Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-26
A NEW AMBASSADOR
WILL REPRESENT RUSSIA AT
WASHINGTON.

WILL REPRESENT RUSSIA AT
WASHINGTON.
Baron Rosen Will Succeed Count Cassini-
Representative Livingston Builds Democratic
Aircastlcs Which May Materialize into Solid
Walls and Towering Battements - The
Presidents Determined Stand on the Rail-
road Question-President Fish Of the illinois
Central Replied in Language that was Earn.
est but Polte"-It is the Presidents Rail.
road Attitude that Prompts Morton's Resis
nation-The Humane Society's Work Far
Reaching in its Benefits.
! FrOm our regular cOrrespondent.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May Is.
Count Cassini, Russian Ambassador,
has been recalled and assigned to Mad.
rid. He will leave Washington about
June first and will be succeeded by
Baron Rosen who was Minister to Toxic
when the war with Japan broke out
The recall Of Count Cassini has already
been forecasted in these letters and
some day, perhaps, your correspondent
will be at liberty to relate the interest
ing events which led to the decision of
the Emperor of Russia that his Ambas.
sador to Washington had outlived his
usefulness in that capacity. At pres
ent the Ambassador has just given out
graceful and diplomatic interview in
which he expressed his great regret at
severing the connections made during
an ambassadorship OF seven years and
it might seem an ungracious set to
make public at this time the incidents
leading up to his recall.
Representative Livingston spent a
day 10 Washington this week and drew
somewhat rosy picture of the future
of the Democracy. He declared his
belief that the majorities in House and
Senate would never heed the recon-.
mendations Of President Roosevelt that
efficient railway rate legislation be en-
acted and that the people be afforded
some relief from the exorbitant rates
of the Dingley tariff, that the President
convinced OF the equity OF recommen.
dations would become insistent and
that split in the party would result,
split which would demonstrate to
the American public how utterly the
Republican party fails to represent the
people and how absolutely it is con.
trolled by the corporate and vested in
interests OF the country, and that the
result would inevitable be the election
OF a Democratic majority to the next
House and of Democratic President
to succeed Mr.. Roosevelt.
The President and his Secretary of
War, Mr.. Taft, have uttered bold words
On the subject Of railway legislation
within the last week and have created
CONSERVATION among the American
delegates to the international railway
congress, now in session in Washington.
In substance, the President, and his
views were reiterated by Secretary Taft,
has declared that the railways are
nothing but ironed public highways,
controlled by few powerful individu.
ais and great corporations and as the
only arteries Of commerce they cannot
be permitted longer to remain under
the exclusive control of the railway
managers but, in the words of the Pres.
ident, it is absolutely necessary that
the nation-for the State cannot pos.
sibly do it-should assume supervis.
ory and regulatory function over the
great corporations which practically
control the great highway OF com.
merce."
When Secretary Taft reiterated the
policy OF his chief at the banquet of
the American Railway Association, at
which were present most OF the dele.
gates to the International Railway
Congress. his remarks we're received
without applause and Stuyyesant Fish,
President of the Illinois Central rail.
road. Immediately replied in words
that were earnest but polite. Mr..
Fish compared the policy of the
administration to the efforts of Great
Britain, in the middle ages, to fix an
arbitrary price for commodities, such as
bread, wages. etc, and refused positive.
ly to recognize the fundamental pro.
position OF the President and Secretary
Taft that, unlike bread and wages and
similar commodities, railways are not
private property; that they are public
highways, the administration Of which
has been intrusted to private parties
but always with the expressed or
implied right OF the government,
which grants to railroads special priv.
ileges, to exercise such supervision as
is required to safeguard the needs and
rights OF the public.
In private conversation the railway
men now in Washington do not hesi.
tate to declare that their roads are the
private property OF the stockholders
and that unless they, the managers.
so administer the roads as to earn for
the stockholders the largest possible
dividends they are unworthy OF their
hire. Whether or not President Roose.
velt is successful in the great fight he
has undertaken in their interest, de-
pends entirely on the American people.
Mr.. Roosevelt has placed himself
above suspicion Of working for political
effect by declaring that, under no cir
cumstances, will he accept another