The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-08-16
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Senator German is evidently letting
the other fellows do all the worrying
about the situation in Maryland. He
has gone for his usual August stay at
Saratoga. He was in Washington
just before starting, and said; "The
ticket is first-class in every respect,
and the democratic party is to be con-
gr atulated. The trihing objections
thae are being raised against it are no
more than were to be expected. The
truth is there is less objection than l
expected, and much less than has
often risen before when tickets were
named, and the party majority has
been larger than usual when the votes
were counted. anticipate no more
than the usual amount of difficulty in
carrying on the campaign, and look
for good majority for MIR. Hurst and
the other nominees. There must
always be disappointments in politics,
but the party in the end will get to-
gether and win, as usual. have no
fear whatever of the result in Novem-
Der. Long before that time all real
democrats will be united for the COM
mon cause
Comptroller Bowler has heard the
arg lments in favor of the constitution
ality of the sugar bounty, and against
his assumption of the authority to pass
upon the constitutionality of an act of
Congress, but he has not announced
his intentions. From what has been
learned from other sources it will not
be surprising should he, because of
his doubt of the constitutionality Of
the original sugar bounty clause of the
Mckinley law, refuse to approve the
payment of the money appropriated
to pay sugar bounties until the Courts
have declared the law to be Constitu-
tional.
How many of the newspapers which
make a practice of misrepresenting
the acts and intentions of the admins
traton, both at home and abroad, will
make public the fact that the U. S.
minister to China was the first repre-
sentative of a foreign government to
demand of China, at the time of the
recent destruction of missionary pro-
perty and massacre of missionaries,
not only reparation for damage done
and the punishment of those who did
it, but the fullest protection for
Americans temporarily residing in
China This demand was made in
June and its effect may be judged
from the more recent massacre OF
English missionaries, which has start
ed the British lion to roaring at the
Chinese dragon at an awful rate. Ir
that massacre not an American wa:
killed or injured, although they had &
mission station near by that of the
{ English who were killed. Talk il
cheap, but when it comes to acts this
administration is not behind that o
any other in the history Of the country
in protecting Americans and Ameri
can interests abroad. The fairness o
the republican papers in your viclnit,
can be judged by the way they trea
this Chinese incident. It's brick
: houses to ginger cakes that most o.
them will ignore it entirely.
Secretary Morton has more thar
once shown that his ideas on public
affairs are of the good, old Thomas
Jefferson and Andrew Jackson sort o
democracy. He has just giver
another instance of it. Some tim,
ago he said to newspaper man ii
7 regard to a proposition to pay gov
ernment bounty on agricultural pro
ducts If it will pay to raise anC
export agricultural products, there i
no bounty needed. And if it will no
pay to raise and export agriculture
= products no bounty should be given.
. This did not please the editor of tn
New York periodical for whom tn
interview was secured. He fixed u
: an answer to the Secretarys word
= and this week Mr.. Morton received
y proof Of it. In reply Secretary MOI
ton has written him short lettel
D from which the following paragraph
h which is nutshell statement of tn
n whole bounty question, is taken ''B
S kind enough to explain to your read
f ers how the bounty is to be raised
pay the producer of agricultural pre-
e ducts for his exports, except by tax;
: ton upon the people. Has the go
h eminent Of the United States s;ngl
e dollar that is not taken from Ii
!, pockets of its citizens by means {
d taxation p The bounty system
merely modern application
n "robbing Peter to pay Paul." an
ir there is no doubt of its being cla'
q legislation of the most vicious kim
y although it is difficult to convinc
e those temporarily benefited that it i
ID. Al. Al.