The Opelousas courier., 1900-06-02
Washington, ID. G., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, May %, 19

Wasnington, May 26, l9OU.
Republican Senators consented
to Congressional investigation
of all Cuban accounts, as pre-
posed by Senator Bacon's resolu-
tien, not because they wanted an
investigation, but because they
feared to defy a practical univer-
sal public demand for one. They
are now trying to devise schemes
that will enable them to keep the
investigation in their own hands,
but Democratic Senator'S are wide
awake and intend to participate
in that investigation, and if pos
sible, they are going to have an
ether for Porte Rice, where there
has been great extravaganza in
the payment OF double, and in
some cases, triple salaries to post
al employees, if no actual stealing.
1t is also. generally believed that
affairs are quite as bad, if not
worse. in the civil branch of our
government in the Philippines,
and there are scandals even in the
Washington City Post Office.
The anxiety of the Republican
leaders to hurry adjournment is
amusing. Although they have a
good big majority in both branches
they act as though they were
afraid that Congress would do
something they didn't want it to
do, if adjournment wasn't rushed.
It is hardly likely that adjourn
ment will take place June 6, the
date set by the House resolution,
but it will as soon thereafter as
the Republican leaders in the
Senate can get the appropriation
bills out Of the way.
To appeal from Cesar McKin-
ley to The American people is now
the programme of the BOer en-
veys. They have net abandoned
their idea of making tour of
the country and arousing pub
lIic sentiment. They will begiu
this week in Baltimore, and from
there will go to ether cities where
they have accepted invitations 10
attend public NEE tings.
Representative Talbert, of s.
c., has been making another
warm speech on the Pensien
question, his text being the case
Of the Michigan man who draws
$1,000 year as clerk in the lu-
terror Department, and $1,000
year as private Secretary TO
Representative S. w. Smith of
Michigan, and who has been voted
| by Congress a pension Of $72 a
| month for total disability. Rep
resentative FL. G. Smith cited The
case ef Justice Long, of the SUI
preme Court Of Michigan, who
draws a pension Of $40 a month as
an excuse for this case, and Mr..
Talbert said in reply 'sTwo
wrongs de not make one right.
THE gentleman asks now because
one man is rebblng and plunder-
ling the government unjustly and
/ unmsritorie9sly, that another
man may be placed on the pensien
roll and receive a high pension
That is the trouble about this in
Iindiscriminate grabbing OF pen,
siens. One man gets in and an
other wants to get in. Members
| have heir friends and they vii
!, not have the Teperts read because
| they sit here like dummies saying
IsOh. they will reach my cas'
next. That is what is the mat
tier. You want to do a dozel
,Iwrengs to make one right, ane
/ YOU want to continue to do wron:
lin order to see justice done by til,
IoId soldiers and | will help TO d
Lit every time if | can, but ! d.
not want to give any soldier Wha
I Ihe does not deserve.
Senator Morgan jumped on til
fopposition TO the Nicaragnan Ga
|. nal, which has apparently sue
ceeded in hanging up the bill, IN
!, speech in which he did not mine
words. He began with the 81
organized under Ne'
. .1ersay laws for the purpose Of cor
, trolI1ng Canal routes on the ls6E
linus Of Darien of which he said
: ssI think the assumption, arre
. ganee and brazen-faeed audacit
: : Of these people has reached
!. climax. = He charged that th'
! government was submitting I
tue cutting and badgering of th
fInew Panama Canal Company
which in conjunction with th
Itrans-continental railroad, II
l-lspired the opposition to the Can:
plbill. because Il Presidential ele'
i ton IS pending and that it is ARA,
+ TO tackle any corporation that b:
S or professes TO have some gre;
i. power, and he asked !: els i
j, be said here that the President
a party to this ambi-dexterous al
eross-eyed pelisical rascality
Mr.. Morgan concluded with the
I'll plain Words ssThe President wi
,nl il d candidate for reelection, is
i, the hands of his friends, and b
fr;aY,ds as s.n the enemies az the mi