The Opelousas courier., 1894-12-08
LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

TIOMO Jul IVS uIdl correspondence
WASHINGTON Dec. 8, 1894.
No message ever written by President Cleye-
land was more attentivelyl listened to than that
sent in to-day. The general topics treated by
the message, including the foreign relations of
the government, were all that any Democrat
could desire, and the financial recommendations
cannot be fully understood until considered IN
connection with Secretary Carlisle's annual re-
port, to be sent to Congress tomorrow, which
contains the details of the plan for a reform or
the currency of the country which the Presi-
dent SO strongly endorses tnses IN IN ms n, ss $ Wmat
ations it will be impossible to say until the sen
timent of the Democrats has had time to be-
come apparent.
when he raped the House to order as he could
possibly have looked had a majority of the
House been as fortunate as himself in getting
reelected, and his own reelection to the speak
ership been assured. Indeed, the most notice
able feature on the Democratic side of the
House, aside from the entirely too numerous
of those who were defeated last month. If the
republicans expected to see an array OF long
faces they were disappointed.
There have been a number of informal con-
ferences of democratic Senators and RepreseL-
tatives for the purpose of discussing the proba-
bility OF reaching an agreement on a program
for the session, and there is some talk OF hold
ing Il joint caucus and requiring every man
who attends to pledge himself to stand by
y asaucus adopts: II
pledges could be stcureS from a sufficient mum
Z W polh AotbSS VI" bSbul thtt
would be an excellent idea, but it is certain
| that there are six or more democratic Senators
who would not pledge themselves.
Treasury officials take no stock in the stories
that Congress will refuse to appropriate the
money needed to put the income tax into oper-
alton, for the very simple reason that there are
no more opponents of that tax in either Senate
or House than there were when it was incOr-
| pOrated in the tariff bill. That is the common
sense view of the matter. If the opponents of
the tax gould not prevent its being included
| in the tariff bill, they certainly cannot prevent
an appropriation to put it into effect. There is
reason, too, for the belief that Senator Hill,
| who led the fight against the income tax in the
Senate, will not only refuse to aid in trying to
defeat the appropriation but will himself vote
for it, as he is on record as opposing any and
all attempts to embarrass officials by withhold
ing appropriations asked for, to be used in car
ryIng out existing laws.
Representative Cooper, of Fla, thinks the
proper way to fill the office of postmaster is to
have him elected by the voters Of his town or
township, and he proposes to push a bill pro-
viding therefor: He is also strongly in favor of
the adoption of some system Of currency re-
form that will give the needed elasticity to our
currency, either that proposed by Secretary
Carlisle or something else upon which a major
ity can get together, and of q bill providing
for the building of the Nicaragua canal. He
says that if he could have his way he could
make this session of Congress-, short as it will
be, memorable i'll the history OF the democratic
party. It's a pity there are not more democrats
OF the same mind.
again, and the same democratic Senators whose
names were most conspiculously smirched dur
ing the preparation of the sugar schedule of
the tariff bill are again figuring in the rumOrs
democrats generally, however the trio of Sena-
tors may look at the matter. Many democrats
are in favor of settling this business for good
and all by just putting all sugar on the free list.