The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-23
WASHINGTON.
u, our Regular correspondent.

The Harna-McKinley combine do Z
-, wish Secretary Sherman to take L
,he M stump in Ohio; they are afraid r
.ho, % he will say something that ought !
80, @ TO be said, either about the alleged
Cuban policy or about the various
;ndipnities which have been put upon
h;,,, since he was forced out OF the
cnnote , and into the Cabinet. Know ;
;ng the old man to possess the stub
hornness characteristic of the Sher- {
man family they have not attempted
% bulldoze him into not making
eneeches in the Ohio campaign, but
have attacked him upon his weakest
side. For many years Mr.. Sherman
has been one of the greatest sticklers
for maintenance of the properties
of official life, and that is what the
Hanna Mckinley combine has been
working on. How much they have
IMPRESSED the old man may be judged
from his reply when asked how soon
he was going to Ohio and what part
he expected to take in the campaign.
He said he did not expect to be IN
the State before the first of October,
and that it was not certain that he
would take any part in the campaign,
and that it was not customary tor the
Secretary of State to make political
sneeches. If somebody doesn't open
his ewes Mr.. Sherman will make no
speeches. ~
Ross Platt came over from New
York this week to urge upon Mr.. Nc
Kiney the speedy appointment OF the
Patt candidates for the Federal offices
in New York which have not yet been
filled with republicans. He told MIR.
Mckinley that he wanted the prestige
of naming these officers now, for the
assistance it would give him in the
greater New York municipal cam
paign; and if he was not to be allow
ed to name them, he wanted to know
at the earliest possible moment. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Platt talked to
Mr. Mckinley more like man whe
had the right to demand things thar
one who asked them as a favor, ant
that his men are going to be appoint
ed. Platt wants to get Secretary Bis
to resign and become his candidate
for Mayor of greater New York.
Notwithstanding the protests of tn
subcommittee of the Senate commtte
on Pacific Railroads, the syndicat
that is after the Union Pacific Ral
road will get it under the decree
the u. S. Circuit court OF the Eight
District, ordering the road to be sole
The Senators who conferred with tn
Attorney General asked that the ma
ter be held up until Congress me
and pointed out that 1t could eas
be done by the government taking
appeal from the circuit to the Supren
Court, but the members OF the pu
chasing syndicate are men OF Inn
ence IN republican circles and wh,
the question was brought before NJ
Mckinley and his Cabinet 1t W
speedily decided that no appeal shou
be taken and that the policy OF t
government should be hands {
This may seem strange to some pe
pie. in view of the very positive sta
ments made on the floor OF the SEM
by Mr.. Morgan, of Ala, and oth
who have made careful study OF
matter, that this sale would mean
loss of million OF dollars to the Y.
and to other creditors of the 70
but it really isn't strange; 1t is mel
cause and effect.
The decision of Judge Cox, in
case of Woods against the Postma
General, that the recent civil SER
rules promulgated by Mr. Mckil
have no authority in law, and that
legal right OF the head OF gov
ment to remove his subordinates
out giving any reason therefor,
hardly in print before the Civil
vice Commission, which is cred
with responsibility for the author
of the rule that no dismissal shoul
made from the classified service eX
upon written charges--the rule
which Woods based his suit
public statement trying to brea
force of the decision by saying Il
did not affect the binding pow
the Presidents order upon all ON
Intelligent persons may decide
themselves how "binding" an
will be which has been declare
court to be illegal.
The experiments of shipping a
can butter to London made [
Agricultural Department have
been financial success. Con
reports for the last shipment
been received and they show tn
Massachusetts butter, when Ii
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