The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-06-10
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June Sth, $50;

| CnarHe tnat tne action OF the House is
unconstitutional and that Congress is
not legally in session, but in reality it
is worrying them no little. The mat
ter has been discussed at cabinet
meeting and the Attorney General is
preparing an opinion on the subject
to be submitted to the Cabinet.
The Senate has adopted resolu-
ton, offered by Senator Tillman, re-
questing the Judiciary Committee to
report what legislation is necessary to
enable the State of South Carolina to
control the liquor traffic within its
territory. The resolution is intended
to meet the decision of the Federal
Court that the present dispensary law
of South Carolina is in conflict with
the interstate commerce law.
1t looks now as though there would
be no sugar investigation. Had a
vote been taken on Senator Tillman's
resolution when it was first offered it
would have been adopted, but having
conferred together, the Republican
Senators have recovered their nerve
and it is now announced that they will
vote against the resolution.
The following language wasn't ut
tered by a Democratic member of the
House, but by one Of Washlngton's
oldest ministers Of the gospel, DIR. By
ron Sunderland, at mass meeting
held under the auspices of the Wom-
ans National Cuban League, to ex-
press the grief and indignation of the
American public at the atrocious muir
der of an American nurse by the
Spainards. DR.. Sunderland said :
''The government of the United States
seems to be recreant to its duty in
this emergency. Look at the conduct
of this Congress Of ours. The House
of Representatives, called together to
take action on questions of vital mo
ment to the welfare of our people, as
we'll as of our suffering fellow-citizens
in Cuba, adjourning from day to day.
All business locked up securely, and
the key carried in one mans pocket.
Meanwhile, members of this body, in
cahoots with half dozen members OF
the British Parliament, with the Min
listers Of both powers acting as UNI
pires, regaling themselves at game
! of chess The committee rooms OF
the House given over to carrying on
the sport"
Senator Jones of Arkansas doesn',
believe in slraddling any question
Two Democ. attic Senators voted with
the Republicans for duty on onyx
.. because of the existence of onyx quar-
ries in their states, and Senator Per
kins said he was surprised that Senator
Jones did not do SO in order to helI
: develop the large onyx deposits knowr
! to exist in Arkansas. Mr.. Jones sale
in reply: 'There is no justification fol
tariff taxation, except for the purposes
of revenue, and will not support ar
excessive tax, even for the benefit O
, my people. Taxation for private ben
> eft is robbery, pure and simple.
E Jerry Simpson may not be able to
e cope with Speaker Reed, but he made
( Representative Stone sorry he inter
5 rupted him to ask if there was an!
t greater demand for the passage OF
0 bankruptcy bill now than there wa
!, during the last Congress, by replying
. "Why certainly there is ; your prom
:. lsed prosperity has not materialized
and the people now seek relief II
d. bankruptcy courts
If the words Of the Washington
;. Judge, who presided over the cour
. that tried and acquitted Havemeye
! and Searles, the president and secre
= tary of the sugar trust, mean anythin
a they mean that the Senate committee
e had no legal authority to ask question
relating to the business Of the suga
,. trust If this is good law, the laws
o the country cannot be too soon S
st amended as to give Congress the rlgf
to investigate the business of the suga
- trust, and of all other trusts, wheneve
I. there is occasion to do so in the inte
te est of the public.
h. 1t is guilty consciences which hav
s. caused Speaker Reed to be guarde
a, by detectives, for fear that somebod
Is will do him bodily injury as result
'e the public indignation at his metho(
" of muzzling the House. He has r.
~ sr celved threatening letters, but the
were writtenqby man in Washlngto
merely to cause sensation. lheI
rt isn't the slightest probability that an
st body will kill Mr.. Reed or even hu
~ him. The people know that the
~ remedy hes in the ballot box, al
wv Ny, they will wait until the Congression
is. elections next year to apply 1t,
a Secretary Gage has let the seer
ed out that Mr.. Mckinley expects tt
Ms session of Congress to give him a
:. thority to appoint a currency comm