The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-02-06
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1901.
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, ID. G. Feb. 2, 1901.

MI lidillSOll lldS dS lldIU Il TASK De-
fore him in the selection of success
or to the late Secretary of the Treas
ury as his worst enemy could possibly
have set for him, it is task too in
which the country at large is more
directly interested in than anything he
has yet undertaken. 1t will be very
difficult to find man willing to accept
the place who possesses the ability
combined with the conservatism of the
dead Secretary; and what will add no
little to Mr.. Harrson's trouble is the
fact that all the prominent republicans
in both House and Senate who have
been recently repudia,ed by their con-
stituents will be, in fact are already
clamoring for the place for themselves.
Whoever he selects he is bound TO
make new enemies in his party, and
being a candidate for denomination
that is just what he cannot afford to
do. Besides this, the man selected
will have to be satisfactory to the busi-
ness men of the country, or financial
panic may be precipitated.
SO far the men who are mentioned
for the vacancy are just those who
should not be selected Representa-
tive Mckinley can, it is thought, have
the place if he wants it, but he has
high protection on the brain to SO great
an extent that his appointment would
be very great mistake, and one that
would de certain to bring trouble.
Senator Spooner is talked of, but he is
lawyer and lacks the financial ex-
perence and executive ability which
is absolutely necessary. The others
may be punched in one bad lot, which
includes Senator ingalls,, ex-Gov.
("Calico Charley") Foster, Represen-
tative Cannon and that ex-boss, parti-
cularly known for ways that are devi-
Gus. Stephen B. Elkins.
1t has been long time dying and
numerous false reports of its death
have been given out, but this time the
Force bill really is dead, dead beyond
all hopes of even partial resurrection
owing to the action of twelve republi
can Senators in deciding that they
will not vote for it. 1t is hard for
such radicals as Senator Hoar, Aldrich
Edmunds and Spooner to give up the
idea of intimidating the South, but
even they acknowledge that the thing
is deal and that no further attempt
will be made to revive it. In conse-
quence, the legitimate business of the
session-the annual appropriation bills
is fairly humming in both House
and Senate.
The Senate by party vote refused
to amend the apportionment b Il
granting what was SO clearly the right
OF Arkansas, Minnesota and New York
One additional member to each, and
passed the bill just as it left the House
Senators Davis and Washburn, of
Minnesota voted with the democrats
for the amendment, and strange as it
may seem Senators Evarts and Hitch
cock of New York voted against it.
Brother Johnny Wanamaker will
have to get himself new hobby His
postal telegraph scheme, in spite of the
amount of Government money he
spent in the publication of his views
thereon, is as dead as a door nail.
The House committee on Post offices
VIII not even report it.
Representative McCreary, who is
regarded as one of the most conserva-
tive men in the House paid his res.
poets to Car Reed on Saturday in a
manner that was quiet but severe. His
committee-Foreign Affairs-having
been refused day for the considers.
ton of its bills, he said: sNever be-
fore in my experience on the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, has that COM
mlttee been refused a day for the con-
slderatlon OF bills reported byit. The
refusal to give this committee a day is
Dut another error in the comedy of
errors which has marked the Fifty,frst
Congress"
IT seems that the republican Send
tors will never finish making personal
explanations of their course regarding
the Force bill. Saturday Senators
Blair and Teller had their turns
Next!
Secretary Windom's funeral occurred
mere to-day. All Of the Government
departments, the local officers and the
public schools were closed. There
was considerable growing among that
large class who make it point to at
'end every prominent funeral they pos
loly can, because admission to the
Church was by ticket, and the tickets
we're only furnished to prominent
people,. The remaining members of
ne cabinet acted as honorary pail
bearers.
Inc resolution to discharge the
house Coinage committee from furth-
81 consideration of the free coinage