The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-21
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June IL, ]

From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June IS, 1900.
The republican pretense that there
is uncertainty about who will fill the
second place on the Mckinley ticket
is amusing Boss Hanna and Mr..
Mckinley have long ago selected the
man, but the secret has been we'll
kept, as they wish the delegates to the
convention to be deluded into the
belief that the nomination is theirs.
The platform that will be adopted by
the Philadelphia convention has also
been written, although the convention
will go through the farce of appoint
ing platform committee to prepare
it. The platform was written by
Postmaster General Smith, who was
chosen for the task because he was a
newspaper man, but its authors are
Boss Hanna and Mr.. Mckinley.
They dictated 1t in the rough to Mr..
Smith, who polished It up. In fact,
the work of the Philadelphia conven-
tion could easily be done well inside
of three hours, but Hanna promised
in return for that 100000 contribu-
ton that the convention should sit
three days, and the programme has
been arranged on three-day basis,
not only to give the Philadelphians a
chance to even up but to try to work
up little enthusiasm among the
delegates.
Senator Chandler, who has way
of nagging his party and its leaders,
when the spirit moves him, has been
throwing cold water on the Hanna
Mckinley crowd by pointing out in a
published interview the danger of
republican defeat this year. Follow
ing are some of Mr.. Chambers rea-
sons: "We will be hurt the most by
the charges of extravaganza and cor
ruption. The next danger point is
the charge that the party is bound in
chains by the money power and that
its relns are held by mlllionaires, and
the third thing to fear is great losses
in the Philippines" He pointed out
exactly where defeat might meet the
republicans when he said: "Suppose
the war news next fall is not good, or
that there are labor troubles, or that
prosperity is threatened. What then?
Illinois, Indianna, and even New
York would slip away from US. 1t is
barely possible that we may lose those
states even without any succession of
untoward events. In thar event, we
would lose the election" Mr.. Chand
ler is being roundly abused by the
party bosses for publicly saying what
they have been saying among them
selves for weeks.
The Court of Claims has taken the
Sampson side ofthe battle of Santiago
with a vengeance. 1t decided that
Sampson commanded the fleet during
the battle and that the New York was
engaged therein. Under that decision
Sampson, who had no more to do with
destroying the Spanish fleet than the
reader of this, will get $S,335 as his
share of prize money, while Schley,
the man who commanded the fleet
which destroyed the Spanish ships,
gets only about $4,000.
A sensational statement was made
before the Industrial Commission,
now hearing testimony on matters re-
lating to labor, by Mr.. M. F. Thomp-
son, Secretary Of the Southern In
dustrial Convention of Huntsville.
Ala, and bitter opponent of labor
unions, who said: "Labor organiza-
tions are today the greatest menace to
this government that exists inside or
outside the pale of our national do
main. Their influence for disruption
ard dlsorganization of society is far
more dangerous to the perpetuaticn n
of our government IN its purity and
power than would be the hostile array
on our borders of the armies of the
entire world combined" That is pro.
baby the most extreme opinion OF its
kind ever publicly uttered in this
country. 1t was listened to by some
of the labor leaders, who intend to
answer it in their testimony before the
commission.
Col George c. Gorham, lifelong
republican and tor years Secretary OF
the Senate, expresses the opinion that
Mr.. Mckinley would be defeated il
every democrat IN the U. S. refrained
from voting next November. Speak
ing of the political outlook, he said:
"My correspondence is extensive, re-
preventative and frequent with all sec.
tions of the country, and believe
am telling you the truth when say
that if the election were held to.
morrow, my old friend, Mr.. Mckinley,
would not carry halt dozen states