The Opelousas courier., 1900-10-20
Washington, ID. G., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Tho entire administration, from
the President down, is playing par
tisan politics for all it knows how,
and the public business is getting
on in any way it can. The White
House has been turned into q po-
litical headquarters with the Presi-
dent filling the duties of Lieutenant
to Boss Hanna. Anything to keep
the Republicans in power is the
basis of all the White House con
sultations and conferences. That
even single votes are not being
overlooked was shown 10y the Off
cial order sent from Washington
for the immediate dismissal OF a
woman clerk in the Indianapolis
post office. who got married the
other day, and The appointment of
a voter in her place. Besides the
political work that members of the
administration are doing in Wash
ington, tho following prominent
officials, and this is only IL partial
list, are on the stump toT McKin-
ley, with their salaries being paid
by the x-payers while their Off
cial work is being neglected: : Post
master, General Smith, Secretary
Gage, Secretary Wilson, Attorney
General Griggs, Solicitor General
Richards, Third Assistant Post
master General Madden, Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow, Assistant Secretary Meikle-
john, Commissioner OF Pensions,
Evans, and Director of the Mint,
Roberts. In addition to these there
is an army Of smaller officials i'll
the field speaking or pulling wires
to influence voters, and the people
are footing all the bills.
Republican speakers and writer's
! are not likely to exploit the returns
for September from the post offices
of the fifty largest cities in the
country, just received aud tabula-
ted, to prove the increasing pros
perity of the country, for the sim
| pie reason that fourteen out of
fifty shows smaller receipts than
they had in September of last
year. indicating that the pinnacle OF
temporary prosperity, made by the
war with Spain, big crops, and
other conditions which put money
in circulation, has been passed and
that the business of the country is
now on tho down grade, as Demo
Gratis predicted it would be as soon
as the natural reaction sets in.
f. Senator wellington passed
Through Washington on his return
from speaking tour in the west
land northwest. In reply to qnes-
tions as to the campaign outlook,
he said: "In my judgment, Mr.
Bryan will be elected. [ think the
middle west will go for him, and
tkat when the electoral college is
polled, he will get the necessary
| number Of votes. [ have not the
slightest doubt that Mr.. Bryan will
| carry Maryland. The sentiment in
the State, and | have sounded il
thoroughly, is greatly i'll favor oi
the Democratic candidate. There
are hundreds and hundreds OF old,
time Republicans who will leave the
/ party and vote the Democratic
4 ticket. On the other hand, there
Twill not he. q handful Of Democrats
who will fail to stand by their par
lty's nominee. | think that Bryan's
/ majority in my native State will bt
| anywhere from $4,000 to 2O,0Oo.
/ More government clerks will 81
home to vote this year than have
| done so since the days when Iacl
| Chandler bossed the Republican
machine and made them do as III
pleased. Clerks will register ant
vote who have not done SO fo
twenty years or more. Every gov
.ernment clerk residing in u Stat
considered anyways close has re
| received a circular letter from tn
Republican bosses Of his State
telling him that if he fails to regis
ter aud vote, his name will be hand
ed to the Republican committee
which is merely another way 0
telling him that if he fails to vote
Z lie will lose his job. The heads 0
: the government departments ar
doing Their part to help along tn
Eexodus of voters, at the expense
the taxpayers Of the country, b.
allowing it to he known that th
clerks will be paid for the time los
; in going home to register and vote
and will not have the time deduct
ed from their annual leave.
q The Democrats, it is true, hay
little money with which to battl
against the overwhelming resource
!, of Mark Hanna. But simila
state of things existed a centur
and a quarter ago, when the COLI
nists were fighting against Gref
Britain. Yet the people won thel
IL -ee@ e-------
It is not altogether surprlsin
that Mr. Youtsey became insan
! If he is guiltyras there seems goo
reason to believe, renorso may we
be praying upon his soul.
!; The coal strike is ON and q sto,
trust is putting up the price
). stoves. Poor people will have
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