The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-02-06
r.. LANDRY. La. FEBRUARY 6. 1897.
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

w ASH1NGTON, eDIudly L, 1C5I.
If there is anything in the old super
stition, Mckinley's ears must have been
burning ever since it was announced
that he had chosen Lyman }. Gage, OF
Chicago. Il man who voted for Glove
land, signed the petition upon which |
Governor Altged pardoned the Chicago |
anarchists, and who has for years been
known as almost IL free trader IN his |
tariff views. for his secretary OF the !
treasury. 1t is I, great effort for the le-
pubiicaus in congress to keep from eX-
messing publicly til" disgust they lee!
TO: this i.,cak nt Mckinley's but in view
ot the official pie that Mckinley WI
soon begin to distribute, they Alt maxi
ing the effort.
At,e, all that has beer, said and done
/ about thn Iuttntiun nf The frpubIichslS
of the house ways and means commit
| ice To give us Il new and thoroughly
Conservative tariff bill. they ale pro
! cre,iing 10 give us the same old Mcl>ln-
| lev bill, having already adopted several
entire Mckinley Schedules.
The arbitration treaty has been
amended ard favorabIy reported To the
senate, ALTHOUGH, every silver man on
the committee voted against It.
| Although it is tic l,oicy Of the iepnb-
| l,can leaders III both house and senate
| to keep the Cuban question IN the back
ground, there are some men who re-
| fuse to be gagged. One Of these Is Rep-
rescntatlve Hardy, Of Indiana, who got
the floor tn speak on the agricultural
appropriation bill, and proceeded to
make a red hot five minute speech Tor
| Cuba, which he would have continued
had not his request for unanimous con
sent for an extension OF time heeh re-
fused He made ii direct attack upon
the administration, and those senators
and representatives who, he sand, were
dining with the Spanish minister too
often to be able to hear the appeals OF
the people struggling tor liberty:
1t was brought ont during debate IN
the house which resulted in the rejec-
ton of the conference report on the Dill
to confer the rights and franchises or
the Atlantic and Pacific railroads upon
the purchasers under the mortgage fore
closure, that at least two OF the New
England republicans i'll the house 40
not entertain exalted opinions of each
other. They are Mr.. Powers, of Yer
mont, who, as chairman OF the Paclllc
railroads committee, had charge OF the
report, and Mr.. Barrett, of Massachu-
setts swho opposed the report rs stock,
iobhIhg scheme. Mr.. Powers started
by ptAzing fun at the dudlsh dress OF
Mr.. .Ehrrett and woSssnir up 10y sIurrlns
of1e whole Massgp pnusetts delegation,
,-afhl charging that Boston was the place
| where railroads awere wrecked. Ibis
aroused the inpof MIR. Barrett, who
said III apbk-5bnng man. came i'ele
with no reputation beyond service III
the legislature of my state; but tht gen
tleman from NeIm"nt came ht'ie after il
long term OF seivico Oh the supreme
court Of bis state. What w:,S the record
IT. ltn
shareholders OF ,l:e Genital Railroad Of
Vermont, VITO were robbed by the de-
crens of that court, and then let t he gen
t!cman talk to me OF Massachusetts
wreck;pg raiiroads.n Attempts We're
made to stop Mr.. Ba,Ivtt on II point ol
order, but Speaker Reed, with a grim
smile, ovtIluled ti!e ;'uihi.
According to repuhii2an gossip, one
of the suIest ways tt, get an aspiiant Tor
cabinet ilunUrs turnei down by Nc
kinlty is TO get him endorsed by Sena-
tor Chandler. II is said that Mckinley
.!ea,ls nothing su .nucii rs that 'ie may
by accident do something that Chandler
wants him to do, or appoint somebody
whom Chandler wants appointed.
Senator Allen took occasion to reply
to the various rumors saying that he
would vote for the republican tariff
bill. hy sayings: u have said that be-
lieve the proposed tariff measure of the
republicans ought to be permitted to
pass, if it has sufficient votes, after a
, reasonable debate. This does not mean,
however, that | Will vote for the iepub.
, lican tariff bill. On the contrary, shall
vote against it, In other words, Sen
ator Allen occupies the same position
. towards the tariff bill that Senator
: Jones and ether prominent democrats S
t do-tIIat no tilibustering shall be in
t du!ged in to prevent it's coming to a
J vote. 1t was Just the same with the
monetary conference bill which Was
passed last week.
!. Although it was considered matter
of doubt, the republican managers had
hopes that some OF the silver republican
, senators might be persuaded to vote
] with their old pal ty when the new ta'!tl
bill comes mp for action at tue extra SEES
sion of congress. They 80 longer in
: du!ge such hopes. They know that not
only will the silver republicans not vote
for the tariff bill. but that they vii! vote
3 against it il their votes can defeat It,
This has been fully determined upon
: since the republicans resorted to such
: extraordinary tactics to defeat Senator
Dubois, Of Idaho, as punlshment to'
e having followed his convictions and the
! wishes of his constituents by having
I supported Bryan and silver in the late
u campaign.
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