The Opelousas courier., 1897-07-24
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent

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w WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 10, 1897.
The expected has happened. The
Republicans of the Tariff Conferences
Committee have agreed 10 cut out the
| Senate Sugar schedule and insert the
| House schedule, with several changes
o: cnnrse. in the interest of the Sugar
| Trust. The Result is just az stated it
| would be 1t is lieralded as IL defeat of
the Sugar Trnst, and he agents Of the
| Trust are doing their best to look drs
appointed, wi .ile they az" entirely sat
lsile'!, as The amended Dingley scEt,i-
| ule gives ti-iA IL little more than they
expected 10 get, although of course, not
everything they wanted they want the
earth and The fullness thereof Now
that the faIcical fight in conference has
been completed, there is very little
doubt that the Conference report will
be accepted and the bill sent 10 MIR.
Mckinney during the present week.
MIR Ierrence '. Powderly, the ex-
labor leader, has received his reward for
making Mckinley campaign speeches
last year, by having his nominuiion to
be Commissioner General ot lmmigra.
ton sent 10 the Senate. Terraice was
on the anxlons bench for quite a while,
anu III fact, he had IL very close call,
owinE to the opposition oi the labor or
CARNATIONS to h appointment.
"Why siocNr [ John Sherman resign -
asked one Ohio man Of another, after
ho had been listening to some 0f the
current talk about the manner in
which the old gentleman is slighted
and liumIllated by Mr.. Mckinley. That
question has become one of the con-
undrums of the day, and it. has been
discussed more frequently since the
publication of the instructions given to
ambassador Hay, concerning the Seal
FISHERIES negotiation. Although those
instructions were sigueu "Shtrnan.n - |
there are few who believe that Seerr-
tary Sherman wrote them, and some |
who openly express a doubt a. to WhetE-
er he even saw them previons to their
publication. There il nothing ohiec-
tInnab'e from an American point of
view IN the facts upon which those in
strnctions are based, but the ians,I;re
Is not that which one has been so long
connected with Things diplomatic az
Mr.. Sherman has been, by reason OF his
Service on the Senate Foreign Commit
tee, wnutd be apt to use. One gentle
n,an whose long and close intercourse
with Mr.. Sherman has made him thor
oushly familiar with his style Of ex-
pressing himself, said: Il will stake
my existence that Sherman neither
wrote nor was given an opEGl tllnity to
edit those Instructions also he knew
nothing OF tho intention T." have them
What asthe Carnegie Amor Plat.
Trust dnnA to the Senate While
Democrats lire glad To see even one
rust lnt, ,t5y arc all at Il loss - know
what :taFas that caused tlr4~Sei,at.. %
INIT the cost OF armor pI, {. Ia $500 !.
on and Sa-lators to inf.tm meuaber- of
lie House sss.t it waa1l>tle>s to ada Il
'ent TO that Ss>>->**.--;>'saus. >>-*.;sAau the Senate
lad fully determined that no more
hnuld be paid. Republicans friendly
o the Carnegie trust made hard tight
or an Increase in the House, but failed,
md the trnst will have. tn make aFmnr
or that price, nr wait until Congress ,
uthoriZes the phyinent of more Mr..
carnegie should apply to the Sugar
rust for pointers ON how to niauage
congress. Jarry Simpson says that
,arnegle is being punished because Of
.s lack OF ilberahty in contributing to
ianna's corruption fund in the last :