The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1897-01-23
Washington Letter.
From olr Regular Correspondent.
w ,c,Ir~rro< January 1S 1Sl

WASHINGTON, January IS, 1897
Poor Cuba The formal announce
ment that John Sherman had been com
PEELED to become Mckinley's secretary
of state in order to make il place III the
senate for Boss Hanna, makes it certain
that unless this congress does some
thing for Cuba, it will have to go on
fighting alone. There has been il suspi-
cion for some time that Mckinley occu-
pied very nearly the same attitude
toward Cuba that President Cleveland
does, and Mr.. Sherman has mad" That
suspicion "A certainty by rnyluE: 1t"
not believe this government sh"ui'! !n-
terfeIe between Spain aud Ill" tuI ~
| do not believe this government Il ,Hld
attempt TO settle the war "I tak" any
steps putting upon us the burden "i de
ttriHluing the nature OF rule IN nhi IN
cast. the Cubans win" As tins language
was used when he WAS just from the
presence of Mckinley and after he had
accepted the secretaryshlp OF state,
there isn't the slightest donbt that 1t ~
an advance statement "f Mckinley =
Cuban policy. 1t ia several shades
worse than The present Cuban pollcy.
President Cleveland has at least tired
to tllns about peace. Mckinney pro
poses to do absolutely nothing and t"
let t1tt ulttCItlN tttt1But
This may result in stirring up the
friends of Cuba in congress. There are
now IN Washington petitions signed by
six hundred thousand American clt-
zens, asking congress to recognize the
independence of Cuba.
1t is evident that Speaker Reed does
| not expect Representative Boatner, or
| Louisiana, who was unseated at the last
session of congress and re- elected to ill
the vacancy and for "a full term begin
ulng March 4tl next, to be unseattd III
the contest which is again being made
for his seat. Otherwise he would not
have selected Mr.. Buatner, who is one
of those rare democlat who favor pro-
| lection to Il certain extent, to Hi the
| democratic vacancy on the ways ana
means committee. Representative
| Bailey, of Texas, who was given the
vacancy on the committee on rules, was,
il Is said, given his choice of the vacan-
cIes 10y Mr.. Reed. Cliarile Crisp, son OF
the late ex-speaktr, was given the va
cancy ON the post office committee, ana
| Representatives Stokes, OF South Caro-
| liua that on the committee on agllcul-
| tuIe.
The republican steering committee OF
| the senate has given The Nicaragua
caustI bill the first place in the Older OF
busL less of the senate, which Is merely
another way of killing the time dullng
tGe .1uur days Il We, ,syssession the leis-
--1artfy senate cOnd' '4ceuds to sit during
:, this session, as ttsy knew that the bill
has no chance If getting acted on III
Tkese mrmbcrs of HuntiDgton's
lobby, WHO are not regularly on his pay
roll, found themselves out of il job,
when the house sat down so hard on the
Pacific railroads funding bill. The
question of legislation on the subject Is
still being considered, but Huntington
seems at last to realize that the numer-
ous lobby he had at work in Washing
ton did the funding bill more harm
than good, and from now on the lobby
ing will not be SO openly conducted. III
there is any legislation on this matter II
is likely to be along the line OF the bll
which has been reported tavolably Il
the senate, and which is now being
considered by the house committee. l.
provides for a COMMISSION OF caDine
officials with authority to settle tlit
whole business.
IT the free homestead bill fails to ge
through, Speaker Reed will make mum
elOus western enemies who Will bi
heard from if he is again Il candidate
for his party's presidential nomination
The bill, when passed 10y the house
only provided for free homesteads il
Oklahoma, but before the senate passet
it amendments were added extendin!
the area of free b0mesteads When th
bill went back to the house, instead q
allowing the house to vote on the senat
amendments so that the bill could t.
, sent to conference it they were no
accepted by the house, Speaker Rec
| LII I,.,l, t,, tho mi ia. n,
pubIic lands, and its friends are whis
peripg that he did it for the purpose o
having the bill smolheled.
Representative aud Senator tlec
Money, of Mississippi, thus dIsposes o
+ Il sensational story sent from Washing
ton: "There is not u word OF truth l
the story that have the slightest mis-
. understanding with Consul Genera
Lee growing ont of my Letters on th
r Cuban question. General Lee and | al
the best of friends, and there Is not til
least particle of chance of our dis
agreeing. was as much amused owe
. the newspaper publication that ther
was to lie Il duel between us as the gel
eral will be when he sees it,
, The much talked of bill authnilzin
the president to appoint delegates I
, any international monetary cuntcrtnc
[ | tllat may Dt taiiett, mas ottu iiltiouuCt
!. in the senate. This Is il measure lC
) which every body in congress will vot'
and which nobody, IN or ont Of cor
+: grcss, believes will ever amount to
+ low Of pins, so far AS increasing the US
p of silver as money is concerned.
-ep4~
Bro Pipes, OF the Nermilion Star, hA
turned new leaf in his business metl
+ DDS; he will henceforth do strict
, cash business and send bis paper to II
- one unless the cash substitution fir!