The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-04-15
Washington, ID. C., News.
FTs>-p.lr Regular Correspondent.
Wellington. April 10, lS9

1t is daily becoming palmer tC
close observers that Mr.. McKlnle,
and his al Users do not regard next
Yeas campaign as a republican
walk over. They are diligently
studying ways and means for cor
alling electoral votes that they
consider ,.oubttui The trip that
Mr.. Mckinley is now arranging to
make this summer to the Pacific
Coast is one of the ways that has
been decided upon. They 10 not
expect to be able to carry Delaware,
| Maryland, or Kentucky again, but
they hope for Kansas and Nebras-
ka, both of which states are likely
to be visited on Mr.. McKinley's
western trip. They are also begin
ming to realize that some sort of a
bluff against trusts must be made.
Representative Landis, of Ind, has
come to Washington especially to
upon the administration the neces-
sity of doing something to convince
the voters OF the middle west that
the administration is antagonistic
to the trusts. Mr.. Lands has done
some very plain talking about the
danger to the republican party and
it is evident that he has frightened
some of the administration men.
Attorney General Griggs, doubt
less acting under orders from Mr..
Mckinley, has made q play to shift
the responsibility for his recent
queer letter about trusts from the
shoulders OF the administration, by
proceeding against the Chesapeak
and Ohio Association, generally
known DIS the soft coal trust, under
the Sherman antitrust law. The
suit was instituted in Cincinnati,
and will be directed by the Solici-
tor General of the United States.
The public will watch the prosecu-
ton Of this case closely, owing to
the Attorney General having so
recently stated, in writing, that
trusts could not be reached by Fed
eral laws.
Evidently Admiral Dewey isn't
one of those who believes the end
OF the Philippine troubles to be III
sight. Ofcourse lie is too diplomat
ic to discuss such u question where
his opinion would be likely to get
out, but when he caDled the Navy
Department to send him six months
engineering supplies for his fleet,
every empioye OF that department
knew that it was just as though he
had cabled that it would not, in his
opinion be safe to materially reduce
the strength of the fleet at Manila
for sometime to come.
The latest Philippine news seems
to justify the opinion of those who
believe that the fighting over there
is likely to go on for all indefinite
time. Gen. Lawton has started on
a campaign with picked force,
with the intention of trying to run
down the PHILIPPINES.
Democrats are not the only ones
who regard the Philippines as an
undesirable possession. Represen-
tative Steele, of Ind, a staunch
supporter of the administration,
who passed through Washington q
day or two ago, said of them: $50
far as am concerned, | would like
to trade the Philippine islands for
a yellow dog, and than kill the dog,
if there were nothing else involved
but possession of the islands y
In naming one of the new battle
ships Georgia, although no petition
had been sent from that state while
they had been sent from dozen
other states, Mr.. Mckinley is said
to have been actuated solely by a
desire to show his appreciation Of
the courtesy with which he was
treated during his recent visit to
that state. This is creditable alike
to the President and to the people
of Georgia. The other names
chosen were. for neutrality-suspicious.
svlvania and New Jersey for ar
mored cruisers-West Virginia,
and Nebraska and California !; for
ordinary cruisers-Denver, Des
Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston,
Tacoma and Cleveland.
Mr.. Mckinley has accepted an iu-
vitation to attend the Confederate
encampment to be held June 7th
and oth at Falls Church, Va, under
the auspices of the Daughters Of the
Confederacy. and promised to de
liver an address.