The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-05-07
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 4th, 1896,

Senator Gorman's speech protest
ing against republican extravaganza
in providing for an expenditure of
5000, 900, 900 when the estimates of
the government receipts for the next
fiscal year are only $374,ooo, 900 was
notice served upon the republicans
that during the coming campaign the
people should be fully posted upon
republican intentions. not avowed,
but surely indicated by the action Of
their leaders in both branches of this
Congress, to increase Federal taxa
ton all around, in order to raise the
money to meet needless appropria-
tions. The men who are in control
Of the republican party apparently
wish to put this country upon a
European basis in the matter of ex-
penditures, and perhaps in other
ways. Now, Mr.. German and other
leading democrats believe that ma
jority--an overwhelming majority, of
the plain, everyday people of this
country favor the American idea of
economy in public expenditure, and
oppose public extravaganza in any
and every form; and they intend to
see that the facts are placed before
the people.
Not a little amusement has been
caused by the testimony of Mr..
Andrew Carnegie, before the Senate
Naval committee in the investigation
as to the cost of armor plates for our
fighting vessels, which although given
sometime ago was not made public
until this week. Mr.. Carnegie had
the nerve to tell the committee that
he considered making the armor for
the government at $3.50 ton a work
of patriotism. The public is wonder
ing what Mr.. Carnegie calls the con-
tract he has made with the Russian
government to furnish the same kind
of armor for $500 a ton. Abuses
brought to light by that investigation
caused the Senate to amend the
Naval appropriation bill so as to pro-
hibit the employment of naval officers
by private contractors after June 80,
1897. While nothing positively
criminal was shown in connection
with such employment enough suspi-
cion was engendered to make it
desirable to put stop to the practice.
Ex-Congressmen John d. Ander-
son, of w. Va, takes a rosy view of
democratic prospects in that State.
He says "The democrats of my
State are going to make great fight
this year to redeem the state from
republican rule, and | think they are
going to win. 1t is going to be a
pretty exciting contest, but our party
is united, and the conditions are all
favorable to to success"
The Senate evidently is not afraid
of the A. P. A. whatever its other
faults may be. After listening to
mastery eulogies on the life and
character Of Father Marquette by
Senators Villas and Mitchell, of Wis,
and Kyle, of South Dakota, who, by
the way, is Protestant minister, it
adopted a joint resolution offered by
Senator Palmer, of ILL.,, accepting the
stature of Father Marquette, now in
Statuary Hall, and thanking the state
of Wis. 1t remains to be seen
whether the A P. A. can prevent the
House adopting these resolution. 1t
is understood that it will make the
attempt.
Representative Clark, who was the
unsuccessful "sound money ," demo
cratic candidate for Gov of Alabama,
has returned to his seat in the House,
and he brings good news. He says
"No matter how much we may differ
on financial questions, the democrats
of Alabama are harmonious in agree
ing that the best interests of the
State require that it shall remain un-
der democratic control. We are all
together in the support of the ticket
Just nominated and will elect it fairly
and triumphantly." That's the way
for a democrat to talk. There is no
sore head under that mans hat.
McKinley's managers stole a
march on Reed when they captured
that Vermont state convention, even
if they failed to get everything they
wanted from the Illinois convention.
1t begins to look as though Quay and
Platt had undertaken a task of gigan-
tic proportions in trying to keep Nc
Kinley from getting that nomination.
Their latest scheme of uniting all
the opposition to Mckinley on Harri-
son is not at all pleasing to Reed,
who hates Harrison. One of Reed S
friends speaking of this scheme said {;
cit Platt and Quay can't beat M !
Kinley without taking up Harrison,
they can't beat him at all. Just re-