The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-02-23
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1894.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 70, 1894

tdlill Dlll was nOl ISpOllCO W TIC OSn-
ate Finance committee last week, al
though it could have been reported.
The delay was in the interest of demo
cratic harmony, it being thought best
to allow objecting democrats to have
their say to the subcommittee com.
posed entirely of democrats rather
than before the full committee. The
regular meeting of the Finance com
nittee will be held to morrow and the
present intention is to report the re.
vised bill. 1t is possible that it may
be delayed a day or two later, but l
ain assured by every member of the
committee that it will certainly be re-
ported this week. No time will be
lost by the democrats on the Finance
committee after 1t is reported in get
ting it reported to the Senate, as they
have been cognizart of every change
made by the sub committee. If fact
the sub committee while nominally
made up of only three Senators has in
reality been the entire democratic
membership OF the Finance commit
tee, except Senator Vance, who is
away sick. The members of the sub
committee feel so certain that they
have made the last change in the bill
that the revised copy has been sent to
the Government Printing Office to be
put in type.
The best posted democrats laugh at
the idea of the IS democratic Sena.
tors TO reject the nomination of Peck
ham being classed as opponents Of the
administration. One of President
Cleveland's most loyal supporters as
well as his warm personal friends puts
1t this way !: 81 am not bit sorry
that Peckham was rejected, and I
know the reasons which governed
most of the democratic votes against
him. First he bolted the regular demo.
cratic ticket at the last state election
and openly aided in defeating it, and,
as though that were not enough to bar
him from any favors at the disposal of
the party, he neglected to vote at the
recent special Congressional election
in New York city when he knew that
extraordinary efforts were being made
to get out the full party vote, and
when asked about it replied careless
ly that he forgot all about the election.
Now, / don't think man who forgets
when an important election is to be
held should have any Office, large or
small" That this opinion is echoed
by many Of the staunchest friends of
the administration in Congress is GER
tain, and it is generally believed that
if President Cleveland will nominate
good democrat for the vacancy those
IS democratic Senators will show that
they bear the administration no i'll will
by voting solidly for his confirmation.
The shrewdest democrats in Congress
think that the mugwumps have been
sufficiently rewarded and that all the
appointments hereafter made should
be good democrats, men who can be
depended upon to help the party win
future battles.
Senator Morgan, chairman of the
Senate committee on Foreign Rela-
tons, has, at the request of the sub
committee, written the report of the
Hawaiian investigation. At a special
meeting Of the committee the report
was read and it was decided to defer
action upon it to a meeting to be held
this week. The report has not been
made public and members of the com
mittee decline to discuss it.
Representative Bland of Mo-, has
been having a tussle with the ''no
quorum" fend, and his bill for the
coinage Of the seigniorage is still un-
acted upon There has been a quor-
um on the floor of the House every
day, both those opposed to the bill
have refused to vote and the friends
of the measure have been a few short
of quorum. Notice has been sent
to all absentees to return at once and
Mr.. Bland is confident that a quorum
In favor of the bill will be on hand
this week and that the bill will be
passed without further delay. 1t
is thought that the filibustering against
the bill was for the purpose of delay
ing it in the House until after the
tariff bill gets before the Senate, SO as
to prevent IFS being promptly acted up
on in the Senate, as its passage by the
House has been conceded by all from
the first.
The Woman's Suffragists are pre-.
pairing to move on the South. AT
their annual convention, just closed
in this city, Atlanta, Ca, was selected
as the meeting place of next years
convention.
The plate printers branch of the X.
Of L., of this city, have adopted reso-