The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-04-20

WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, April II, 1889.

WASHINGTON, April II, 1889.
Poor President Harrison The New
York gang have made his life a tor
ment for the past week. They have
figuratively jumped on him and wiped
up the floor with him. They have
pulled him this way, that way and the
other way all at the same time. All
the factions have been strongly repre-
sented here. The bone of contention
has been important Federal Offices of
New York city, with the enormous pa
tronage that goes Herewith.
1t was one of these same Offices that
drove Conklin and Platt out Of the
United States Senate and eventually
resulted in the assassination of Garfield.
With all this to think about imagine
that Mr.. Harrison, with his pale, care
worn face, has wished the whole crowd
in Halifax more than once. As yet he
has decided ON only two Of these Off
cials-Erhardt, who allowed himself to
be put up as the Republican candidate
for Mayor of New York last November,
when he knew that it was the inten-
tion of his party to trade him off for
votes for Harrison. He is rewarded
by being appointed Collector Of Gus
toms for the port of New York. The
other is VanCott, who is made post
master in place Of the Mugwump Pear
son, whose reappointment by Mr..
Cleveland four years ago doubtless
cost the Democrats many votes in
New York. The fight is still on over
the other appointments and is likely
to continue until they are made, un-
less Harrison runs away for few days
as he has threatened to do this week.
A delegation of Ohio Republicans
went to the White House OH Saturday
and read the riot act to Mr.. Harrison,
and told him that the Buckeye State
was bound to go Democratic in tho
coming State election ii he did not
give her more recognition in the dis
tribution Of the Offices. They evidently
did not get much satisfaction for they
came away in a very bad humor and
prophesied all sorts of bad things for
their party in Ohio.
Mr.. Cleveland passed through here
on Saturday on his way to New York
from Florida. Four of his party,
Messrs. Bayard, Villas, Fairchild and
Dickinson, remained in this city, where
their families still are.
When the Senate adjourned Mr.
Harrison thought he would get rid Of
some of the most persistent of the
| Office seekers, but he was sadly mis-
taken. Since then q large number O
Republican Senators have almost live(
in the White House.
During the recent campaign W,
heard a great deal of talk about the
Republican party being the people,
party. Now let's see how the people
are being treated. Orders have jus
been issued by Secretaries Blaine
Proctor and Tracy defining the hour
during which they may be seen. Th'
people are given one hour, from IL t.
o'clock, four days in the week, dur
ing which they may call on these higl
and mighty officers. During the Cleve
land administration any member g
the cabinet could be seen at any hou
during Office hours by any one VIII
chose to call on him unless he hap
pened to be specially engaged.
There is rumor whispered arOun
in Republican circles that Harriso
does not propose to fill the two Va
cancies on the Civil Service Commit
sion. That would be almost equlvs
lent to abolishing the whole thing, g
the one commissioner now in Office ca
do little else except draw his salary.
The negroes of the South who hay
come here to get Federal offices al
very much discouraged. overhear
q conversation in q hotel lobby b
tween two of them from L Ouisian
One of them said: 81 am going bae
J home. You may let Pitt Kellogg TO
you into believing he can get 70
something, but after what Harrist
said to us to-day, I consider that Il
jig is up" The negroes are not takil
this neglect easily by any mean
, They are kicking and swearing We
geance on the Republican party.
does seem little queer that out
, nearly 400 presidential appointmeu
thus far made, not one is a negro.
i Mr.. Higgins, the new Republic
Senator from Delaware, seems to
as much of a political hustler as ]
eminent Democratic namesake FRI
Maryland.
The new pension officials are |
ginning early. Already one decisi
of fex-OOmmissiOner Blacks has he
Overruled that will reopen thOusau