Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-21

II Is Thought the New York State Vote Was
Jussled Responsibility Will Be With the
Administration for National Policy Now
That the Election Is Over the Philippine
Army Expands-TroubIss Of the Anthracite
| Coal Commission -" Renovation" of the
White House Work Of the Signal Service
Corps in Alaska.
(From our regular correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 1902.
Chairman Griggs last night conceded
the defeat of the Democrats and the
election of a Republican House. The
figures, as he gave then, were 1873
Democrats positively elected, 6 doubt
full and 1874 Republicans. Even count
ing the Republican majority at 26. the
estimate made by Chairman Babcock,
it will be seen that the Democrats
have secured their half of the 80 men,
bers elected because of increased ap.
portionment and have reduced the Re.
publican majority from AZ to 26. It
is confidently believed that there we're
more Democratic votes polled in New
York State than there were Republi-
cans. All during the early part of the
evening of election day the returns in
Dictated that Coler was elected Gov
ernor of New York and it was then
noticed, by the shrewd watchers, that
returns suddenly ceased TO be received
from up State. Later, according to
the claims OF the Democrats in Wash.
ington, the upstate Republicans fixed
the Odell majority at the figures neces-
sary TO carry the State. They are in
control of all the election machinery
in the State and it would have been q
very simple matter for them to alter
the tally sheets sufficiently to pull
Odell through. However, the Repub-
licans have won this time and there is
nothing to do but watch and wait for
1904.
It will be remembered that early in
the campaign Senator Vest expressed
the belief that it would be better for
the Democrats to let the Republicans
win this year and the same belief has
been expressed by many Republicans.
With comfortable working majorities
in both houses of Congress, there will
be no possibility Of shifting the respon.
sibility for failure to act, on the Demo-
Gratis. The Republican candidates and
the members OF the administration
have made numerous pledges to the
country which they now have an OPP
portunity of fulfilling and if they do
not, and it is safe to predict they will
not, the reckoning in 1904 will be
appalling. The people have believed
the statements of Republican CAM
paiRn orators, that the tariff ON trust.
made goods would be revised by its
friends" that legislation enabling the
Federal Government ID regulate the
trusts would be enacted, and that the
financial system Of the country would
be 90 corrected Is 10 render unneces-
sary the prostitution of the Treasury
into money lender every few months.
The people will now sit in judgment
aud the way Of the Republican leaders
will not be an easy one.
| Now that the elections are concluded
tits announced through the press report
that the army in the Philippines ia to
be reduced to 5000 of 10000 men is
not warranted. Seventeen thousand
men are to be kept to garrison the is-
lands 10 addition to the 1000 native
constabulary, making total military
force of $4,000 men. Various excuses
are advanced 40 reasons for the con-
tinuance OF 20 large force in the
archipelago, among them, the advisa-
bility of being in q position to adopt
the defensive in the event of any in
ternational trouble in the Orient
Further developments in regard to
the Anthracite Coal Strike Commits.
sion are looked for daily, now that the
elections are over. The press CORES
pondents with the Commission state
that the Commissioners are already
expressing surprise that they have
heard nothing from the independent
operators whom they have invited to
submit their difficulties to the Com
mission and the refusal Of the in.
dependent operators to be party to the
arbitration 10 likely to be make known
At any time. The result, it 10 feared,
will be to invslidate the work for
which the Commission has been called
Into existence and thus the solution
of the coal strike accomplished by the
President with such blaze OF glory
will end in fiasco.
Considerable criticism Of the "reno.
walton" OF the "White House, which
has been so completely superiniended
by the President, is beginning to be
! heard. The original specifications pro-
vided for . total expense of $2OO, OOO.
II now transpires than an expense OF
$54O, QUO has been incurred. And the
Office building Of the President. is not
FIRE. proof and is not even commodious.
II is unsightly and 90 little care was
exercised in its supervision that when
practically complete it was discovered
that no place had been left for the
installation OF . heating plant. That
has now been remedied but in . way
/ tU0t mas klNCu 1toC W AOSA toat tu0
building may not meet with the ap-
prevail of the underwriters. It was
claimed that the White House was TO
be renovated" and that mono of it's
historical features were to be inter.
fered with. ks matter of fact one
entire wall has been torn out. The
staircase down which Presidents and
their parties have come for many years
on the occasion of their State recep.
tons has been removed. A great win.
dow In the west end has been convert.
ed into fireplace and the exterior OF
the building is to be materially
changed. The renovation which is
almost rebuilding will last for many
months more and when completed
will have been ON scale undreamed of
by the Congress which made the first
authorization. In the oval library,
where President Johnson first held his
| Cabinet meetings. in n tablet which