The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-10
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

committee Of the Senate is shown
by the threat of cloture rule for
the Senate, if there is any attempt
to fllibuster against the ship SUBJ
sidy or the Army reorganization
bill, that have come from that COM
mittee since Congress reconvened.
Whether those threats can be made
effective will depend largely upon
the backbone exhibited by the re-
publican Senators who are opposed
to both bills. 1t is expected that
before the Army bill is voted upon
a democratic substitute providing
for a continuance of The present
strength of the army for two years
from the first of next July will be
offered.
The Reapportionment bill is being
made the basis Of a warm contest in
the House, in which political lines
are not drawn, but most of the
democrats are supporting the substi-
tute for the committee bill, which
slightly increases the representation
of a few States and reduces that of
none.
General expression Of suspicion
of the motive in delaying action on
the Nicaragua canal bill has brought
out statement from prominent re-
publican Senators that action will
not be taken for at least a month,
because of the desire to show Eng.
land the courtesy Of allowing it that
much time to act upon the amend
ed Hay Pauncefote treaty. Accord
ing to the same authority. the bill
will be called up early in February
and passed. That, however, doesn't
seem to be the opinion of the presi
dent of the Panama Canal Co., who
is in Washington, as he has pub
licly said that he considers his COM
pany still has chance to sell out
to the U. S., which he pretends
that it isn't at all anxious to do, as
it can sell to England, France and
Germany at any time. Whether
this impudent Frenchman is bluff
ing or really has hold on any con-
siderable number Of Senators suffi-
ciently strong to hold up the
Nicaragua Canal Bill will shortly
become apparent.
Not even resolution of the Sen
ate can get at that interesting docu-
ment generally spoken of as the
Lawshe report. being a detailed
statement of the crookedness found
i'll the handling of Cuban moneys
by an expert accountant. Instead
of answering the Senate resolution
calling for this report, Secretary
Root went to Mr.. Mckinley for
assistance in burying the report so
deep that the Senate cannot dig it
up for its contents to create sensa.
ton. In order to render this assist
ance Mr.. Mckinley will take
advantage of his authority to decline
to make public any document which
in his discretion would be best kept
secret. There is no way that the
Senate could force the President to
make public this document. even
were a majority disposed to try.
But the fact that so much trouble
has been taken to suppress this re-
port and that Mr.. A. L. Lawshe,
the man who made it, has been
given big place in the Philippines,
apparently to get him out of the
way, shows that the revelations
made by the report must be many
times worse than the Nealy steal
ings in Cuba.
There is All old-time row among
Ohio Republicans. Senator Foraker
has accused several members of his
party of fixing up conspiracy to
put Representative Dick in For
aker's seat at the close of his term
Dy deal with the antl-SalOOn eie-
ment and the use of the Ohio Re-
publican Committee, of which Dick
is chairman, Foraker is said to
have given Dick a personal raking
over that he will never forget, and
to have succeeded in getting Hanna
to break with Dick, who has been
his confidential man ever since he
started out to be political boss.
Whether Dick, deprived of Hanna S
support, will be strong enough to
put up anything like winning fight
against Foraker, is doubtful, but
the rumpus isn't going to increase
brotherly love among Ohio Re-
publicans.
| Gen. Miles has a few factc ia HE