The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-06-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)

From our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, d. G. June 2, 1890.
Senators Sherman and Allison are at
logger heads over the crazy quilt hodge
podge known as the Mckinley tariff
bill, and Senator Allison is reported to
be preparing speech to bs delivered
against the bill on the floor Of the Sen
ate, should he fail, as now seems prob
able, to carry his point in the Finance
Committee. In the meantime the
party leaders seem to have gotten the
whip hand of the kickers, certainly so
far, as the republicans of the committe
are working like Beavers to get
through with the bill, and up to date
they have made no changes of import
anoe. Some republicans say the bill
will be reported in week, but i. is
more probable that it will take four
weeks to get through, allowing that
harmony continues in the committee,
which is by no means crtain.
Speaker Reed is getting good deal
of cheap notoriety because he issued an
order prohibiting the sale of drinks in
the House restaurant. The only effect
of the order has been to stop the sale
of drinks over the bar, and to put the
proprietor to the trouble of serving
liquor to his guests seated instead of
standing, in the good old fashioned
way. Sitting at a table to take your
whisky is Boston idea.
The fiery g. A. r. order whose fell
ings suffered excruciatingly because the
people at Richmond choose to enjoy
harmless bit of sentiment by exhibiting
the flag of the confedercy, was in his
glory in this vicinity on Decoration
day. He was quite numerous but also
perfectly harmless. No sensible per-
son does anything but laugh at him.
When Senator Stewart stated on the
floor of the Senate that Major Powell,
director of the Geological Survey, was
at the head of ga lying-in hospital for
lame ducks, he struck the nail square
on the head. The Geological Survey
occupies large and luxuriously fitted up
quarters here, and no man has ever
been able to put his hand upon any
thing tangible performed by the bureau
and it has long been a standing joke
that the only work performed by
Major Powell and his numerous assis
tants was in the nature of lobbying to
get fancy appropriations through Con-
0ress for them selves. These fellows
call themselves scientists, and perhaps
they are. They have certainly learned
the science of living in style at expense
of the Government. An investigation
would amount to nothing unless the
"pull" which Major Powell has 30 long
and successfully had upon Congress
should fail to work.
Assistant Post master General Clark
son, who has of late been passing as the
special champion of the anti civil ser
vice Logon, has disgusted many OF them
by proving himself to be as great a
humbug as the civil service law. Mr.
Clarkson recently discovered that just
rs his official life was nearing its close,
the postal service on the Pacific cost
was needing an official inspection by
him, and yesterday, having previously
made arrangements with an obliging
railroad official for the use of private
car, Mr.. Clarkson started on his fare
well iunket. At Des Moines his fam
ily will join this model official who il
doing his level best to reduce thu
Treasury surplus. As soon as Mr.
Clarkson gets tired of travelling ovel
the Pacific slope he will return tc
Washington, and resign.
Senator Carlisle is the latest demo
cratic statesmen to give the Farmers
some good advice In reply to letter
from a gentleman asking his views oi
the bill, which has just been reported
adversely dy the House Committee OIL
Ways and Means 10 provide for tn
establishment of subtreasuries for tn
storage of agricultural products, MIR
Carlisle says: "The farmers have beer
taxed 80 long for the benefit OF othe
classes and have seen 30 much legisla
ton for the aggrandisement of oorpor
ations and scyndioates that their pa
thence is exhausted, and fnding.it im
possible, for the time being at leas
to abolish the system which has op
pressed and despoiled the creates
Industrial interest Of the country, the
have heretofore denounced as unjus
and ruinous, shall be applied to them
or rather a part of them, for no schem
has yet been suggested that will oper
ate alike upon all foreigners. But n
evil can be corrected, no wrong can b
righted by increasing its magnitud
and extending the scope OF its Opera
tion. There is but one effectual rem
edy for the. evil which undoubtedl
exists, and that is to reverse the polio
which produced it."
Postmaster General Wanamaker
earning the illwill of all the sma
Washington pension agents, beoaus
he is allowing one large firm, whic
publishes paper, to violate the posts
laws in sending out copies of that pr
per. Like Mr.. Wanamker, the hea
Of this favored concern was lare
contributor to the Reublican campaig
fund, which excuseth many things.