The Opelousas courier., 1899-10-28
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. Esd, 1899.
The man who has no weakness is yet
unborn. Mr.. Mckinley's supporters
have taken advantage of Admiral
Dewey's only waaknes-fear for his
healtll-to shut off the flow of Dewey
enthusiasm, and thus, rs they think,
lessons his availability AS an antl-Mc-
KinIey candidate for the Republican
Presidential nomination. They do not
wish Dewey to attend any more big
receptions because they keep him too
prominent before the public, and, al
though Dewey looks much better than
he did when lie first came to Washing
ton, and has been going to the club
or the theatre in the evening and at
tending to his private business in the
day time-he helped the committee to
select the house, which will this week
be bought for HMM as active a man
ner as any other man OF his years could
do, he has been persuaded that his
health is in great danger, and that he
must absolutely avoid excitement Of all
kinds for six months. This was SO
firmly impressed upon him that he can
celIed bis engagements TO go to Atlanta
IL L bibdttVlplltus u hIiuouLCCA thLl
lie would accept no more invitations un-
til next spring. And the McKiDleyites
think they have killed the Dewey
boom.
What Arch Bishap Chappelle, apos-
tolic delegate to the Philippines, who
has announced his intention to 20 to
the Philippines to bring about peace,
which General Otis has SO signally
failed to do, and Mr.. Mckinley said to
each other during the long conference
they held at the White House. while
big politicians were kicking their
heels in the secretary's office, is what
all the newspaper men have beer, M
successfully trying to lind out. That
they talked of conditions in the Philip
pines is all that is positively known, al
though much more has been sent ont
by the imaginative newsmakers. The
Archbishop seemed very. we'll pleased
when he left the White House, and said
that he would probably see Mr.. McKin-
ley again before lie left Washington for
Manila, which he will do in u few days.
The Archbishop is well known and pop
ular in Washington, where lie once had
charge of a church.
The Washington Post, which has
practically been Il Mckinley paper since
this administration came into power,
sounded n sinificant warning, when it
praise of Mr.. Mckinley personally
THE President must usher in a new
and healthier regime. 1t he cares for
a political future he must replace imbe-
cility with brains and vigOr. The peo-
pie are worn out with failure. bcwilder-
ment aud disaster.
Humanity demands a cessation of
murderous buDgiing in Luz0n.
Good faith and national honor require
the pacification of Cuba and the p"liti-
cal rehabilitation of the Cubans. This
must end aud end soon. Elk
listing conditions projected into the
coming year wiiI.put "a conclusive end
to Mr.. Mckiniey's public life"
Col. N. M. Bell, who was prominently
with the Post Office Depart
ment during the first Cleveland admin
istration, and who has been in private
business in st. Louis for some years.. is
visiting Washington. He says people
in the east have no idea OF the intensity
of the feeling against trusts in the West,
and predicts that the trust issue will
figure largely in next years campaign.
He also thinks that there is increasing
hostility towards m%iIitarism, one of the
aliases of Imperialism, and towards that
sort of expansiOH involving the snrren-
der of tile Monroe Doctrine.
Notwithstanding the failure of the
Senate, at the last session of COngress,
to act upon the batch of naval nomina-
miral Sampson ahead of Rear Admiral
Schley, and of the public calling down
at Minneapolis of Secretary Long, when
be attempted to glorify Sampson for
what Schley did, it is announced upon
good authority that the at
tempt to jump Sampson over Schley's
head is to be again made by MIR. Nc
as o 0 as Congress meets. The
attitude of the administration
Admiral Schley has SO far only
added to that gallant officers reputa-
ton, and il it is persisted in, many be-
lieve that will result in giving Schley
the aecOnd place on next years Demo-
cratic national ticket. Stranger things
that have happened. 1t may be
said that Scbley is not a Democrat, but
is no reason against it. Gen. Grant
was not a Republican and he was NOM
and elected President by that
party. The Army and Navy officer who
has enough political bias in his make
up to become a member Of a political
party, ia an exception. As a rule, Off
GERS in neither branch of the service
vote, even when they remain in one
place long enough to acquire the right
to do SO.
Ex-Governor Thompson, of S. c.. who
has just returned from Europe, said bo
was approached by a native in a viii
lage Of Switzerland, who said to him :
Excuse me, sir, bnt will you crafty
my curiosity by telling me what it was
the Governor Of N. C. said to the
governor of s. C9 Asked what reply
he made, Gov. Thompson said: "Wry
repeated the historic remark,
and gave a practical demonstration of
what followed it, but it beats me how
that fellow ever beard the story of the
awo governors