The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-11-24
OI!, WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. e., Nov. 10. 1911

Thr House d;>cH>>rd the Army appro-
mia,ion bill yesterday with considerable
cHrn,.>;:n *. hut with great good h"m"r
Opinions varied brtWrrn fifty and fifteen
thousand rs ,hr proper number OF troops.
Onv gentleman went so far ar to say We
Should hYv" troops enough to act as a
national police force. This discussion
will lot directly affect tn" number y!
Troops is it is merely on an "rlr"rrla-
tipn for Il year, NOW nearly halt gone,
but it goes t" Show tAat tn" House Is
properly sensible of the dangers of Il
laryr standing army. Whenever general
legislation is had on the Suhjrct-rroha
bly, ii, prc,uihyr--Wc E,.ly expect to have
an army Of not NOR" tt1a twenty thou
sand men authorized.
1 he Silver !Ijll which passed the House
on Monday rNci:vS great Interest III the
Senate. The probabilities nov arc that
it will pass that body. On going to Nr.
Hayes it viii, according to SENATOR
Stanley Matthews, be approved, and ;'r-
cnr,liny to Senator Merrill, hr vetoed.
These two Sv!'"to:s have interviewed
Mr.. Hayes an tie subject, and think
they know what ne will do.
The ether exciting subject in tn"
ilou>,' is Thar Of rep al;ny SO much of
! the resumption Act as fixes Il date for
rrslnlututl. This, is still under discus
sion. and no definite idea can be iormrd
of the time when it Will finally BE voted
on. or of the fate OF the bill. 1t may be
safely said. however. that Hayes will
veto any bin Which leaves the date Of
resumption uncertain.
! k,rw there would ba troUhlc when
Gen. Grant, in an ;ntrrv!rw with Il news
paper man in Scotland. stated that
! Charles Summer, bc>i'!rS not attending
to his avtu;'! duties rs Chairman of the
! Foreign .iMAir> Committee in the Senate,
was also an uutruthful man. Such Il
charge could hardly pass without cau>-
/ inI discussion among l!vn Of the highest
po>>:hir standing. =.
Wendell Philips cam" to the rescue OF
Mr.. >Um.lrr. and Hamilton Fish replied
to Mr.. Phillips in a manner which ought
to have driven Mr.. Phillips ont OF the
tirld Mr.. Phillips indi>crr fly returns,
! however, and last night repeated in Dos
! tom some of his former statements. AS
Mr.. Fish has both the papers and the
probability ON his side, We may col,Si1cr
the controversy, so far as Mr.. Phillips
is concerned. as closed But he had
OILY tonrhrA questions remotely connect
CT with the main rllar-" that OF nn>
trutlltlllnc>S on Il particular oIca>lcH.
J There are oEiy two men who can drtln-
/ itrly ,(rciI" that point, -Groryr William
| Curtis, and JOAN Harvey. The first was
an otiivious and sc!t-app"intel amhas>a-
dorp from Summer to Grant, aud the
OF her was present 1T the interview be-
! tween GiH:;t and Sumner when the con-
vrrSa,on occurred which gave rise to
Grants charges A full statement from
each these .rtirnIr,l would be received
with interest by all. and would by draw
ing out collateral facts from others. rN-
! rluin ,nHny th';lyS not now un"erst,n"
IN the history Of Grants two admins
! trl!iuNs.
The fact that the Republican party
was not ann;hitatcl or the 9TH, but was
left with possibility Of confined rNi>trnc:
in some Of It's parts. has restored tn
wanin" c,uca,5r OF many who, elevated
to position when the party was power
tNl. had Of late been looking for oppor.
tunitirS to organize nrw party. \
little reelection will diSprl hnir!ninr>>
which has no better foundation thai:
this. OF the 81 States. the Democracy
has coNtrol of n. with certainty ="
gaining others and certainty OF losing
none HOW in its possession. Those poll
ticiau> to whom party is nothing so that
they can remain in opposition to Demo
cratic doctrines, may commence the rc
construction of the Republican party a
oucr. They can hope for national sue
cess while steadily losing ground il
nearly every direction and gaining non!
in any. 1t is time that new leaders an,
Il party With a now lame should Gem
mrncc the never ending fight against tn
patty Of the people. The Rrpublical
party has already maintained its "ryali
zation longer than any of its pre'lcccs
>oIs. and longer than the people wcr
willing it should.
5 ALBION.