Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-05

The I,iIcHcr Of Intelligence.
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having changed their minds" in ref.
ereuce 10 some of the tariff schedules
II is pointed out that a number OF
gentlemen vino have declared that they
would vote for free WOOL and free SUI
gar after three years, are pledged diff
ferent TO their people back home Sen
ator Sutherland Of Utah declares that
when people change their minds too
often 1t is an evidence of instability"
/ To this Senator Galinger makes re
ply: IT seems to me whether it is an
evidence of intelligence or not depends
upon the direction in which they
change their minds" BY the same
process of reasoning great states
man recently remarked that a lobbyist
is man who works against your bill
while man who is working for you
is patriot.
C0mScrNatiunists Threaten Trouble.
That the new secretary of the in
terror Mr.. Lane. has thoroughly de-
fined opinions as to his policy of han
ding public lands has been brought
to the attention of the senate through
the first report of the committee on
public lands. Senator Myers of Mon
tana is the new chairman of this COM
mittee, and yielding to the insistence
of Secretary Lane he has entirely re-
modelled his measure for disposing of
2,100 acres of coal lands in Montana.
Notwithstanding the position taken by
Senator Myers in yielding to the head
of the interior department, it is under
stood that the gentlemen who have
stood sponsor for conservation in
fed with the way things are being
done, and are preparing to carry on
the old fight that created such havoc
during the administration of President
Taft.
Says Washington Is n Summer Resort.
The wife of Missouri congressman,
Mrs. Borland declares that the Wash
ington climate in summer is ideal, and
that the representatives and senators
who have been working upon the SYM
pathies of the country because they
have been kept here almost constantly,
are bogus martyrs.
Stufiing the Congressional Record.
Congressman Mondell of Wyoming
recently raised very interesting point
in connection with the editing of the
Congressional Record. Time and again
there have been complaints because of
the insertion of parenthetical notes,
such as laughter" Laughter and ap-
plause," prolonged applause" etc.
Mondell comes from a suffrage state
and his particular complaint is that
Representative Hefflin's attitude in OPP
posing woman suffrage provoked long
and continuous applause on the Dem
ocratic side," but when the Record was
made up there was no reference to the
demonstration in the house. Mr. MUIR
dock, the Progressive leader, substan-
tiated Mondell and said that there was
side" to which there was no reference
in the Record. The point raised in the
house is that it Is no worse to manu-
facture congressional enthusiasm than
it is to suppress it.
President Wilson and the Mexican
, Policy.
The new diplomacy of moral suasion
Is being put to most severe test in
Mexico, and though it has apparently
lacked in it's convincing power, yet it
is urged that the reason is due to the
present lack of organized constitution
al government in our neighboring re-
public. In Washington, every men,
Der of the two houses of Congress pat
riotically upheld the position of the
president with no suggestion of party
division. However, since the failure
of the Lind mission, the old times
of the Lind mission, the old time
plan Of physical force have again
emerged from cover and are express
ing themselves strongly. President
Wilson in his appearance before Con-
gress produced more thrills than have
been noticed since the days when Col.
Roosevelt pulled off his spectacular
performances. While there is plenty
of difference in opinion as to the
value of the peace policy, still its most
severe critics hope for it's success
Lower House to Tackle Currency.
The house of representatives has
been marking time for several months,
but with the currency measure now on
the calendar, those congressman who
have long been suffering from enforc-
ed silence can work off their accumu-
lation of speeches. and thereby demon
strate 10 the country and to their con-
stituents, just what they know about
the financial problem. Democratic