The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-08-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, Aug. az. 1902

since he entered the Cabinet. 1t is
part and parcel of the scheme to get
up a foreign war scare as bid for
votes for Harrison and Reid. The
only difficulty has been in finding a
weak country that would give the
administration chance to bully it un-
til after election. Turkey, which is
certainly weak enough to be bullied
by any government, is the victim
selected, the special occasion being
the recent burning Of the House of
DIR. Bartlett, an American Missionary
in Asia minor. Secretary Foster
admits that similar troubles have
occurred before in the dominion of the
Sultan, but, national campaign be-
ing now pending, he proceeds to
hguratively chew soap, in order to
foam at the mouth while he informs
the wide eyed newspaper man, who
visits the Department Of State, in his
heaviest tragedy voice that 81 have
cabled a demand for indemnity and
for the punishment of the guilty
parties, and the United States
cruisers Newark and Bennington will
be ordered to Turkish waters to sup
port this demand, which this govern.
ment proposes to enforce at all
hazards" No fears need be entertain
ed of war with the sublime Port
Secretary Fosters demand is like
that made by Rudini, the Italian
premier, upon this government just
after the New Orleans massacre in
tended solely for home consumption
and effect.
The acting Attorney General has
declined togive an official construct
ion of the new eight hour law, which
the acting Secretary Of the Treasury
requested, on the ground that he can
not legally do so until the question
comes before him in connection with
the administration of the law. There
is lots of politics in the eight hour
law or rather in the construction which
legal officials of the government may
be pleased to put upon it, which &C
count for the refusal Of the temporary
head of the Department Of justice to
give an official opinion on the sub
ject at this time; the Presidential
election is too near at hand, and the
g. o. p. has already lost too many
voters to take any more chances.
The republicans are raising the cry
of mo money" with which Senator
Quay tried unsuccessfully to BAN.
boozle the democrats IN 1888. The
dodge did not work then and 1t will
not work now. Every intelligent
man, whatever his political opinion,
knows that the republican party can
always riase big corruption fund
among the protected manufacturers,
who know only too well that the
enormous profits which legislation as
the Mckinley tariff law enables them
to pocket at the expense Of the people
are entirely dependent upon the sue
cess of the republican party. Senator
Quay started the cry Of mo money"
hoping thereby to detract public
attention from the corrupt use of
money by the republican National
committee of which he was then
chairman, and Mr.. Harrison's lackeys,
who are this year running that COM
mittee, have started it again for the
same purpose. Let the fact not be
lost sight Of by any democrat that if
money lavishly spent will carry the
country the republicans will always
win, as that party has always legislat-
ed in the interest of the moneyed
men and corporations of the United
States.
Representative Holman, who has
been sick ever since the adjournment
of Congress, is little better and hopes
to be able to 60 to Indiana in a few
days. Overwork during the session
and just afterwards is what broke Mr..
Holman down.
There is very decided difference
of opinion among the democrats here
as to the wisdom of the national CON-
mittee in deciding to open branch
headquarters at Chicago. Of course
they all sincerely wish for good results
from the innovation, but many express
the fear that they may not come.
The Navy department may find it
self the center Of great scandal if it
does not satisfactorily explain why
the ctvle of steel arn,or mates now ht
ing furnished by the Bethlehem Iron
Works and the Carnegie concern was
changed in way to save the con-
tractors several hundred thousand
dollars without corresponding re-
duction being made in the price paid the
contractors. 1t is charged that the
change was made at Carncgie'srequest,
and experts say that it largely de-
termines the defensive quality Of the
armor The acting secretary of the
! Navy attempts to explain it by saving