The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-03-22
WASHINGTON.
FROM our Regular Correspondent.

Mr. MChliliCy dhCbSu tSuGCi ~
England of the good Offices OF this
government towards bringing about
peace between England and the two
South African republics which Eng
land is slowly but surely crushing out
Of existence was nothing more than
the attempt of frightened politician
10 bamboozle the voters OF this country
who have been openly expressing sym
pathy for the fight for life that the
citizens of those republics are making.
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In fact, there has been no tender
of the good Offices Of this government.
All that was done was to forward
cablegram from the presidents of the
South African republics to the Eng.
lish government, through the U. S.
Embassy in London. There was no
word of comment from this govern
ment, although Mr.. Mckinley knows
that the right sort OF a message from
HIM would result in saving the exist
ence of those republics. The message
from the South African governments
was not even dignified by being pre-
sented by the U. S. Ambassador to
England, that official being off on
pleasure jaunt; it was presented by
one OF his secretaries. 1t was because
of the bad showing that would have
been made that Mr.. Mckinley took
advantage of his right and refused to
furnish the Senate with copies of all
correspondence with Great Britain and
the South African republics, which
were asked tor by the resolution offer
ed by Senator Allen and adopted.
After wrangling and fighting for
nearly week and holding two eau.
cuses the republican Senators have
patched up sort OF agreement on
the Porto Rico bill. A bill appropria.
ting So, 700, 900 for the immediate re-
lief of the Porto Rlcans is to be pass
ed at once, and the debate upon the
old bill is to be continued indefinitely.
Senator Davis stated In caucus that
if the republicans did not give Porto
Rico free trade Mr.. Mckinley would
lose the electoral vote OF Minnesota,
and Senator Beveridge made similar
statement as to Indiana.
Representative Sulzer, of New
York, believes that the various stories
of complaints of American citizen:
resident in the Transvaal Republic OF
the treatment of themselves and Other
foreigners are fakes circulated to STOP
the increase Of Boer sympathy in this
country, and to prove his belief to bt
correct he has offered a resolution ir
the House calling on the State De
paitment for copies of all letters re
ceived from citizens of the u. S. resi-
dent in the South African Republic
from January 1, 1899 to the presen
time.
Having got their gold standard bill
beyond the reach of those republicsl
Senators who still claim to be bime
tallists, the republicans were yer,
frank in acknowledging the effect tht
new law will have. For instance
Representative Overstreet, who wa
IN charge OF the bill when it tnall
passed the House, said, in reply to ;
question of Representative Williams
Of ILL.,, as to whether the clause of tn
law making bonds payable in gol'
would prevent their being paid in sill
yer, if International bimetallism shoul
in the future be secured: "The bond
could only be paid in gold. This bi
holds out not the slightest hope of in
ternational bimetallism under presen
conditions. l say frankly that thl
bill will make it practically and absc
lutely impossible ever to have intel
national bimetallism at the rates of +
to l." That fully exposes the by
pOcrisy of those republican Senator
who stated when it was before tn
Senate that the bill contained nothin
that would stand in the way Of inte
national bimetallism.
Senator Butler, of N. c., found
necessary while making person;
statement refuting the allegations tn;
he was not In favor of the free coinag
of silver at ratio of I6 to 1, to ca
Senator Aldrich, of R. l., liar-h
exact words being, "The Senator frol
X. l. makes statement that is ne
true" At the same time Senate
Allen, of Nebr., made a statemel
,SrArE OF OHIO, CITY OF To-
LEDo, LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank l. Cheney makes oath III