The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-02-06
WHAT THEY SAY
Extracts From Various Sources Indl.
eating Democratic Opinion Regard
Ina Questions of the Day.

money, but the Republican majority
in congress will hardly dare to indorse
Secretary Cages plan of loaning the
treasury surplus to the national banks.
-Shelbyville Qnd) Democrat.
Although Governor Durbin, OF In
diana, is clearly violating the consti-
tuition in refusing to surrender ex-
Governor Taylor to the Kentucky
authorities, there is scarcely a Re.
publican newspaper in the country
that does not support him In his
wrongdoing. This is because Cover
nor Taylor is a Republican and the
crime in which he is held to be an
accomplice was the murder of Demo-
crat. This Is small excuse, however,
for justifying disregard of the consti-
tution.-Reading Telegram.
Ex-Governor Shaw, the new secre-
tary of the treasury, argues that be-
cause the railroads control the mum.
ber OF cars they use, therefore banks
should be permitted to control the
volume OF money used by the people.
Whether he takes this position be-
cause of his bias in favor Of banks or
because of his ignorance of the money
question is immaterial, the fact that
he holds such views shows that the
people at large will not be considered
during his administration Of the treas.
ury OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Commoner.
Pennsylvania has received an.
other blow which sinks it to lower
depth in both the moral and political
world" 1t not only declares it IAN
act of political partisanship and
demagogy pure and simple" but was
attended by attempts on the part OF
the governor to bribe Mr.. Brown.
Stone is going to his fate without the
benefit of clergy. 1t is extraordinary
the contempt with which he Is re-
garded by men of all parties and all
sects. Few men in high Office have
ever sunk so low. We have no paral-
lei in Pennsylvania.-Unit Presby-
terian.
A hundred Chinese who were
stopped upon landing at San Fran
cisco, although they claimed they
merely wished to pass through
the country to Mexico. are to
be sent back to China after being de-
tanned two months. 1t has been held
that they have no right of appeal from
the decision of the local collector.
The treatment OF these people seems
very harsh in consideration Of all the
privileges that are demanded for
[ Americans in Chinese territory. They
might have been forwarded to their
destination in country willing to re-
ceive them, at much less cost than is
l incurred in sending them back.-Un
[ identified.
It now seems the machine has con
. cluded not to call the state conven
!. tion at an early date, as was at first
:, thought desirable, but will follow
, precedent and hold the same in June
: or not earlier than May. This is sat
: isfactory and will give abundance OF
time for discussion concerning candi
dates and make good fight for dele
q gates. The coming contest in this
Y state Is an important one, and viii
|. call upon the time, energies and bes1
" thought of Republicans to battle fol
l. high aims and the best men in the
= commonwealth, so that we will NJ
O longer hear the sneering cry: "Wha
II is the matter with Pennsylvania?"-
Il Lancaster Examiner (Rep).
+ The appointment of ex-senator II. S
Q Saylor, of Montgomery county, as con
J. sui at Dawson City is an insult to th'
y respectable citizenship Of Pennsyl
d yania. Saylor is one Of the cheapes
h tools the gang ever used at Harrisburg
IS He was so cheap and transparent tina
II even the page boys around the Hill dis
cussed him in the corridors and ridi
culed his futile attempts at dignity
$. President Roosevelt would never hav
l. named Saylor for anything did h
IL know his calibre 1t was Saylor VIII
was chairman of the committee tha
investigated the condition of the btu
minous coal miners in 1897 and VIII
s. put in an expense bill which calle
.; forth protests from all over the state
- 1t was so terribly padded that Cover
ID nor Hastings vetoed it and Saylor ha
a been crying ever since.-Clearfield Re
" publican.
O. Inere were only StNeu FotcS oh
collateral question on Mr.. Knox's con
or firmation that appeared to be in OF
e. position, while there were 43 the othe
way. Then the nomination was con
It firmed without division, showing ther
were no senators so earnest in oppo
" sition as to call for record vote. Tn
n, debate did not go to the merits or dc
,, merits of Mr. Knox, but was col
:, fined to the proposition for furthe
=: delay in order that his outside oppt
n nents might present fresh evidence g
TO- to his alleged sympathy or allianC
B.. with trusts. In this matter Mr.. kno
has merely suffered, and that only to
very limited extent, by the position {
his party and administration, und'
'~ both Mckinley and Roosevelt. Thel
to is no doubt the law of 1890 expresse
Republican antagonism to trusts fe
years ago 1t was used as an ele
Ak tioneering argument to show the ant
Is trust stand of that party. For tin
g IL had considerable effect in holdir