The Opelousas courier., 1899-12-16
OPELOUSAS PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, La. DEC. 49, $780,
Washington, ID. c., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. IL, 1899.

Washington, Dec. IL, 1899.
/ Mr.. McKinley's hired men.
otherwise known as the rspubli-
can majority of the House, are
obeying orders like trained ami
mails. They began to-day the &C
tual work of railreading through
the House, in single week, the
gold standard bill that Mr.. Me-
kinley had prepared last summer.
The vote is to be taken a week
from to-day, and of course, tho
bill will be passed, as it wi IL be
sure to get all the Republican
votes, and it is being claimed
that eight Democrats from New
York and possibly others from
the Eastern States will also vote
for it. The Republicans are so
fond of wearing their gags that
they have offered to give some of
the time allotted to them for
debate on the bill to the Dems-
Gratis.
The Navy Department has got
Schley we'll out Of the way, but
his friends in Congress are on the
alert in his behalf, as was seen
when proposition, which erigi-
mated with Mr.. Mckinley was
submitted to them. The propo-
sitien was that Congress pass
bill reviving the grade Of Vice
Admiral in the Navy, and that
Mr.. Mckinley would at once nom
mate both Schley and Sampson
to that grade. This sounded we'll,
but Schley's friends have SO far
declined 1e accept it, unless Mr..
Mckinley would promise that
Schley's nomination should be
made first, so that he would con-
tinue to rank Sampson.
Representative Lent, of Ohio,
has offered resolution asking
for an investigation, by Il special
committee Of the House, of the
charges growing cut of the inter-
ference of U. S. troops in mining
troubles in Idaho, in defiance Of
and contrary to the Federal Con-
stitutien, at the individual re-
quest of the Governor, when no
riot Or nsurrection existed, and
without consulting the Legisla-
ture or the local sheriff. {
If present indications May Joe
depended upon, the position7of
these Democrats who yIed
against the dangerous ngtha1vof
refusing to allow a man with prep
er credentials, to be sworn in as
a member of the House, is likely
to be vlndicated by the final dis
position of the Roberts case.
Members of the Roberts COM
mittee may, of course, change
their minds before their report
is made to the House, but it
locks as though now their re-
port would recommend that Rob
erts be sworn in and then be ex-
PEELED, because of his being a
pclygamist. Members are be-
ginning to realize that the pre-
cedent of not allowing a man
with regular credentials to be
sworn in, is teo dangerous one to
be set up. If one man can prop
erly be denied, one hundred men
might be treated in the same way
by an unscrupuleus majority.
1t isn't the Roberts case. but the
principle at stake that makes the
action of the House important.
Senator Masen's speech in fa-
yor Of his resolution of sympathy
for the Transvaal Republic, now
engaged in war for liberty with
Great Britain, containing some
hard knocks for prominent Re-
publicans, including the Presi-
dent. Mason may not rank high
as statesman, but his tongue has
a sting on the end of it when he
wishes it to have, quite as nag
ging if not SO polished, as that
welded by ingalls,, and othefl
sting-slingers whe have been in
the Senate.
Boss Hanna appears TO have
emerged from his wEestle with
the rheumatism and his check
book. which Is credited with such
. prominent part in the Ohio
campaign, as cross as. crippled
bear. He was hebbling out Of
the White House, where he had
been holdings conference with
Mr. Mckinley and Mr.. Henry G.
Payne, of Wisconsin, who has
been mentioned as Hanna's sue
|cessor at the head of the Repub-
,Hcan National Committee, when
he was asked if it were true that he
intended to retire from the Chair
manship Of the Committee. He
glared angrily at the newspaper
man who asked the question, be-
fore answering and then snapped
ant as he turned away ssNo one