St. Landry democrat., 1888-05-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April 80, 1888.

WASHINGTON, April 30, 1883.
Cleveland and Gray is favorite
ticket with q great many Democrats IN
Congress. and at this time it looks very
,nuch as if this same ticket might be
the choice of the st. Louis convention.
New York and Indiana have always
made a winning combination Tor the
thn Democrats, Tilden and Hendricks
in 1874 Cleveland and Hendricks in
1884 and why not Cleveland and Gray
in 1888.
Secretary Whitney, OF the Navy De-
nartment is noted for bis lberality. He
never does anything on a small scale.
On Saturday last he chartered at his
avn expense two special trains and
carried three hundred and fifty Con-
yressmen. officials and newspaper men
over to Philadelphia to witness the
launching of the first two vessels for
the new Navy, the Yorktown and the
Dynamite cruiser.
The tariff is the absorbing theme in
the House of Representatives. where
it will hold the right of way for the
next fortnight. So far revenue reform
ers have no reason to be ashamed of
the figures made by their champions
i'm the fight. If every voter i'm the coun-
try could read the debate on both sides
up to tile present time and clearly un-
ierstand the question at issue, there is
not much d0nht as to what the issue
would he. Repi eser tative Ford, of
Michigan, made some telling points in
his speech on Thursday. For instance,
he said: "a tariff which gives com
paratively small number of men the
right and opportunity to tax millions of
our citizens forty-seven per cent more
than their goods will sell for in the
open market canot fail to have the re-
sult OF building up and maintaining
vast monopol;rs and trusts, whose
enormous profits are swelied and in
creased by the tribute which the tariff
authorizes them to levy upon the peck
cts OF the people. Congress has no
right to take tho part of a few manu-
facturers against the great body of con-
sumers. But that is jnst what has been
done. Our war tariff declares for
high prices for the producer Of iron,
low prices for the producer of glass.
low prices for the producer of wheat.
The present tariff aims to secure to 81
few manufacturers disposal, of their
goods at a large profit"
On Friday, Mr.. Tarnsey, of Michigan,
who has been claimed Ivy the Rennhli-
cans TO be opposed TO the Mills bill on
account of it's putting lumber ard salt
on the free list, made a sneech placing
himself in line with the President. He
said 81 belong to that school of noli-
tics which believes in collecting from
the pockets of the American people SO
mucl, money as is necessary for the
proper economical administration OF
the Government and not five dollars be-
vond. Neither myself nor the gentle
men on myside of the House are free
traders; we are fair traders. We
are not seeking to pull down the
cnstom houses of the country.
We propose to continue custom
house taxation. but we will revise
existing laws so an to bring taxes down
to the bare line of necessary revenue;
and in SO revising the laws place the
duty highest on the Injuries Of life and
lowest on lfe's necessities"
on DECORATION Day President Cleve-
land will review the Grand Army of
the Republic parade in Brooklvn.
Gen. Joseph Z. Johnston, GU present
Commissioner of Railroads, and the
highest in rank Of living officers of the
Confederate army. has been. at his own
rennest. elected an honorary member of
z. D. Baker Post g. A. of Philadelphia.
He is the only ex-Confederate soldier
who has ever been received into the
ranks of a Grand Army Post.
Speaker Carlisle's expected speech on
the tariff is beIng anxinnsly awaited.
Secretary Fairchild is opposed to is
suing fractional currency.
A bill has been favorablv reported to
the Senate which provides for the
erection at public building in every
town where the gross postal receipts
have averaged $4,000 per annum during
the past three years.
Senator VOORHEES, made speech on
the Presidents message in the Senate
last week that has attracted consider
able attention on account of the plain
ness of some its statements in regard
to the treatment of the South. He also
made an eloquent defense of Gems.
Mcclellan and Hancock. recently at
tackled by the calumnious Senator from
Kansas. Mr.. Ingalls. The latter is
deeply riled over it and has announced
his intantion of replying to it to-mor-
row. He is doubtless framing some of
his most elaborate sentences for the oc-
casion which will contain all the venom
of which he is capable.
The agreement to appropriate a
quarter of million of dollars for rqp-
resnntation of the United States at Par
is International Exposition of 1889. is
one of the interesting events of the
week in the Senate.
Both the Senate and the House have
passed the hill to prohibit hook and
pool making i'm Washington and
Georgetown. This il d game in which
Senators and Members OF Congress are
disposed to indulge to a considerable
extent as they will this week ut the
race track beyond the city limits.
WASHINGTON, May 7, 1888.
Speaker Carlisle and members of the
House Committee on rules. with the
exception of Mr.. Randall, held long
consultation Saturday on the order OF
business before the House. They de-
cided that no day would be designated
for the consideration of any other
measure until the general debate on the
Mills thrift was concluded. lie no in