Feliciana sentinel., 1878-04-20
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

wAsH1NeroN, d. c., April IL, 1873.
Editor SENTINEL:
The Jay Gould Lobby died q
tremendous death in the Senate.
The way in which his aid de. camps
would button. hole Senator's, and
worm them into private corners
ere they entered the Senate in orr
der to ''reason" them into voting
for his subsidy, was ludicrors in the
extreme. Finally, as last resort,
they attempted to bulldoze their
pet scheme through by boast
ing that the judiciary Com
mittee (hereinbelorc. alluded to
as havisg pass:d the Sen
atc) would certainly be deteat-
ed. Sunstroke Blaine, as usual,
ever ready to wiring in with the
railroad jobbers, offered an amend
ment which would have taken the
bone and sinew out of the Judi
ciary Committee Bill, bat Messrs.
Thurman and Edmunds} ever on
the alert for this trickster,
shook their heads with contemptu-
Gus incrcdulity, and Suhstrokc
Blaine's amendment went the way
Of all flesh, and being voted down
by SO large majority, Jay Gould
and sa,illites gave it up, silently
| folding their teuts and hied them
selves away with the vanity
OF all their hopes centcred upon
! an onslaught upon the House, but
as the feeling against them is
more overwhelming than in the
Senate, he will waste his sweet
ness ON the desert air. Though
the expenses of his lobby here dur
ing the past winter have heavily
depleted his pocket, yet he is fight
ing the House sentiment as strong
ly as he did ,ha: of the Senate.
The Blair resolution has BEEN
received by the Maryland men,
bers from Annapolis through eff
cial channels, and was presented to
the Senate by Mr.. Dennis who in
Weighed eloquent'y and bitterly
against it. One Maryland mem
ber, Mr.. Roberts. declares that he
will not only have nothing 10 dc
| with it. bu: would vote against it:
The rest OF the Maryland House
delegation have talked the mat,e>
over, hut have come to no undc:r
standing as to which of them shall
present the resolution :: at the same
time they see no request from the
Maryland Legislature asking that
it be presented to Congress on
the other hand, Judge Blair in a
conversation with your correspond
eqt doesn't hesitate to say tina.
any number OF members have called
on him aud volunteered to pre-
seht the bill which he has pre-
pared, adding further that the
press and people may make all the
fun out of it they please, but the
thing shall 20 through both Houses
of Congress. But lie is sadly at
fault in regard to the Senate, for
Mr.. Dennis buried it SO deeply
that it will never kick again.
The Republican caucus at which
quite diversity of opinion pre-
vailed, resulted in nothing OF i'm
portance. Several attacks were
made upon Mr.. Hayes, the most
prominent of which was executed
by Mr.. Sargent followed by one
in the same style from Mr.. Jones
of.Ohio, whilst the majority seemed
to coincide with the views of Sen
ator Edmunds to the effect that
whilst Mr.. Hayes should act dit.
terently, still it wasno twise to force
him into direct conflict with the
party :others were very deLunca-
tory Of Mr.. Hayes, as they mean
6ered around privately proclaim
ing that he should be read out OF
the party. Apropos of the above,
Mr.. Hayes and friends feel very
much delighted in the failure of
the caucus to adopt hostile meas
ures. The planning of the coming
fall elections as well as the line Of
battle to be adopted has oeen left
with the Republican CongresSion-
ol Committee. .--....-
In the Senate bill incorpora-
ting a suburban r.. r. Co.. to run
from Washington city to BladenS-
burg was introduced. The finance
committee reported bill putting
both in repair and operation. the
mint at New Orleans. The. senate
received from the committee the
general deficiency bill which is so