The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent

HarrisOn's conscience or the force of |
the criticism he has recently received
for Sunday junketing l don't know
which, perhaps a little of both, caused |
him to spend yesterday in the White
House, Notwithstanding the fact that !
up to Friday morning he had intended |
to spend the day at Cape May. He
could not, however, withstand the
temptation of taking fun ride to Bal
timOre and return Saturday afternoon
to meet his wife and grandchildren.
This week the family go to Deer Park
and he goes to Woodstock, Connecticut,
to assist in celebrating the Fourth Of
July. Lots more free railroading.
At last an anti Malone Virginia Re-
publican has got something. John S.
Wise has succeeded in getting his son
appointed a cadet to West Point.
Now that the new fiscal year has be-
gun, Republicans here are looking for
the speedy discharge Of every Demo-
crat in the government service who is
not protected by the civil service law,
and as many of the latter as displaced
Union veterans eau be found to sue
ceed under the recent order Of Harri-
sou.
Another negro has secured Il prize.
This time it is red Douglas, who has
been appointed minister to Hayti.
The appointment is creating much
dissatisfaction among the rest Of the
darkies, with whom Douglas has been
very unpopular ever since he married
q white woman.
Harrison has compelled Secretary
Window to appoint w. NJ. Meredith.
Of Chicago, superintendent of the Bu-
reau Of Engraving and Printing, al
though Window had e man of his own
for the place. The fight was long aud
bitter and at last Harrison informed
WinCOm that Meredith must he ap-
pointed even if he had to have d new
Secretary Of the Treasury. This
brought .'Billy" down on his marrow
bones very quickly, rs Star Route Dor
sey's wild cat scheme, which he had
been trying to boost for several years,
offered nc inducements, when compar-
ed with the salary and perquisites,
particularly tue latter, Of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury.
Sour Grapes-Don Cameron don't
want to he reelected to the Senate. II
was his father, Simon Cameron, now
dead, who put him there and kept him
there. Don would hardly be elected
a county road supervisor if ability on.
ly was considered. Ditto "Granny'
, Blair, who has suddenly come to the
: conclusion that lie will save the New
Hampshire Legislature the trouble o
: defeating him by declining to agail
be candidate for the Senate. Th,
, Senate will not find it difficult to sur
vive the loss of these two men.
This is 'sprotection" administra
} ton! See how it protects American
labor and capital In giving out q con
j. tract for $4,000 enameled bricks t.
he used in the construction of the ley
National Library building in this city
the contract was given to an Englisl
= firm, because by remitting the dut
they can be delivered here littl
: cheaper than they can be bought il
America. So could almost everythin
else, and the question naturally arises
, why should the government do wha
it refuses to let the people dot
> In the language Of slang it may b
remarked that there are "no flies" o
. the present civil service commission
and that it intends to "run the ms
chinen or ssbust the boiler"
The indictments against Dorse,
Brady ct al, in the famous Star Rout
cases, which have been cumbering tt
. court records for seven or eight year.
have all been nolle pressed.
Blaine has told his man Willia
Walter Phelps, just appointed mini
ter to Germany, that he might take b
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