The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-12-20
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Democrats have every reascr to be
perfectly satisfied with the Congress-
ional outlook. If the republicans
adopt the policy of introducing fake
impeachment resolutions, for the pur-
pose of abusing democratic officials,
instead of dong something to relieve
the distress which they had so much to
say about during theiast Congus ssional
campaign, there will certainly be a
general reaction in favor of the dem
ooratic party. And that reaction will
be equally certain to come, if the
republicans do any tariff tiGkering
along the liEes of the Mckinley bill.
The democrats are not responsible
for legislation in ceither House or
Senate; they occupy position which
will enable them to accentuate repub-
lican mistakes and to profit thareby.
Senator Hill has Feintrodunsd his
resolution far a clo,ulc rule in the
Senate, and has announced his inten-
ton to make fight for it, and ths large
number of new Senetors-mer who
are not bopnd hapsl and foot by
tradition-mskes him believe BIZ will
succeed
Senator German didn't let the re-
port, that he would not be candidate
for reelection, get well started before
he, called it down. Ee will be a
candidate, and he is confident that he
will be able to pull Maryland Lcck
into the democratic lines and be re-
elected TO the Senate.
Senator Cameron'S aRro olncehnant,
that he would retire from public Me
at the clese of his present term, wat a
case of -"must." Quay had served
notice on him that his place was
wanted. Cameron has also stoppet
putting his good money into that
Presidential ratholc.
The STOKES about the winning and
losing of votes between the ballots
taken by the Republican National
Committee, to decide upon the city
which was to get the conyention,
doubtless make good reading matter
for these who do not know the facts.
The only one of the competing cities
that never was in it was San Francisco,
notwithstanding its standing second,
when the convention was knocked
down to st. Louis-the orders had
been given out BY. the Platt-Quay-
Reed combine, that the Pacific coast
must be jollied by giving San Fran
CISCO large vote, but not large
enough to carry the convention there.
The convention was sold. There if
no doubt about that, anG either
Chicago, Pittsburg or New York could
have secured 1t by raising the bid of
St. Louis. In fact, some gentlemen
representing Chicago were told after
the first ballot, in which Chicago got
only eight votes, had taken, that
Chicago could have the convention if
the price-$Ioo, ,ooo-was put up. The
Chicago Committee, after a consulta-
tion, refused to pay that much, and
after three more ballots the conven-
tion was given to St. Louis, simply
because he had paid more for il than
any other city would pay. The set
ting of June 10th as the date for the
republican convention will make the
democratic convention unusually
early, if the usual custom of the party
in power holding its convention first
be followed.
The democratic steering committee
ofSenators German, Cockrell, Harris,
Blackburn, Brice, Walthall, Murphy,
White, and Jones, of Ark, at a meet
ing held to discuss Senate reorganiza-
ton, decided that no distinctions
should be placed in the way Of the