Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-21
WISE AS A SERPENT.
is Mr.. MCKINLEY IN HIS THIRD.
TERM DECLINATlON.

TERM DECLINATlON.
he is Not Sure that the Time is Ripe for ssttin,
Aside the d" Unwrtten Law''-He Nav. How
ever. Content Himself with Naming Hi, Sue
cessOr for the Nomination Patent Com
missioner and Assistant Take Month o
Two OH''-The Cubans Accept Terms
Apprehension Of Labor Leaders that the Ad
ministration Secretly Favors Opening tn
Door to the Chinese Hordes-The Apache
Vainly Protest Against the Opening of Thsi
Lands in Oklahoma to Settlement
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, June Ii, 1901.
Mr.. Mckinley again demonstrated
when he knocked the bottom out o
the third-term bucket by declarin.
that he would not again accept nom
ination, that he is one of the shrewd
est politicians in his party. He know.
there are breakers enough ahead o
the Republican party without the adj
dition OF third term elephant, as he
frankly acknowledged when he said
There are now questions of the
gravest importance before the admin.
istration and the country, and theil
consideration should not be preiudiced
in the public mind by even the suspi.
cion OF the thought of third term
MIR. Mckinley knows there are several
public questions of importance which
may wreck all chances of the Repub.
lican party to elect the next President
and wishes To impress that fact upon
the minds OF some of the prominen,
members Of his party who act as
though they thought the administra-
ton owned the country and could do
anything they pleased without jeop-
ardizing the future success of the Re.
publican party. The immediate effect
OF MIR. McKinley's announcement was
sort OF duttering activity among
those who are coaxing the growth OF
boomlets Tor the next Republican
nomination for a number of men. in.
Guiding Senators Fairbanks, of Indi-
ana, Hanna and Foraker, of Ohio.
Plat, of Connecticut, Lodge, of Mass
achusetts, Cullum. of Illinois, ex-Sen-
ator Spooner, of Wisconsin, Gov.
Odell. of New York, and Judge Taft,
of Ohio, Chairman OF the Philippine
Commission. A notable thing about
the situation ia that there isn't the
slightest evidence of Roosevelt boom
in Washington. Mr.. Mckinley has
said that he didn't want another NOM
ination himself, but he hasn't said
that he didn't wish to name the man,
and he won't say so. Shrewd observ-
ers will ascertain Mr.. McKinley's ia.
vorite before betting on the name of
the next Republican candidate. Rep
resentative Richardson, of Tennessee,
the Democratic leader in the House,
who is in Washington, said of Mr.. Nc
kinley's anti.third term announce
ment: at is what anybody could
expect. No man is good enough to be
elected President three terms. 1t is a
rule that has never been broken and
never will be. think Mr.. Mckinley
is too good a politician to ever under
take to violate that rule or precedent"
Nothing more autocratic has &C.
Cured in official circles for a long
time than the announcement that the
Commissioner and Assistant Commits.
sioner Of Patents would grant no hear.
ings during July and August. 1t is a
tit sequel to Boss Plat being allowed
to put political fguiehead in charge
Of the enormous business interests of
the Patent Office. That order, if not
set aside by higher authority, will de-
lay the business OF every inventor
whose Gaze requires a hearing for
more than two months and pile up a
class OF business already in arrears,
which will be future incentive to i'm
proper and unjust decisions. These
men will continue to draw their sala-
ries during July and August and the
government will continue to make a
profit on the Patent Office. The in
justice OF such conditions is apparent
to all and tho rumpus it will raise will
be heard in Congress next winter.
The only possible reason for the order
is that the Commissioner of Patents
and his assistant wish to take things
easy for those two months, without
regard to the interests Of those who
will be affected by the order. 1t is An
outrage, which should cost the Com
missioner his place.
After thinking the matter over the
Cubans accepted the Plat amend
ment, just as it passed Congress, and
their action has been officially com.
municated to the War Department.
Mr.. T. j. McElroy, of Chicago, who
belongs to family of old.time Demo
Gratis, thinks that Mr.. McKinley's up.
setting of the third-term boom which
had been started for him, ought TO be
decidedly beneficial to the Democratic
party. He said on the subject;
"Where can you find another man
prominent among the leaders OF the
Republican party whose political life
ia not entwined with the trusts which
sell their products, made in America
Nv - AO"NA RtASO oOiOou ttidu lucy SCt
AZ home, and this because the high
tariff Of the United States over-pro-
tects them. Mr.. McKinley's declina.
ton to run for the Presidency again
certainly makes the race among
the leaders of his party to succeed him
an open one, and it should encourage
the Democrats to come together and
develop their real strength"
The impression prevails among the
labor leaders, who are already at work
preparing to bring pressure upon Con
gress at its coming session to re-enac,
the Chinese exclusion law, which ex
pires next May, that the administers
ton is secretly, If not openly, against
re-enactment, although they do moi
care to talk about it for publication
at this stage of the fight. They hint
however, that if the administration
opposes re-enactment there will b,
some lively times in Congress, which
will have an effect on next year
Congressional campaign.
Although Judge Springer, attorne!