The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-08
Washington, ID. c., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Oct. Sd, 1898.

Washington, Oct. Sd, 1898,
Some idea of the panic existingl
in administration ircles, on accouh
of the prospect OF nfpublIcan o.
feat in the Congressional, Ca. IN,
may be had from Boss Hanna's es
innate, after going over all tho in
formation in the possession Of the
republican Congressional Committe,
that it would require a campaign
fund of S2,O0O,00O to elect repub-
lican majority of the next House.
Hanna is Chairman of the Nation
al Committee, and under ordinary
conditions, would have nothing to
do with the congressional Cam
paign. But existing conditions are
not ordinary. On the contrary,
they are extraordinary, from Mr..
McKinley's point of view. Chair
man Babcock, of the Congressional
Committee, told Mr.. Mckinley that
he considered the fight already lost.
Then Hanna was telegraphcd for
and asked if he could not save the
House for his party. He decided
that it would take S2,000,OOO to do
it. and made ont list of men that
must put up that amount. They
are the same men who furnished
him the money he used so lavishly
two years ago, and already they are
being personally waited upon and
made to come down again, some OF
them by Hanna himself and others
by his agents.
Col. W. j. Bryan, who has been
confined to his bed by an attack OF
malaria, is now much better, and
expects to return to his regiment
after short stay i'll the Virginia
mountains. None of the many at
tentions paid Col. Bryan during his
stay in Washington, gave him more
pleasure than a magnificent basket
of roses from the Executive Com
mittee of the Maryland Democratic
Association, accompanied by com
munication, from which the follow
inc is quoted: "The Executive
Committee of the Maryland Demo
cratic Association deem it privi-
lego and a pleasure to present this
| basket of flowers to Col. VIM. j..
Bryan, as q token of their respect,
love, and esteem for him who, more
| than any man living, stands as the
personification of the most vital ls-
sue affecting the welfare of all the
| people of our Nation and of the
| world. The intelligent, aggressive
and disinterested advocacy OF the
cause of the plain people that mark
ed your entrance into public life at
once awakened a response in the
hearts of your countrymen, and SIN
gled you out as an object of their
affection. Your steadfast devotion
| to principle, your untiring zeal iii
the cause Of the people, and the re-
cognition by them of your rare tai
ents, combined to make you their
chosen leader in their contest for
deliverance from the evils that are
threatening the overthrow of repub-
lican institutions and the establish
ment of a plutocracy to rule and
plunder under forms Of law"
Gen. Fitz Lee, who was ordered
to Washington last week, has gone
TO West Point to visit his son, who
is a cadet there, but will return to
Washington in a few days. Rep
ublican influence is being brought
to bear upon the administration to
cause it to give Gen. Lee only
subordinate command in the Cuban
Army of Occupation, instead OF
command of the entire army. 1t
was to sound him, in order to find
| ont how far he would allow himself
to be pushed into the background
without rendering his resignation
that lie was sent for. Gen. Lees
admirers hope that if he is rendered
anything less than command Of
that division of the army of occupa
| tion that will have Havana for its
headquarters, lie will tender his
resignation anb leave the army al
once. If he gets less than that, ;
very positive promise will be vic
lated, but that happens frequently
in Washington.
Not being admitted to Bos.
Platts confidnnce, | cannot voucl
for it's correctness, but there ba'
been lot of talk around Washing
, ton to the effect that "Teddy
Roosevelt was nominated for Gov
ernor with the deliberate intention
of ending his political career b.
getting him badly defeated, ant
that he is to be traded for legisla
: tive votes wherever to do so will
: increase the chance of electing
republican member of the legisla
ture. According to this talk, MI
Mckinley and Boss Platt are ACT
ing together in this scheme to &c
rid of ssTeddy" and at the sam
, time elect q LEGISLATURE that wi
. send a republican successor to Ser
ator Murphy. Democratic advice
indicate very strongly that til
:. democrats will control the legisls
ture as we'll as elect the entire stat
ticket. They say they can bea
Roosevelt without any assistane
n from Platt and his knifers.
q Although Gen. Joe Wheeler ha
l. Ihoon offarod command Of all til