The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-28
WASHINGTON.
from our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1895,

giving him the credit for the admins.
tration victory which has been won in
the election of delegates to the Ken
tucky state democratic convention
which meets next week, and he is
being overwhelmed with congratula.
tions, in person and by mail and wire.
His friends declare that it means his
certain return to the Senate and
makes him promising candidate for
the Presidential nomination Of the
party.
This has been an anxious week for
the republican brethren. Although
every conceivable expedient had been
resorted to to prevent the precipitation
of fight over the silver question in
the convention of the republican
league at Cleveland, Ohio, they have
been in a state of dreaG every hour
that the convention was in session lest
their plans should miscarry and the
fight be started which would spread
like wildhre through the entire party.
The republican enemies OF Mr..
Benjamin Harrison evidently regard
him as formidable candidate for
the Presidential nomination, and are
beginning to line up to accomplish his
defeat. Extension Commissioner
Dudley, of Ind, whose efforts towards
carrying that state for Mr.. Harrison
in 1883 by means of the notorious
"blocks OF five" system, which after
wards caused him to find Washington
safer place of residence than Indi-
ana, and who became bitter enemy
of Mr.. Harrison because that gentle
man although willing to accept the
benefit of his trickery, declined to
associate with him or even to recog-
nize him after he became President,
is again posing as a republican leader
And it is no secret in Washington
that Dudlcy's object in again entering
politics is TO work against Harrisons
nomination.
President Cleveland went to Gray
Gables on Monday, to remain for the
summer Secretary Lamont has gone
on trip 70 the northwest Atty, Gen.
Harmon IS in Cincinnati Strengthening
up his private business, but the rest of
the cabinet are on duty, although it is
probable that Secretary Olney and
one or two of his colleagues will 60
away on their vacations in a few days
If nothing occurs to prevent.
State department officials regard the
story that Great Britain is preparing
to forcibly obtain control of the Nicar-
aqua canal as belonging to the class
which always become more or less
frequent during midsummer, which is
also known as the "silly season."
Such course on the part of Great
Britain would be equivalent to a de-
claration of war against the United
States, and few men of common sense
could be made to believe that Great
Britain desires war with the United
States.
Secretary Carlisle has completed
the regulations under which the S.
100000 appropriated by the last Con-
gress to pay deferred sugar bounties
will be disbursed. Copies of these
regulations will be forwarded to the
sugar planters and as soon as all re.
quirements have been complied with
the money will be paid. 1t is proba-
BILE that there will not be enough to
pay the full amount intended by Con-
gress. Should that be the case when
all the claims are in and tabulated the
claims will be scaled down. 1t will
take some months to arrange all these
details and Treasury officials do not
think they will be completed and the
payments made before about the last
of the year.
Commissioner Lochren says he has
nothing to conceal in connection with
the dismissal Of one hundred employees
Of the Pension Bureau, which are to
90 into effect July I, and which have
created a stir among the friends of
those dismissed, because several ex-
Union soldiers and Miss Key, a grand
daughter of the writer of "The Star
SpangIed Banner" were on the list.
Judge Lochren says of the matter
in making these selections we took
to whom dismissal would not be so
great hardship as it would have been
TO Others in the Office, who perhaps
did not in some cases stand so high as
clerks. In making up the list of those
who were to 60 out we were governed
by the desire to keep our best clerks
in the office. AS to publishing the
list, it was on my judgment that it was
not given out And my reason for
not doing so was that we did not wish
to cast stigma op any who were thus
legislated out of Office. 1t is not
against many Of these clerks that they
were not as efficient as other clerks,
and it should not prevent their getting
employment elsewhere"
Nervous Exhaustion and dyspepsia,