St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-11-14

dent gives them that as a solemn duty.
There are many bridal couples among
his callers, who will remember the
glimpse they thus catch of the Presi-
dent, and repeat the account OF their
visit to their children and grand-chil-
dren, and treasure the little nOsegay ee
gives them as an heirloom.
The head of the Nation and part OF
his official household have gone to their
New York homes to vote. The ninth
Ward of Buffalo is the spot where the
President will cast his vote for the
Democratic State ticket. Private
Secretary Lamont will vote in Cortland
county. The Secretary of the Treasu-
ry will vote in Albany and secretary
Whitney in New York city. They will
return to Washington on Wednesday
and the Cabinet meeting will be held
as usual on Thursday. Mr.. Cleveland
had many requests to linger awhile in
New York before or after the election,
but he planned this voting trip SO as
not to neglect public business any
longer than was necessary.
When he returns, he will begin work
on his message to Congress, the first
message from a Democratic President
since 1860, and message which the
whole civilized world will await with
interest. More than for any other rea-
son the President issued the order ex-
Guiding himself from Office seekers for
the purpose OF giving himself time to
prepare this message. He does not ex-
pect to deny himself to Senators and
Representatives while Congress is in
session and he hopes by this month of
seclusion also to get ready for his win
ter's work with them. The chief OBJ
ject of Senators and Members in going
to the White House is to seek patron
age, and should they not be permitted
to discuss this subject, they would have
but little motive for visiting the
President.
The Cabinet officers are also seclud-
ing themselves as much as possible for
the purpose of preparing their annual
reports. 1t is certain that the Admins
tration will take very positive grounds
on financial questions. Mr.. Manning,
and the new U. S. Treasurer, Mr.. Jor-
dan, will recommend in their reports
the suspension of silver coinage. Mr..
Jordan expects to show in his report
that 100000 have already been lost
in the attempt to force silver into cir
culation. 1t is held that it is not good
fnanciering to reduce the National
debt which bears interest of only three
per cent when the current rate is six
per cent.
Treasurer Jordon is a man of very
pronounced views, and has very plain
way of stating them. He says if Thur
man had stuck to the greenback, he
would now be President of the United
states. Senator Sherman, Mr.. Jordan
declares, would not dare to make such
a statement on the floor of the Senate
as he made in his Petersburg speech.
If he were to advise such thing ID the
Senate as the application of silver cur
rency to the liquidation of the public
debt, it would kill him forever, pOliti-
cally, and send him back to private
life like Thurman was sent back when
he changed his base on finance Sher-
mans he says, blames the administra-
ton for not doing a thing which he
himself would not dare to advocate.
Mr.. Jordon is the first Treasurer who
has any reputation as writer on finance.
lam told that he has spent four or Eve
hours day for the last six weeks on
MS annual report. The gas is seen
blazing brightly in his room at the
Treasury as late as two o'clock in the
morning. He sleeps there as ex-Treasu-
rer Spinner used to do, and that was
The way in which Gen. Spinner came
70 be called the watch dog Of the
Treasury In his treatise on currency
Mr.. Jordan intends to give Congress
some information which that body will
10 we'll to study.
1t was an able retort that citizen Of
who had been disappoint-
ID in getting local office, made to
senator Sherman. I have always
old you said the senator of bloody
hirt proclivity, that the Democrats
10 not know how to run this govern
nent. They will leave our Republi-
an friends in until their being put out
viii do the Democratic party no good.
)nly the Republicans know how to run
he rnvnrnn,ont1 nt