St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent.
WILMINGTON, d. c., Dec. II, 1888

WARRINGTON, D. c., Dec. II, 1888.
c.n.t,r Beck was at the Capitol last
Sunday for the first time since he was
t.ksn sjck last summer. although
~ ia very weak he does not look ~.
nw;ns perhaps To his peculiar reslstiye
constitution and Scottish energy. he
Jsayes for Aiken, South Carolina; fhIs
wrek. greatly to the regret OF the DEM
ocratic side os the Senate ana I" the de-
light of the Republicans. Senator becs
an army within himself on the taflft
question.
sanstor Riddieberger has been at his
old trick of turning the Senate Cfamhti
into circus ring. Cause, too much
whisky.
Democrats here are greatly enjoying
+h.. hitter fight now raging httwten tht'
Miller and platt factions III New YORK
and the Sherman and Foraker crowds
~ Ohio. Conservative Republicans
iar. .ypress the belief that neither Ne"
V,.rk nor Ohio will be represented Ill
Harrisnl's Cabinet an account OF THESE
wrauyles. Morton Who il IN supposed
want 10 indianapolis III the interest oI
pjatt for Secretary of the treasury has
n il aa,d, photographed to New YORK.
mpn,lrr of Congress that Harrison had
po.sllively refused to have Piatt III the
Cabinet.
Cant. Cowdon's plan of milking Laque
Rnrpne The outlet tor the flood waieie
ot the Mississippi river has been adrei-
a+lv reported upon the SenaIe commit
sss on the Improvement OF that river.
It ia reported that the United States
had demanded the appointment OF y
ancc+ssor 10 Lord Sackville, and mott
f-d the British Government that Nit
Phelps tour MINISTRY would he recalled
ouless n British minister MAS speedily
auppipted. Upon inquiry at the State
Drpa,tuirnt il was learned that the lu'
NOR uas without foundation, and thai
the Department was perfectly lndiffrl'
ent about the matter, whether n minis
ter was Or was not sent here.
Riaine stiil continues to be thorn it
The side of many Republicans A rumoi
that he had been offered the Secretary
sj,ip OF State 10y Harrison and that TT
had accepted it, created CONSERVATION
a1nong those Republican Cungressmei
who do not like him, and there are quite
large number of them, enc certainly
aud many people say two, IN the dele
CATION from his own State. These mel
Know that if Blaine goes INTO the Cahl.
net they will get no favors FROM the adj
ministratiun. No enemy is too SINAI
for Blaine To wltak his vengeance upoi
hence they have been busy since tin
81, ction i'm bringing all the anti Blaine
inf1uence of the eutire country to bral
on Harrison to prevent Blaine's gettina
into the Cabinet. If the ren,nr were
trna their work has not all been fo
nothing. Hundreds of messages wtr'
s+nt tlying over the wires and the anti
Rlaiueltes were suOn made happy by
discovering that Harrison had not ten
Ssred a position tn Blaine. But thu
thouvht that lie may do 40 hovers owe
the anti Blaine men like cloud. Al
this in fun for the Democrats, and III
abuut the only kind of fun they have
had siuce the election.
The Democratic Senators are nos
fighting the Republican tariff bill tooti
and nail, but as the Republicans voas
soIidIy on every amendment offered
thew have no hope of doing anythins
heiter than showing the country thu
ininstice and absu,dity OF the measur.
niepared by the Republicans. At tL.
present rate Of progress the hill will no.
pass the Senate before February.
The Democratic House has had a bill
fayorably reported To it, placing tina
eminent Republican. Grn. Jno. G. Ere.
Il spunt. once the candidate of his part!
for the presidency, on the retired list I"
the Army, with the rank Of major gene.
raj !: aud the Republican Senate has fat
bill reported to it., placing that sterl
ing old Democrat, Gen. w. s. Rosecrans
gold Rosy, , ON the retired list ut Army
with the rank rank OF biigadier gen
eral. This ia IA it should be. there
should he no politics In providing
comfortable old age for such men 81
these, who have given the best years t.
the country.
The Direct tax bill, as waa anticipated
raised the House, ard has now gone Il
Mr.. Cleveland. Democrats geE-
orally expect it will lie vetoed.
Representative Holman, chairman Of
she House committee an public lands,
does not think that either of the bills
nasse,i last session, one by the House
and one by the Senate, forftitIng va
rions sectians of lands granted TO rail-
road companies, will brcame law this
apssion nor that any other Legislation
urnn the subject will he passed. The
Two iills are now in the hands of q con-
ference committee. lslt there is little
hope of an agreement.
The annexation of Canada has hean
made live question by the introduce
tinn in the Honse by Mr.. Bnfterw"rti,
of n concurient resolution authorizing
the President to open negotiations
Tor the annexation. 1t is many
aided questioD, but no one seems4Sp'
dnnbt that eventually Canada will be-
come part of the United States.