The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-01-28
LETTER.

Tuggiag at the Tariff. The Moral
Of the Mormon question. The
Committee Dilemma kOut ton
Diplomacy.
From our Regular Correspondent
Washington, ID. C.Jan. II, 81.
Now comes the tug between
tariff and free trade, a question
that, to some extent, makes ha-
voc with Mason and Dixon's liue
for, already we = Mes>rs.
Bayard aud Beck on opposite
sides. Mr.. Bayaid is influenced
solntwhn by his locus; the Uhl-
States of Delaware is neai Penn
syIvania. and he il perhaps. 1T
tie confused hy presidential
dreams. Mr.. Dtck's protection
opponents says that lie is also III
iu-iss-.! by his locus mate, which
Ia Sevtianu.s NJ. Beck a,'o-s not,
however, All vOeatr free tra'ie
pure and simple. He would taa
ilupo:ts sn icleatiy III keep
twelve Iiror> in The bo>. whtci
means the support o! an AIM,
NaxA, .e.:-iHiuF. amt civil ett
sice, Ou, b wnnla l", tax lii
potts wiki au object 10 stimulate,
and protect hoae mannfactur es +?
Now the Senate may debate till
doom, at least to the doom OF the
Attn. Congress but everybody
knows that the Congress will not
materially change the present re
venae laws still, it is well to agi
tate, If for no other reason, that
every farmer may not have to
ask his neighbor what general
| Hancock was said to have asked
a Democratic Senator: "WbO Is
Tariff, aud what does be want
with revenue only"
In the House., they have. been
a.itating the moncgamy q"e>
ton, as relates to Mormons, and
Mr.. Haskell, OF Kansas, has bee"
positively iuIid in his eioqnence
III denunriation OF this Grim.
against the civilization Of tie al
most twentieth centnry. w.
hear only the anti Mormon sid
OF this CONTROVERSY aud the Mo:
mons are very wrong Tor Prov
tdence does not favor the we.'k
| batallions. But the Mormon,
plead poor devils, that they s,'p
po,t aud ackuowledge all the i.
wives, white members Of Congre>s
a SID ruie, recognize and supper;
but one of their wives. We al,
right gentleman representatives,
aud Senator'S; the ':ense bat1a'
lions are on VI: side. bat let rs
not ''point the rough and thorny
way to heaven, while we the prin1
rose phades of dall;ance tread
and rock not our own read.
Speaker keifer is having no lii
tie trouble TO harmonic Ills pal
ty AMI vindicate his committees
His latest proposition is to e,
large the committees, but it is
doubtful if the House can be iu
pressed with the efficacy of thi:
remedy. Experience has laugh
deliberation bodies that large
committees are nuwieldy. ant
} the tendency has been rather t.
create new committee for the co:
sideration Of special subject
: Mr.. Kassor will oppose the enla
cement of tue &C mnittees, ant
there is q prospect of a debat.
between him aud Mr.. Robertson
: of New Jersey, onthis subject.
l You have, perhaps, heard Of Il
, plOmatic scandal, relative to til
Russian Minister Bartholomew
borr he came here with a womaI
who was not his wife ; and bor
they have lived in a house wit
F. out furniture, aud have avoide'
social intercourse with the othe
legations, and high officials here
until the death of the late Ca
made it obligatory upon them t
open their house to receive co
dolences. Then they gave stat
, dinner. When the guests arrive
r they were shown into the dinin
D room, and the wife eff the dip!
J mat, who is an Eglishwomai
come up from the kilchen with
turreen Of soup, which she sal
had not been spit in according
Russian custom. The remain
courses Of this strange repaS
were bought IN 10y Il catcre
from the outside and the hostes
. Invited the guests to make the,
selves at hume, and help sprea
out the eatables, which they di
: in picnic fashion politely cOnce;
;, iig Their amusement and disgu:
. During the PIC mic. Madam
= told her guests that it was quit
;, the thing to be Legitimate tina
!. she her husband aud all the
children were illigitimate. No
;. that the diplomat has bee
recalled. the scandal has hpe