The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-09-05
THE COLUMBIAN COUNTY

Next Will come the Congressional and
X lectoral college apportionment under
the new census, which is 10 be manip-
ulated in the interests of the repub-
lioan party. II only the question of
right and precedent were considered
this apportionment would be left for
the Fifty second Congress to deal with
so it has been since the foundation of
our government but the republican
party has never been in the habit of
letting little things like right and pre-
cedent stand in its way, aud 1t is too
late to expect it to reform now.
Incidentally it is proposed that
large number of bills carrying large
appropriations which the shrewd lead
ers of the party temporarily side track
ed early in the present session are to
be railroaded through and in order to
carry his programme out successfully
quarum of republican Senators have,
according to Senator Frye, who ought
to be good republican authority, agreed
to adopt a gag rule for the Senate
similar to the one with which Speaker
Reed has bound the House hand and
feet.
Another nice little scheme in con-
neotion with this recess business is,
that the pretense is to be made that
the measures in which Farmers Ali.
anoe and the Labor organizations are
interested, similar to the compound
lard bill, the amendments to the eight
hour law, and to the alien contract law
already passed by the house cannot be
acted upon unless those extra three
weeks are made use of. The objoot
in this pretense is to try and make it
appear to the farmers and workingmen
that the democrats in opposing the
Edmunds resolution are opposing the
consideration of their interests.
Mr.. Harrison has signed the meet
inspection bill, thus giving himself
greater power in commercial sense,
than IS possessed by any European
sovereign, with the possible exception
of the Gar of Russia.
There is rumor that the River and
Harbor bill, which is now in the con-
ference, is TO 20 over until after the
Elections, in order to keep down the
present Congress.
Wall street pressure has made Seore-
tary Window issue call for $20,000,-
900 more a per cent bonds which will
mature in September 1891. He offers
to pay par and accrued interest TO date
of maturity.
Senator Morgan has presented to
the Senate resolution adopted by
mass meeting of colored men at Birm-
;pgham, Alabama, against the passage
of the Force bill. This added to the
fact that meeting of negroes at Phila.
delphia adopted resolution declaring
the passage of the Force bill to be
impolitic shows that the negroes are
not hankering after the "protection"
which the republicans in Congress are
so anxious to q we them.
To day is "labor day, and it is be-
ing generally observed by the labor
organizations of the city. They want
Congress to make a national holiday,
The preliminary farce of depriving
another democrat of his seat-Breck-
inridge, of Arkansas-is going on in
the House to-day. 1t is hoped that
his constituents will see to it that he
comes back to the next House with
such big majority that even a repub-
lican election committee will not dare
to question his right to represent his
people.
Representative Cannon, whose vul-
garitY precipitated the rumpus which
ended in slugging match on the floor
Of the House last week, has thereby so
endeared himself to Speaker Reed that
he has been asked to go up to Maine
and make some speeches in his district.
1t is to be hoped that he will not use
the same language he did in the
House.