The Opelousas courier., 1895-04-06
Washington Letter.
From u Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON- ArriI 1

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April 1, 1895.
President Cleveland has moved his
family and his Office out to WOodley,
bis suburban residence, and will only
be at the White House on the days the
Cabinet meets-twice q week-for some
time to come. This will give him an
opportunity to dispose of u number of
minor matters which be could not find
time to get at as long AZ he was accessi-
bic to the personafeailersawho are near
~ always on hand at the White House.
The new ministry of Spain lost no
time in proving that President Cleve-
land was correct in thinking that it
would do the proper thing about the
Alliance outrage, and there is little
doubt that the apology demanded BY
Secretary Gresham will in due time fol-
low the explanatory communication al
ready received.
1t is positively stated that a deal has
been completed whereby the republic
can Senators will get the votes of the
populist Senators and reorganize the
Senate as O o as Congress meets.
There is nothing surprising in this, as
it was expected by everybody. One re-
suit Of the deal will be to make John
Sherman chairman of the Finance "a
mittee. Think OF the populists helping
to do that.
Rumor says the Supreme Court will
and even gives the position of each OF
the eight justices sitting-Justice Jack
son has been too i'll to take any part in
the present term-on the case. There
is, of course. no method of as~certainin9
the truth or falsity of the rumor, which
is believed or disbelieved according to
the expresser of the opinion. While Of
ficials Of the government would prefer
that the tax stand, they say that an adj
verse decision will not make an extra
session of Congress absolutely neces-
sary, unless there should be another
run on the Treasury gold.
Ex-senator Malone 10 now ut the
head of q scheme having for its object
the political control OF Virginia. There
is nothing new or startling in the idea.
1t is merely q reproduction of the re-
publican pOpulist combine which has
temporarily knocked out the democratic
party Of North Carolina: Virginia dem
Ocrats who coIne to Washington say
there would be nothing to fear in the
movement even if it were not led by
Malone, but with him ut its head it is
A0aa OrcouS
republicans of the State have had all
they wanted of MahOne hung ago, and
they hate populisni quite as t;td az they
do Mahoneism. lsa
While Secretary Herbsrt1 when he
planned the route over which Admiral
Meade's eQuadr0n wilt safff dufing the
month of April had no idea that Great
Britain would send that mtimatum to
little Nicaragua, neither he nor Presi-
dent Cleveland regrets that the squad
ron will reach Greytowd, Nicaragua,
about the middle OF the month. On
the contrary. they rejoice at the coinci-
dence which will place such formidable
war vessels as the New York,
Minneapolis, Columbia. Atlanta, Ra-
leigh and Cincinnati ia Nicaraguan wa
ters at the time that Great Britain will
probably be making q ennonstrati0n of
force to frighten the little Central
republic into complying with
its demands as to the payment of extor.
indemnity, etc. 1t will show
John Bull that the administration not
only meant business whom it recently /
told him that the Monroe doctrine was
still in force and must be respected BY
him, but that it is prepared to demand
respect for the Monroe doctrine at the
cannon's mouth if it is not peaceably
accorded. No one here seems to know
what Nicaragua will do, but the hope is
expressed on all sides that it will polite
~ decline to aeeede to the unjust de-
of Great Britain.
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