The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-06-18
WASHINGTON.


sensible rule of refusing to go to the
Capitol to sign bills passed during the
last hours of the session, and insisted
upon having all bills sent to the White
House, where he could give them
careful examination, as is usually the
custom.
b. far, the most interesting event
OF the closing hours of the session of
Congress was the short humorous
speech made in the House by "Pri-
vate" John Allen, of Miss. After re
ferring to the universal criticism" Of
his silence during the session, he said:
81 desire to say, however, that there
has been little at this session of Con-
gress to inspire a man to be loqua-
cious. And | want to say further that
am not the only great statesman
whose recent career has been distin-
guished by his silence. There are a
good many of us leaders, Mr.. Speaker,
who have not been talking mnch late
ly. But | have not got anybody to go
around and certify what my views are.
l notice that distinguished gentle
man, who they say is about to be
nominated for the Presidency of the
United States, has man in every
bailiwick giving a certificate of what
his views on the financial question
are, bnt we cannot hear anything from
him. Now, do submit that people
are authorized to certify all sorts of
ways for him, for he has certified all
sorts of ways for himself in times gone
by. l have a number of his speeches
in my pocket. do not know which
one he stands on now, but he has
stood on all sides of this question, and
people are giving out certificates for
him on all sides of the question.
They say that an egg that goes around
the country with a certificate that it
is good egg is not safe egg to buy,
beceu5e, they say that an egg never
starts out with a certificate until it
gets under suspicion" Mr.. Aliens
speech was interrupted at every sen
tence with laughter and applause and
it was evident that Speaker Reed en-
joyed his whacks at Mckinley.
Gov. Boies, of Iowa, who is himself
a candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation, doesn't take any stock in the
idea that Senator Teller, or in fact
anybody but a tried and true demo.
crat, viii head the ticket nominated
by the Chicago convention. In
letter from Gov. Boies, received by a
close friend in Washington this week,
he says at would In my judgement
be absolutely impossible to unite any
considerable number of the delegates
to that convention in favor of nomi-
mating any one outside of the party,
for the head of the ticket, at least"
The House and Senate split their
differences on the battleship question,
and the bill as sent to the President
provided for three battleships, one to
be constructed on the Pacific coast,
provided it can be done at cost rot
exceeding 4 per cent. in excess of the
price paid for the others, and directs
the Secretary of the Navy to make no
more contracts for armor plate until
Congress acts on the subject.
Representative Stallings, of Ala,
denounced the remarks made by Rep
resentative Linney, Of N. c., in favor
of unseating Representative Under
wood, Of Ala, which was accomplished
by vote of II6 to 1o7, as ''the
dirtiest abuse Of his own section ever
delivered by white man."
Secretary Carlisle's answer to the
Senate subcommittee which will in
vestlgate the bond issues, by direction
OF Senate resolution, was given to
the papers this week 1t is a long
document and goes quite fully into
the details of the bond issues, giving
the reasons for every act of the ad-
mlnlstratlon in connection Herewith,
and showing that the causes originat-
ed under Harrison's administration.
1t is expected that Secretary Carlisle
will be one Of the first witnesses who
will be heard when the investigation
begins, which will probable be inside
of ten days.
Senator Gallinger, of N. H., who
has aspirations to help manage Nc
Kinley's campaign, was asked what
sort of platform the St. Louis con.
vention would adopt. His reply was:
at will be the kind of platform that
will win" That tells the whole story.
While there are few republicans like
Senator Hawley, who is single stan
dard gold man, and Senator Teller,
who is a silver man, who put principle
above everything else, the great ma
Jority OF the party and of the delegates
to st, Louis, are only intent upon
framing platform that will win, rel
gardless of principles.