The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-08-24
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 2
From our Regular Correspondent.

washington, aug. III, 1909
Frequenters of the War Depart
ment, which continues to be the buS.
est of them all. are reminded by the
present situation of the adage about
the difficulty of teaching old dogs new
tricks. There's new head to the
department, but the machinery is just
the same as it was during the Alger
regime, and there is the same dsn-
cllnatlon to tell the public anything
that can be hid. Although 1t is well
known that more men have already
been enlisted than will fill the original
announced number of Philippine reg
iments of volunteers, and that enlist
ments are still being made as rapidly
as possible. War Department offic-
ials say that no official decision has
been made to increase the number of
regiments, and that no additional call
for volunteers is likely. This is moth
ing more than quibbling, 1t is so
certain that more regiments will be
organized that lists of their officers
have been made out. AS to issuing
a new call for volunteers, none is
necessary to continue the recruiting
up to the limit fixed by Congress
$4,000 men. AS matter of fact, no
call was issued when the present re-
cruiting was begun-a simple order Of
the Secretary of War was issued.
Senator Clay expresses the belief
that there will be an anti expansion
Republican presidential ticket in the
field next year, and that such men as
Tom Reed and Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts,,
will support it, and that its vote in
New England will be large enough to
throw the electoral votes of those
states to the Democrats.
That nearly all of the negroes
trouble has its origin in bad advice,
given sometime thoughtlessly, and not
few times with the malicious inten-
ton to make trouble, is we'll known
to those who have taken the time to
study the race problem, A Wash
ington lawyer deserves place among
the bad advisers Of the negro. He
stated in an argument in defence of a
negro who was charged with being
disorderly and found guilty and fined
that his client would have been jus
tilted had he shot the policeman who
arrested him. If some negro desper
ado who heard that statement shoul(
kill the first officer who attempted t(
arrest him for some petty crime
wouldn't that lawyer be an accessor,
to the murder
The administration crowd is reall
becoming alarmed at the extent G
the "nigger" animosity to Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and the word has been passe'
around to the "nigger " officehoder
to whoop it up for the administratio
at every turn, and especially to try t
counteract the anti-McKinley talk a
the gathering, in Chicago, to b
known as the Afro. American Counci
The negro voters of Ohio have it /
their power to make it impossible fc
the McKinley-Hanna candidate fc
Governor to be elected consequent
ly, they are being "jollied " by ever!
body connected with the administrs
ton, but some of those "niggers
are just smart enough to make
plain that an Office with good salar
attachment is the only sort of a jol
they will take from the administration
The revival of the story alleglr
the intention Of Ex.Czar Reed to r
main in Congress and lead the hgl
against expansion, on the floor OF II
House, probably had no more su
stantial basis than a desire to wor
those Republicans, who for one
another reason, welcome his retlr
ment from Congress. Even if he r
mained in the House, he would n
lead the fight on imperialism tn
patriotic duty will be performed by
Democrat.
Representative Bankhead, of A
bama, was in Washington last wee
He was indignant because of pu
lication several days ago alleging tn
he attended an anti Bryan meeting
Saratoga. Speaking of it, he sail