The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
WASHINGTON.
som our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9TH, 1896.


;udulged in about Cuba, by men who
,ught to know better" remarked
entleman prominently connected with
he administration. "One might sup
,ose from the contents of the newspa-
,ers that it was merely question OF
sympathy as to the position maintain
ID by the administration. AS mat
7er OF fact sympathy is not factor.
The government is controlled by in
rernational law and prudence. For
dis government to recognize the gov
eminent which the Cuban revolution
ists have established on paper, but
whieh has as yet neither location nor
habitation, would be equivalent to de-
claring war against Spain for the pur.
pose of aiding Cuba to gain its inde-
pendence, or opening our Treasury to
demands for indemnity which Spain
could and would make upon us if we
kept our hands off and the revolt was
put down. If we assumed the right
to openly assist Cuba we should pro.
bably find ourselves involved in war
with more powerful opponents than
Spain. When Cuba sets up and
maintains an independent govern
ment, as did the Central American
colonies of Spain, at the time the
famous Monroe doctrine was promul-
gated, will be time enough for this
government to recognize her independ.
snce. 1t is simply nonsense to talk of
recognizing what does not exist, just
because we sympathile with what is
sought to be established. Govern
ments cannot be run on that basis.
England had much better grounds for
recognizing the belligerency of the
Southern Confederacy, which had
armies. a navy and an established
government, and yet an International
court of arbitration made England
pay dearly for that recognition, in the
hard cash that went to pay the Ala
6ama claims. Had the Southern
Confederacy succeeded those claims
would not have had to be paid"
Hon. ID. 1. Murphy, Deputy Com
missioner Of Pensions. whose taking
part in the Maryland campaign has
knocked the last plank from the bot
tom of the silly lie about President
Cleveland not wishing the democratic
party to carry that state this year,
takes very sensible view of that cam
paign. After expressing the opinion
that the state would 60 democratic,
Mr.. Murphy said: 81 cannot under
stand how the dsaffected democrats
can reconcile themselves to the posi-
ton they have taken. They seem to
hink that if they let the republicans
vim this year they can oust them next
year. They cannot do anything of
the kind. A republican victory this
tall means that the state will be in
The hands of that party for years. If
she regular democracy is defeated this
wear does anyone believe that next
GEAR the tail will wag the dog and the
regulars, who are in large majority,
sill 60 to work to help the boilers !?
It is hardly common sense to rely up
on such situation. No, sir; the
democrats if they want to control
Maryland, must not let it 60 out of
their grasp this year.
The attempt to start Lincoln
boom, by giving it out that ex.Presi-
dent Harrison was in favor of the
nomination of ex-Secretary Lincoln
fell very fiat in Washington. Mr..
Lincoln is too we'll known here. His
abilities were thoroughly sized up
when he was Secretary of War, and
.he verdict was unanimous that it was
away below the Presidential grade.
Had { Bob Lincoln been a man of
one-tenth OF the ability of his father,
instead of the well, dressed, well,fed,
nonentity he is," said republican
Who has helped to make and unmake
candidates for his party for more than
generation, "his name would long
ago have made him the Presidential
candidate of his party"
Senator Blackburn came to Wash.
ington to attend the marriage of his
laughter, Miss Lucille, to Mr.. Thomas
F. Lane, of N. J., which occurred
Tuesday, but he returned to Kentucky
the same night to resume his cam
paign. He said the democrats were
going to elect the state ticket and the
legislature, and that his return to the
Senate was assured.
Secretary Carlisle told Ex. x.Repre.
sentative Wilkerson of La, now Col
lector of Customs at New Orleans,
who called to see him in behalf of the
sugar planters, that he could do moth
ing except to expedite hearing of
their claims for bounty by the Court
of Claims, in accordance with the de-
cision of the Comptroller, which he
mad no power to overrule. For some
reason none Of the claimants want to
get before the Court of Claims.
While nobody seems to know just