The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-08-17
From our Regular Correspondent.

ment ever being reached on the tariff
and the outlook was at its darkest,
the day of tariff reform began to dawn.
and now the sun is brightly shining
upon an agreement which, if il does not
meet with the enthusiastic approval
of.every Democrat, can be honestly
and conscientiously supported by
every Democrat without loss of dignity
or smirchlng of party principles. The
agreement is not a victory for either
House or Senate it is victory for
the great Democratic party of the
country, which made its wishes known
IN Washington, and there should not
be any doubt of its prompt acceptance
by both House and Senate There
isn't as far as the House is concerned,
but, unfortunately, things do not look
so promising in the Senate, where
threats have been made which NAV
DC carried out and the will of the party
be defeated by the votes OF members
OF the party. However, let us not
borrow trouble when we should be
rejoicing over the end of the long
deadlock. 1t may be that the threats
referred to, which were made before
the agreement was reached by the
conterees, were merely made for bluff
ing purposes, and that the only dan
ger the agreement will have to meet
IN the Senate will be the attempt of
the Republicans to postpone a vote
by dllatory tactics. Next week will
probably tell the story.
The House Judiciary committee
has unfavorably reported Representa-
tive Eyerett's bill to enable persons
of Japanese descent to become citizens
OF the United States The committee
couldn't see any good reason for
granting to the Japs what has been
denied to the Chinese.
In response to several petitions
asking that Judge Kicks, OF the North
ern District of Ohio, be impeached
for misdemeanors in Office, the House
Judiciary committee has, through
Representative Bailey, of Texas, re-
ported a resolution authorizing that
committee to investigate the charges
and the House has adopted it.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
has returned to Washington from his
sensational joint stumping tour with
Gov. Tillman. The Senator expresses
the greatest confidence in his re-
election to the Senate.
President Cleveland's veto of the
private bill for the relief of Eugene
Wells, late captain in the Twelfth
Infantry, is approved by army officers,
and it is moreover based upon princi-
Piles of the highest justice. This man
retired from the army, in 1870, to
avoid a court martial that would have
resulted in his dismissal was ap.
pointed second lieutenant in 1885,,
and court martialed and dismissed
the service in 1887, for drunkenness
and other causes. The vetoed bill
provided that he should be appointed
a second lieutenant of artillery and
placed on the retired list without the
usual examination. In plain words,
that a man who had been officially
found unfit to be an officer should be
paid a salary for the rest of his life as
retired officer. The fact that Wells
has influential friends merely adds to
the credit to which the President is
entitled for vetoing the bill, and
brings out the strongest trait in
Grover Clevelands character-his alb
solute determination to do what he
believes to be right regardless of whom
it may please or displease,
The Republicans in Congress who
were deluded into contributing money
to the Kolb campaign in Alabama
there are number of them-in the
hope that the movement might be
made the entering wedge to break up
the solid Democracy of the South,
were deeply chagrinned lot of in
dividuals when the returns were re-
ceived. Needless to say that the
Democratic colleagues of Governor
elect Oates were delighted at his
success, and doubly so because he has
always stoutly opposed anything like
concessions to the Populists. Presi-
dent Cleveland also had good reason
to feel gratifed, as Col. Oates from
the beginning Of his campaign for the
nomination had been clasSed as the
Cleveland candidate. This election
has thrown wet blanket over the
loud-mouthed, but poorly-informed
individuals who have been prophesy-
ing tremendous gains TO the Populsts
in the South at the expense of the
Democratic party. 1t has also con-
vinced many that the Democrats will
retain control of the House at the
coming Congressional elections.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, was
not speaking at random when he said {;
+" 1t is absurd to talk about the sugar
trust owning the Senate. l believe