The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1900-06-30
Washington, ID. G., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.
w ashingtoni, June 25,

| From our Regular correspondent
Washington, June 25, 1900.
The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee will make a
speciality of circulating literature
showing up Republican extrava-
gance in public expenditures. No
table in this class is the speech of
Representative Livingston, of Ca,
in which he said "And | call at
tention also to the constant and
gradual increase i'll the appropria-
tions for pensions, and likewise to
the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriations. These items
could not have been affected to any
great extent by the Spanish Amer
lean war. 1t shows, indeed, all in
crease all along the line, despite
the fact that the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds have
held back all matters before them,
with two or three exceptions, and
all accounts and claims have been
practically barred from considera-
ton at this session. It should be
borne in mind that in the case of
the appropriations for the Navy,
! the authorization of eight new war
ships-two battleships, three ar
mored cruisers, and three protected
cruisers, involves an ultimate ex-
penditure for construction, arlnor
and armament, of something like
$50, ,OG0, 900, hot one dollar of which
is now appropriated. The domi-
nant party attempted to commit
this Congress at this session, and
will doubtless renew thoir efforts at
the coming session to so commit
the government to what is known
as the ship.subsidy scheme, which
involves the sum of $3.50, 200, 900 to
be expended throughout d term of
years"
Senator Harris, of Kansas, said
of the political outlook just before
leaving Washington, for his home :.
"The people are not to be deluded
into the idea that the existing
prosperity is the product of the
Republican administration. We
are having prosperity in the West,
but it is due to good reasons, hard
work, rigid economy and self-de-
nial. Uniavofable conditions else
where, even now, are advancing the
price of wheat, which will greatly
benefit the farmers of Kansas and
the West, but, these unfavorable
conditions were not brought around
by Republican administration. The
people understand the reasons for
these things. Further than this,
the people recognize that the late
session Of Congress gave to the
trusts Of all kinds, all that they
asked for. They also recognize
that Congress absolutely refused TT
do for the country those thinfB
winch were demanded irrespective
ofparty, such as an amended ILfer
state Commerce law, Anti-N3st
Legislation, a reduction of TIM
War Taxes, providing for the Nicay
ragua Canal, and other things"
Senator Harris says the Bryan
ticket will carry Kansas easily, and
| if the right candidate for Vice
President is nominated at Kansas
City several other middlewestern
States.
Republicans are condemning
their own management of Cuban
affairs by widely advertising the
fact that since the exposure OF the
wholesale stealing of Cuban funds
by Republican officials, there have
been reductions in the salary list i'll
Havana alone which result in %
saving of 81, ,200,00 u year. Such
an acknowledgement of extraya-
gance and ineompetency, has sell
dom il ever been made by an Amer
ican administration.
This government Seems to be get
I ting tangled up in that big Chinese
puzzle. Secretary Hay says we are
mot at war with China, and all the
diplomatic representatives of the
European nations say the same for
their governments, and the Chinese
minister says his government has
not sanctioned any ill-treatment
of foreigners or any of the fighting
| that has taken place; that the
whole trouble Is due to rioting,
such az occasionally occurs in
every country. Tie Chinese Min
lister has also assured Secretary