Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-19
BRYAN BRIEFLETS.

dent came quite as near hitting the
trusts as he did shooting Mississippi
bear.
Abram s. Hewitt says he is not
Democrat, which statement, however,
was clearly a waste OF effort on Mr..
Hewitt's part.
Whitelow Reid insists that the
message is a statesmanlike document.
But perhaps Whitelaw is figuring on
some more coronation junkets.
Those who believed that the Re-
publican party would remove tariff
abuses are mournfully looking at the
brass borings from their gold bricks.
After declaring that there are no
trusts it is only natural that Mr.. Han.
ma should deem the Sherman anti
trust law amply sufficient to restrain
them.
1t is announced that the President
is going after the trusts again. But
the trusts will try to endure it. They
recall that the President went after
bears few weeks ago.
1t appears that President Roose-
velts idea of reciprocity is to give
somebody something they do not want
in return for something We need and
must have at the expense of another.
The proposition to make Uncle
Sam responsible for Venezuela's debts
will have to wait until the trusts get
through robbing him. Perhaps Uncle
Sam will be looking for help himself.
An ex.Postmaster General has ex-
planned why the rate of postage on
books and merchandise has not been
reduced-the Adams Express company,
the Wells-Fargo Express company and
the American Express company.
The President thinks that the Re-
publican party was largely instru.
mental in bringing prosperity, but we
have some cause for rejoicing in the
fact that he does not 60 to the length
that some of the Republican leaders
do.
In his message the President ad-
mits that there is tariff on anthra-
cite coal. But he fails to admit that
it was smuggled in," probably be-
cause he feared it would bring on an
investigation that would result in
further discoveries.
One of the noticeable things about
Mr.. Cleveland's prescription for the
Democracy is that all the Republican
organs insist upon Democracy using
it. This solicitude for the welfare of
Democracy would be touching If it
were not something else.
Miss Thomas, President OF Bryn
Mawr college. asserts that mothers
spend too much time caring for their
babies. The frequency with which
those who have no children pose as
authority on the rearing of children is
not less amusing than wonderful.
Areader OF The Commoner calls at
tention to the decision of the Supreme
Court to the effect that the silver
dollar is an unlimited legal ten.
der except where contracted against.
This law has been in effect since 1878,
although many advocates of the gold
standard seems ignorant of the fact.
One reason why the daily newspa.
pers print ten columns about a college
football game and ten lines about q
college debating contest is that many
people think more of ieats with the
feet than they do of contests between
cerebrums. Newspapers are made for
the same purpose as the Frenchman's
razors.
Once a man strolled forth into a
field, finally coming TO a stone fence
that appeared hard to climb. Think.
ing to jump the fence the man backed
off for running leap. He backed off
. mile and half, then ran his best 10
order to acquire the desired momen-
tum. By the time he reached the
fence he was completely exhausted
and could not jump, 60 he lay down
in the shade and took q nap. The
President has taken a long running
start at the trusts.
A reader desires to know the differ.
ence between the strict construction.
ist and the liberal constructionist.
There is no exact definition of either
term or of the doctrines OF either, be.
cause strict constructionists vary in
strictuess and liberal constructionists
vary in hbsrality. The strict con-
structionists, generally speaking, be.
lieve that the federal government
should not exercise any powers ex.
cept those expressly granted in the
constitution or necessarily implied,
while the extreme liberal construc-
tionists use the general welfare"
clause to justify anything that they
want Congress to do.