The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-09-09
Washington, ID. e., News.



Washington. Sept. /, 1899,
The Republican clam of a
WaIk-ovcr in Ohio this fall has
bean 4 hollow prstensa from the
first, and It has grow. follower
every day since the Democrats
nominated Hon. John K. VI .7Tr,fa
for Governor. 1t will -Iot be de
MED that Mr. Mckinley knows
Ohio pclitics thoroughly 1t is
significant. therefore, that the
first thing he did. after his return
to Washington was 10 hold Il con
ference with several Ohio Repub-
Iicans, and that one Of the re-
suits ef that conference was Il
cablegram to Boss Hanna, telling
lin to hurry home from Europe,
il order to take charge OF Il c:lm-
palgn of his ticket. Mr. Mckin-
ley regards Mr.. Mclean as Il
strong and dangerous candidate,
and he knows that if Ohio goes
Democratic this year, it will give
such Il boom to the already rapid
ly Frightening Democratic pros
poets that the election of a Dem
ocratic President will become
we'll nigh "a certainty. He is de-
termined to prevent this if he
can possibly do so, and in addi-
ton to Hanna ; methods, which
will be worked to the limit, the
whole power of the adnlinistra-
ton will be used to help Hannas :
ticket.
Although MIR, Mckinley only
remained in Washington from
Saturday afternoon until to-day,
when be went to Philadelphia to
attend the G. A. L. encamplnsnt,
whore he hopes to put in sene
good political Iicks incidentally to
prevent fight being made upon
the present management of the
Pension Bureau by old soldiers,
he found time to sse Some OF the
capitalists who, for purely sell
fish reasons, are trying to get the
government to mix itself up in
the revolution in St. Domingo.
declaring Il pretectorate over the
most turbulent and beiIgerent
mob Of "niggers' ever known to
exist in any portion of the world.
With all his anxiety to please
these capitalists, it is not believed
that Mr.. Mckinley will dare to
do what they wish him to dc. He
has troubles enough now, without
hunting for new enes.
The Sampson clique in the
Navy department which has been
able to keep Sampson i'll COM
mand of the North Atlantic
Squadron, when other officers
we're entitled to that honor, will
have him ordered to shore duty,
after the Dewey receptions, in
New York, and it will also en-
deavor to prevent the arrival Of
Admiral Howison, who is Samp-
sons senior officer in New York ,
whittier he is bound from the
South Atlantic, on the cruiser
Chicago, in time to participate IN
the Dewey ceremonies. Not sat
isticd with having done SO much
for Sampson, the clique is still
working to prevent Schley getting
an important command, although
he is clearly entitled to the sea
duty he asked for many months
ago. There are three men elig-
ible to succeed Sampson as COM
mander Of the North Atlantic
suuadron-Schley, Remy and Far
ouhar~but if the efforts of the
Clique are successful, as now
seems likely, Schley's name may
pe considered out Of it.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee gave the
War Department q little more
than it expected; when it asked
him and the other Department
Commanders in Cuba to make re-
ports ON the condition of affairs
under their Jurisdiction, by add
ing the following recommends
tons to his report: That cen
sus of the island be taken as soon
as possible; that the question of
suffrage be carefully considered
and decision reached regu-
lating the same; that i modern
system of Jurisprudence be intro
duced, so that electiye officers
can be voted for; that general
election be ordered for a Presi-
dent or Il Chief Magistrate, a
Vice-PresideDt and Congress or
Legislature, to consist OF two
branches. and all other officers OF
republic, as we'll as municipal
elections; all of which can be de-
termined, regulated, and pres
cribed by convention composed
Of delegates in proper proportion
from the different provinces
which shall meet as soon after
the census is taken as possible
In this way the pledged faith OF
the u. S. Government to Cuba
can be kept" Orders were given
in the War department to sup
| press this report, but somehow
| it got out.