The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-02-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular CorresT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 20, 1891.
Mr.. Harrison has been credited
with being man who could not be
caught by the brass band brand of Of
fee seekers, but his nomination of ex-
Gov. ("Calico Charley') Foster to be
Secretary of the Treasury proves that
he not only can be. but that he has
been caught by the brass band meth
DDS adopted by Foster and his friends
to obtain control of the Treasury de-
partment.
Personally there is nothing decided
ly Objectionable about MIR. Foster ex-
cept the abnormally big head which
is certain to be greatly augmented by
the new honor he has just captured.
To be self made man is highly cred
table to anyone, but to be always
telling, by your manner, as Mr.. Foster
does, how proud you are of the job,
and how much better you have done
it than God Almighty could have done,
is anything else but creditable. Poll
tically Mr.. Foster is everything that is
Objectionable; he is product of the
Sherman, Hayes, Kisner school, and
predict that in year from this time
the Treasury department will have be-
come what it was under the Hayes
administration, when John Sherman,
now Senator, was at its head-a thor
oughly organized political machine
personally controlled by its Secretary.
There is no probability that the
policy of the Treasury department, if
it can be said to have any policy, will
be changed under Secretary Foster.
1t will go right on in opposition to
giving the people sufficient volume
of currency to successfully transact the
ever growing business of the country,
and when its dear Wall street gets
cramped it will, as usual, rush to the
rescue with all the millions it can con-
troll. This sort Of thir ! will 60 on un .
til the 4th of March, 1893; then there
will be grand char ,e.
Between the consideration of ap.
preparation bills the Senate has been
debating the bill providing for the
guaranteeing of 500, 900 of the
bonds of the Nicaragua canal COM
pany. Senator Vest made very
strong speech against it, in which he
called attention to the millions this
Government has sunk in the Pacific
railroads and pointed out the fact that
the passage OF this bill would violate a
treaty with England and be the GER
tain cause of war. Senator Morgan
defended the bill and intimated that
there were special reasons, not made
public, why it should be passed. 1t is
almost certain to pass the Senate, but
look out for the livelest kind of a cir
Gus when it reaches the House.
Car Reed grows worse as the time
draws near for him to be uncrowned
he now not only refuses to have a cap
ltulation Of vote announced for the
information Of the House. but he ord
ers the clerk to read a skeleton iourn-
al instead of the full journal Of the
previous day proceedings, and he has
members not present entered therein
as being present and refuses to allow
changes to be made when attention is
called to such palpable errors, and he
IS supported by the vote Of every re-
publican. On Saturday Representa-
tiv Crisp, who is credited with being
on Of the most conservative men in
he House, stated, as did his collea.
5ues, Clemelts and Turner, of Geor-
5ia, Blanchard Of Louisiana and VIII
son of Missouri, that he was entered
lPon the journal of the previous day
IS present and not voting, when as
natter of fact he was not prcsent-he |
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