The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-28
rUuLtC OPINION.

PUBLIC Ol'tNfoN.
Opinions From Nurious Sources on
Qucstions OF rubIic Interest.
If Webster Davis was "a liar and
blatherskite, a crooked official and
disreputable politician as Republic
cans now assert, his appointment TO
one Of the most important positions
within President McKinley's gift Is
finally explained. Lake Herald.
Separated as we are by a world OF
water from other nations, we shall,
II we are wise. surely avoid being
drawn into the labyrinth of their poll
tics and involved in their destructive
wars. America may think herself hap
py in having the Atlantic for barrier.
George Washington.
Well, the senate elections commit
tee decided with unexpected unanimity
to hoist Mr.. Clark from his seat and
send him back to Montana. Our noble
solons in the senate have considerable
patience with big pursed men and cor
porations. but they can't be expected
TO tolerate a fellow who has set such
an outrageous scale of prices on legis-
lative votes that no ordinary million
aire can afford to buy a senatorial scat.
a few more Clarks would ruin the
business.-Venango Spectator.
Judge Love, who sits on the bench In
Centre county part Of the time, but
spends most of his days managing Boss
Quay's machine, recently made rank
decision in a bank case in which Gov
ernor Hastings was interested. The
supreme court reversed Judge Love
and gave him a terrible scoring, declar-
ing that his decree docs not rest on
either reason or authority" that there
"is no evidence worthy the name to
sustain the finding" and that the law
controlling the issue was laid down
rs years ago No common pleas judge
ever received a more staggering re-
buke or one more deserved. But such
must be the fate of the political Judge.
Governor Stone has presented a
splendid example of government out
side of the constitution. His appoint
ment of Quay, absolutely without au-
thority and in direct violation of the
constitution of the state. received
Just rebuke from the United States
senate in the rejection of Quay. His
veto of a constitutional amendment,
for the purpose Of continuing in oper-
| alton an UNANIMOUSLY corrupt registra-
tion and ballot system, by which he
secured his own election, has met with
the unanimous condemnation from the
supreme court of the state, as a usur-
patton of power unprecedented in the
history of the gubernatorial Office
Meadville Advocate.
There is foolish talk of our going to
war with the sultan to settle mission
ary claims amounting to $1,000 AS
the sultan jointly with President Nc
Kinley exercises suzerainty over the
Sulu islands, would it not be a good
plan to have him bring an influence
to bear on the sultan of Sulu so that
he will give up the pension of $4,000 a
year that Mckinley has granted him,
| conditional on our not going to war
with Turkey on the 100000 claim?
| This would be per cent on the Amer
| lean claim against Turkey, and on the
whole would be a good operation. Be-
| ident OF any connection with the twin
evils Of slavery and polygamy on the
Sulu islands.-Pittsbur Post.
The Republicans are making an ap-
peal for the Confederate vote by start
ing pensioning the leaders in the re-
bellion who were educated at West
Point by the government. 1t used to
be one of their stock inventions that
the Democrats if in power would do
this sort of thing. Senator Gallinger,
of New Hampshire, on Thursday intro
! duced in the senate a bill to pension
Lieutenant General Longstreet, one of
the best of Lees fighting generals, at
the rate of $50 a month for services in
the regular army during the Mexican
war. General Longstreet has been well
taken care of since he united himself
with the Republican party after the
close of the war in reconstruction
times, having held federal Office when
ever the Republicans were in power
He is now commissioner of railroads
succeeding General Wade Hampton
who held the office under Cleveland
It's salary is $4,000 year, and it is gen.
orally considered one of the incest
pickups in the federal service. Why 8
pension when General Longstreet holds
such a lucrative position ?-Pittsbure
Post.
l left the Republican party in 1885,
because of it's adoption of a platform
favoring the gold standard. | predict
ed then that it would follow it up by
establishing by law a gold STANDARD
If it came into power. This it has done
adding to it a provision that will prac
tically destroy the greenback anC
treasury note, and turn over to thu
banks the sole issue of paper money il
the United States. The financial ques
tion is not settled by the passage o
| what ic raIIad the currancy oot apd