The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-04-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular correspondent.)

OF place hunters. "Oh, | simply called
to say good bye to my old friend Ben
Jamin Harrison, as am afraid these
fellows may worry him to death in
their mad hunt for Office before | re-
turn to Washington" Then as Mr..
Cox was leaving he added: I'll feel
well; very much better than little
while ago. have been through the
valley of the shadow of political death
with the rest Of the Democrats, and
now | am off Oh lecturimy tour
through Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Mis-
souri, a ID Kansas. Something to make
the folks smile, yol know, while l
gather i'll little money trust that
| shall get no more eggs than pay
for"
MIR. Cannaday. the sergeant at arms
of the United States Senate, and a
good John Sherman Republican, is
charged by Senator Jones of Nevada,
ex-senator Malone and Warner Miller
aud Representative West of New York,
with swindling and forgery in connec-
ton with his management Of the North
Carolina Oil and CreOsote Company,
located at Wilmington, n. c. 1t is
also stated that Cannatay is indebted
to other Senators to the amount of
$3O, 900 or more for borrowed money.
With the usual audacity of men of his
kind Cannaday says that when the
case is settled it will have no effect On
his personal integrity"
The Republicans have always been
notorious for their willingness to make
use ut all times of United States ves-
sells for .privale pleasure parties, and
being out of power for fOnr years and
without precedent for that length of
time has not changed them particle
in this respect. On Saturday after
noon Assistant Secretary of the Tre:s-
ury TichenOr took Il party of friends
from here to Baltimore, where they
got on board Of the U. S. revenue cut
ter McLane and started on trip to
Chesapeake Bay, which lasted from
Sunday morning to Monday morning.
Another government vessel, the light
hOnse tender Holly, has been lying at
the wharf here for three days waiting
to carry President Harrison on Il
pleasure trip down the Potomac. This
looks like a rather early revival Of the
old abuses. BY summer half dozen
vessels will be needed by the various
members of the administration for their
families and friends. And the people
will foot the bills.
Senator John Sherman has just
proved himself "bigger" man with
the administration than Representa-
tives Mckinley and Benjamin Butter
worth combined. Ohio had two can
didafes for the position OF Sixth Audi
tor of the Treasury. One was backed
by Senator Sherman and the other by
Messrs. Mckinley and Butterworth.
The Sherman man, Mr.. Coulter, has
just been appointed.
Land Commissioner rStockslager fears
there will he trouble in Oklahoma. He
says that only about 10000 home
steads can be entered under the Presi-
dents proclamation, and he has every
reason to believe that at least 100, 900
persons will enter the country within
thirty days from its opening next
Monday.
The new administration is making
a record for itself on the pension ques-
ton. 1t is going faster than the most
radical had any idea that it would a
short time ago, and no man can at this
time foresee the end. Assistant Sec
retary Bussey, of the Interior Depart
ment, before whom appeals from the
decisions of the Commissioners of Pen
siOns are heard, seems to OutdO the
"COrporal' in his construction of the
law as applied to pensions. 1t is esti-
mated that the decisions of the late
Commissioner, Gen. Black, which Bus.
sey has already reversed, will cost the
Government more than ST ,O0O, 900.
He should change his name to Buster.
The Corporal, not to be outdone by
his superior officer, made an order
last week that will cost more than
$4,000 year. The following is the
order: "Whenever pensioner is
disabled in hand or foot in degree
emitting him to $24 month under
the act of March 3, 1888, such pension
er shall by reason of that fact be en-
titled to the rate of $50 Il month under
the act Of August 4, 1885," Nearl.
800 pensioners get an increase of 81;
II year hy this order, aud arrears fron
Aug. 4, 1886.
"The noblest Roman of them all :
Allen G. Thurman, late Democrat,
candidate for Vice President, was il
Washington last week on legal busi
ness. The old gentleman was look
ing we'll and feeling we'll with the OK
ception of slight rheumatism in hi
lcos. In conversation with q fr;an,