The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-12-09
WASHINGTON.
PROM our Regular Correspondent.

Kinley thinks will be beneficial to
him and to the republican party /?
Such question would seem to admit
of but one answer. Yet, Mr.. McKin-
ley is seeking the aid of Gar Reed
and Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the
House committee on Appropriations,
to prevent the House legsatng for
the whole people. Because the Ding
ley tariff law has failed to provide the
money needed to properly carry on
the government, and because he does
not dare to tell Congress 50 and ask
for additional tariff legislation to
furnish more revenue, Mr.. Mckinley
wants to deprive the people who pay
the heavy taxes called for by the
Dingley tariff of privileges to which
they are clearly entitled. If Reed
enters the deal-Cannon has already
done so-no public building bill, no
matter how urgent the need, will be
allowed to 60 through the House no
bill providing for the payment of any
private claim against the government,
no matter how just it is nor how much
those to whom the money is due may
be suffering, will he allowed to pass,
and no river and harbor appropriation
will be passed. Car Reed may bite
off more than he can chew, if he at
tempts to carry out these ideas.
Neither he nor Mr.. Mckinley will be
as strong at this session as they were
at the extra session their favors
have mostly been distributed. 1t is
we'll known that failure to get through
public building bill for his district
has cost many Representatives their
seats, and next year the Representa-.
tives will all be passed on by their
constituents. There has been much
talk which came to nothing about
revolt against Reed by the House,
but in this case there is likely to oe
sure enough revolt, if he isn't careful,
and successful one, too.
A scrapping match between two
prominent w. Va. republicans, Mr..
+. A. Scott, who is member Of the
Republican National Committee, and
who expects to become Commissioner
of Internal Revenue about the first of
January, and Judge Nathan Goff,
who was once in the Cabinet and who
has Just declined a Cabinet port
folio, is indicated by the announced
aspirations of both of them-a desire
to succeed Senator Faulkner, whose
term will expire March 8, 1899. w.
Va. democrats laugh al the expecta-
tons OF Messrs. Golf and Scott, and
say that they have no doubt of
democratic majority in the next legls-
lature. Meanwhile Golf and Scott
are preparing to fight each other.
They were both in Washington this
week and both saw Mr.. Mckinley.
Having already more factional party
fights than he knew what to do with,
Mr.. Mckinley tried to nip this one
in the bud by asking Golf to become
Attorney General when Mr.. Mckenna
is nominated for the Supreme Court,
but that gentleman declined and said
that nothing but seat in the Senate
would tempt him to give up his pre-
sent lifetime judicial position, but he
may change his mind. Senator Elkins
is at present posing as a friend OF
both Scott and Golf, but it is believed
that it will be found when there is
show of hands that he is on the side
of Scott.
Senator Mallory, of Florida, has
pronounced views on Cuba which he
doesn't hesitate in announcing. He
said "Spain's apparent willingness
to grant autonomy is but pretext OF
delay against positive action by our
government. 1t ought not to deceive
any one familiar with the record OF
Spain's oft,broken pledge to the peo-
pie of that oppressed island. l 40
not know what action Congress will
take, and am not in the confidence
of the administration. AS far back as
1858 u. S. Senator from my State
advocated the independence of Cuba,
and the arguments then made are
absolutely applicable to-day. He gave
a detailed account OF the perfidy OF
the Spanish government, which would
serve without modification at the
present time. The autonomy farce
has been tried before" Senator
Mallory thinks there can be only one
right settlement of the Cuban ques-
ton, and that is the independence OF
the island, and he regards 1t as the
duty of this country to aid in bringing
it about, forcibly if necessary
1t looks now as though no attempt
will be made to pass a bill providing
for the retirement of the greenbacks'
even in the House. The reason Is
republican opposition, which is out
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