Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-16
From our regular -pondcut)
A>HINGTON, Nov. .. 1900.

WASHINGTON, Nov .. 1900.
Because Hanna and the trusts have
by tie Use OF like methods secured
the same result as in lS9G-thc De eat
OF the viii OF the peoples no reason
tor the Democratic party to change or
abandon a single one oi its vital rrin-
clp,es. On the contrary, il furnishes
strong reason for the continued agi-
tatlon OF Democratic principles. Ii
the power OF the corporate rings and
trusts which row dominate this gov
ernmeut is ever to be broken and our
government again be put back upon
the constitutional foundation laid by
/ our wise foretathers, it must he done
by the Democratic party, the only
party which recognizes the limits set
by our constitution. 1t is the Demo-
cratic party to which that portion OF
/ the misguided masses which have, for
sordid reasons. joined in riveting the
industrial yoke upou their own shout
ders will turn Tor relief when expert
ence shall have taught them--as it
will-the erievous mistake they have
made. Let every Democrat see that
the party is kept in condition to re.
spond when that appeal for help is
made.
Most Democrats are rather glad
than otherwise that the Republicans
secured the control Of the House along
with the Presidency. As Tom Reed
remarked when the Democrats met
with similar success, "Let the tail go
along with the hide Ii the Demo-
Gratis had elected majority OF the
next House, the Republicans would
have made use Of that control to
sneak out OF responsibility for every
thing that was done or left undone
during the first two years Of Mr.. Nc
kinley's second term. With the
President, the Senate and the House,
they must accept full responsibility
both for what is done and what is left
undone, which cannot fail to be bcne-
fetal to the Democratic party in the
end. Watchfulness and aggressive
ness should be the Democratic watch
words from this time on, until the
people again place it in control Of the
government.
Hon. A. S. Dulin, OF New Jersey,
who was a visitor at Democratic Con-
gresslOnal headquarters since the cleo
ton, says the Republicans carried
that State by the infamous Dudley
nf T.. 4,
ana was carried for Harrison the year
he was elected, only they arranged the
voters in blocks of ten. Mr. Dulin
called attention to the fact that the
Democrats held their own in the Con-
gressional districts of New Jersey.
One of the first official acts OF the
administration after it was known
that Mr.. Mckinley was reelected was
to ask Great Britain, through the De-
partment OF State, to drive the Fill
Pine junta out of Hong Kong, which
is British territory. There is no doubt
that the request will be complied with,
as was a similar request concerning
the Spanish officer who went from
Washington to Canada at the opening
Of the war with Spain, and sought to
conduct a Spanish secrat information
bureau there. 1t is evident that this
thing had all been fixed up before the
election, but for so ne reason Mr. Nc
kinley was afraid to have it known
before the voting. As the request i
perfectly natural one, the only reason
for any concealment in connection
Herewith seems to lie in the Il .,ge
l"Conscience makes towards"
Representative Sharp, Of Missi sip
pi, who is now in Washington, call.
attention to the fact that if the gains
made by Mr.. Bryan in the East could
have been transferred to some of the
close States the result would have
been different. The more the popular
vote is studied the. palmer it becomes
that there is no reason for Democrats
to become discouraged over the future.
AS soon as they were sure that Mr..
Mckinley was reelected the Republic
cans began the squabble over the Of
fetal plums Of the next administra-
ton, and it is likely to grow hotter
and hotter until the distribution is
made. At least four members OF the
Cabinet are slated for voluntary re-
tirement. Attorney General Griggs,
whose extensive trust practice was
said to be worth something like $780,
OOO q year to him when he resigned
the Governorship of New jersey to
enter the Cabinet because OF the rela-
tions between him and the late Vice
President Hobart, is anxious 10 quit
public life and get rich; Secretary
Long, who already has a fortune,
wishes to retire and take things easy /;
Postmaster General Smith is said to
prefer returning to his editorial desk
to remaining in public life, and Secre-
tary Hay has not enjoyed his public
position since he was 81 harshly and
generally criticized for being over
friendly with England and the Eng
} fish. Secretaries Gage, Hitchcock,
and Wilson will, according to current
gossip, be members of the new Cabi-
, net. Perry Heath. who 60 strongly
endorsed Nicely, the Cuban postal
fund thief, and who resigned the posi-.
; ton of First Assistant Postmaster
, General to become Secretary of the
!, Republican National Committee and
Hanna's personal representative in
the management of the campaign. is
said to have told friends that he would
be Postmaster General under the Sec
ond Mckinley administration, unless
he concluded not to accept the port
folio. II he isn't Postmaster General
it will not be because he declines TO
accept. That much may be get down
as certain. Dem.
| Our Russian neighbors seem to
have instituted a very cOmmendable