The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-10-03
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

II the Worlds Fair is to be run in
the interest of the Republican party
exclusively, and.it begins to look that
way, 1t ia certain TO be colossal fail
ure. The selection of republicans f.,
Director General and Secretary was
hardly accidental.
Every Democrat in the House OF
kepro sentatives should provide him.
self with a pair of 'Kilgore boo g., and
be prepared to use them whenever ne.
cessary.
Democrats, do not allow yourselves
TO be lulled into feeling of false Sc
curlty by republicans who pretend
that they will make no effort to con
troll the next House, and that they
would prefer transferring the respon.
sibilty TO the democrats. Such talk ia
bosh; the 1publicans want the House
anu are prepared to spend unlimited
money, which the protected manufact.
urers Rave contributed in order to get
1t. The democrats can win if they
will only work hard enough.
Why doesn't Speaker Reed station a
United States soldier alongside of
every democrats seat in order to com.
pei those gentlemen to remain in the
House to help republicans manufacture
political capital? 1t would be o great.
er perversion of the principles of re-
publican form of government than 9TH
er things he has done. Perhaps he
hasn't thought of the soldiers yet.
The republicans show their fear of
MIR. Cleveland by the persistent regu-
larity with which thew start rumors of
his failing health, His health and his
intel'ecSare both entirely too vigorous
to suit the republican leaders, and up-
'ess all outward indications are at fault
LEY bid fair to remain 80 for some
years to come.
The action of the republican major
ity of .he House of Representatives in
giving the seat of Col. Elliott. of
South Caroline, to a negro contestant
wishc 1t word of argument, and with.
out even giving Col. Elliott an oppor-
tunity of speaking in his own behalf
was unprecedented, and more revolu-
tionary act never took place upon the
floor of either branch of Congress.
Well may the venerable Representa-.
tive Naux, who so ably succeeds the
late Samuel j. Randall, exclaim "the
empire is coming" and well may the
independant New York Herald charac-
terise speaker Reed as the American
Robespierre; and if the people do not
administ ar stinging rebuke to the re-
publican party by hurling it from
power there are leaders in its ranks au
dacious enough to attempt to found an
empire, even though it be necessary to
go through the horrors of "Reign of
Terror" to do so.
The republican who can praise the
whole of the monopolistic tariff has an
India rubber conscience, and the tiller
of the soil who can support the party
that fathers it is sadly Indifferent to
his own interest.
The manufacturing Shylocks have
demanded their stipulated pound of
flesh of the republican party, and not
daring to refuse them the republican
has allowed it to be cut from the most
vital part of the man who produces
the real foundation of country's
wealth-the agriculturist. Whether
the operation will kill the victim de-
pends upon whether he proposes to
meekly stand the treatment of high
tariff plasters, which is all that is being
done to stay the flow of his life blood
Speaker Reed assayed the roll of a
'funny' man the other day in Phila-
delphia. Before he does it again he
should obtain clowns outfit.
The negro voters in the doubtful
states must be propitiated; hence
the thefts of the seats OF two legally
elected white members of the House of
Representatives. II