WASHINGTON.
Prom our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, ISQS.
The suspicon is growing daily that
one of the causes—the principal one
—of delay in the peace negotiations,
at Paris, is the inlluence of the hold
ers ot he $500,000,000 in Spanish
bonds that Spain calls Cuban bonds.
These bondholders have satisfied
themselves that public opinion in the
United States would never consent to
the payment of any portion of these
bonds by this country, even if offic
ials could be " persuaded " to agree
to such payment. They are now
working on another tack. They
wish to secure a promise from this
government, entirely outside of the
treaty ot peace, of course, that it
will use its influence with the Cuban
Government that is soon<* or later to
be set up to recognize fnese bonds.
They know very well that no such
promise can be made officially, but
they believe that it can be secured in
such a way that it can be made ef
fective. A hint of the work in this
line, that has been done at the Paris
end of the line, was contained in a
recent news paragraph cabled over,
which stated that one of the Ameri
crn Commissioners had said the Cu
ban government, after its establish
ment, and not use the U. S. peace
commissioners, would be the proper
party for Spain to negotiate with con
cerning Cuban bonds. It the capi
talists who are trying to make this ex
change can get those bonds recog
nized by Cuba, with a sort ot tacit
consent by this government, they can
pocket at least $200,000,000 in prof
its. That may be considered as the
stake in the game now being played.
The semi-official statement sent
out from Washington that Mr. Mc-
Kinley had sent an ultimatum to
Spain, threatening to withdraw the
American Commissioners and declare
the truce at an end if the Spanish
Commissioners did not proceed more
rapidly with the negotiations of the
treaty of peace, is nothing more nor
less than a bit of campaign buncomb,
put out solely for effect upon the
Congressional campaign. Members
of the administration have been very
careful not to lather this statement,
or even to admit that it is true, but it
originated from a source that the ad
ministration constantly makes use of
to get things before the public. It is
absolutely certain that no ultimatum
has been sent.
The publication of the letter from
Chairman Babcock, of the Congres
sional Campaign Campaign Commit
tee, to Senator Penrose, imploring
him to show the ietter to prominent
Republicans who are opposing the
Quay ticket in Pennsylvania, in order
to get them to try to save the party
the loss of a number of Congressional
districts, indicates how frightened the
Republican managers are at the out
look. This letter was not intended
for publication, but was to be shown
around to Republicans only. There
are good reasons for saying that Mr.
McKinley would not care a conti
nental if Quay was defeated, if his
defeat does not cause the loss of
enough Representatives to give the
House to the Democrats, and it is
just the same with Roosevelt, in New
York. If Mr. McKinley could be
assured that the Republicans would
retain control of the House, even by
a largely reduced majority, he would
be perfectly willing to see Quay and
Roosevelt defeated. He has had it
in for Quay a long time, and he fears
the election of Roosevelt nay make
him a dangerous rival for the Repub
lican nomination in 1900. How
much that had to do with his refusal
to go from the Philadelphia Peace
Jubilee to New York and make a
speech, only himself knows.
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It would be something entirely
new for a Republican administration
to make anything even resembling a
fight against the trusts. Therefore,
no one was surprised when Attorney
General Griggs said in reply to a ques
tion as to whether his office intended
to take advantage of the Supreme
Court decision that the railroad trust,
known as the "Joint Traffic Associa
tion," was illegal, to prosecute other
trusts : "This office is not looking for
jobs. It has all the work on hand
that it can stagger under now."
While the Department ot Justice
probably has lots of work to do, there
is little doubt that the right sort of an
Attorney General could use that anti
trust Supreme Court decision to make
things very lively for the trusts, and if
the present force of the department
was insufficient to do the work, it
could easily be increased, if it were
made known why the increase was
desired.
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Secretary Kerr, of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee,
declines to make public a statement
of all the Congressional districts he
expects to go Democratic, becanse
there are some of them that the Re
publicans do not regard as in serious
danger; but he expresses confidence
that the Democrats will control the
I next Douse by a good working ma
jority, and his iooks express his confi
dence plainer than his words do.
