country by the
passing of the Porto Rico tariff bill by
the House would be amusing if the
matter were not too serious to laugh
over. The wrangling among Republi-
can Senators over the bill, which is
now before the Senate, has almost
reached the fighting stage. A caucus
is to be held to try to patch up mat
lers by amending the bill to the ex-
tent necessary to get the votes 10 put
it through the Senate. The sugar
and tobacco trusts, which are credited
with having compelled the Republi.
cans to make this disgusting exhibi.
ton, are said to have let it become
known among Republican Senators
that they have no objection to any
amendments that may be made to the
bill so long as the tariff on Porto
Rican tobacco and sugar is not dis.
turbed, and if they don't object Mr..
Mckinley WON'T.
Senator Mason is stirring things up
in the Senate again. He wants the
committee on Foreign Relations dis
charged from further consideration of
his resolution containing an expires.
sion OF tho sympathy of the Senate
for the Beers, which has been in it's
hands since December 6, and he says
he is going to keep on hammering at
it until something is done to give the
Senate an opportunity to vote on the
question. He says the Senate would