The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, ID. G., Jan. 18th, 1902
The meeting of the National Demo
cratic Committee to be held here thi.
week to decide where the National con
vention shall be held, is exciting much
interest. Arrangements have been
perfected by the local democrats tc
entertain the committee in true demo.
cratic style. Washington would like
to have the convention come here, but
she will have to be contented with
merely wishing for it, as it is regarded
as being between New York and a
western city, with the chances decite lily
in favor of New York, should its rep.
resentatives really wish to make a
winning fight.
The interest in the meeting of the
executive committee of the National
Association of Democratic Clubs,
which is also to be held here this week
is only second to that felt in the meet
ing of the National Committee. The
purpose for which this meeting is held
is not made public, further than that
1t is for the transaction of business
important to the democratic clubs of
the country. Its proceedings will, of
course. be secret.
Mr.. Blaine endeavored to convince
the House committee on Foreign AT
fairs that the House ought to pass the
bill pledging the endorsement of the
Government to an issue of $500, ,ooo,-
900 of the bonds of the Nicaragua
canal company. but it was labor lost,
as Representative Holman's r.solu-
ton, which was adopted by the House
has made it certain that no such
scheme can get through that body.
Representative Holman says his re-
solution against subsidies and govern
ment aid Of any kind to private indus.
tries, and against any appropriations
not actually needed, which has been
criticised in some quarters, will not
interfere with the passage of a river
and harbor bill or any other legiti-
mate appropriation, But it knocks the
private schemes higher than kite.
Representative Alberson, Of West
Virginia, introduced resolution in
the House for the appointment of a
committee of seven to investigate the
charges of partisanship, mismanage-
ment and wastefulness which have been
made against tn. Census bureau.
The eX-Czar of the House is not to
be allowed to monopolize the role of
clown on the floor of the present
House. He has rival in the person
of Representative Boutelle. OF Maine,
who was so much worked up in his
mind because the House adopted Rep
resentative Holman's resolution against
the government subsidies of all kinds,
and against the Appropriation of gov
crnment money for anything except to
carry on the necessary business of the
government, that he took upon him
self the task of making funny speech
to ease his mind. After serving the
House with sort of pot pourri, made
of equal parts Of Dickens, Edison's
phonograph and democratic economy,
he jumped in over his head by hurlins
anathemas at the democratic party be-
cause Mrs. Flower, the wife Of the
present popular Governor of New York
did not ind the contents of the linen
and china closets. as turned over by
the retiring bachelor governor, to be
as full and complete as she desired
them TO be. That was humor of the
most subtle kind, wasn't it {? Boutelle
is very funny, almost as comical as
Reed.
There has been considerable active
maneuvering on the part of the repub-
lican bosses around here of late.
Clarkson has been holding private con-
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