Lack of monev confined the work of
the Democratic t 0.-nmittee to a few
districts, as it wa- early in the cam
paign decided that w.t.i tiie means
at its disposal belter results could be
obtained by concentrating its efforts
in those districts that were carried by
small majorities by the Republicans 111
y6. Tiie Republican committee has
been run on the scale of a Presiden
tial campaign, having at times more
than one hundred persons engaged in
sending out literature, and must have
spent more money than was ever be
fore spent in a Congressional election,
but that has not prevented their Wind
ing up on the anxious bench, fairly
shivering in dread of defeat.
A United D;m icatic Vuta Will Elect
Jeaks-
It has now become almost a posi
tive certainty that if the members of
the Democratic party in the State vote
for Geo. A. Jenks he will be elected.
The Republican vote that will fall
away from the machine candida'e will
be enough to make his vote less than
the vote that will be polled for Jenks
if all the Democrats will stick to him.
T his would ensure his election by a
plurality.
That many Republicans will vote
for the Democratic candidate is ab
solutely sure, but this gain would be
neutralized if any considerable num
ber ol I temocrats should be misled
•nto voting for Swallow by the mis
taken notion that lie is a stronger
candidate than Jenks and therefore
more able to serve their purpose ot
defeating the Quay machine. As ab
surd as this notion must appear to
every reflecting citizen, it is neveithe
less being worked up by the machine
leaders and stool pigeons for the pur
pose of reducing the Democratic vote
that rightfully belongs to the Demo
cratic nominee.
As Swallow must be regarded in
this contest as of no other account
than as a factor that may be ot ser
vice to the machine, no sensible voter
can believe that he stands any chance
of being elected. When 'the claim
that he is going to have a vote suffi
cient to elect him is subjected to logi
cal examination it is found to have
no basis. A correct conception of
the relative strength of Swallow and
Jenks may be reached by supposing
a case in which a candidate has thirty
thousand voters back of h'm, and
another is backed by five hundred
thousand. In such a case which is
like'.y to be the stronger at the polls ?
The basis of Swallow's strength is the
Prohibition vote amountinc at most
to 30,000. The basis of Jenks strength
is the 500,000 votes that constitute
the Democratic organizations in the
State. Phenomenal circumstances
may run the Prohibition candidate's
vote above the normal strength of his
party, but is there a possibility of its
having such m increase as to run it
above the vote which a candidate with
a 500,000 organization back of him
is likely to get ?
In this connection Swallow is of
importance not on account of any
chance lie has of being elected, but
for the reason that the ballots of Dem
ocrats that might mistakingly be cast
for him would so reduce the bulk of
the Democratic vote as to ensure the
election of Quay's machine candidate,
To secure an intelligent view of the
pending Stale contest it must be
borne in mind that Swallow's candi
dacy is of consequence only in the
effect it may have in assisting to elect
the nominee of the machine.-/>'<//<•
fontc Watchman.
Corrupt and Rotten-
The whole of Quayistn is corrupt
and rotten, not only in dollars and
cents, but in the principles that 1111-
derly it. The government of the
whole State by any one man, or by
50 men, is a violation of the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania. It is a
discredit to your citizenship, it is a
brand upon your fair name, and I
ask that you do yourselves the jus
tice of freeing yourselves from these
injuries. GEO. A. JENKS,
at New Castle.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County. )
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the City of Toledo, County and
State aforesaid, and that said firm
wili pay the sum ot one hundred dol
.ars for each and every case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before, me and subscribed
in mypresence, this sixth day of De
cember, A. D. 1896.
, A—, -. A. W. GLEASON,
I SEAI.
1 Notary Public.
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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
PHILADELPHIA'S PEACE JDBIt.EE
!n Spito of tlnfovorablo Weather the Cclo
bra'.iaii was a Grand Success.
The Peace Jubilee, held in Phila
delphia la>t tvccK was successful be
yond its dreams of success. N'ot s nto
the days of the centennial has any
event of such magnitude, grandeur
and importance ever been attempted
by any city When the Jubilee was
started, it was the opinion of its pro
jectors that it would only be a city
event, but as time went on, and its
purpose became known to the public,
it burst the confines of localism, and
the affair was one of national import
ance. President McKinley added to
the splendor of the occasion by send
ing thousands of Santiago heroes and
Marines, who (ought on Guantanama's
hill, and as a crowning courtesy sent
Lieutenant Hobson and his gallant
crew, who made themselves famous
by sinking the (-'oilier Merrinac in the
Harbor at Santiago, thus preventing
the escape of the enemy.
