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

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nroper thing to make support of the
National platform Of political party
the test of a mans loyalty to his
nartv. The platform adopted by a
party in National convention is the
only authentic declaration of the
principles of that party and must be
co considered until another National
convention meets and adopts another
platform. These facts are so self
evident that mention of them seems
almost unnecessary, yet objection is
being raised because democrats are
insisting that the platform adopted by
the Chicago convention must be &C
cepted as the principles Of the demo
cratic party. To do anything else
would be radical departure from all
political precedents.
There is a clash Of authority in the
Interior Department between Secre-
tary Bliss and Indian Commissioner
Iones that may end in a big row
among prominent republicans. Mr..
Jones present assistant is Mr..
Thomas P. Smith, who is demo-
cratic holdover. Mr.. Smith has made
tip top record and Mr.. Jones would
like him to remain in his Office. Boss
Hanna directed sometime ago that
one of his Ohio proteges-Tawner,
by name,-who has been serving as
the private Secretary of Secretary
Bliss, should be appointed Asst Com
missioner, and the appointment was
about to be made when Commissioner
tones heard about it and notified
Secretary Bliss that he would not
have Tawner for his Assistant. Then
there was a high old time in the Office
of Secretary Bliss, and the relations
between him and Commissioner Jones
are very much strained, but Tawner
has not yet been appointed. OF
course, if Boss Hanna insists he will
be, and if Jones doesn't like it he can
resign. 1t is custom to consult the
wishes of bureau chiefs in selecting
their assistants, and upon that custom
Commissioned Jones relies.
Republicans would rather not talk
about the deficit of about twenty six
million dollars shown by the Official
figures of the governments receipts
and expenditures for July ard August,
the first two months of the new fiscal
year. They have already done too
much talking about the surplus that
the new tariff was certainly going to
produce.
Senator McLautin's success in the
S.. c. primary election, which means
his nomination and election to the
Senate, was the source OF no little
pleasure to his numerous Washington
friends. He has already shown thai
he will make Senator of whom his
state and section will be proud.
Representative De Graffenreid, o
Texas, is In Washington. Speaking
of wheat and silver he said "Ou
farmers are this year blessed witt
abundant crops and the wheat-pro
ducing countries on the other side o
the ocean have short crops. In othe
words, the demand for American
wheat is almost greater than the sup
ply > hence the big prices which tn
spectators are just now getting.
am sorry to say this will not alway
continue, for next year the deman'
for wheat by reason OF good crops o.
the other side may be only norma
and IN that event our farmers will nc
receive any more for their wheat tha
formerly. Let the mints OF tn
United States, England, France, an
Germany be opened tomorrow
silver, and you would see the prlce
the white metal rise steadily until
reached the level of gold. VIII
would it rise ? Simply because OF tn
demand-just the same as deman
has raised the price Of wheat" M
Graffenreid expressed his oplnio
strongly of those who are constant
decrying the four hundred mllllo
standard silver dollars the countl
now has, and ended an interestlr
chat by saying: "The only solutlo
of the question is to open the min
to silver the same as gold. Perm
nent prosperity will never con
through the further contraction OF tt
currency, which the gold bugs al
trying to bring about by dlscredltln
our standard silver dollars. VIII
the country needs is more none
That will be the issue in the ne
campaign, and, in my Judgment, II
democrats will win upon i"
Mr.. John Russell Young, the ne
Librarian of Congress, is now havlI
hard wrestle with the more tn;
seven thousand applicants and the
friends, who were disappointed whit
he, this week, announced the appolr
ments to ten of the best positions