St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1st, 1883


WASHINGTON, Oct. 1st, 1888
Representative Campbell. of New
VI savs: I'VE are going to carry New
VII The Republicans can't do any
!,;n, ~ nreyent it. They can't stop it
Tnav dnn't know what / am talking
at.nnt when I say that-bGt know.
a.. don't intend that they shall know 1t.
Wa will carry the state easy. 1t Will De
mnrh more agreeable and pieasahtii We
ran nave a union candidate Tor mayor
If New York City. We can save about
5000. 600 by it, aud that money can go
into Indiana or somewhere eise, t,ilh ~.
we .hall unite on the mayor, but don't
know who it will be-"
The Republicans are certainly hard
up for campaign material When they at
tempt, az they are dong, 10 make she
rnhiic believe that Gen. Benet, Chief of
1rdance u. s. Army, has been violating
fha ciyil-service law by issuing poll
Sicai circular. The circular in ques--
tinn was sent to the commandants of
srsenals and armories in 1886, and was
atrictly in the line of civil service re-
FORM. "a it instructed the various com.
1naniers 10 60 regulate employing aud
i,scharying of employees as to divide
them about equally between the two
Y,arties, in other words, Gen. Benet
wanted the employees of the War De-
partmept to be non -partzan.
The army officer in charge of the
Washington aq,ieduct, which has bet u
40 fraudulently built, IL hold-over
from the Arthur administrations. Mr.
Cleveland had nothing to do with Ills
assignment to the duty which he has 30
aiiamefully neglected.
Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, ably de-
Tended his State from the aspersions
cast by the resolution OF Little Bully
Chandler proposing an investigation IN
tn the late State election. ar. Gibson
called attention to the fact that no clti
gen of Louisiana had ever petiti0ned tn
have this investigation made. He also
alluded To the fact, which has become
notorious, of these Investigations Away.
being proposed just before an important
CONGRESSIONAL or Presidential election
ia 10 be- held. In tile last allusl0n the
Senator struck at the heart of the bloody
shirt business. Ii is always brought {.
the front just before election time ia ths
hope that it will help to aroitse see
finnai feeling in the North and make
votes for the Republican party.
The House Judiciary Committee i,
considering the subject OF trusts with /
view of taking all the various blll'
which have been introduced on the sub
irct and ptrfecting therefiam one bill
so framed as to avoid Constitutional ant
other objections Ii is big task, bn
the inemuers OF the committee hope t.
be able TO accomplish it.
The House has had no quorum for {
week, ant; il is extremely duubttul it j
has one again before election. No bust
ness can be done without unanimou
consent.
Senator Sherman's Canadian resolu
ton has been Fepurted tn the Senate an,
placed ON the calendar, ard statemeD
made that it would not be pushed to
vote at the present session. Tins state
meut by Sherman will be made an ex
cuse for checking off the House Cana
dian Retaliation bill
Representative Stahlnecker, Of New
York, was hunOrably acquitted of th'
charges preferred against him by Re
preventative Kelly in connection witt
the new Congressional Library Build
ing. The vote OF the committee wal
unanimous.
A ioint committee of the House anf
Senate will investigate the frauds in tlt
building of the Washington aquednct.
Few people have any idea of the enor
NOUS growth of the Railway Mail Ser
Representative Blount, of Georgia, in {
speech last week on a bill to increase
the salary of the Superintendent anf
Oroyidiug for an assistant-superinten
dent. In 1879 mails were carried Owe
sy0 ff() miles of railroad; in 1887 they
were carried over 107. 900 miles. In 1877!
the number of pieces of mail matte
handled by postal clerks was 1855, 900
In 1887 it had increased to 1851 900.
The majority report of the Utah com
.ynisaion ID against the admission Of thai
TERRITORY, until the Mormons shall Civ.
4eyidence by their acts that they have il
good faith abandoned polygamy, AM
mot then until an amendment shall have
hesn added to the Constitution Of tbt
United States prohibiting the practices
of poygamy.
Owing to the continued illness of Sen
atnr Beck, there has been some liftl.
sdelay in the preparation of the minority
report which il to accompany the Re
publican tariff bill when it ia reported
10 the Senate. The report ia heillg made
up by Senators Harris and Vance, ant
they hope to have it completed by tbt
middle of the week
C0ter LMSttC6 4 utt6f dUI TRINITY udSe
arrived here and have taken possession
Of the house he has leased for year
The new Chief Justice will be sworn il
nrxf Monday and will take part in thu
opening of the fall session Of the Su
pr..me Court on that day.
IL took the clerk of the Senate Fl
nance COMMITTEES four hours to read the
Republican tariff bill alone.
The Senate was only in session four
days last week.
Mrs. Sheridan's pension bill has beer
passed by the Senate.
MIR. and Mrs. Cleveland may attend
che opening of the Richmond exposition
on the 24tii instant.
Civil-Service Commissioners John FL
+ Oi,erly, of Illinois, has beet nominated
Commissioners Of Indian Affairs.
The Oklahoma hill was discussed il
the House fnr SHIRT time this week
lts friends are getting somewhat dis
Outraged.
Ex- Congressman Ben LeFevre. oi
Ohio. thinks the Democrats have good
fighting chance IN that State.
Ex-senator Camden, of West Virgi.
MIA, says his State can he cannted upon
TO give the usual Democratic majority.
PERSONAL PUFFs