St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-21
LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1888.

WASHINGTON, July g., 1855.
Representative Mills, of Texas, is the
happirst man in the House, and he has
good right to be. He has maintained
from the time his tariff bill was first
presented to the House that it would
a he was laughed at by some, and
belied bv none. And now it is con
ceeded by all, friend and foe alike, that
the bill will he passed by the house in a
short time. He has e q his bill en-
dorsed by most OF the State conventions
and by the great national convention OF
his party. L. not all this enough to
make a man happy!
The President has vetoed another
batch of private pension bills, and &C.
~companying one of the vetoes was q
letter of some length, which must have
brought bushes of shame to the face of
more than one member of the House
and Senate pension committees. He
fully explained his position in regard
to this class of legislation, and PRAYED
conclusively to the mind of any unpre-
iudiced reader, that he is not unfriend-
ly to the soldier or his widow. The
great number of vetoes have been
caused BY the careless name in which
these bills have been passed by Con-
gress.
Tie Republicans are not dwelling in
unity. Representatives Cannon of Illi-
nois, and Kelly, sometimes called "Pig
Iron,r of Pennsylvania have been at
daggers' points, and over what! The
tariff. Cannon believes in free SUI
gar, and a bounty for the American
manufacturer Kelly believes in a high
protective tariff, and wants to know
why such an idea is not just as appli-
cable to the sugar planter ofeLouisiana
az to the Eastern Manufacturer. kel-
~ wanted to read Cannon out OF the
Republican party for daring to have an
Democrats OF the Houoe. who are,
with a half dozen exceptions, COM
pletely united in favor of revenue re-
form. enjoyed the wordy duel between
the Republicans.
The House is working very hard to
finish up the business before it the
Senate ia taking things in it's leasurely
way. Last week it was in session on
ly two days.
Now that the Republicans of the Sen
ate are confronted with the necessity of
getting up a tariff bill which shall rep
resent the sopinions Of the Republican
party, in order to offer it as a substi-
Sute for the Mills bill when that meas
ure gets to the Senate, they are in a
Q%uandery as to what to do: every Sen
atar has a different idea as to what is
best. They are realizing the old adage
that "it is easier to crlticise than to
create
The report that Postmaster General
Dickinson had written a letter protest.
ing against the railway mail employees
being placed under the provisions of
~Aa cs,;l oxrxsoa t,v, xya opftpatry Srsth-
out foundation.
Mr.. Cleveland spent the Fourth in
his office, at the White House, hard at
work uver a lot of bills. In the eve
ming he drove out to Oak View.
Tie House has passed the Holman
substitute for the Senate railroad land
forfeiture hill. The Senate bill for
feited 5.627. 1856 acres. Mr.. Holman's
substitute f~nrfeits 54,323, 996 acres. A
slight difference.
Among the thousands of Democrats
who attended the Baltimore COnven-
ton of Democratic clubs and after
wards came through Washington. was
Hon. John Winans, Mayor of James
Vile, Wisconsin,. and who is under.
stood to be the Democratic nominee for
Governor of that State this year. In
to questions as to the prospect of
democratic success In Wisconsin,, Mr.
Winans said : I'VE shall make a very
strong effort to carry the State this fall
for Cleveland Thurman and tariff re-
form. The effort is already under way.
Our Democratic clubs are strongly or
2anized and numerous. We shall push
them in every direction, and shall make
the first strong and united effort to car
ry the State since the Tilden and Hem
bricks campaign. The Republicans
been growing weaker there for
years, and their present attitude on the
.ariff is..the last straw. Our people, ir-
respective of party, are tired of being
nercilessly taxed for the benefit Of q
privileged class of manufacturers.
John Sherman ia still growing about
alleged purchase by Alger of fifty
If the formers Southern delegates to
.he Chicago convention. 1t will proba-
Div take Sherman a long while to re-
from tile loss of money and ex-
,ectation. If Alger bought any South
I'm Sherman delegates, 1t is extremely
that he was the second pnr-