The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-14
Washington, ID. G., News.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, Oct. 9, lSo,


year instead of President Mckin
ley. A movement has been Startet
by prominent Republicans Whicl
has that object in view, under GER
tain contingencies. Admiral Dew
ey has not been consulted and has
nothing to do with it. The meu
in this movement are not after
honoring Admiral Dewey OF turn
ing Mr. Mckinley down. They are
after keeping the Republican par,
ty i'll power for another presilcn
tial term. They are afraid that
Uannaism and Al.erism will handi
cap Mr.. Mckinley to sllch an rA-
tent that it vii be impossible to
re,elect him. Their idea is to get
as many prominent party men Hs
possible to agree that if after looking
carefully over the ground, Mckin-
ley's reelection should be thought
doubtful, they will nominate Dew
ey. with Or without Mr.. Mckinley's
consent. The success of this move
ment will depend largely upon the
outcome Of the next campaign
against the Filipinos; if the war
over there isn't ended soon, Mr.
Mckinley will be still further han
dicapped.
Although he has more than once
declared he would not accept the
nomination for Vice-Presidcnt, it
has all along been believed in
Washington that Gov. Teddy was
after that very nomination, and
Boss Platt, who is anxious to get
him out of New York politics, was
actively assisting him. The an
nouncement that Roosevelt was to
make a flying trip through Nebras-
ka, speaking almost continually
from the rear platform of his train,
has added strength to that belief.
Republicans who know the sitna-
ton in Nebraska. are preparing a
soft spot to fall on b. saying that
State pride III Col. Bryan may
cause the State to go anti-RepuhlI-
can. In view Of Col. Bryan's Ell
thusiastic reception in the State
the use of 'may' is really cons!de-
rate OH the part of those who know
that the Republicans are practi-
calIy certain of defeat in the State.
FL addition to Roosevelt, they are
Grying to get Mr.. Mckinley to go
TO Omaha while he is in the West,
ostensibly to review the first Ne
braska Volunteers, recently re-
turned from the Philippines, but
really to try to stir up a little Re
publican enthusiasm.
Atlanta, Ga, sent II delegation
of its most prominent men to
Washington, to invite Admiral
Dewey to visit that city, and Rep
resentative Livingston introduced
the delegation. The admiral said
lie would accept the invitation and
would go about the first of Noven-
Der, and would himself gladly make
the presentation of the sword which
has been bought for his flag officer,
1t. Brnmby, d native Georgian.
Dewey has gone to New England,
where he will be about ten days.
That imperialism is costly will
be shown by the estimates which
will be submitted to Congress for
appropriations necessary for the
army and navy for the fiscal year
beginning July 1st, 1900. AL
though all the estimates of the
War Department are not complete,
enough is known to make it certain
that the aggregate amount that
will be asked for the support of the
army and navy for the coming ses
sion of Congress will reach, and
propably exceed S2OO,O0O,0OO,
which will be about S265 or $40
per capita. War Department Off
cials say the total amount will be
considerably reduced, if the war in
the philippines is brought to a
close, hefore the appropriations are
made, b. that is very doubtful,
in a double 1t is doubtful
whether the war ovef, there will be
ended by that time, and doubtful,
even if it should be, whether the
American army on the islands can
be materially reduced for a long time
afterwards, if our present policy is
to be continued. Every govern
ment which has tried to govern
alien people by force has found it
expensive, and there are no good
reasons for believing that the ex-
perience CT this country will differ
in that respect from that of others.
The state of ExSecretary John
Sherman's health may be plead
by the administration rs an excuse
for his having been absolutely ig-
nored in the Dewey ceremonies,
but the old gentleman has given
out vigorous interview against
the suggestion that the .. s. should
attempt to mediate between Eng
land aud the Transvaal Republic to
prevent the war which now seems
almost certain to come, which
shows that his intellect is still in
good working order. The Trans
vaal authorities thought they made
shrewd move when they selected
Col. J. r. O'Beirne, a prominent Re-
publican politician of New York, to
be their diplomatic representative
in Washington, but it hasn't ac-