Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-05-01
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Straws Show the Direction Of the Wind and
Whirlpools the Force of the Current.

nhiripools tne TOrce OF the Iurrent.
The President cannot be blamed for
not throwing much heart into his
"stand pat" tariff speeches. At heart,
he does not believe in them.
A negro has won one OF the most
coveted prizes at Yale with an essay in
which he proves that the negro is in
capable OF self-government in Hayti.
If Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland
can secure the gubernatorial election
in Ohio there will be no further doubt
respecting the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency.
The recent slump in stock values
brings with it the suggestion that Re-
publican prosperity partakes more OF
the character of gambling house pros
perity than of the actual thing.
The Governor OF Rhode Island says
that Republican supremacy in that
State is maintained only by bribing,
and the Republican "boss" of the
State says "Of course, the Governor is
right"
Having made one beautiful spectac-
ular strike at the trusts, the Attorney
General will carefully refrain from fol-
lowing up his advantage for fear it
may injure the friends OF the party in
Wall street.
The political situation in New York
requires the immediate attention OF
the President. Unless he manages to
patch up truce between Platt and
Odell the Democrats will have walk
over in the State.
And now Mayor Johnson's State
Auditor threatens to assess the rail.
road property of Mr.. Marcus A. Hanna
in Ohio on the same basis as private
property is assessed. Truly, the way
OF the Senator is hard.
There is strong suspicion that the
Postmaster General is seeking to pro.
long the postoffice investigation to
such an extent that public interest
will fail and no particular attention
will be paid to the results.
The Steel Trust, by printing its an
nual statement in the daily papers at
advertising rates, is proving how ut
terly innocuous is the publicity so
ardently urged by the Administration
as corrective of trust evils.
"Cousin" Abner Mckinley respond
ed promptly to the distress signal OF
his old friend Superintendent Machen
and after long conference with the
Superintendent, made, an extensive
call on the Postmaster General.
According to the Interstate Com
merce Commission the wages paid to
all the cheaper classes OF railway en-
ployes are lower than they were in
1892 and 1898, Notwithstanding the
widely advertised increases recently
granted by some companies.
1t is admitted that the logical course
for the Attorney General would be TO
follow up the Northern Securities de-
cision by prosecuting other similar
combinations OF which there are a
considerable number. 1t is also ad-
mitted that the Attorney General does
not dare to.
Some OF President Roosevelt's most
ardent admirers say they will have to
! secure the assistance of Senator Hanna
to insure the possibility of the formers
election. They believe that Mr.. Roose.
velt, unless backed by Mr.. Hanna,
would fail to carry New York and
New Jersey, as result OF the Presi-
dents attack on the trusts.
There are still few Democrats left
who believe that Democratic tariff
revision would mean the removal Of
the tariff in so far as was possible from
goods produced in this country and its
transfer to goods which were bound to
be imported. In other words, tariff
designed to produce the necessary rev.
enue with the minimum of protection.