The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-11-30
from our Regular Correspondent.


rom our Regular Correspondents
WASHINGTON, November 90, 1904.
If the level headed members of the
party are allowed to have their way,
and everything now seems to indicate
that they will, there is to be a radical
change in the methods pursued by
the democrats in Congress. Instead
oil trying to commit the party to the
support of some measure and then
tavlng to hold conference to quiet
the rumpus thus raised, as was done
entirely too often at the last session.
II Is proposed to hold the conferences
hrst IN order that there may be no
rumpuses to quiet In other words,
an attempt Is to be made to confne
the washing of the dirty linen Of dem
ocracy to the privacy of the demo-
cratic laundry, and to prevent that
nauseaung process being gone through
on the floor of the House. Every
democrat who wishes for the future
welfare of the party should certainly
be able to give that attempt hearty
godspeed, aye, and more; every
democrat should indelibly mark upon
his mind the names of those calling
themselves democrats who shall op =.
pose the proposed change, if there be
any such, in order that they may be
denied future honors at the hands of
the party.
1t is already known that the bids
for bonds, which will be opened to-
morrow at the Treasury department,
are largely in excess of the amount Of
bonds to be issued. This will aid
Secretary Carlisle to carry out his in.
tention to surprise some Of those who
have attempted to defeat the sole OBJ
ject of the bond issue-the addition
Of gold to the reserve or redemption
tund-by obtaining gold from the
Treasury in exchange for Treasury
notes in order 10 use it in making the
first payment of 20 per cent. on bonds
they have bid for. The surprise will
be to ignore the bids of all those who
have obtained gold from the Treasury
TO pay on them, or as many of them
as possible. Some of those who have
taken gold from the Treasury for this
purpose did so in violation of their
pledged word.
Judge Robinson, of Kansas CITY, at
present in Washington, thinks the un-
expected tidal wave of republicanism
landed many men in Congress who
would never have been even thought
of in connection with the nomination
had it have been thought that they
had the slightest chance of election.
In this connection he says: " Champ
Clark's district, for instance, there
seemed to be absolutely no reason to
doubt Mr.. Clark's reelection, and the
republicans nominated music teacher
against him. Champ ignored his ad-
versary and went off speech.making
in other parts of the State and in other
States. Nobody dreamed the music
man would win, and guess it's the
first case on record where a gent of
that profession was sent to Congress.
| don't think, however, that he will be
able to sing himself back again, for
the democrats in Missouri are not
going to be caught mapping in 1896"
Representative McMillin, of Tenn
essee, does not claim prophetical
powers beyond those which belong to
all who carefully study the political
field, but he IS willing to put this
language on record: "You mark my
prediction, the republican party, even
in its hour of triumph, will not dare
to re-enact the Mckinley law nor to
adopt national platform in the next
campaign which advocates doing so.
Protection for projections sake has
been twice condemned at the polls
since the enactment of the Mckinley
law, and it has not been resuscitated
by the recent republican victory"
Mr.. McMillin believes that when the
official figures are tabulated it will be
shown that the total republican vote
of "a was less than that of 'oa, when
Harrison was defeated for President
and the democrats elected nearly as
many members Of the House as the
repub' leans did this year.
President Cleveland had the mis-.
fortune to slightly sprain one of his
ankles this week, and in consequence
the town was full ofthe widest rumors. |
1t is little painful, but not enough |
so to interfere with his work on his |
annual message, which now absorbs
his time day and night, although, if
gossip can be relied upon, he probably |
takes time occasionally to devote a
thought or two to the young stranger
who is expected in his household /
about the time the early spring flowers