The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-03-23
THIBODAUX, La, SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1889
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent

greedy Office seekers do not cease per- |
scouting him. Already his right arm
is lame, and his complexion has the !
suspicious chalky white appearance of
i'll health. But the crowd still comes
marching on, fairly falling over each
other in their eagerness to reach the |
ear of the President. Such a gang I
was never before seen in Washington.
1t was thought at the beginning of Mr..
Cleveland's administration that the |
pressure for Office vas great, but. COM
pared with that now going on, it was
as a summer zephyr to an untamed
Dakota blizzard. Every man Except
those who have died) that ever held
office under Il Republican administra-
tion is here clamoring for vindication
in the shape Of an appointment to his
old place or to better one, and in adj
dition there are thousands of men who
are after getting their first taste of
official life. These last think the gov
ernment service needs Il liberal infu-
sion OF new blood. provided, of course,
that they furnish it. Between them
they are making a torment for Mr..
Harrison as great as any that ever
existed ON this earth, and there is little
chance of a change until everything
worth scrambling for is given out. In
the meantime Mr.. Harrison's worst
enemy could not wish him worse pun
ishment than he is daily undergoing.
Senator Hampton thinks that ex-
Governor Thompson will be nominated
as the Democratic member Of the Civil
Service Commission. He was NOM
mated by Mr.. Cleveland, and would
have been confirmed had his name
been sent in before the Republicans
passed IL caucus resolution against any
more political combinations.
Ex-Secretary Whitney has sold his
Washington residence to Postmaster
General Wanamaker for $SO,0OO. MI.
Whitney will take two months trip
to Europe before settling down to
work in New York. The rest of Mr..
Clevelands cabinet, except Mr.. Endi-
colt, are still here. Mr.. Dickinson
went to New York last week with Mr..
Cleveland's party, but he has returned.
There is big row in the Republi-
can camp already. It is question of
veracity between Harrison and ex-
! Governor Alser. Alger told the Michi-
gan delegation that Harrison had ex-
pressed great regret on account of hav-
ing to leave him (Alger) out of the
cabinet, and that as q slight compen-
satiOn the President had told him that
he might name a man for Solicitor
General. He named H. NJ. Duffield,
whom he asked the delegates to sup
port, at the same time assuring them
that it was only a formality; that the
appointment would be considered per-
sonal and would not be charged to the
State. The delegation endorsed the
! application and carried it Immediately
to Mr.. Harrison. They were struck
dumb when the President told them
he knew nothing about the matter and
that they had better file the applica-
tioI with the Attorney General. What
transpired when the delegation got
back to Alger is not yet known.
Representative Townshend, of Ill
inois, died suddenly on Saturday. He
caught a severe cold last week, and
on Tuesday it had developed into
pneumonia. He was one of the most
popular men in the House.
Mr.. HarrisOn's cabinet, with the ex-
ceptiOn of Mr.. Blaine and MIR. Window,
is regarded as very weak. 1t is Blaine
all over. All the members are intense
Blaineites, except tw0-Miller and
Wanamaker-andt these two can hard
" be said to count, Mr.. Miller being
appointed solely because he was Har-
rison's law partner and personal
friend, and Mr.. Wanamaker because
he held Mr.. Quay's order for the Post
master Generalship, for which he had
paid 500, 900 in cold cash.
A gentleman says he asked Mr..
Harrison if he intended to call an ex-
ira session of the Fiftieth Congress
and that the President replied, "NO
indeed. want to get these fellows
away, not to give them IN excuse fOi
remaining"
Queer lot, these Republicans. The
man who helped Mr.. Quay i'll all his
underground work.. 5. ClarksOn-
is not good enough to receive an ap
pointmcnt in the cabinet, and he was
turned down, notwithstanding thu
able backing he received from sucl
men as Senators Allison and Quay.
The extra session of the Senate ha
as yet done nothing except confirm th'
cabinet officers, but a number Of nOmi
nations are expected this week. 1t ha
been about settled that no other bust
ness will he touched. This is some