The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-06-21
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent,
WASHINGTON, June ID, 1895.

upon his hrst appearance In Washing
ton than Attorney General Harmon
has. Every one who has had the
pleasure of talking with him has been
at once struck by his agreeable man
ner, quick grasp of subjects discussed,
and general broadmindedness. II he
doesn't make model Attorney Gen
eral those who have met him will be
greatly surprised, particularly the
newspaper men, who quickly size
public man up, and express their
opinions of him to each other, if they
do not always send them to their pa
pers. Before buckling down to the
business of the Department Of Justice,
Judge Harmon will return to Cincin.
natl for few days, to put his private
business in order. The financial
opinion expressed by him is sound
enough to be adopted by every good
democrat. Said he: al want the
American dollar to be just as good as
anybody else's dollar, and, with that
qualification, don't care what it is
made OIL
Speaking of ex. Secretary Whitney's
published interview, Mr.. Ira NJ.
Davis, of Albany, N. V, says: cit
was Horatio Seymour who wrote to
his friends when his name was men
toned in connection with Presiden.
tial nomination, 'but your candidate
l cannot be: Now comes w. c.
Whitney and tells the democrats that
he cannot stand as their candidate In
1896. Mr.. Whitney means every
word he says, but if New York sends
a delegation to the convention, in
structed to cast her 72 votes for him,
he will not then say nay. There
never was time in his life when w.
c. Whitney refused to obey his
party's call. He will not do so next
year. | have the most implicit faith
in Whitney. and believe that if nomi-
mated he will be elected. He is the
strongest democrat in the country to-
day" Lots of democrats are talking
like Mr.. Davis.
According to Hon. E. w. Durant,
a democratic state Senator of Mime.
sofa, now visiting Washington, the
party that comes out the strongest for
sound money is the party that will
elect the next President. Discussing
the subject he said: "Sound money
will be the slogan in 1896. Ii the
republicans should nominate candid.
ate on free silver platform to be
followed later by the democrat with
sound money platform and candid
ate, the latter would win overwhelm-
ingly, and vice versa. l am demo
crat, and yet 1 would vote the opposi-
ton ticket if our party were to de-
clare for free coinage. Thousands of
republicans would vote against the
nominee Of their party were he to
stand as champion Of silver. If Mr..
Cleveland were to rim again he would
get republican votes by the thousands,
for the people have tried him and
know where he stands. This is purely
business proposition, and the bust.
ness men Of the country are going TO
look after it, without regard to politi
cal affiliation." Mr.. Durant is him.
self successful business man.
The Georgia delegation which visit
ed Washington for the purpose Of
inviting President Cleveland and the
cabinet to attend the Atlanta Exposi-
tion returned home in a very good
humor. President Cleveland and
every member of the cabinet who was
in Washington accepted the invitation
and will visit the exposition during
the latter part of October, unless i'm
portant public business shall prevent
President Cleveland complimented
the Georgians very highly on the
energy they have displayed in working
for the success of the exposition.
Secretary Olney's first move as
Secretary of State was an important
one. He believes that the United
States should do just as it would in
sist that other countries should do
under similar circumstances. There
tore on account OF representations
made by the Spanish minister he or
dered the Cruiser Raleigh to proceed
to Florida waters and to remain there
until further orders for the purpose of
preventing fillibustering parties going
over to cuba. 1t is altogether proba,
BILE that Secretary Olnev, like most
other Americans, sympathizes with
the attempt of the Cuban revolution
lists to throw off the yoke Of Spain,
but his personal sympathies have
nothing to do with his official duties
The United States is at peace with
Spain and it is the duty of Its govern
ment to exercise all due diligence tC
prevent the departure of armed bod
5 les of men from its ports to make wa
upon Spain; hence the President
proclamation.
President Cleveland has cleared hi
desk and will, probably before thi