The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-22
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.


From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1900.
The story that Gov. Roosevelt is in |
the field as a candidate for the Repub-
hcan Presidential nomination has |
found sufficient number of believers |
among the McKinleyities to make it
more important than it seemed to be |
when it reached Washington several |
days ago. 1t is now said that there is
Roosevelt machine and that it is
plentifully supplied with money and
is already dickerlng with the men who
usually control delegations from the
Southeran States to Republican Ma.
tional Conventions; that Roosevets
positive refusal to be candidate for
Vice President and his declaration
against the Nicaragua Canal treaty
and in favor of absolute American
control of the canal was part of his
scheme to attract the support of the
anti Mckinley Republicans. A con-
siderable number of Republicans in
both Senate and House would be
glad to see Mr.. Mckinley defeated
for the nomination, by Roosevelt, or
anybody else, but they have no idea
of sacrificing all their official pie by
announcing that fact, unless it can be
shown that Roosevelt, or somebody
else, has support enough to win the
nomination. Some think that Roose-
welt is merely making bluff IN order
to force the Administration to throw
its influence in favor of his renomi-
nation for governor.
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Representative Bell, of Colo, show
ed in short speech that the claims
repeatedly made by Republicans, that
the banks made no profits by the de-
posite of Government money, was
ridiculous. He had written to State
Treasurers and ascertaned that they
receive from II to 4 per cent. on
daily balances from the banks in
which state funds were deposited, but
the Government didn't receive cent
of interest on the millions deposited
by Secretary Cages orders in Nj
tional banks. Mr.. Bell characterized
those deposits as crime against the
people.
Senator Talaiierro, of Florida, last
week made public vigorous denial
of the charge made In New York
paper. on the authority OF detective,
that he had during the Spanish war
been a party to a conspiracy TO de-
fraud the Government through the
purchase of lot OF bacon by COM
pany of which the Senator was an
officer. In addition to pronounclng
the charge "a tissue of malicious
falsehoods from beginning to end,
Mr.. Talaiferro says it was prompted
by the animoslty of ex-senator Call.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, whose
speech against the Republican gold
standard bill was among the bes,
heard, after stating that the measure
was vicious from beginning to end
and that it provided for permanent
increase of the bonded debt, said
"This bill places in the national banks
the control of the bonded debt OF the
county. Whenever the banks see III
they can reduce the gold reserve be
low the limit and force an issuance o
bonds; and this process can go or
indefinitely. All this in the interes
of the creditor, in the interest OF the
bond-holders, and srievously agalns
the interests of the people. PolItica
independence is much to be desired
but would rather live under an abso
lutte despotism and have hnancia
independence than to have politlca
independence and be financially de
pendent. Political independents
without financial independence is onl
independence in name"
There seems to be something al
tractive in the word subsidy" for tn
average man in Congress. The Hous
Committee on Interstate and Foreig
Commerce has decided by vote
ato S, In favor of the bill authorlzln
the laying of Pacific cable by pr
vate corporation and the payment
a subsidy by the Government for
period of twenty years.
Republican hints Of their intentio
to do something that will remove tn
trust question from this years can
paign induced Representative Ball,
Texas. to call the bluff He did {