The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-09-24
WASHINGTON.
IN our REGULAR Correspondent.

Il
nent man thinks Senator Clay of
Gorgia, who is in Washington this
week "arranging for winter quarters" as
he puts it, says that his state, and he |
believes most of the southern states
will send delegations to the next
national convention instructed to sup. |
port Senator German for the first !
place on the ticket. When asked
what effect Mr.. Bryan's opposition
would have, the Senator replied, "None
whatever. Why my dear SIR, we are
sick and tired Of seeing Bryan's name
in the papers. If the press of the
country could only realize that he is
no longer regarded seriously by the
practical democrats, the newspapers
would ignore him. AS soon as the
papers drop him, his occupation, as self
appointed dictator to the democratic
| party, will be gone. We are not pay
ing any attention to him in Georgia.
We have talked the subject ovet
among ourselves and VIC have about
concluded that Senator German is not
only the strongest man In the party
we can nominate, but we believe there
is an excellent opportunity Of electIng
him. His democracy, his ability as a
leader and his safe views on all the
important questions which will figure
in the coming campaign stamp him
as the strongest man we have in our
party to-day. This estimate of Cor
man is not confined to Georgi1 but it
extends all the way from Maryland
down through Virginia, the Carolinas,
Florida, Alabama and louisiana"
XXX
Reports from the Northwest are to
the effect that the people of that sec
ton, republicans and democrats alike
are anxious for tariff reform and one
Republican Congressman now in
| Washington, admits that were the
democrats to nominate safe man,
sound on the money question and
with conservative tariff reform ideas
he could give Mr.. Roosevelt very
close run in Minnesota. 1t appears
that the people of that section have
at last awakened to the fact that the
tariff on wheat was imposed merely to
hookwink the farmers and really does
no one penny's worth of good, while
it prevents the Minneapolis mills from
grinding the thousands of bushels oi
wheat harvested in British Columbia
and deprives tine northwestern rail.
roads of the benefit OF hauling both
the wheat and the -four. The cooper:
would also be benefited could thi:
, wheat find its way to Minneapolis as
they would supply the -four barrels
the lumbermen would supply the
material for the barrels and so on
until large number of northwestern
! interests would benefit directly or in
: directly from free wheat. 1t is alsC
! desired that general reciprocit,
treaty with Canada be effected. o
course such treaty would be EN-
, phatlcally opposed by the Eastern re
publicans, but that very fact may aug
. ment the dsaffection of those in th'
northwest.
i Xxx
a Postmaster General Payne is un
e derstood to have devised defense o
his action in removing Miss Todd, tn,
a Deleware postmaster, at the behest o
e Alice, the Addlcks Senator, which vii
S enable the President to approv
# Payne's course and avoid any ruptur
e with Payne or Addicks Although th'
: Postmaster General told Miss Tod
n that she was removed becauss she wa
personally obnoxious to Senator ALE,
$ and although in the first interviews h
n gave on the subject he plainly showe'
e that he believed the agreement entere'
}. into between the Deleware senators
whereby each was to control half @
the federal patronage and use it to re
ward faithful henchmen, was ampl
reason for his having removed Mis-
Todd and replaced her with an Ad
: dicks politician; after the press of tn
/ country manifested unqualified disap
Y proval of his action Mr.. Payne be
: thought himself of the advisability O
r alleging that Miss Todd was guilty O
: "ofensive partisanship" and alleged
! that reason in his report to the Presi
2 dent. OF course, Mr.. Roosevelt i
I too ardent civil service reformer t.
s tolerate federal employee who wa
= guilty of taking sides, even against ;
notorious corruptionist who haC
brought disgrace or her state. Con
sequently, according to all reports
Miss Todd will remain removed b,
order of the President, and Payn,
t will once more escape the censequen
u ces of his acts.
XXX
c General Frank d. Baldwin com