The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-06-10
WASHINGTON LITTER

Mr.. Blaine is nothing if not dramatic
and that his resignation was the care
fully worked up climax of the profess
ional dramatist is not for a moment
to be doubted. He has recently con
cluded that he wanted the nomination,
and all his actions since he reached that
conclusion have been carefully planned
with that end in view, and his resigna-
ton, which speaks as plain as if he
said | am again in the field, was an
nounced just at the time when it would
do the most effective work with waver.
ing delegates arriving at Minneapolis.
The Washington idea is that the
resignation Of Mr.. Blaine knocks the
last leg from under Harrison's chance,
although there are some who believe
that Blaine may still be beaten in the
convention, but it does not look that
way to your correspondent.
Democrats are well pleased over the
situation. Mr. Harrison will aid Mr..
Blame, il he is the nominee. TO Just
about the extent that President Arthur
did in 1854. Mr.. Harrison would
probably have lost his own state if he
had been nominated, and his defeat
by Mr.. Baines peculiar meth DDS will
place that state in the democratic col
umn, and he has power enough to see
that the man who snatched from him
at the last minute that which he had
been foolish enough to think solely
his personal property, is hurt in other
States. In other words, Blaine secretly
opposed by Harrison will be much
easier man to beat than Harrison
supported by Blaine would be. The
two men whom Mr.. Harrison ought
to blame the most are Secretary Fost.
er and Attorney General Miller, They,
by their ill-advised talk against Blaine,
furnished the excuse for him to resign
which he was looking for; but he would
of course have found some other excuse
if they had guarded their tongue bet
ter.
SANITY Mr. Wanamaker has been
explaining again his public life has
been very unfortunate in this repect.
This time he rises to say to the CON-
mittee on Postoffices of the house that
the statement made under oath by Mr..
Samuel G.. Leake, of Philadelphia, to
the effect that Mr.. Wanamaker had,
after making certain promise to him
concerning the erection of an expet-
mental pneumatic tube TO he used by
the Philadelphia City postoffice, be-
come interested, he believed, in 1900
shares of stock which another pneu.
matte company had set aside for post
office officials, and declined to fulfill
his promise, was untrue. He also in
forms the committee that 81 shall be
pleased to answer any call that the COM
mittee desires to make upon me, per.
sonaly or otherwise. " Evil disposed
persons might place bad construction
upon the wording of the sentence quot
ed, but such is not my purpose. deal
with facts; others may put their own
construction upon those facts.
Straws show which way the wind
blows. U. S. Treasurer Nebeker is cer-
tain that he will have no use for a
residence in Washington after the 4th
of next Mar ch, that he has given up
the lease upon the house his family
has occupied since he entered office.
When asked why he did not renew
his lease, Mr. Nebeker laughingly re-
piled A." Because we shall not need
the house year longer.
The Census Bureau investigation
shows, so far, that very demoralized
state of affairs exists in that branch Of
the Government service Testimony
has been given showing that woman
paid $Ia. so a month to another
woman, relative Of Chief Clerk Childs
in order to retain ker position, and
it has been shown that the chiefs of a
number of the divisions regulated their
treatment of the women under them
largely by the liberties the women al
lowed them to take, and that it is COM
mon for these chiefs to make pets of
young and pretty girls under them, al
lowing them to work or play as they
may feel disposed. These things have
been hinted at before, but now they
have been told under oath by ladies
of undoubted reputation. And these
things calling themselves men, are
still allowed to draw salaries from the
Government 1t is not to be wondered
at that the people of the country de-
mand a change.
Mr.. Harrison's alleged order to
Federal officials to keep away from
Minneapolis must have been intended
for members of the Cabinet only, as
every one Of the chiefs of the large
Government bureaux are at the con-
vention shouting for Harrison. 1t is be-
lieved that if such an order was reall y
issued it was because Mr.. Harrison
was afraid that more than one of his
cabinet might have gone there in the
interest of some of his rivals.
The HOuca i- nuchin,y ire work not.