Every city and to.vn in Pennsylvania
sent large numbers of proud citizens,
and the crowded thoroughfares of the
Quaker city presented a scene, which
words cannot describe.
The weather on Thursday was very
unfavorable, a steady down pour of
rain turned the streets into puddles,
and gave the tens of thousands ot
visitors who found it impossible to seek
shelter a complete drenching. It was
a storm similar to the one that partly
rumed Chicago's Jubilee the week be
fore.
But Friday morning opened up
crisp and bright, and everything was
carried off as scheduled, and in an
eminently successful manner.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of the celebration was the great
naval display, in which the following
fighting machines participated: Texas,
New Orleans, Dolphin, Gloucester,
Columbia, D.xie, Stdletto, Marble
head, Topeka, Winslow, and May
flower.
But the crowning event was the
grand civic parade. It was a fitting
climax to a great demonstration.
Nothing better or more appropriate
could have been devised. It con
sisted of mile after mile ol floats al
legorical, floats historical, floats indus
trial, and floats comical, until hardly a
subject appeitainir.g to peace, to lib
erty, to progress, to invincible might
among the nations of the world, but
what was illustrated, as perhaps, it
had never been pictured before. It
was one grand scene of splendor and
magnificence, and greatness in all.
It is not generally known that
the law presumes a husband or wife
dead if either is absent from home
for a period of seven years and
nothing has been heard from them.
This fact is recalled by a case at
Scranton of Kate Mulherin against
Kdward J. Melloney, in which the
prosecutrix based her action as a
married woman. District Attorney
Jones, however, contended that her
husband had not been heard from
in seven years, and under the law's
status she occupied the same posi
tion as an unmarried woman.
Judge Gunster sustained this view
of the case.
Gassidy—"l see McSwiggin has
dropped politics and has taken to liter
ary work." Murphy—"Yes. He's
engaged on a History of Ireland. He
finds that the only way he can write
his country's wrongs."
OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jonnio E. Groen and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.
Jen'xib E. Grkk.y, Denmark, lowa,
writes to Sirs. I'inkhum:
" I had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything I ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother I was induced to try Lydia E.
rinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done nte so much good. lam
now sound and well."
Mrs. llakp.v llaw>y, Riverside, lowa,
writes to Mrs. I'inkham the story of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou
ble, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Rinkham's Vege
table Compound. This is her letter:
" How thankful 1 am that I took
your medicine. I was troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also very
low. I was in constant misery. I had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time, was
nervous, menstruations were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, butstill wasno
better. I was advised by one of my
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and am
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had not been able to do for over two
years. Your medicine has doue mo
more good than all the doctors."
Lithographed bonds, stock certifi
cates, and checks are furnished at
The Cei-UMiiiAN office. tf.
DEPARTMENT EXPENSES
How Thc.v llnvo Swelled In Kll'leru
Years ami Since tin* Democrats
Were 1,:M In nt Least Part In I * oo
trol—A *-leaiiyitnd Constant Increase
In Every Item Kxtra\nusin e ami
Spoliation at Republican .'ine'.ttiio
Dictation, as Gathered From the Of
ficial Records,
The enormous Increase in the cost of
running the executive depa: tments of
the state government has turn the sub
ject of much comment in the news
papers and otherwise. The extent of
the increase is not yet however, un
derstood. It i.s not gninlly com
prehended hr uncasing has been the
upward trend f the figures. It Is
not realized that *ach legislature under
the sway -I Republican Rosses has
not only s • n its predecessor, to use
the langu g of the card playing fra
ternity. hut mat.aged to "go" consider
ably beiicr." The protests of the
peopl. and such of the newspapers as
wet not under the control of the ma
chin.- 11.iv gone unheeded. Governor
Fatti?- i. v t-M-s in 1891 -*J3 fell in for
no tfivate*- < risideration. And even
the warnings of Governor Hastings,
their own in .n, that the time had come
to go sL'W. were ignored. The appe
tite of the cormorants grew with what
it fed upon' like all other appetites, and
may be regarded today as in a state
of utter unappeasability.
All this, be it borne in mind, Is in
addition to the steals in the way of
legislative junkets, contested election
charges, fraudulent investigations, etc.
What is here considered fell in for no
executive vetoes or injunctions either
In 1895 or in 1597, during which years,
as will further appear, the greatest
enormities were perpetrated.
