The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-04-12
WASHINGTON.
rom our Regular Correspondent.

the war taxes are pi!lng up Treasury
surplus which may become dangerous
by causing financial stringency.
There are three reasons for this edict,
neither credltable to the republican
administration. The first is, that Mr..
Mckinley wishes Congress to hurry
adjournment, in order that republican
Senators and Representative may go
home and try to explain the blunders
OF his administration, to save him from
defeat he fears; the second is that
Boss Hanna may have an opportunity
to dicker with the big interests affect
ed by the war taxes tor campaign con.
tributions, and the third is, that a
heavy surplus may be accumulated in
the Treasury to meet the extravagant
appropriations which are contemplat-
ed at the next session OF Congress,
after the Presidential election. This
may be satisfactory to the republican
bosses, but how about the people who
are paying in the neighborhood of 81
per capita in war taxes which are not
necessary to run the government as it
should be run1
The republicans were startled and
not at all pleased by the announce
ment of Admiral Dewey that he is
candidate for President, and if not
nominated by one Of the existing par
ties is willing to run as an independ-
ent candidate. They know that if he
runs as an independent candidate he
will draw his strength largely from Mr..
Mckinley and they also know that
Mr. Mckinley has no surplus strength
to lose. Col. Bryan, having already
been practically chosen as the demo-
cratic candidate, the democrats in
Congress regard Dewey's announce
ment very complacently and rather
hope that he will run as independent,
although they would be afraid of him
if he got the republican nomination.
1t seems almost impossible for the
Quay case to get before Senate tor
even a few minutes without stirring up
bad blood in some Of the republican
Senators. The republicans who op-
pose the seating of Quay are plainly
taking advantage OF every opportunity
that promises 10 render the slightest
aid towards preventing vote being
taken at the present sess ion, having
made sure that he would be seated if
the vote was taken. Senator Chand-
Ter, who is Quay man, accused Sen
ator Lodge, who Is not, with having
discourteously refused to answer a
question, and Senator Walcott, anoth-
er Quay man, went step farther by
saying that Mr.. Lodge had gone out
OF his way to estate that which is un-
qualihedly false" Later Wolcott ap-
ologlzed. All this and more, because
Mr. Lodge sought to use the Philip
pine bill under his construction of a
previous unanimous agreement of the
Senate to push aside the Quay case.
Democratic Senators have shown a
disposition to allow the republicans to |
hight it out among themselves.
In speech against the Porto Rico
tariff bill Representative Lane, of
Iowa, republican, sounded warn
ing to his party when he said: "This
is a question of sentiment and the
people are aroused. 1t appeals to
their judgment, their sense of justice
and equity and right, and now warn
you that whenever the standard of
justice and right of any political party
materially differs from the standard of
the people on any great question the
people rise up in their might and that
party goes down in defeat"
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There is more behind the resigna-
.tion of the Office OF Assistant Secretary
of the Interior by Hon. Webster Davis
than his statement that he did so IN
order to tell the people of this country
by voice and pen the truth about the
crushing OF two republics in South
Africa by Great Britain, with the moral
II not the actual support of the Nc
Kinley administration. 1t is we'll
known in Washington that Mr.. DAVIS
has officially stood in the way of sew
eral big schemes, connected with pub
lie lands and the pension system, and
that there has been almost constant
friction between him and Secretary
Hitchcock on account OF them. Mem
bers of the administration know that
Mr.. Davis has in his possession several
chunks of political dynamite. That is
why his resignation was considered at
a cabinet meeting. His championship
of the Beers is disagreeable TO the ad-
minlstration, but fear that he may do
worse prevents any attempt to inter