The Opelousas courier., 1901-01-26
Washington. ID. c., News.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81, 1901.
Oh no! the Mckinley administration
has no understanding with England,
and does not act for the preservation of
English interests. 1t just happened
that the administration bosses forced q
caucus Of Republican senators to decide
to take no action upon the Nicaragua
canal bill, while the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty is under consideration by the
British government. In other words, o
majority of the United States senate
informs the world that it has turned
the question of whether the Nicaragua
canal shall be provided for at this SEES
sion over to the British government.
This is one Of the most remarkable in
stances Of trucking to a foreign nation
in the history of the senate, and it is not
surprising that four Republican senators
should have revolted and openly said
that they would not he bound by the ac-
tion of the caucus. The surprising
thing is that u majority of them should
have been willing to make such an tx
hibitiOn of themselves. Ii the British
government wishes to prevent the Mic
aragua canal legislation at this session
of congress-, 1T has only to defer making
known it's action on the treaty until af-
ter the 4th Of March. Naturally the
Panama lobbyists are jubilant. Ihisis
playing right into their hands.
AS the administration doesn't wish to
take any more chances, the conferees
on the part of the house on the army
bill, have orders to agree to the bill as
it passed the senate. 1t is expected to
go to Mr.. Mckinley in a day or two, and
mouths are already watering for the
| uice little commissions he will dlstrIh-
ute under the Q law.
The ship subsidy bill has been
patched up SD AS TO placate republican
| opposition, and it ia now claimed that
it will get the vote of every Republican
senator. il it gets voted upon. IL ia 10
be considered in the senate whenever
no regular appropriation bills ATE on
hand, for a time, hnt Senator Aldricli
reminded Senator Hanna that the time
would be limited when he gave notice
that the finance committee would, dur
ing the present week,report the revenue
reduction bill. The prediction has
been made by n senator that If the ship
subsidy bill wasn't passed before the rev.
| epue reduction bill. which will have the
right of way, got before the senate, it
would not pass at all. If the Demo-
prevent the chip subsidy bill getting to
a vote, but they may conclude that it
will be good party policy to allow the
Repnblicans to pass it.
While protesting all the time that be
would not be "a candidate, Senator
Hanna is constantly busy laying wires
to bring about his nomination for pres
ident, by the Republicans in 1904. His
latest move in that direction was to
make a bid for the soldiers vote, by
announcing his intention tn Join the
G. A. r. 1t the Democratic leaders can
help Sen. Hanna to get the Republican
nomination they will certainly do SO.
because of their belief that his nomina-
ton by the Republicans wanld assure
the election of any democrat.
That "palI" under this administration
is stronger than the civil ~serEiea law is
nothing new, hHt a disgracefnt proof of
it has just been given Ivy the appoint
ment of VIM. Hamlet. of Maryland,
who was forced to resign as a general
inspector of the post office department,
for having hired out his government
railroad pass, to be an inspector in the
Baltimore custom hause. In other
words, u man who has shown his unfit
meas for Il position under one depart
ment of the public service, has been
given an equally responsible position in
another. The secret of Hamiett's pull
is.liis ability. or his supposed ability to
control the negro voters of Maryland.
Senator Teller said Of the Filipino Pc
titinn, presented by him, which he
wishes to have printed IA a public doe
unlent, and which is now i'm the hands
of the senate committee on the Philip
pines: "My Filipino petition repre-
SCENTS what may be called the great
middle class of the Philippine islands.
It is no protest from the National Fill
pino government. There is not i'm the
list of 1000 OR more names. that of one
office holder under tho Filipino cavern
ment. No one can charge that the doc
ument emanates from Aguinaldo or his
followers. 1t is a sincere and IN |
biased protest fiom the bnsiness men
and respectable citizens of the island
against the treatment they are receiv-
ing from the u. S., and it is in the ma
ture of a petition for redress. | con-
slider that in its way, it ia one of the |
most conclusive documents that has
yet been put in the hands of the Ameri-
people. 1t is the last word from the
main body of educated business. like
Fiiipinos. The original document was, |
of course, in Spanish. Tt was delivered
to me by Inestizo, himself a most bril- |
liant specimeDt of the we'll educated
half Spanish and Ilalf-Filipino husi- |
ness man. The document has been
carefully translated, and every Ameri- |
a should have an opportunity to read
it,
A sensational scandal in the dead
letter office of the postofice department
has resulted in the dismissal of tho
chief in the property division and three
clerks under him, and will probably re-
snlt in the enire Reorganization of the
6Aa1 tntfnr nHfao Tho CLARKE n ismissaa
able property at nominal prices, by
mean of bidding in certain packages, |
improperly described in the catalog of
the annual dead letter auction sale.
One of them made a confession when
cornered with lot of the improperly |
descrihed nackag as In his nnesesaion.