Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-05-01

General HUrrfa Vas all that the
United states suould demand. There
wa no thought or charge in that
chamber .la' che senators were On D.
bling and when the minority resoln-
tous Mere all defeated the Repub-
h,aa- had made their point plain
hat it was only the method of ap-
prevail for which they fought and the
senate at 2:25 in the morning sus-
tanned the president absolutely, only
Il members voting against the reso-
luton offered by the administration.
II the latest move in Mexico is sue
cessful it will be said that a united
and patriotic congress upheld the
president" If our new Mexican pol
icy is a failure then the Republicans
in the next campaign will produce the
record made by them to lay all the
blame on the Democratic administra-
ton. Call this patriotism, politics or
what you will. nevertheless, that's
the way it was fixed in congress.
The Funny Representatives.
Ninety-seven congressman voted to
reduce their own salaries from $500
to $4,000 a few days ago-but there
were 2O5 in opposition, and had
there been any real danger of this
proposition going through about 90
of the 81 would have found a speedy
method of changing their votes. The
representatives as a rule are very
much impressed with their own great
ness and their confidential opinion is
that they are working" altogether
too cheap.
A few years ago Legislators
throughout the country started in to
advocate cutting out railroad passes,
direct primaries, restricted campaign
contributions, and a lot of other
things they never wanted. But the
public took up the suggestions and so
| thoroughly approved that the public
servants had to carry the propositions
through in order to save their jobs.
The lesson does not seem to have
sunk home, however. and the con-
gressmen who are still trying to jolly
the voters with the notion that they
are genuine reformers will wake up
some day to the fact that the coun-
try thoroughly approves the idea of
,cut in their salaries-and then they
are going to be very, very sorry.
Some of the members will get so mad
that they will conclude "they can't
afford it," and will go back home and
practice law and if they are lucky
many of them will get about half OF
that $4,000 when they have to depend
on the results of private real hustling
The Milk of Human Kindness.
When the beautiful daughter of
Secretary McAdoo of the treasury
quit munching chocolates in the SEN
ate gallery, the night the Mexican
resolution was passed and pulled her
daddy's coattail so that he would turn
around a good many people smiled
pleasantly at the incident. When
Bryan left the senate because Sena-
tor Fall was flaying him most people
were wondering how the secretary
relished hearing such things in a
place where he could not talk back.
These are mere incidents in the lives
of American royalty" but the official
family is found to be very kind and
the wife of the president makes war
upon the slums of the capital while
her daughter sings for the blind, and
the wife of the vice-presdent cancels
social engagements in order that she
may stay at home to nurse a sick
maid.
1t has also been noted that the Sec
rotary of state celebrated his last
birthday surrounded by the men in
/ his department and their wives, and
! then the secretary of the navy has
let it be known that he is for 1.-The
under dog" and insists on closer re-
| lationship between the higher officials
and the men who wear the navy uni
form. Meanwhile the secretary of
the interior established a home
club" for his employees and the post
master general lays off horses and
puts on motor trucks. Surely the
milk of human kindness is overGlling
{ the pail.
Trust-Busting Is Troublesome.
! The house judiciary committee be-
/ lieyes that it has the remedy for all
of the evils of the trusts and it has
! finally worked out a bill which has
received the O. X. of the administra-
/ ton. 1t is due to come before the
| house of representatives where in
! the natural order of things it will be
passed on to the Democratic caucus,
approved and slid through the lower