The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-02-11
LETTER.
Legislative Hardness. The Tariff
Middle. Mr.. Blaine defends
his NOnth 4 mericnn I1U(ic1,

x/Eu1SEutf Ut tttNCSSs no ~
Middle. Mr.. Blaine defends
has South american Policy.
[From our Regular Cor,espoudcnt.l
Washington, ID. Z. Jan. 81, 'Soo.
Nearly two months have eiaps
ell sinc.. the opening of the 47th.
Congress-, and, while over two
thousand bills have been intro
duced ito obIivion]. and much
work accomplished III committee,
bat little legislative work has
been completed. The fertilization
bill has been passed by the House,
and IA bill for the relief Of the
widow OF Abraham Lincoln has
been passed by both the House
and the Senate. The tariff ques
tion has been discussed, to a limi-
ted extent. in tho Senate, ami a
bill referring tue subject OF rev'
sion 10 Il special committee, has
been passed, bat the indications
| are. thar the Honsc will not pass
the bill referring tue tariff gus
ton 10 special committee Onisidr
OF Congress. The opponents II
the bill in the House. argue that
n reference OF this subject to !"
committee. would he productive
Of IA great amount OF i.oabie aid
delay. Tie report Of the special
committee could not he made
before next January, o on
ly two months b. fore the leg. i
termination of the 47,h. Congress,
or the 4th OF March 1883. The
present Congress wouid, there
tore, have only two mo0thS to
consider the matter; two mon h
that are, necessarily, SO crowde,'
with work on appropriation bills,
that it is frequently tn" custom
I hold night and Sunday SEES
sions during the lin al days Of the
short term. The subject will be
discussed this week in the House,
but it can not be tOretold how ii
VIII he settled.
1t is probable that a n0mina
ton to the vacancy of the Su
preme Bench will he sent to iii.
Senate early this week. Jutisr
Blatchfrr.i. OF New York. anti
Judge Cooley. of Michigan, al.
both mentioned tor the place, as
is also the plcStrt SECRETARY cf
the Navy. Judge HUT. The las,
named gentleman is urged 10y his
friends hecans" Of his acquain
ta,ct' with the Spanish ami
French laws that prevailed it,
Louisiana. Texas, ARIZONA. and
New Mexico, 10 The t~aliier hiSto~
ry of tlo1e states aud territories,
and still has much to do with the
teun,e and transfer of landed
property. There are TIVE JuSt;ce~
OH the Supreme Bench who came
l.omlnally from the SontIl, bu
Justice Harlan is from thu. least
southern Of the soc ;iled south,
ern states, Kentucky; and jus
tie, Woods, although residing in
Georgia at the time .f his APP
lointmeh;, is really from Ohio.
1t is still believed by n&uy here
that Ex- Senator Sergeant vii! be
made Secretary OF Ike Interior,
but the friends OF the present Sec
rotary insist that he can rrtaiu
the place if he wishes to 90 SD.
1t is evident that Mr.. Blaine.
although no longer an active par
ticipant in either the l-gi>Iativ.
or executive branches of the Gov
eminent, is by no means out of
politics. He has published IL long
v%inaication Of his South Ameli-
can policy, and, after comparing
it With that which has been adopt
ell by the present Secretary of
State, Il majority of Americans,
| think, viii! be disposed to agree
that Mr.. Blaine had adopted the
more manly and just attitude
that a powerful nation should as
su1ne between Il conquered and
dispoi'ed people and their rapa
clOuS victO:S.