The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1896-12-12

Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, December 7, 1896.
The reign of Mark Hanna has opene
in Washington. He is attracting NOR
Representatives than the opening q
Congress and the Presidents mcssag
combined, and he seems to be great
enjoying it. Congress has no favnrs t
distribute ut this session, while HHnn
has them by the barrel. The Rcpubii
cans who have been reelected to Con
gress want to Work Hanna for thei
friends, and those who will cease t,
draw COngl glesslunal salaries on the 81
OF March are anxious To make cUintc
ton with other public salaries nl tht
earliest possible moment thereafter, an.
they recognize the necessity of gettin;
on good terms with Hanna in older t,
do SO. Hanna has no particular rcspec
or reverence for anything except mon
ey. He went through the prctensc oI
| listening to protests by the local Repuh
llcans against the selection of il gold
DEMOCRAT for chairman of the inaueu-
ration committee, but he never had any
idea of going back on the promise he
had made to the clique of millionaire
real estate spectators to select the man
they had named Tor the place, both as
his reward for his campaign contrbu-
ton and as means of pntting il man
under their control in Il way to get into
the good graces of Mckinley and into ii
local Office where he can Influence The
expenditure of the District of Columbia.
lunds IN way TO benefit theli invest
Inehts. LII | wanted anything from
Hanna, | would hunt up the millionaire
who had contributed to his committee,
for hacker, instead OF bothering with
political influence. Mark regards poll
ties as simply IL question of money, and
not OF principles, and make the pre,ilc-
ton right now that the milIinnnires of
the country will be far more intiuential
with the Mckinley administration than
the politicians.
How to do nothing while pretending
to be trying to do something, viii he
the motto of the Republican leaders
dui1ng the present session of Congress-
1t has been fully decided at Canton
be called to pass tariff bill, and that
nothing must be done at this session to
give the Republican opponents of an
extra session, Of whom there are many,
an eAcnse for saying there is no neces
sIty for one. Under the circumstances,
this will not be a difficult task The
regular appropriation bills can easily be
manipulated so as to take mp ali the
time OF the short session,
Presidtpt Cleveland's seventeen
message to Congress is,
from library point Of view, IL we'll
written dhcument. Th' -ftecommenda-
tionse ea0me of them sslpetitions. have
endorseme9t of the Cabinet.
and doubtless of nifty Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands admirers in/,drivate life But it
has had 7tl,.ah. th fSIm me effect upon Con
gress as a whole as the distribution of !,
batch OF temperance or religious tracts
would have had. 1t has been received
nor denounced to any marked extent,
although some features of it may, lit |
tie later on, be made the text for some
speeches.
Tom Reed is to-day the most indie |
pendent man in the Republican party. |
Mckinley needs his support far more
;flan he needs anything that Mckinley |
Will have to give, and nobody knows it |
my better than the big man from
Maine. who will be elected Speaker of |
IT the next House without raising IA
inger, although the Mckinleyitcs would
give much for some scheme that wOuld |
enable them to down him, but they dare
lot make an open move in that direc-
ion.
Those enemies of tho Democratic
)arty who had somehow, most probably
because they wished it, gotten the idea
hat Senator Hill intended to attempt
. knock the bottom out of things by
making speech in the Senate in which
IL would pay ali his political aud some
II his personal debts 10y telling things
hat ought not to be told and saying
biDgs which were best left unsaid, have
,een barking up the wrong tree. Sen,
tor Hill may think he has POLITICAL
wrongs to avenge, but it can be stated
lpon the very highest authority-that
II himself-that he hasn't the slightest
dea OF assuming the role of public
lvenger on the floor of the Senate, and
hat instead of trying to widen the
'reach between Democrats he will en-
leavOr, to the extent of his influence, TO
ring about better state of party feel
ng.
Representative Berry of Kentucky,
+ ho was reelected, has this to say of
he election in that State: "On fair
nd square vote Kentucky would have
'one for Bryan by at least 81, 900 major
fy: But money was used without stint,
nd it is one Of the most potent factors
q modern politics. There il always a
element, and when money
> as plentiful as it was in Kentucky
bis yea, there is no trouble in getting
lerceDary recruits. But the Democrats
lected seven out of the eleven Con-
ressmen in spite of the corrupt meth
ds Of the opposition, aud two years
ence the Democratic ticket will sweep
he State"
After hearing some friends contin-
ally praising Chamberlain's Collie, Col
ra and Diarrhoa remedy, Curtis Fleck
t Anaheim, California. purchased
Ottle for his own use and is now as en-
husiastic over its wonderful work as
ny one can be. TIE 25 and so cent
ICES for sale by j. III. Houston. drag
ist, and j. Lassalle.
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urpose of making your holiday pur-
hases do not fail to call upon Fred.
!. Sandoz and inspect his lovely stock
toys, fancy articles and other new,
ovel and desirable goods.
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