The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-01-14
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Andrew Jackson Day could not
have been more enthusiastically OBJ
served at the annual banquet of the
Jackson Democratic Association of
Washington had the defeat of last
November been victory. In addi-
tion to the large number of prominent
democratic guests of the association
an innovation was introduced this
year by inviting a woman-Mrs.
Mary Donaldson Wilcox, daughter of
A. J. Donaldson, who was private
secretary to President Jackson. This
lady enjoys the distinction of having
been the first child born in the White
House, and resides in Washington.
Presto p! Change F! Great is the
power of public pap. The republi-
can Senators who were expressing
their willingness to have American
blood-not their own, of course
shed, If necessary, to free Cuba from
the tyranny of Spain, when Congress
adjourned for the Christmas recess,
came back to their seats this week as
meek as sucking lambs. They have
heard from Mckinley, and as far as
they are concerned suffering Cuba
can keep on suffering. Senator Call,
of Fla, not having the fear of Nc
Kinleys anger TO keep him mum,
made speech on his resolution,
which was adopted, calling for the
official correspondence in the case of
Julio Sanguilly, newspaper cores.
pondent and citizen OF the U. S., who
has been sentenced to prison for life
by the Spanish authorities, in which
he did some very plain talking about
the attitude of this government to-
wards Cuba, and the delay of the
Senate in acting upon the Cameron
resolution.
The House passed the Loud bill
depriving books and sample copies OF
newspapers of the privilege Of second
class mail, and is now wrestling with
the Pacific Railroad funding bill,
which the Huntington lobby is NOV
ing heaven and earth to get passed,
as their last chance to prevent the
ioreclosing of Uncle Sans mortgage
on the Union Pacific railroad.
Senator Gibson, of Md, is indig-
nant over the statement made by the
Baltimore Sun that he had predicted
the defeat of Senator German and the
continued ascendency of the republi-
cans in Maryland. After characteriz-
ing the publication as false and ma
licious, Senator Gibson said " In
stead of believing that the republican
party Is in control Of Maryland for an
indefinite time, believe that it will
not be long before the democratic
party, which gave the State splendid
administration, is recalled to power.
Maryland has simply suffered from
the wave that has overspread the
country, and there will come time
when the wave will recede. The
boilers from the democratic party in
the State bear about the same rela-
ton to the entire rank and file that
the 100000 Palmer democrats bear
to the 100000 who voted for
Bryan"
Senator Allison, who was chairman
of the U. S. delegation, to the inter
national monetary conference of
1892, said soon after his return
"The sending of another American
Commission in behalf of silver to the
old world will be a farce, unless it is
invited by Great Britain. l, for one,
will never go again on such bootless
errand, no matter what is urged"
Senator Allison has never said any
thing since TO indicate that his mind
has undergone any change on the
subject.
Senator Jones, Of Ark, and other
prominent democrats are now conf
dent that the Senate in the next Con-
gress will contain majority of silver
men, Notwithstanding the extraordi-
nary efforts of Mark Hanna to get
gold majority by the lavish use of
money and Of promises of patronage
under the Mckinley administration.
Secretary Herbert's investigation
Of the cost of manufacturing steel
armor plates, made by the direction
of Congress to which his report was
this week sent, doesn't show the
Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel Com.
panies in very complimentary light.
They both refused to give the Secre-
tary information until after they found
that he had obtained it from
European makers of armor then,
according to Secretary Herbert's re-
port, they gave him misleading infor-
nation. The report says the two es.
Establishments have made combina-
tion to force the government to pay
fancy prices for armor, and shows that
they can furnish armor for one third
less than the government is now pay