The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-10-02
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington, September ao, 1902.
President Roosevelt returned to
this city last night, having been OBJ
liged to discontinue his western trip
because of an injury received in the
accident at Plttsheld, Mass. Secre-
tary Cortelyou states that the Presi-
dent is not suffering from. the opera
ton, which he was compelled to un-
dergo at Indianapolis as result of
his injury at Pittsheld, Mass, and it
is believed that brief but complete
rest will entirely restore him to
health. There is evident general
telling OF relief in Washington at the
excellent condition in which the
President arrived here as it was fear
ed that he would prove to be in a
more serious condition than the bulle-
tins stated. Personally, Mr.. Roose.
welt is held in the highest esteem by
the members of all parties and his
death would be regarded as a nation
al calamity. Not only is this true
because of the regard which his man
ly personality has elected on al! sides,
but 1t is also due to the fac; that were
anything to happen to Mr.. Roose-
welt, he would be succeeded in the
White House by that dllletante in
vertebrate, the present Secretary of
State. The death of President Nc
Klnley and the two narrow escapes Of
President Roosevelt, have served to
call public attention to the fact that
in the event of the death of both the
President and the Vice President, the
person to succeed them would be one
selected by the President and who
might never have received the suffrage
of a single citizen for any Office, a
most anomalous condition of affairs.
Now that the public is reassured of
the welfare Of Mr.. Roosevelt, it may
be stated that there is considerable
relief felt by the republican managers
that his western trip was interrupted.
Chairman Grlggs of the democratic
Congressional Committee recently
made public statement in which he
said that the President was doing
yeomans work for the democratic
party and that opinion is largely held
by the Presidents political associates.
His utterances in regard to the trusts,
in the light of the unwil(ingness of
the republican party to ADOPT any
remedy which would afford genuine
relief from the trust evils, were bound,
sooner or later, to result in vastly
increased democratic vote. His state
ment on the tariff question proved
entirely unsatisfactory to the western
people. They were palpably lacking
in enthusiasm and in certainty of con-
viction. To the most casual observer,
it was evident that ths Presidents
personal convictions were not express
ed IN his utterances and he is poor
dissembler. 1t has reached your
correspondent, from private sources,
that the people at Logansport mani
tested their disappointment in the
Presidents position on the tariff most
unmistakably. His idea OF submit
ting tariff revision to a non-partlsan
commission is not new but 1t is
chimerical. 1t was tried during the
Arthur administration with entirely
Improbable results, 1t was demon
strated then that Republican con-
gressmen would not accept the cut
and dried recommendation of civil
commission. The tariff is local
issue, and when tariff revision is
undertaken in Congress every Con-
gresham strives with mighty effort to
preserve or increase the duties on
these schedules in which his own con-
stituents are interested.
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The New York convention has me,
and, as that is the Presidents state
its convention has national interest.
The effort of the republican press tc
make it appear that there are serious
| differences between Senator Platt anC
Governor Odell is most amusing tC