The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-12-17

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were afraid to do otherwise,
Representative Stokes of 5. {.
has been served with notice OF
double contest for his seat i'll the
present and i'll the next House.
DR.. Stokes came to Washington
last year with the proper certificate
of election but his seat was contest
ed by Mr.. Johnson, Republican,.
Finding nothing i'll the case upon
which to base all excuse for giving
Johnson the seat, the Republicans
of the House declared the seat va
cant. The two men were again
candidates and DR.. Stokes was
elected to the vacancy and also to
the next House. Johnson con
test depends more upon the Repub-
lican majority than it does upon
any evidence he expects to produce.
Senator Blanchard voiced the
sentiment of nearly all of the demo-
Gratis i'll both branches Of Congress
when he said: "T'he democratic
party, while beaten in the recent
election is compact organized, and
full of hope for the future 1t simply
bides its time. 1t has lost some
material which can be spared, and
gained lots of friends, adherents,
and well-wishers. 1t has always
been a party of wonderful recupera-
tive capacity 1t will be ready for
the fray i'll 1898 and i'll 1900. Woe
to the republican party if it does
not make good that dangerous
promise it has heralded throughout
the land of prosperity and good
times"
Senator Quay has astonished
those who thought they knew him,
not only by his change of tactics
he has heretofore been the most
silent of fighters-but by the word
ing of some of his published inter
views against the candidacy of Mr..
John Wanamaker for the Senate.
For instance, when he said "In
the U. S. Senate, we have million
aires and business men enough to
serve all legitimate purposes. Sena-
tors are needed who have no special
ties but who will act for the inter-
est of the country in gross without
special affinities. The people most
deserving of representation and
most in need of legislative protec-
ton are the farmers, the small
store keepers, the artisans and the
laborers, and l stand by them. "
The truthfulness of the above is
unquestioned, but that it should
come from Mr.. Quay is astonishing.
While not himself millionaire,
Mr.. Quay has always had the repu-
tation of being in touch with the
millionaires of the country. But,
he is first of all a politician, and as
such is apt to make use of what he
thinks to be the most effective
weapons to carry his purpose.
Senator Mills has left all the
other resolutions relating to Cuba
away behind by offering one direct
ing the President to take forcible
possession of Cuba and hold it until
the Cubans organize a government
of their own.
The House is going right ahead
passing bills just as though the
Senate Calendar was not already
choked up with House bills passed
at the last session which haven't
ghost of chance to get acted upon.
The mountain would not go to
Mahomet, so Mahomet went to the
mountain. After remaining in Wash
ington nearly week, stopping Just
around the corner from the hotel at
which Speaker Reed makes his
home i'll Washington, without re-
ceiving call from Mr.. Reed, Boss
Hanna decided to call upon Mr..
Reed, and he did so at the latter's
office i'll the Capitol. In view of
the humble manner in which most
of the republicans waited upon
Hanna, this call must have been
little humiliating to him; that it was
pleasant to Tom Reed is certain.