The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-09-16
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 10,

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strange bedfellows. Although these
two men have not always been close
friends, they are now IN the same
boat-both are compelled by circum
stances to seem to desire the election
of Boss Hanna to the Senate and to
seem to be working towards that re-
suit, when neither Of them want
Hanna in the Senate. Boss Hanna
would doubtless have been edited, if
not pleased, if he could have heard
the conversation of Foraker and Sher-
man at their long conference, in the
Secretary's Office at the State Depart
ment.
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee is in
Washington, but State Department
officials declare that his visit has no
official significance, and that he will
return to Cuba about the first OF
October. That is more, however,
than Gen. Lee has said.
Senator German was at the Treas
ury Department this week and called
upon Secretary Gage for the first
time. The newspaper men who tired
to interview Mr.. German on politics
met with the usual result--he inter-
viewed them and found out what they
knew, but didn't tell them what he
: knew. Whether Senator German in
tends to retire from public lite at the
expiration of his present term is
question that is still being discussed
both by his friends and his enemies,
but whatever may be his intentions
about retiring, there is no doubt
: about his intention to regain Mary
j. land for the democratic party, nor
= = of his confidence in his ability to
,, ;, accomplish that result. His expan-
u sive smile when existing republican
= dissensions in the State are mention
/ ed shows his satisfaction with the
, situation.
Rev. Sam. Small left Washington
~ this week for Kentucky aud Ohio
Z! He will take an active part In the
) campaign in both States, making
; democratic speeches. He has few
'e equals as an effective stump orator
~ He recently had confelen witt
~ ~ Mr.. Bryan, and he will probably tel
~ ~ the Kentucky and Ohio voters SOM
W. of the things they talked about.
" Officials of the Marine Hosplta
VI y. Service have taken steps which the
.y believe will prevent the spread OF tn
10 yellow fever, which is now at Ocea
Springs, Miss, and statement ma
:, been issued CHASING the yellow feve
.. 40 at that place as a mild form OF tn
~ disease, which is proven by the sma
w. w. mortality so far--less than two pf
Us cent-and by the fact that many
o' those attacked have only been slight
Inconvenience thereby for sever
Jul DAYS. There is no occasion tor ar
yellow fever scare anywhere.
.en While it is generally known
i've i've Washington that Pension Comm
~ sioner Evans has had several wrangl
l. with the Civil Service Commlsslo
no because of his violations of the CIV
tle. .I. service law and rules, and that Seer
Ns tarv Bliss has made him feel his a
iho thoritv IN a more or less humlllatll
'"- way, upon several occasions, t
rumor that he has become suttlclen'
ah' disgruntled to contemplate reslgnl
IL. iew finds few believers. Mr.. Evans sa
Hal he doesn't intend to resign, but tn
always talk that way. OF the MI
u teen divisions in the Pension Bure
there is only one that has the sal
chief it had when MIR. Evans to
charge of the Office; the other ell
,u, teen have either been reduced or
moved.
Senator Bacon, of Ga, was
,,or,, Washington this week. He II
vG.y Icy sized up the condition of the peo
'.MT ',;,, of his state and section /: II you
,;d Hn man in wilderness he will ultima
'noa ' " get out of it some of the comic
lnI 'ahI. of life, and so did our people. Il
ca eiat are now making little Nancy;
! l;an ie. much, but they are growing stron
'ds is.ns and steadily improving. Not a bl
Nd T Il It is due TO tariff legislation. I'M
, 't t.w had to get better, for nothing &C
NV NV get worse with them. They had
''' credit and were compelled to +
what they consumed. Out OF this
versity they are emerging and WI
due time become the people
lg the were before they sank almost into
licago depths of despair. There has
4 some talk in the North about tn' TN
!, notn- oan crease in the price of cotton 1
i depat. raj is no increase that we know oi'
. Ex- ton still remains at the same
figure. If the increase in the
h this of our crops would correspond
boun- the increase in the price OF wheat
te = sbnrg ans cotton growers of the South wou
delighted, but there is as yet no
ing to cation that there will be any
States. rise in the staple which the oou'