The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-12-21
WASHINGTON.
From bur Regular Corrosnonnent.

w WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. is, 1900.
Mr. Mckinley isn't satisfied with
the bossing Congress; he intends to
boss the whole Republican shooting
match. For some reason he has
soured on Boss Platt's little scheme
of making Gov Teddy Roosevelt the
Vice Presidential candidate, and he
took occasion to tell the members of
the Republican National Committee,
which met in Washington Friday to
choose the time and place for the
next Republican National Con
venton, that Secretary Root would
be nominated on his ticket. Boss
Platt tries to make it appear that he
means it when he says that Roots
nomination for Vice President will be
entirely satisfactory to HIM. Now,
that 1t has become known that
Mr.. Root is Mr.. McKinley's eau.
didate and thick and thin worship
pers at the Mckinley shrine are falling
into line and the Root boom is grow
ing accordingly.
Senator Allen, who has been ap-
pointed by the Governor Of Nebraska
to fill the vacancy left by the death of
the late Senator Hayward, will be
warmly welcomed as staunch and
valuable recruit to the ranks of the
anti-gold standard Senators, who are
preparing for long and hard fight
in the Senate against the gold stand
ard bill, which Mr.. Mckinley has
found it so easy to jam through the
House.
The Republican speeches in the
House, last week, nave contained lots
ofgush about "Republican prosperity
and "sound money" but very little
praise of any portion of the gold
standard bill, which will, if it becomes
law, put the control of the finances
of the Country in the hands of bank
ers, enabling them to contract or ex-
pand the amount of money in circul-
alton at will.
Representative Cochran, of Mo ,
in an able speech against the Nc
Kinley gold standard bill, presented
figures showing that there is not
enough gold in the world to do the
business Of the world, and declared
that the importation Of gold to pay
for the surplus crops exported to sup
ply the failure OF crops abroad had
quickened trade and produced the
prosperity of which the Republicans
boasted, and warned the Republicans
that when the stock Of gold declined
as he believed it was bound to do,
the prosperity of today would crumble
like house OF cards. Representative
Sims, of Tenn, in his speech agains,
the gold bill, called attention to a
very important fact-that while wages
did not average more than 10 pei
cent above the panic level, the price o.
manufactured goods had increased
100 per cent.
Senator Petigrew's resolution call
ing upon the Secretary of the Navy to
inform the Senate whether the flag o
the Philippine republic Was carried by
vessels in Manila Bay and saluted by
Admiral Dewey or any of the vessels
OF his squadron at any time since
May I, 1898, and whether vesse
flying the Philippine flag accompanied
the United States Cruisers Concorc
and Raleigh to Subig Bay, in JUNE
1898, to aid in compelling the Span
ish force to surrender, asks for legiti
mate information, and should b.
adopted. If these reports are falst
the Administration ought to be glaC
of the opportunity to officially say SC
but no such gladness is manifested
On the contrary, Mr. FettlSreWs res
oluton is to be smothered, nc
answered.
Mr.. Quay is in Washington, maxim
personal appeal to Senators to vot
to seat him on the governors creden
ials. 1t is said that if he does nc
receive assurances from a sufiicier
number of Senators to make it absc
lutely certain that he will be seated
he intends TO withdraw his applicatlo
and credentials, but there is a dout
as to whether he could withdraw then
Some of the members of the Hous
Committee which is engaged in Il
vestigating the charges against Ro|
erts are themselves charged with beln
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