The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-13
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. August "a.


glove contract and, as was expected,
practically exonerates Congressman
Lttauer, the Presidents intimate
friend and most trusted political ad-
visor" Mr.. Littauer claims that it was
not until after Lyon had secured the
contract that he became interested in
it and then only because he felt oblg-
ed, as a manufacturer of the gloves, to
charge Lyon as much for them as
Lyon had bid, the profit being purely
incidental and unexpected by himself
and Lyon. In this explanation Lit
tauer is practically upheld by Root.
The one point which Llttauer fails to
explain is why he appeared at the
War Department on several occasions
and used his influence as member
of Congress to secure the contract for
Lyon, especially as Lyon was not
constituent of his. With a recon-
mendation that, as stated above,
practically exonerates Littauer, Secre-
tary Root has referred the whole mat
ter to the Attorney General, for his
advice.
XXX
Since last weeks letter the postal
officials have made another generous
haul, securing indictments against
August w. Machen and seven of his
confederates who had, according to
the evidence presented to the grand
jury, divided among them funds OF
which the government has been de-
frauded amounting to upwards Of
$4,000. BY his Vaccinations Ma
cnen had secured "rake off on
every registered letter case, on every
carriers satchel and on every mail
box that had been painted. Among
those indicted with Machen were
William Gordon Crawford, manager
of the Postal Device and Lock Com
pany, "Clff" Long and several others.
Long was protege of Senator Han
mas and had on several occasions re-
presented Abner Mckinley, attempts
ing to sell goods, OF which he claimed
Mckinley was the owner, to the
Department and threatening with dis
missal, as result of McKinleys in
huence at the White House, those
who refused to purchase the inferior
grades OF goods he offered. The
grand jury is still in session and is
known to be working on Postoffice
cases and some more startling indict-
ments are promised at an early date.
XIX
"Many of the people of Texas"
said Representative S. B. Cooper to
your correspondent this week, are not
tariff reformers of the Cleveland stripe;
that is to say, they want some in
cidental protection. In other words,
they are more on the line Of the late
Samuel J. Randalls contention than
on that principle of the Wilson bill,
as reported from the Ways and Means
| Committee. In southwest Texas the
sheep and cattle interests are i'm
portant and those engaged in them
are naturally opposed to the free-raw-
material theory of the tariff. The
same is the case in my district, where
the rice and lumber industries are
thriving. This large infusion of pro.
tec,ionist ideas of the Democratic
variety tends to give popularity to
such candidates for the presidential
nomination as do not wish TO push
tariff re-adjustments beyond a safe
point. Mr.. German is not only popu.
lar on this account, but also because
of his attitude on what is known as
the Force bill, and that not only in
Texas but throughout the south. l
have some doubt of the accuracy of
the interview telegraphed from New
York upon his arrival there from
Europe. He is not given to saying
things which reflect upon those in the
party who differ from him on public
questions.
XXX
Representative Bankhead OF Ala
bama, who is in Washington on some
matters of interest to his constituents,
observed in regard to the race ques
ton in that state: "It is settled. Our
new constitutional provisions as &c
suffrage give the negroes who car
read and write, or who own thret
| hundred dollars worth of property The
| right to vote. The amendment pre-
vents some whites, a few, from voting
Time was afforded to all to prepare
themselves for the suffrage, and since
| January the permanent voting list ha
gone into operation. 1t was con
sidered necessary to have constitu
tional check on suffrage because W.
had tried other checks and foun
them, for one reason or ano other In
| eff Iciapt in the lOnu RIM II wonl1