The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-06-23
Washington, ID. c., News.
from onr Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June Is, 19

From oar Regular Correspondent.
Washington, June Is, 1900.
Mr.. Mckinley must have doubts
of the ability Of Hanna to carry
out the programme in Philadelphia
which he has o. K'd. That is the
only explanation of the very bad
taste he has shown in sending two
members of the Cabinet-Secretary
Root and Postmaster General
Smith-to Philadelphia to help
Hanna manipulate the Republican
Convention. Smith carried the
platform, which he wIote under the
orders of Mr.. Mckinley and Hanna
that will be adopted by the Con-
vention, and Roots special busi-
ness is to see that Boss Platt does
not get in his threatened monkey
business with the -Presi-
Dental portion Of the Hanna-Mc-
Kinley programme.
If we haven't sufficient number
of troops in the Philippines to keep
the Filipinos in subsection, how are
we going to be able to send a lot of
them to China to help the Euro
peans whip the Chinese "Boxersn
into subjection ?" That is the
problem which now confronts Mr..
Mckinley and his Cabinet. And
after this government helps the
European Government knock out
the "Boxers7 and set up a new
Chinese government, what will
come next? That. is the problem
which may in the very near future
confront the American people. Are
we ready to assume any new res
possibilities for the government of
more Asiatics ? Have we not al
ready more of that sSst of thing
than is desirable?
He is q very gnllible chap, in-
deed, who will be convinced by the
number of national banks organ
lied under the single gold standard
law, enacted by the Republican
Congress, that the new law is good
thing. But that seems to be the
Republican idea. Periodically
since the law went into effect,
Comptroller Dawes has given the
press u statement showing the
number of banks, etc. The last
says that 362 applications have
been made and 159 authorized to
organize, with II total capital of
50, GAG, 900. and that the increase
in National Bank Note circulation
has been Sol ,997, $40. A careful
and correct statement OF the con
dition of these new banks year or
two from now will be much more
important than the figures now
given out.
The administration was greatly
chagrined by the indifference of
the people of Washington towards
Gen. d. S. Otis, and took special
pains to add attractions to the re-
ception given him by the people of
Rochester, New York, his home
city. Secretary Long sent the full
Marine Band, at public expense,
and Secretary Root virtually or
dered Gen. Joe Wheeler, now an
unassigned Brigadier General in
the regular army, to go to Roches-
ter to add enthusiasm to the occa-
sion. Mr.. Mckinley has been made
to realize. by the indifference of
the public toward Gen. Otis, how
unpopular his Philippine policy is
with the people, and with the real
ization has come alarm. He knows
that the people know that the re-
sponsibility for putting Otis in
command in the Philippines and
keeping him in command after his
unfitness for the position had been
shown up, belongs to VIM. McKin-
ley, and he fears that the people
will be as Indifferent towards him
Oh election day as they have shown
themselye to be towards Otis now.
The spectre Of doubt has become
Mr.. McKinley's constant compan-
ion.
Senior Nicholas Riyero, editor Of
one of the leading Havana papers,
who has been in Washington d few
days, thinks there has been wrong
doing in other branches of the Gu
ban Government as well as in the
Post Office branch. He gave the
Senate Committee q pointer that
SHOULD not be overlooked, when he
said: 81 wish We could have a thor
ough investigation of the expendi-
tnres of money on sanitary and en-
gineering works. Such an investi.