The Opelousas courier., 1899-05-13
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May s, 1899.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May s, 1899.
Secretary Alger, who has just rt
turned to Washington, is lacking IL
many of the characteristics that so L
make an ideal Secretary Of Wal, but h,
attempts to make up for all OF then
with gall, of which he has about a
much as any man who ever held "A cab
inent portfolio. And his latest is Il littl'
gall line. He has actually gone so fla
as to dictate to MIR. Mckinley, il tn,
public talk of his hencImen can be be
licycd. According TO the AigeIites
Alger is not satisfied with the white
washing given him by tho War Commits
sion and the alleged v%indlcation give1
him by the Military Court of Inquiry
!. which Mr.. Mckinley nas Just approved
w'nd ordered published, but demand.
fAat Gen. Miles shall be dcposed from
TIT command of thAaImy. In addition
to laying AeHAradGa this Of Mr.. MckiE-
ley, 1.ssf is said to have told him thai
it he did not issue tlfh order transferring
Miles from the command OF the army
to ono nf the military divisions, nc
would, as Secretary Of War, issue il
himself, thus i%o'cin. the Presidential
action one way or the otilel. It is not
Surprising tina; Nh. Mckinney should
have concluded to go to tir Virginia
Hot Springs and try to cltal out his sys-
TEN by II few hot baths. But it ia Al
serism he Will have to clean out to ac-
comlplish anything.
Boss piait's r,iict has, gone forth that
New York shall have Int one candidate
for the s~,pcakeiship. aud that Payne,
Ray and posSihi, other members a.
the delegation, who have either posi-.
lively OF partially announced them
selves as candidates, will be forced ont
of the way to Civ" Sherman the una,i!-
nous support OF the delegation. This,
and IEm0ss that Sherman had made II
deal with Hanna caused quite Il marked
boom IN Sherman stock, and Sherman
is now IN favor III sporting circles.
Treasury officials have refused 10 al
low nn item headed "]tiavciius ex-
prnses" i'll the personal accounts of
Roger &. Spo"ner, Special In1Inn axent
Temporarily IN Charge of the Indian
W%at"llouse n Chicago, because the
aforesaid travelling EXPENSES were IN
ciiiti by SpuOncr IN going between
!rlsshome iu Wisconsin and lis office in
IifNtS's . L't N'ilStttf;ttt 10 Hive
been necessary to the proper perform
ance of his public duties. Suoonrr is \
brotle: of Senator Sronner nn.! holds
his position ty attjck. The position -!
Supellntendrnt OF the Indian ware
house is supposed to- ht under Civil
RGles also to be vacant. Nearly a
year ago Senator Spoontr carried an OF
der to Secretary Bliss, from Mr., Nc
kinley, telling him to provide a good
place for his brother. 1t was don. by
appointing him IN Special Indian Agent
and putting him IN temporary charge of
the warehouse in Chicago, where he has
been ever since, filling il position that is
lhcclassltird service, without ever l:av
ing even taken an examination. Sill.
there are some otherwise level headed
who will get "nuttyn when the
Civil Service Rules are snoktn
of as tic hnunbug they really are.
Mr.. Mckinley seems to be developing
Il disposition to play Gar. He or
de,ed representative Henderson, OF
Iowa. Chairman OF the Republican eau
Gus Committee that recently completed
II financial bill, when he calle. at the
White House Will, Il copy of the bill, to
change it before ii was suhmiite.. to tl,.
Of The Senate Finance
C"mM'ttee, who it seems must approve
it before it ia made public. Col. Hen
desson Is IL prpEery sort OF u fellow oc
but being. candidate for
Of the House. he did not IRA 10
quarrel with Mr.. Mckinley, so he only
called his attention to the fact that
every clause in the bin had been nut
there 10y unanimous vote ui the Gem
The order to chanSeit was re-
by MIR. Mckinley.
1t haa been decided 10y ia, Republic
IAN leaders that al extra session OF Con
!ress shall br called, probably carly in
he Tall, but IN order to give themselves
III opportunity to change their minds,
1T be deemed advisable later to
to So, they will not say more than that
IT the matter is that they arc getting
uneasy Over the political outlnnk. A1
islnit time ago they we've tisuring on a |
walk oycr for Mckinley next year, bat |
low they are frightened. One of them |
ait "Mi. Mckinley will. "f cnis,s-, he
candidate for denomination, bat it is |
~ no means certain that he viii win.
The scandals under his administration
made it d%iIiicu!t !"r bis friends to
il. Alger. SlHft"r, Eayan and
timers, VIII" have figured prominently in
he administration, have not added to
II. Mckinley reputation OF approved
'ls ',anres for denomination. Con-
creative observers believe that Aiger-
ism and Eganism will prove to be a
eavier load than MI. Mckinley can
AIRY, and that it he should be nomi-
ated again. he would DO defeated.
The Philippine situation continues to
o a combination of dickering and
ghtlng, although the administration
laims that the submission of Aguinaldo
now fully assured, but they do not
ny when. His ~snhjugation has been a
ure thing from the first, but it has al
aady cost more, both ia money and
lood, than it will ever be worth to the
eople OF this country.
Try the advertising OF your business
nring 1899. 1t viii pay, aud the
OURIER will make liberal rates for Il
ears contract. 1t is Il true saying that
ink is the only road to success.