The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-07-31
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July &c, 1897
Neither Boss Hanna nor Mr.. McKin-
ley are entirely satisfied with the work
of the extra session of Congress just
closed. The tariff bill pleased them
all right it more than repaid their
campaign obligations to the trusts, not
to mention the $32 100000 made by the
sugar trust and it's friends while tlh bill
was pending. But their efforts to re-
pay their campaign obligations to the
banking interests were failure. MIR.
Mckinley. in his special message sent
to Congress only IL few hours before
adjournment, asking for authority to
appoint a currency commission, quoted
the Indianapolis Bankers convention as
though it had been the assembled finan-
cial wisdom of the world, but that
didn't bring the legislation asked for.
The House railroaded through in 60
minutes bill granting Mr. Mckinley
the authority asked for, although near
ly every prominent Republican in that
body is really opposed to currency
commission, but tho Senate was not SO
accommodating, and there is nothing
in sight to Indicate that it will be more
Obliging next winter.
Senator Morgan handled the Confer
ence Committee without gloves, in
speech made just before the vote was
taken on the conference report on the
tariff bill, for its abandonment OF the
tax on bonds and transfers of stock-a
committee and by Republican caucus,
closing with this explicit language,
which no Republican attempted to de-
ny: Il charge that the abandonment
occurred under command of the Sugar
Trust
Before the Ohio Republicans do any
shouting over the result OF the coloquy
between Senators Allen and Foraker
concerning the charge of the former
that the Republican vote of that State
was fraudulently increased for Mr.. Nc
Kinley, they should arrange for Mr..
Foraker, or somebody else, to accept
the challenge with which MIR. Allen
closed the little spat ~ will meet tie
Senator any time and will undertake to
convince any unprejudiced man that
there was fraud in Ohio"
Senator Teller's arraignment OF the
Republican tariff bin now the law of
the land, was one of tho bitterest pills
the Republicans have had to swallow in
a long time. Mr.. Teller, who is a pro-
tecticnist, characterized this bill as
vicious, unfair, extravagant and unsat-
| isfactory, and as having been framed
entirely in the interest of trusts and
syndicates. Mr.. Teller also took occa-
| sion to criticise in the strongest Ian
guage the gold standard policy of fore
| ing professors out Of educational insti-
| tutions because of their belief in the
| free coinage of silver. He denounced
| the forced resignation Of President An
:, drews, of Brown University, as one of
the most shameful acts of abasement"
| the world has seen, and said in ringing
tones: "Thank God that President An
drews was big enough to refuse to be
stiff1ed."
Senator Turley, Of Tenn. cast his
first vote for the Tillman resolution to
investigate sugar scandal charges,
which was defeated, and his second
against the conference report on the
trust-made tariff bill which was adopt
ed.
The hearings to determine whether
John Wedderburn & Co. shall be dis
barred from practice before the United
States Patent Office are now on. The
Patent Office claims to have proof to
sustain the numerous charges of fraud
it has brought against Wedderburn &
Co., and is giving the accused full op
portunity to controvert its proof.
| A pertinent question often accom-
plisbes more than argument. One des-
| troyed the scheme to authorize Gar
Reeds pets who have been made chair
men of committees to give their favor
| ties sinecure positions. during the Con-
gressional recess. When Representa-
tive Gros7enor tried to push resolution
through authorizing that waste of public
money, he was asked, if the House
could get along while Congress
was in session without the three
clerks, why they should be considered
necessary during the recess. The
laugh which followed killed the scheme
Sec Sherman's departure before the
adjournment of Congress for a Long Is
land summer resort, was regarded as
additional proof that he has very little
to do with the official business OF the
Department of State. In fact, 1t is
hinted by some that Mr.. Sherman in
tended to emphasize that very thing by
his going.
Georgia Democrats are more pleased
with the nomination of Henry Rncker
an Atlanta negro barber, to be U. S
Marshal for Georgia than Maj. Hanson
and his white Republican followers
from that State are. It is expected that
all of Rucker's deputies will be negroes
as no white man will care to serve un.
.ler him, and lively times are likely tc
follow every visit of the dusky officials
to the moonshinc districts of the State
Hanna placed the "coon."
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