Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-22
THE: NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Events of Interest from the seat
of Government.
BY j. Il. JONES.

by j. T.. JONES.

railroad situation in Alaska, and he
declares that the Guggenheim and
Morgan syndicates control every mile
OF railroad in the territory. Wicker
sham is live wire, and gets constant
action. He credits part of his success
in Congress to the fact that he has no
vote in the house, and therefore does
not offend any political faith. The
Guggenheims and Morgans have tried
in vain to defeat him in the Alaska
elections, but the people up there have
grown to look upon him as another
Moses come to lead them out of polit
zeal wilderness.
| Hitchcock Is an Objector.
Declaring that he is in sympathy
with currency legislation, Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska qualities: 81
have no idea that any emergency ex
lists which will excuse Congress in
railroading through a revolutionary
measure such as has been introduced
| ~ my II lChI IL Jill ohldlcllid. Ill dill
swer to question from Senator Craw-
ford of South Dakota, Mr.. Hitchcock
said he thought the administration
could use the Vreeland act for all pres
ent purposes The Nebraskan, like
many other senators, wants to get
home to help with the fall crops, or
for any other purpose that will get
them out of Washington.
/ i<indeI and "S2,5OO Clerks"
Mr.. kindel, the new Colorado con-
gresham, has let the house into his
confidence, in explaining the great in
dignity practiced upon him and other
congressman by being obliged to take
up the matter of parcel post rates with
-four underling $4,000 clerks" And
they" explains the injured gentleman,
control the destiny of the biggest bus
mess organization on earth, the United
States postoffice." 1t is little wonder
that with the department refusing to
accept the Kindel plan of 5O-pound
packages and reduced rates, and that
with the price of grape juice going up,
thereby increasing the price of living,
the man from Colorado should feel it
an indignity to be obliged to sit down
and talk matters over with people who
control the destiny of the biggest bus
mess organization on EARTH" and are
paid only $4,000 a year each by a
stingy government.
There Are Still Sheep and Goats.
The attempt in the United States
senate to fasten charge upon one of
the departments of having instituted
segregation of the whites and blacks,
has apparently failed. Nevertheless
like the incident of the sheep and the
goats it is noticeable that some of the
Southern cabinet officials are finding a
way to push the whites and blacks in
to opposite corners, although no for
NAL orders have been issued. A simple
understanding that this is the proper
thing to do seems to be answering ev
cry purpose of those who believe in
the reform.
Europe and the Pnn-American EXPOSE
Although England, Russia and
number of other European nations
have signified their intention not to
exhibit at the San Francisco exposi-
ton, our governmental agents are
hopeful that they will be able to show
that in the case of the great and only
expo, the Europeans ought not to let
their inclination to ''get tired of expo
sitions" influence them to stay away
from this particular big show.
BrotherIy Love in the Senate.
The spirit of good fellowship in the
senate has been remarked as unusual,
and even though Senator Penrose does
find time to retort to Governor john
son of California, on account of the
ernor in the class of the ''low bred,
blatant BOSSES" yet with his old arch
enemy La Toilette, and the balance of
the Progressives, he is on the most en-
dearing terms, while the Wisconsin
senator who formerly unrolled dra-
matte denunciations almost daily, has
become a veritable 'affable Bob and
the old standpats stand around him
fondly wondering whether they can
get him to pull their shrunken for
tunes together. The patient Demo
cratic senators are tolerantly letting
the minority do most of the tariff talk
ing and it seems that there are very
few of the gallant statesmen who can
walk across the chamber without stop /
ping a number of times to shake hands
with a colleague whom they have not
seen for perhaps an hour.
Mexico Exncts Lots of Patience.
In the strained and delicate rela- /