As probably presenting the case most
comprehensively and so as to enable
the seeker after the facts to gather
them in at a glance, so to speak, the
following table is presented. The fig
ures In the first column, headed ISS3,
represent the outlay for the flrst year
of Governor Pattison's administration,
when there was .a Democratic house
and a strong reform element in the
senate to help keep the looters In cheek.
Those in the other column, headed
ISB9, 1893 and 1897. respectively, repre
sent the appropriations for the last
year, that is the last legislative year
of the Beaver, Pattlson (second) and
Hastings administrations. The figures
are taken from the appropriation bills,
RS finally parsed and signed, are ex
clusive of the vetoes am! are in each
case for two years:
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
1888. 1 *"-'9. 1X93. 1897.
s42,son. ?r.o, too. $56,058. ss7.sno.
SECRETARY OF COMMONWEALTH.
$50.G00. $02,000. $09,000. $79,000.
AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEPART
MENT.
S4BOOO. sr,o.ono. soo.soo. $94,300.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
$29 050. $10,300. $41,400. $49,200.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPART
MENT.
$15,400. $23,200. $30,900. $29,100.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AF
FAIRS.
$07,200. $81,400. SIOO,OOO. $129,800.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPART
MENT.
$34,400. $50,700. $44,400. $47,400.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN
STRUCTION.
$33,400. $33,400. $33,100. $42,400.
STATE LIBRARY.
$15,400. $31,000. $33,900. $40,100.
PUBLIC PRINTER.
$4,000. $5,400. $5,800. $7,100.
STATE REPORTER.
$6,000. $12,000. $12,000. $16,000.
BOARD OF PARDONS.
$7,000. $9,450. SB,BOO. $0,600.
HARBOR OFFICE. PHILADELPHIA.
SIO,OOO. $22,000. $84,500. $102,200.
INSPECTORS OF MINES.
$66,000. SIIO,OOO. SIOB,OOO. $132,000.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
$7,800. $21,600. $33,000. $177,520.
BOARD OF PI'RLIC CHARITIES.
$13,800. $24,600. $30,000. $29,400.
SUPERINTENDENT SOLDIERS' OR
PHANS' SCHOOLS.
$21,500. $20,200. $30,000. $29,200.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
None. SIO,OOO. $12,000. $12,000.
FIPII COMMISSIONERS.
None. $31,000. $45,000.
FACTORY INSPECTORS.
None. None. $54,800. SBO,OOO.
IIA N KING DEPARTM ENT.
None. None. $26,000. $124,000.
MEDICAL COUNCIL.
None. None. None. $3,000.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, SAL
ARIES.
SII,BOO. $13,850. $13,900. $22,000.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, EX
PENSE.
$23,900. $40,203. SOI,OOO. $08,400.
The foregoing may without scruple
be accepted as reliable, having, as
stated, been taken direct from the sev
eral appropriation acts as they ap
pear In the ulficially published laws of
the state. A few explanations will not,
however, be out of place. For instance,
in the cost of the "governor's office" is
included only the actual office cost, and
not that of the expensive gubernatorial
mansion, or anything connected with
it. The "attorney general's depart
ment" does not cover the large sums
he receives as fees. "Superintendent of
public instruction" means the expense
for salaries, etc., of his office, and does
not cover any of the cost of the schools.
The same thing is true of "superintend
ent of soldiers' orphan schools." "State
library" is independent of the appro
priations for bonks and the "public
printer" of those for printing. "Public
buildings and grounds" excepts the ex
tra expense (1897) put upon-the state
by the capital fire and the occupancy
by the legislature of Grace Church. The
agricultural department was not or
ganized until 1895, but. In order to be
wholly fair, we have, for the preceding
years given the appropriations to the
board of agriculture, which item is for
1597 included in the costs of the depart
ment. No appropriation was made for
the flsh commissioner in 1897. A large
one was in prospect, but the people ap
peared to be somewhat aroused as to
what was going on. the legislators were
made In some degree afraid and the
scheme was abandoned. With these
explanations in mind the figures here
inabove may be looked upon as indi
cating with accuracy how each suc
ceeding legislature may be expected. If
machine control in the legislature Is
to continue, to perpetrate fresh out
rages, pile up more expenditure in the
name of the better execution of the
laws, but solely to make places for
party heelers and secure boodle to make
machine campaigns successful.
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