The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-03-05
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Feb'y. aS, 1890.

President Cleveland is not worrying
over the silly criticism IN connection
with the recent arrests of Cuban fill
busters. Only those ignorant Of law
make these criticisms. AS we'll might
a city or county officer refuse to serve
a warrant which has been sworn out
against criminal as for u. S. officials
to refuse to arrest fllibusters when
they are pointed out by the Spanish
minister in the act of taking their de
parture from the United States in
defiance of the neutrality laws. Should
this government refuse to make these
arrests Spain would be in position
to claim enormous money damages
from the United States, and the claim
would be allowed by any information
al court Let this be remembered
by all. The arrest of known hlll-
busters is not a matter of sympathy,
but of dollars and cents. The Presi-
dent is fully aware that most of the
people of this country sympathlze
with the Cubans, and there is little
doubt that he does, too, but he is too
honorable a man to let that interfere
with his duty. He has the interest
of the United States to look out Tor
first. 1t is altogether probable that
after Congress shall have finished Its
speech making about Cuba and de
cided in what form its opinion shall
be expressed that President Cleveland
will have his say in the matter, and
less that his say will meet the ap-
proval of the country.
The democrats of the House are a
unit in opposing the resolution cen
suring ambassador Bayard, because
they agree with the report made by
the minority of the House committee
on Foreign Affairs, that Mr.. Bayard
has done nothing to deserve censure.
But this is election year and fairness
and justice count for nothing when
the republicans think think they see
chance to make political capital.
However, they may find the adoption
of this resolution to be boomerang.
The Democratic Congressional
committee elected its old officers,
Senator Faulkner, of w. Va, chair
man, and Lawrence Gardner, of
Washington, Secretary, and appointed
a committee of five, of which Repre-
sentative Hutcheson, of Texas was
made chairman, to select members OF
the committee from those states
which have solid republican delega-
tion in Congress. At the joint Con-
gressional caucus which named the
members Of the campaign commit
tee the sentiment was almost unanl-
nous that the democrats have more
than fighting chance to elect ma
jority of the next House, and the
members Of the campaign committee
are going to work with the inte ntion
of doing so if possible.
1t has been claimed that majority
of the present House are members of
the A. p. A. Whether this be true
cannot say, but there is no longer any
doubt that majority of the House
are dominated by the A. P. A. This
was fully proved by the fight made
upon the appropriations for Catholic
charitable institutions in the District
of Columbia, and again this week by
by the vote of the House prohibiting
the payment of any Of the money
carried by the Indian appropriation
bill to Catholic Indian Schools.
Democrats have known for some
time that the House tariff bill was
dead, but it was not until the Senate
again, this week, voted down mo-
ton to consider the bill that the
republicans would believe it was a
real sure enough legislative corpse.
But they have no doubts about it
now. Even Dingley, Gar Reeds
man, who posed as its author, now
admits that it is dead beyond all
power of resurrection. It's death in
the Senate merely saved President
Cleveland the trouble of vetoing it,
as he would certainly have have done
had the Senate passed 1t.
A democratic rainbow is in sight,
between the split of the silver and
anti-silver republicans, which has had
an excellent effect upon the members
of the democratic party in Congress.
1t has been known all along that this
split would have to come, but 1t was
not generally expected until the ST.
Louis convention. 1t has come now
and the words used by Senators Tel
Ter and Carter on the silver side and
by Senators Sherman, Morrill,, Platt
and Aldrich on the anti-silver side
were of such a nature that IL is likely
to be permanent, unless one or the
other side makes an object surrender,