The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-11-24
Washington, ID. G., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Nov. 10, 1900.

number of Republicans, may be
judged from these remarks Of
Senator Money eff an attempt
is made to reduce the Congress
sional representation from the
South, I, for one, will be willing
to talk from the Sd day of De-
cember to noon on the 4th day of
March. And it won't be wind
either. 1t will be a speech worth
listening to. | have been pre-
pairing for this fight for some
time. If the Republicans attempt
that reduction, they might as
we'll prepare for an extra session
of Congress. They will not pass
their shipping bill, nor, indeed,
anything else in the way of legis-
lation." Every Democratic SEN
ator and Representative, who has
been in Washington, holds prac-
tically the same sentiments that
Senator Money expressed. Lead
ing Republicans, who see danger
in the matter, are trying to stop
the the talk among the small fry
about forcing this sort of legisla-
ton through Congress by remind
ing them of the Republican de-
feat which followed the attempt
to jam the notorious Force bill
through Congress.
It seems that the public is not
to be allowed to get on the in
side of whatsoever crookedness
there has been in handling Cuban
money, in addition to the known
stealings of the Neely gang, if
the Senate Committee on rela-
tions with Cuba, or rather the
Republican members of that
committee, can prevent it, even
when there is no campaign going
on to be effected. In was known,
and stated in this paper, when
the Senate ordered this investiga-
ton to be made, that the COM
mittee would make no pretense
even of acting until after the
election, but it was not believed
that the committee would decline
to act at all. Yet, that is what
many are now saying and the
talk seems to be. justified. The
Committe held a secret meeting,
after which Senator Platt, of
Connecticut, its Chairman, re-
fused to even allow one of the
newspaper men, waiting outside
the committee room to read
any of the information furnished
by the war department, on the ex-
penditures and receipts in Cuba,
on the ground that the lnforma-
ton was mot complete" and
stated that the committee had ad-
journed subject to the call of the
Chairman, and that he didn't
know when there would be
another meeting.
If Secretary Gage represents
the Republican financial policy,
and the fact that he had been
asked by Mr.. Mckinley to remain
at the head Of the Treasury De-
partment during the next admin
istration is good evidence that he
does, movement for the abso-
1 Lutte retirement not only of The
greenbacks, but of all paper
money issued by the government,
may be expected in the near fu-
ture, although the intention to do
SO was most vigorously denied by
many Republicans during the re-
cent campaign. Mr.. Cages posi-
ton has been pretty generally
known for sometime, and he has
just emphasized it in a lecture on
Finance, in which he said "The
public Treasury is a poor agency
for issuing paper money"
Another official postponement
of the bringing of the volunteers
home from the Philippines has
been announced, which is direct
fly contrary to all the ante-election
promises, It is now said that
they will not begin bringing them
back before the first of January,
and possibly not before the first
of March. If not until the latter
date, it will be very doubtful
whether they will all get back be-
fore the expiration of their term
of enlistment, July 1, 1901-al-
though War Department officials
claim that they can all be brought
back within four months, if neces-
sary. Ii so, they will be brought
back much quicker than they
we're carried.
At the last session Of Congress,
| the Republicans would have been
entirely satisfied to increase the
regular army to 100000 men. but
now a lot Of them are seriously
talking about making the army
bill which they intend putting
through at this session. provide
| for 10000 men or more. The
reelection of Mr.. Mckinley and
| the election Of a big majority in
the next House seems to have
turned the heads of many Re
publicans, and leaders of that
party are going to have a hard jol