Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-04-03
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL :
Events OF Interest from the Seat
of Governments. .
BY j. T.. JONES.
Executive Travelling Bugs.

"hCii III HleT fTeSlueHtS Roosevelt
and Taft were in the White House
they educated the American people
to expect them to get around and
CALI every year or two. Both men,
and especially Mr.. Taft, had a fond
ness for making Swings around the
circle The advisers of President
Wilson have been trying for more
than year to get him to go to Pana-
ma, and now they insist that he
should go to Alaska, or at the very
least make a trip across the country
> - the millions of Original Will
son men," and the rest of the voters,
and explain face to face the accom-
plishments of the administration.
President Wilson is entirely unlike
his predecessors, inasmuch as he does
not care to travel very much. AS a
platform speaker he is one of tn.
best that the country has produced
in recent years and those who have
cast their fortunes with him are most
anxious that he should go out into
the byways and hedges and impress
his personality upon the masses. The
president may decide to make a trip
during the summer and fall, but it is
safe to say that it will not be because
of his personal inclination, inasmuch
as it has been very clearly pointed
out that he prefers the comforts of
the White House and likes nothing
better than to remain there and
stick to his job.
Painless Trust Busting.
Attorney General McReynolds is
the greatest fixer that ever was call
ed to the job. He does not wait for
new laws or the enforcement of old
ones, to adjust matters with the
trusts. One by one the offenders in
big business are called in, and Nc
Reynolds fixes up with them. His
latest accomplishment has been in
an agreement for the disso-
luton of the New Haven railroad.
The McReynolds' way appears to be
painless, but many question whether
the process of surgery will prove ac-
curate and definite, and there are
plenty of fears expressed tina: the
trusts that are busted" may quiet
ly work in a joker in their dissolu-
ton or REIMBURSEMENT, since the plans
of meeting the government demands
are to remain mostly in their hands.
Looks Like Scrap.
While leading Democrats of the
house, including the big three
Speaker Clark, Leader Underwood,
and Representative Kitchin, have ex-
pressed disapproval of the position of
President Wilson in reversing the
Baltimore platform in reference to
canal tolls, the White House has TAX
en- careful note of the divided condi-
tons among Democrats in the house,
with the result that it is said that
Mr.. Wilson will pull tighter rein in
forcing his position than he has here
tofore assumed in reference to pre-
vious matters. And the country may
be shown whether the Democratic
platform or the president of the Unit
ed States is the real master Of the
Job.
Mathematical Victories.
For almost year there has been
placid harmony among Republican
and Progressive members of congress
and now the mathematician of the
two parties have it figured out that
there are 81 Democrats in the house
who were elected by minority vote
in November, 1912. coming from dis
tricts normally Republican. The dis
covery has been made that If the Re-
publicans and Progressives can keep
out of each others hair they have
fighting chance in "A congressional
districts, and if they could win all
these they would have control of the
house. While Colonel Roosevelt is in
South America the gentlemen in
Washington are trying to figure this
thing out.
Parcel Post to Replace Middleman.
There has been no order of the
postmaster general of broader mo-
ment than the experimental plan that
will be tried in number of Offices
that have been designated, by which
the postmasters are directed to re-
ceive names of persons that are will
ing to supply farm produce in retail
quantities by parcel post shipments.
The city consumer is given the names
of the farmers and he is enabled to
place his orders for butter and eggs
and other farm produce, which will
be delivered by the postman at his
door.
The postmaster general predicts
that the trial will prove success and
roS,,It In apah1inp tho neOp1e Of the