The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1901-02-23
Washington, ID. C., News.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, FEB. Is, 1901.
The administration is deter
mined that there shall be an extra
session of the next Congress.
That is now as plain as the nose
on your face. Mr.. Mckinley is
talking up the settlement of the
Cuban question as the reason, but
if the ship subsidy job had been
allowed to go through he would
probably have discovered that no
extra session would be necessary
to deal with Cuba. But there are
other strings to the extra session
bow, and it would not be surpris-
ing if the Republican leaders in
Congress so manipulated things
that one or more Of the big ap-
preparation bills failed to get
through at this session, and then
tried to raise howl that it was
the Democrats who were to blame
for the extra session that the
failure would make necessary.
Neither would it be surprising if
the river and harbor bill, which is
to be reported to the Senate this
week, also failed to get through.
That would reduce the total of
the appropriations made by this
Congress-a total that has thor
oughly alarmed the Republican
leaders since the press Of the
country, regardless of politics,
have opened upon it. Then there
is the bill for the reduction of
war taxes, which is deadlocked in
conference and in fair way to
fall, because the house conferees
encouraged by secretary Gage and
other members Of the administra-
ton, refuse to accept the cut in
beer and tobacco taxes made by
the Senate. The Senate is now
considering the oleomargarine
bill but whether that measure is to
be voted on or merely be used as
a club to kill time is not yet clear.
One thing is very certain, and
that is that the intelligent people
Of the country know that the
Democrats will not be responsible
for the failure of any regular ap-
preparation bill. They have at
all times assisted in disposing of
the appropriation bills, .as fast as
they were ready, and have re-
peatedly warned the republicans
that they were wasting time on
the ship subsidy bill that should
have been devoted TO the ap-
preparation bills.
Senator Teller destroyed the
last hope of the looters in theil
ability to push the ship subsidy
bill through at this session, when
he said: sin the interest of pub
lie business, | desire to give no
tice that this ship subsidy bill can
not pass Senator Aldrich pre-
tended to be much surprised and
said that he had not before any
positive notice that no vote would
be allowed ON the bill. Senate,
Teller spoke Of three Republican
senator's who had gone to him
and expressed the hope that the
bill would not be voted upon, and
then said: "There is a strong
sentiment among the Republican
senators, shared by probably halt
of them. that this bill ought
not to pass. [ am not surprised
for no bill ever presented to the
Senate, carried upon its face such
: evidences of jobbery as the ship
ping BILL Senator Hanna goI
terribly worked up while Mr.
Teller and other senators were
saying things showing the impos
sibility of passing the ship subsidy
bill, and made speech in which
he virtually took the ground that
the reelection of Mr.. Mckinley
was verdict of the people il
favor of the ship subsidy bill ane
any other measure he might ia
vor-in plain words, that he alone
had right to say what appre
priations of public money shoule
be made. Instead of showing
that the subsidy bill was not I
looting scheme, Mr.. Hanna de
clared that the river and harbo
bill contained propositions 'tha
|. would make the shipping bill lool
pale"
Representative Babcock's bill
to repeal that section of th'
Dingley tariff law imposing dutie
on such articles as are manufac
! tured by the newly-formed Nor
gan Steele Trust, is not likely t.
be allowed to pass by the Repub
lican bosses, more's the pity, bu
, it has stirred up the Republican
! in Congress, many of whom ar
. expressing views worthy of goo'
] antitrust Democrats, for instance
Representative Lands, of lndi
ana. said: II am heartily in fayo
of the bill to remove the dut
from steel and iron and othe
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