The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-02-17
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Mckinley by the friends of Cuba on
the floors of the Senate and House,
but no American has said such insult
ing things of him as were said in a
letter signed with the name of his
great and good friend, Senor de Lone,
Spanish Minister to the U. S., which
was this week published. Not only
was Mr.. Mckinley grossly insulted by
name in this letter, but he was jeered
at for allowing himself to be fooled by
the force of autonomy in Cuba and
the pretence of Spain that it wishes to
negotiate reciprocity treaty that
would give this country all the trade
of Cuba and Porto Rica. 1t is doubt
less because of griefthat his great and
good friend should have such an opin-
ion of him that Mr.. Mckinley did not
send de LONE his passport at once,
instead of writing to have it fully
proven that the letter was written and
signed by de LONE, by his resignation
This letter was made public by the
Cuban Junta, which has the original
in its possession, and if it does not
open the eyes of MIR. Mckinley to
the real situation and cause him to
either recognize the independence of
Cuba or to intervene by force, it will!
convince all of the people that great
mistake was make in electing him
President-About 100000 are al
ready convinced. If he acts quick,
he may get some credit, but if he de-
lays, Congress will force him to act
and he will get no credit. The feel.
ing that the time for action has come
was plainly manifested in the Senate
while Senators Cannon, of Utah,
Mason of ILL.,, and Allen, of Nebraska,
were speaking on the Cuban resolu-
tions which have been offered by
each of them.
In order that he might meet them
all and at the same time show his ap
probation of their loyalty to him dur
ing the recent deadlock, Senator Cor
man entertained all OF the democratic
members of the Maryland Legislature,
except two who were kept away by
sickness, at dinner in Washington
this week. Not a man who attended
that dinner regards Senator German
as out of politics.
If the democrats, the populists, and
the silver republicans had not made
that agreement to act together in the
Congressional campaign. Representa-
tive Plowman, of Ala, would not have
been ousted out of his seat in the
House, by the votes of the republican
msjority. The republicans voted to
give the seat to Aldrich, who ran as
populist candidate and was supported
by republicans, not because they
thought he was entitled to it, but be-
cause they thought the case could be
used to divide the democrats and
populists IN some Congressional dis
tricts in which republicans cannot
possibly win if the democratic and
populists votes are cast for single
candidate.
Mr.. Mckinley has not forgotten to
take good care of his personal friends.
Another one of them, Mr.. VIM. ].
Calhoun, of ILL.,, who it will be remem-
bered was sent to Cuba as the person.
al and confidential representative of
Mr.. Mckinley, last spring, has been
given fat berth. Mr.. Calhoun is to
get the position on the Inter State
Commerce Commission vacated by
the retirement of Hon. VIM. r. Nor
rison, the old democratic war horse of
Illinois. A Pennsylvania man was
stated for this position, but SO many
vigorous protests were received from
labor organizations that Mr.. McKin-
ley was afraid to appoint him.
Boss Hanna is again asserting his
power. He kept very quiet for
awhile after he returned from his late
Ohio shopping expedition, but he this
week compelled Mr.. Mckinley to
carry out the terms OF bargain MADE
at the St. Louis convention, in the
face of protests not only from the peo-
pie of the city directly interested and
the entire Georgia delegation in Con-
gress, but from members of his own
Cabinet. This bargain has brought
about the nomination of J. H.
Deveaux, negro politician who help
ed Hanna control the Georgia delega-
ton to the St. Louis convention, to
be Collector OF Customs at Savannah,
Ga. The excuse given by Mr.. Nc
Kinley to Representative Lester, Of
Ga, who called at the White House
to make a personal protest in the
name of every merchant who does
business with the Savannah Custom
House against the nomination ofa
negro to be collector, was not calcu
lated to add to the respect for him by