The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.

press by w. b. Hennessy of St.
Paul who was sent to New York to
promote the boom of Governor
Johnson of Minnesota is regarded
bv the Democratic leaders as typi-
cal of the opposition to the great
Nebfaskan. Mr.. Hennessy went
to New York filled with Johnson
enthusiasm He returned blled
with enthusiasm for Charles A.
Towne, who is said to command
the united support Of Tammany
Hall. MIR. Hennessy tells the
world that Governor Johnson would
welcome the nomination of Mr..
Towne as Vice President, but that
if Mr.. Johnson cannot be nominat-
ed for first place, then he believes
Mr. Towne will be. Mr.. Towne,
it will be remembered, was appoint
ed to the Senate vice the late Cush-
man X. Davis, who had died in
office. Towne was then a Republi
can. He later became Democrat.
however, and served term in the
House as a Representative from
New York. Mr.. Towne is
eminently popular in and out of
Tammany Hall, but there are few
Democrats who will regard him as
in the same class as William J.
Bryan or as approaching presiden-
tia size. Nor is it at all likely
that the great body of the Demo-
cracy wonld care to enter the fight
for the presidency with Tammany
candidate. The ease with which
Mr.. Hennessy has been won over
to the Tammany view, however, is
regarded here as showing how little
real vitality, there is to the oppo-
sition to Mr.. Bryan and especially
to the Johnson boom.
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Senator Teller of Colorado made
quite a speech in the Senate last
week on what he called the ten
dency of the general government to
overrule the powers of the States
of the Union and to ignore the re-
strictions of the Constitution. He
contended that the Federal govern
ment justified any act on its part
by ascribing it to the public in
tercst.
m+T
President Roosevelt recently en-
tertained at the White House the
well-known British naturalist. R.
Keatnor, who lectured, in Washing
ton, by request, to distinguished
audience including the President
and the British Ambassador. At
ter luncheon at the White House
the President took Keatnor for a
drive into the country and intro
duced him to many American birds.
Together they stalked woodpeck
ers, phoebes, cardinal birds and
tree sparrows, creeping stealthily
over muddy, slippery hillsides, and
beneath dripping underground.
MIR. Keatnor afterwards declared
that he had the extreme satisfac-
ton of thanking the ruler of the
United States of America for giving
me the greatest ornithological treat
have ever enjoyed in my life" "
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A rumor has been circulated to
the effect that Postmaster General
Meyer is contemplating resigning
his position in the Cabinet to accept
the control of a large trust COM
pany. Mr.. Meyer denies absolutely
the truth of the story and he is oc-
cupied with plans looking to inn
provements and additions to the
service. Mr.. Meyer just now is
devoting great attention to the
postal savings bank and the ch cap
er parcel post and he is confident
that Ii these measures are adopted
great benefit will accrue to the
country as result.
Ta.#
Some of the anti-Bryan-ites have
been counting on Texas to help
them in their fight against the
Peerless Leader but they have
counted without their host. 1t is
true that there has been a good
deal of anti-Bryan sentiment in the
Lone Star state but it has all faded
away i'll the presence of the fight
on Senator Bailey. In their desire
to elect or defeat Senator Bailey
the opposing factions have each
come out strong for Bryan and ac-