The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1899-12-30
Washington, ID. C., News.
rom our, Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Dec. 25, 1899.

Mckinley machine is it's apparent
recklessness in arranging for
legislation that will result in the
sxtravagant expenditure Of pub
lie Money. They seem to take it
for granted that the people are
too dazed to see through their
schemes, enc of the most
costly Of which is the ship-sub-
sidy job, which is to be started
with an appropriation of $780,
100000, to be disbursed in ten
years. This job was indorsed by
Mr.. Mckinley in his message, and
by the Republican National Com
mittee at its recent meeting, and
it is to push it along that Assist
ant Postmaster General Perry
Heath, and Comptroller of Cur
rency Dawes have been selected
SO long in advance of the cam
paign, and in absolute defiance of
the Civil Service law, to prepare
literature to be distributed by the
National Committee. The prin-
cipal duty Of this Republican lit
erary bureau for several months
will be to try to fill Republican
papers with demands for pas
age Of the ship-subsidy bill by
Congress, in order that the weak
kneed Republicans in Congress,
who are disposed to bawlk on this
subsidy business may be made to
believe that the press Of their par
ty is demanding the legislation.
If this job gees through Congress,
and is signed by Mr.. Mckinley,
it ought to and probably will,
make thousands of Democratic
votes in the Presidential cam
paign. And that isn't the only
contemplated job. In fact, it
looks as though the Hanna Nc
Kinley machine, in its recklesness
to spend public money in the in
:erest of its favored supporters,
would furnish a frst-class lot of
vote-making Democratic CAM
paign material.
Boss Platt has already half wen
his fight against Secretary Root
as the nominee fer Vice President
on the Mckinley ticket, as Boss
Hanna has publicly said that there
was no disposition to force Mr..
Root on the ticket, if he was not
acceptable to the New York dele
gatien. But Platt is not to have
everything his own way, and it is
practically certain that he will
net be able to get his man, Tim
ethy Woodruff, on the ticket.
Hannah played a strsng aati-Platt
card when he got a boom started
for Cornelius Bliss, who was Mr..
McKinley's first Secretary of the
[interier, and who is every bit as
Objectionable to Platt as Root,
And he dropped a hint for Platt
when he said that if New York
wanted the second place on the
ticket, it would have to present
united delegation at the Con
yentien !; otherwise the nomina-
ton would go to some Other
State. Already General Griggs
has miniature boom.
Subscriptions to the fund tina,
lis being raised for the widow ane
children of Gen. Lawton, wht
was killed in the Philippines, are
looming in quite rapidly. The to
tai exceeds ST., 900.
The administration has refused
Ito order Gen. Wheeler either t.
remain in the Philippines, wher
HE is said to be much dissatlsfe'
with the command given him b
Otis, or to return to Washington
He got d, friend to endeavor I,
get Mckinley to drop hint OF
1.-THE subject and that is the kin'
/ OF hint. he got. If Genera
NV heeler returns, he will have t
/ rss:11q t;s: his Commission as Briga
| dier GensasJ Of Volunteers.
! Senator Marion Butler, Chair
! | man Of the National People
/ Party Committee, has sent . cir
Icular letter to each member 9
THAT committee, asking for thel
Iviews as to holding a Natlons
i fConyention To nominate Pres
Dental ticket. He thinks con
lyention will be held and that !
i will Nominate Col. Bryan. SPEAK
4 inc Of the Convention, Senate
n Allen, Of Nebraska, who is
member Of the National Commit
i tee. said that it made no diffel
Ience whether the C6nventio
was held before or after the Den
ocratie Convention, because
was .alreaayy settled that Co
BRYAN would be nominated !
clbcth conventions Senator A
1Ilen says the Bryan electors W
carry Nebraska by % 900 majs
ity.
Call up Phone No. 70 when Is
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