The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-05
Washington Letter,
From out Regular Correspondent.

r Ioll III hSSulul o2ASSkolAkSAt'
WASHINGTON, April 80, 1894,
The President and his cabinet have
scarcely given a thought to the gang
now camped in the suburbs OF Wash
ington known as Coxey's army before
its arrival and since, as "Coxey's hzzle.
While few of these men are what they
represent themselves to be-bona tide
working men out of emplOyment-they
have prOven themselves to be peace
able and law-abiding, Thus differing
from the so-called industrial armies
in the northwest, the unlawful acts OF
which have been the principal subjects
under discussion al several cabinet
meetings.. Some nt the governors OF
| states would not have felt t1attered 1t
| they could have heard some OF the com
ments made at these cabinet meetings
upon the manner they have dealt with,
or rather, failed to deal with recent
| mob lawlessness in their states. The
President and cabinet are a unit IN ne
determination to maintain the consul
t%utional power of the government with
Federal troops wherever it may be nee
essary.
"Coxey's tizzle," now encamped as
a freak show at Brightwood race track,
lust outside of the city limits, will, I'M
less the programme of Coxy. the chief
faker, be changed, march into the city
Tomorrow. The gang is not numerous
enough to make any trouble, even ii
| they were so disposed. 1T there We're
ten times as many OF them as there are,
there would be no apprehension of
trouble in Washington as every precaI-
| ton has been taken to deal with any in
fraction of the law. There are about 300
| men in the camp aud the KIND OF men
| they are may be judged from these re-
marks of one of the thousands who Wis
| tied the camp yesterday ii the au-
| thorities would ,<sue IN order stating
that every man i" cfnlp would he given
a bath, dressed III siran clothes and
| mt to work to-u.ri,,w, | W Md wa!.er
ten to one tina: tine tenths Of them
/! would be gone 10y morning" He sized
them up correctly. At least nine-tenihs
| of them are professional tramps, here
only to be fed.
Secretary Hoke Smitt, rejoices in the
possessiop of a backbone of the Cleve-
land brand, as Nj. Spencer, U. S. Pen
| sion agent for Indiana, has discovered.
| Mr.. Spenser lately removed one OF his
| clerks and appointed his sister to the
vacancy. AS soon as the attention OF
the department was called to the mat
ter-the friends OF the discharged clerk
made sure that il didn't take IonR-Mr.
| Spencer was notified that be must re-
woke the appointment Ut bis sister, as It
was a rule of the department that no
pension agent shall appoint q relative
to Office. Mr.. Spencer came to Wash
ington and backed by Senators Voorhees,
and Turpie and the representative from
his district called on Sec. Smith, but it
was useless. The Secretary told them
| that he did not intend to c~Ountenance
nepotism in any form that the demo-
Gratis had for years been abusing the
republicans for being guilty of it, and
that he was really surprised that any
democrat should desire to follow the
practice. Mr.. Spencer and his friends
saw the point of the argument.
The republican Senators hHv bren
badly demoralized since they learned
that it was practically settled that dem,
o%cratic. opposition to the tarlh NIL
would be overcome by friendly conces-
sions. 1t destroyed their last hope of
defeating tariff reform. Senator Harris,
who is in charge of the bill, made so,ue
very sensible remarks in reply to taunts
from Senator Hale, concerning the pro
posed concessions. He said: " under
take to assert, with absolute confidence,
that there never was in the history OF
this government q tariff bill framed by
either party, there never will be a tariff
bill framed by either party, which has
not been and will not be a compromise
between:the conflicting parties. shall
not hesitate to entertain any PROPOSE
ton, and if it makes a reduction from
the Mckinley law. however objection.
able it might be to my W views, ]
would seize on it. The crucial ques,
ton is, shall we continue the infamy OF
the Mckinley law or adopt a new bill
which is not entirely agreeable to NE oil
to other Senatorsq 2"
The agricultural appropriation bill
has been reported I" the House: 1t il
in line with the resi- of the regular np.
preparation bills in reducing the tx
penses Of the government, carrying
Bias, 900 less than the appropriations fol
the current fiscal year.