The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-01
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington, Oct. 90, 1900.
When old Zach Chandler made
Hayes a possibility by claiming his
election after the returns showed
Tilden's election, he established a
precedent that has been slavishly
followed by the republican mana
gers of every national campaign
since. The republicans have al
ready reelected Mckinley, accord
ing to their claims, and the voting
ten days hence will be mere for
mality The object of this bluff and
bluster is so plain that he who runs
may read it. Once get that large
portion Of the public which takes
no personal part i'll politics other
than to vote TO accept the idea that
McKinley's election is assured, and
the way will be paved to work
Hanna's plans to secure the election
by the corrupt use Of money and
any other crooked way chat pre-
sents itself, and those who know
little or nothing about the manipu-
lation of political machinery will be
more apt to accept the result so OBJ
tained because it had been so con-
fidently claimed before election.
He laughs best who laughs last"
The democratic managers could
shatter some of the Surface indi-
cations" which the republicans are
pointing out as assuring McKinley's
election, but to do SO they would
have to show where many thousand
Bryan votes are which the republ-
can bosses are fondly counting for
Mckinley, and that they do not
deem it good policy to do. 1t is
the silent vote" which they are
depending upon to elect Bryan and
Stevenson, and to locate that vote
for the republicans would be to
make trouble for the voters and to
lose much of it. Just let every
democrat keep his shoulder to the
wheel and remember that Novem-
Der 6, is the day on which the Pres
ident will be elected.
The slobbering-the word isn't |
elegant, but it is exactly expressive
in this case-of the men vino first |
kicked the late John Sherman out |
of the Senate to make room for
Hanna and then kicked him out of |
the Cabinet, where he mad only |
been figure. head while Day per-
formed the duties of Secretary of
State, over the death of Mr.. Sher-
man, which occurred in Washing
ton this week, is about as disgust
ing an episode as the political world
has seen on this side Of the Allan
tic. 1t was killing a man and then
praising him for his many virtues.
Mr.. Sherman was not a political
paragon. He belonged to the school
which follows the motto, "the end
justifies the MEANS" and he left
long string of his political friends
in the bitches he crossed in his ex-
tended political career, but it is GER
tain that he never treated any of
them as badly as he was treated by
the Hanna KcKinley crowd. Some
think that Mr.. Sherman died from
a broken heart, but there is no evil
dence that his heart was the kind
that breaks. That he had been a
soured and disgusted man ever since
his failure to capture the Presiden-
tial nomination of his party every
body knows, as he advertised the
fact in his book of recollections; but
as he always was glacial and un-
genial it is not likely that disap-
pointment shortened his life. He
was seventy-eight and lie had been
a hard worker. That is enough to
account for death from natural
causes.
Bank Examiners that can detect |
fraudulent manipulation of bank
books by crooked employees is
needed reform which has been en-
phasized by the news of 500, 900
defalcation Of an employee of the
First National Bank of New York
City. Secretary Gage was inclined
to treat the matter rather lightly,
when asked why the bank exami-
ners employed at high salaries by
his department had not discovered
the big defalcation in their exami-
nations of the bank books. He
said, nonchalently, as though it
were matter Of no consequence
"Our examiners cannot be expect
ed to discover an old defalcation
when the bank officers themselves
have not found or suspected it.
The First National Bank can stand |