The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-09-25
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. /

| boss hanna mas all the prOVerUla
thrift of the very rich man. He know
tho art of making others pay for wha
he wants for himself, and he is utiliz
ing it in the Ohio campaign. Although
there arc no national issues in the Obi,
campaign, the Republican : Nationa
Committee is taking an active pal
IN it, and is putting up money llbera|l.
to help Hanna to get that coveted elec
ton to the Senate. To all lutelas ant
purposes. Boss Hanna and llie MAJ
Dick, who are the managers of the Re
publican campaign in Ohio, control the
Republican National Committee ant
the surplus it had left in its treasury
from the big contributions to the Nc
Kinley fund, and fears are expressed or
the part of Republicans from other states
who had hoped to finger some of thai
surplus in the Congressional campaign
next year, that it will all be spent il
Ohio this year, and some OF them do not
hesitate to say that Hanna ought to USE
his own money in his efforts to buy his
return to the Senate. Boss Hanna is
also making the Government of the Z
S. assist him to the extent of many
thousands of dollars, 10y carrying
through the mails free, under Congress
sional frank, IL bulky volume, printed
at the Government printing office in the
form Of the Congressional Record and
| containing speeches and compilations
from public documents This volume
IA 1t first appeared, contained extracts
from newspapers and was therefore
not frankabe. The revised edition,
now being sent ont, has left out the
neWSper extracts.
4 new Republican candidate for Sen
ator Gorman's seat has added to Re-
publican confusion in Maryland, and to
the growing belief in the certainty that
the Legislature will be carried by the
Democrats. Postmaster General Gary
Is the new candidate although the an
nonncement OF his candidacy was pre-
toiial I;ch very bad, and had hoped
10y the aid "t pos,maste,s and
other followers tn have a throughly or
gainzed machine IN every county of the
State before allowing it to become
putllc that he was a candidate, but
somebody leaked. He refuses now to
confirm, deny or In any way discuss the
matter. He probably wants to find out
"where he is at" before committing HIM
self.
Although Attorney General Nc
kenna was Indignantly npiiatic in de-
ctarlng that lie did not intend to con-
suit with Mr.. Mckinney about the
opinion lie Is to give AS to the proper
construction to be placed upon the
clause Of the tariff imposing dIscrimi-
mating duties, he did that very thing.
And he did not even have the satisfac-
ton Of waiting until Mr.. Mckinley
came back to Washington to consult
with him. bat was ordered up to Som
merset, Pa, where Mr.. Mckinley was
to talk the matter over The opinion
is still held bnck, and it will be dis
cnssed at the cabinet meeting which
Alr. Mckinley has called. Il is prob
able that the Cabinet will discuss the
verbal ssreport by Consnl General Fitz
Hugh Lee. who is in Washington, on
Cuban affairs. 1t is understood that
alter this Cabinet meeting, Mr.. Nc
kinney will go away again to remain d
couple OF weeks.
ln the opinion of the silver men, now
IN Washington, the action of the Bank |
OF England 10 deciding to hold oue-tifth |
OF Its reserve in silver, will not prove |
any direct benefit to silver, but they
believe 1t will help silver indirectly hy |
increasing. public interest in Europe in |
he principle of bimetaism. They |
think that the action on the part Of the |
Bank of England was taken more to |
,oncllate the growing silver sentiment |
10 Great Britain than as result of the |
visit of the bimetalc commission to |
England and it's conferences with rep
resentatives of the Government of Great |
Britain. Some of the silver men re-
gard the whole business as nothing
more than trick ON the part of the
gold standard financiers of England to
make the silver men there and over
here believe that they are gradually
coming around to bimetalsm of their
)wn accord, in preference to waiting
lntll they are compelled to do 30. |
These gentlemen are firmly of the opin-
on that England will never willingly
adopt bmetalism, and that the only
way to get her to do so is to force if, and
he way to force it is for the United
States to adopt bimetalism inde pend
entity or in conjunction with as many
european governments as may desire
o join the move.