The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1891-09-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON Aug. 2sth, 1891.
Editor Aduertiser:
Secretary Foster is in fair way of
earning the title of the Colonel Sci
lers OF the administration" from his
propensity to see everything in its ro-
slest light. About the first of July he
was telling everyone of the great ben
efts which would follow the extension
of the S5l 100000 of II per cent
bonds at per cent, and how glad the
national banks would be to take all
that might be surrendered by private
parties in order that they might in
crease their circulation. Now that
the extension of the bonds has proven
fizzle, not half of them having been
presented for extension, one would
suppose that Mr.. Foster would feel
bad enough to at least keep quiet.
Not he. He is, according to his own
statement, not at all disappointed over
the failure Of his first large financial
transaction, and he breaches from the
text of what good thing it is for the
"dear people" that S25, 5,00c, 900 or
$50, 900, 900 is to be put in circulation
by the redemption of these bonds and
how much good this incease in the cir
culation will do in business circles
He reminds one Of the young physi-
clan who wheu asked how he was ma
king out in a family where he was at
tending woman in confinement, said:
''The mother is dead and the child is
dead, but | hope to pull the father
through"
representative Mills has gone over
to New York and it is probable
that while there he will make little
investi cation into a statement made
here few days ago that the New
York delegation was divided in its
choice for speaker as follows: Crisp
16, Mcmillan 6, Mills 1. The state
ment was made by a member of Tam
many Hall, but its accuray was at
once questioned by Mr.. Mills friends,
who claim to have the best evidence
to prove that it was wrong in every
case. Mills will go to Ohio shortly to
make speeches in the campaign.
The noble army of "ex's' is again
marching upon Washington, each and
every member of it anxious to get the
place which is to be vacated by Secre-
tary Proctor, who has been formally
notified that he is to be appointed to
serve out the unexpired term Of Mr..
Edmunds in the United States Senate,
and those who fail will at least have
the satisfaction of knowing that they
have temporarily got out of the OBJ
scurity into which they had sunk, by
having their names mentioned as pos
sibilities for the vacant seat in the cab
met by hte obliging newspapers. If you
have curiosity to see these names get
a copy of the last Congressional Di-
rectory aud check off the names of all
the men who retired from Congress
with the Fifty-first Congress, and you
will have correct list of them. 1t is
said that the New England Senators
have demanded of Mr.. Harrison that
he shall appoint man from that Sec
tion to the vacancy and that the Re-
publicans of the Northwestern States
have made like demand. Mr.. Har-
rison will place the Appointment where
it will fetch the most votes for Harri-
son in the next Republican national
convention, no matter who it may
please or displease, and the belief here
is that the place will 60 to ex-governor
Cheney, Of New Hampshire, unless
Gen. Alger can be persuaded to ac-
cept it.
Some queer stories are being told |
around here Of how Prof Dyrenforth
is manipulating his dynamite and gun
powder rain fcrcer for the purpose of
getting big appropriation from the
next Congress to pay all further ex-
periments. It is said, he took advan-
tage. of climatic conditions, which |
made it certain that he could not fail,
when he made the recent experiment
about which SO much has been print
ed. It is also said that none of the
party now in Texas with the Professor
have any faith in the efficiency of the
apparatus to produce rain in really |
arid section, and that they regard the
whole business as sort Of scientific
humbug, which promises to furnish
profitable employment for long time,
at least that is said to be the substance
Of letters that have been received in
Washington.
There is clash of opinion between
the interior Department and the De-
partment of Justice. Secretary Noble
holds that Notwithstanding the recent
judicial decision that the sale of lager
beer in Indian Territory was legal,
that he has the power, under U. S.
Statute, to prevent it, and has instruc-
ted the Indian agents to seize all found
in the Territory. The Attorney Gen