The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-01-30
WHAT THEY SAY
Ektractc From Various Sources lndl-
eating Democratic Opinion Regard.
Ina Questions Of the Day.


free trade than was the revenue re-
form advocated by Cleveland and the
Democratic party in 1888 and 1892.
It's wonder, therefore, that the ex-
treme protectionists don't denounce
the reciprocityites as traitors-as
they denounced the Democrats when
they advocated the same thing under
another name.-Titusville (Pa) Ad-
vance Guard.
What a bargain we got when we
bought from Spain her Philippine war
for a beggarly s20,000,000! Instead Of
cheap insurrection, our purchase
turns out to be S400,000,000 affair
at least, and there is no limit to the
possible expansion of the figures. The
greatest luck Spain has had in three
hundred years came to her in Manila
Bay and off Santiago.-Philadelphia
North American (Rep.)
Andrew Carnegie has made between
one and two hundred million dollars,
enough to make Is to 20 thousand fam
lilies. $4,000 people, very comfortable,
by means of the protective tariff that
robs the many to enrich the few. He
knows exactly how 1t works, and hav-
ing become enormously rich by this
legal robbery, and having retired from
business, he says, THE best policy is
to reduce protection duties" He is
right in this. Every principle of JUS
tice and fairness demands this.-Shel-
bina MOI Democrat
The last public utterance of ex-
Ripper Recorder A. NJ. Brown, of
Pittsburg, to the effect that Governor
| Stone was the custodian of thu fund
| raised to pass the Infamous ripper
! through the legislature last winter
has gotten that garrulous old has
/ been into a peck of trouble. If what
he says is true he knew all about the
| Illegal and disgraceful means used to
! pass the bill, and If he was half as
! honest as he now wants people to be-
I lieve. he should not have accepted Of
! fee at the hands of Governor Stone
! or any other corruptionist connected
with the gang. The trouble with the
| old major is that he did not become
honest soon enough. Remorse Of
| conscience, such as Brown Is now
experiencing, comes too late to be OF
/ benefit to the people, unless he tells
| the whole story. He will hardly do
that, as a lot Of other "reformers'
now patting him on the back would
be in the hole as deep If not deeper
than Goldbrick Bill.-Clearfield Re-
publican.
"The Philippine Tariff measure
passed the house Of representatives by
party vote. 1t is one of the most
shameless pieces Of legislation ever
proposed by any party and ought to
seal the political fate OF every man
| who supports it. England, in her op-
preston of American colonies, never
was guilty Of anything more tyranni-
cal, and even Spain, whose despotism
aroused our country's armed protec-
tion in behalf of Cuba-even Spain
lacked the refined cruelty which the
Republican leaders practiced with
seeming enjoyment. While the West
Indies were under the rule Of Castil-
lians they enjoyed free trade with the
mother country and had representation
in the imperial parliament, but the
Filipinos, after cooperating with us
against Spain, bought like chattels
from vanquished foe, were placed un-
der the control Of high-priced carpet
bag officials. They are to be shut out
of commercial intercourse with the
| hx, ha ;1h tar ~
structed to enable few American
manufacturers to grow rich at the ex-
pense of the rest OF the people, and
are denied representation in the legis-
lature which taxes them. The Demo-
Gratis in the house will greatly
strengthen their party by great opposi-
tion to the measure WIN. j. Bryan
We said, the other day, that Presi-
posed upon by the Pennsylvania sena-
tors when he nominated their man,
Saylor, for consul at Dawson, Canada
If Mr.. Roosevelt found that Saylor had
been booked for this appointment by
President Mckinley, and If he sent the
|
to the character and antecedcnts of the
appointee, we can understand how the
mistake came to be made. The en-
dorsement Of Quay and Penrose ought.
perhaps, to have been considered as
a suspicious circumstance, but under
the press and rush of business and the
necessity of seeing an average OF 100
visitors per day the natural suspicion
which attaches to a recommendation
from that quarter might have been
overlooked. Now that the bad rec
ord of the man, however, has been
brought to light, the president should
promptly withdraw the nomination.
The naming of Saylor as consul at
Matanzas by Mr.. Mckinley was one of
the most deplorable appointments of
the latter's career. The good people
of Philadelphia are not easily shocked
by the dongs of their politicians, but
the appointment of man who has
just been detected in attempting to
swindle the state while serving on an