The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-23
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 19, 1899

EioiIl otti IIt wi tSEoilu'Iit'
WAsHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 19. 1899.
The panic Of the administration over
the situation in Ohio daily grows worse,
and Mr.. Mckinley tells the Ohio Rcpnb-
iicans who call Oh him that the State
must be carried 1T all hazards. Ho sent
a trusted persona! messenger TO New
York to meet Boss Hanna witcn he ar
rived from Eurupe and tell him jast
how blue things looks irom tha admin
iettation point of view; also 10 !in-
| press upon him the necessity Of taking
steps to see that plenty ct money was
provided for use in Ohio. 1t is proba-
by tic taking OF those steps wllcl.
caused Boss Hanna to stop III New
York, instead of coming direct to W ash
ington. The matter has been discussed
in Cabinet meetings and two members,
Postmaster General Smith and Secie-
iary Wilson Designated to take the
| stump. Mr.. Wilson will speak mostly
IN the agricultural section, his powers
Of persuasion among taInicr beng sup
posed to be wonderful, while Mr.. Smith
will talk mostly to the city and town
| audiences. The ordering of the Civil
ian Philippine Commissioners home
| was Influenced to it certain extent, 10y
ltIC oltto stIlt. Y lS hSt't" - NJ
| next fighting campaign under way, be-
fore election day, and the civilian Com
misioners ale gotten out of the way so
that Otis can have no excuse for not
pushing the fighting. So much for the
Republican view of the ONO campaign.
Democratic confidence in success in
Ohio is even greater than the Republic
cun fright. Mr.. Mclean, who is ncW in
Ohio to remain until after the electioE,
is in cOnstantCommunlCatlOn with Ills
Washington friends. He says he feels
absolutely certain of being elected Gov
ernor, and he Is not the sort OF man to
say go without believing it himself. The
Democrats are united and enthusiastic
caily confident, while the Republicans
are divided into factions, Of which
would rather humlilate Boss Hanna
whom they have never forgiven for tue
rough sl!od manner in which he kicked
them ought OF the State machine, to
make places for his hencllmen, than to
accomplish any u thing. There is also
much more Ohio Republican opposition
10 the impeIiaiistic policy Of the admin
istratlon, and especially to tho so far un-
successful war in the Philippines, than
even the Democrats supposed existed
until recently. Much of this opposition
is silent, and will hardly result in di-
rect votes for the Democratic ticket,
out it will increase the sta~y-at-homes
on election day, which will be the next
best thing to Democratic votes.
The object OF a delegation of Wash
lngton negroes, including Il preacher
and several ex.office holders, in calling
at the White House, was reminder OF
reconstruction days. They seem pos
sessed Of the idea that Mr.. Mckinley
has power to interfere with tho pro-
posed election law in North Carolina,
aud they wish him to put a clause in his
annual m%essagetn Congress recommend
ing that the proposed election law be
declared iilega! because Of its violation
Of tho 18th amendment. Mr.. Mckinley
is a strong PARTISAN, but he knows too
much to attempt to meet the wishes Of
these negroes, even il they were citi-
Gems of North Carolina, instead Of being
meddlers with what in no way concerns
them. The "nigg"IH question will ntv-
er figure prominently again IL
Presidential messages Oh III congress
sional legislation. Ii Unconstitutional
laws arc passed in North Carolina, OF in
any other State, the people a get them
passed up0n by the proper tribunal,
without either The hinde!ance of the
l. ~ GSt oLitfal l
the executive branch OF the govern
ment, AMI the DEGREES OF the courts will
be obeyed by the people. The Su-
preme Court Of the u. S. alone posses
es the power to declare the State laws
unconstitutional.
Ex-senator Joe Blackburn, who has
been testing a little in Washington,
preparatory to returning to the stump,
did not give the story that Col. Bryan
would not speak i'll Kentucky, a chance
to get fairly started, before be headed
it eff by saying "Mr. Bryan wrote me
that he wonld be glad to speak in Ken
lucky and would leave the details to me.
There was no promise of any number of
speeches, nor were any definite arrange
ments agreed upon. | have written
him that VT will be ready for him any
time after the first of October, aud by
that time, from present indications, the
boiling movement in Kentucky Will
have dwindled away into nothiDgness
and Mr.. Bryan will have a solid Demo-
cratic party in front of him"
The Naval officials responsible for
assigning Admiral Schley to the com
mand of the South Atlantic Squadron,
the most undesirable fag-command in
the Navy, evidently felt a little bit as
banned, as they took the trouble to give
out statements about the inten-
ton of the Department to in
crease tho number of vessels in the
Squadron, the Importance Of tho com
mand in case Of war with Central or
South America, etc. The rea! object is
probably to get Schley out of reach of
inquisitive Congressional Committees.