The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-01-18
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, January


Carlisle were far from being pleased
at the success of the combination of
republicans, populists and anti-admin-
istration democrats, which resulted in
the House refusing by vote of 1ao
to Ia4 to adopt the order reported
from the Committee on Rules, fixing
day to vote upon the currency re-.
form bill but they still believe that a
bill can be passed. The direct result
of that vote is the temporary LAYING
aside of the currency bill, but steps
are being taken which it is hoped will
result in getting the support of enough
OF the democrats who voted against
the rule to make the ultimate passage
of currency bill by the House a
certainty. Representative Bland, of
Missouri, who was one of those demo.
Gratis, says it will be an easy matter to
get the support of nearly all of them
by amending the bill so as to recog.
nize silver. One thing now seems
certain. If no financial bill is passed
at this session an extra session of
Congress will have to be called.
Senator Lodge having announced
his intention to offer an amendment
to the diplomatic and consular ap
preparation bill, when it comes up in
the Senate, providing that the consular
service shall pass under the jurisdic.
tion Of the Civil Service Commission,
Senator Cockrell, chairman of the
Appropriation committee, who will
have charge of the bill, was asked if
he thought the amendment would be
adopted. " No." was his positive reply.
Continuing, he said 81 am not in
favor of extending the Civil Service
law over any more Offices. believe
that the intention Of Congress and the
spirit of the law are already exceed
cd. 1t was never contemplated that
so many branches of the government
as are now included in the classified
service should be so. believe both
President Cleveland and President
Harrison have exceeded their duty
and authority in this respect, and if
they are going any further and take
any more officials under this humbug
system, propose they 60 the whole
hog, and include the heads of bureaux,
members of Cabinet, and the Presi-
dent himself. | do not see why we
should except the President from a
civil service examination, if we are
going to include all the rest of the
executive officers of the government" d"
1t will be interesting to note how
many republican newspapers will be
honest enough to give the administra.
tion proper credit for having com
PEELED the government of Spain to re-
move the discrimination of IS cents
barrel against flour shipped from
the United States to Cuba. This
diplomatic victory was not easily won,
but President Cleveland and Secretary
Gresham decided that,won it must be,
and Minister Taylor was instructed to
inform the Spanish government that
it must choose between removing the
discrimination against our flour and
having Cuban sugar shut out of the
United States, and that the choice
must be made quick. The Spanish
government is VIGOROUSLY slow in
reaching conclusion upon anything,
but in this case it "got move on "
and quickly chose to abolish that dis
elimination.
Senator Voorhees,, chairman of the
Senate Finance committee, refused to
grant hearing to Coxey on his good
roads and non.interest bearing bond
scheme, on the ground that it would
be an absolute waste Of time, as the
committee would not attempt to con-
slider the matter. Coxey was granted
hearing before subcommittee Of
the House committee on Ways and
Means, consisting of Bryan, Of Ne
braska; Dalzel, of Pennsylvania ;
Whiting, of Michigan, and McMillin,
of Tennessee, but there is no pro-
liability that any recommendation will
be made by the subcommittee.
Secretary Carlisle's Interpretation
of that clause of the new tariff law
which repealed the Mckinley sugar
bounty-that it put an immediate
stop to the payment of bounties has
been unanimously sustained by the
Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia, in test case. And the
court also decides that the sugar
bounty was unconstitutional, two out
of its three judges asserting and the
third neither asserting nor dissenting,
because of his belief that it was un-
necessary to pass on the constitutions
ality of the bounty at this time.
Representative Sibley, OF Pennsyl
vania, who was elected to the House
by democratic votes, but who long
ago proclaimed himself to be repu
blican on the tariff and populist on