The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar reqHIm CotT6&Poadent)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3lst. 1895.

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3lst. 1888.
President Cleveland. ii one may
Judge from his remarkable caleei,
needs 20 "mascot' to bring him good
luck" but an old Jackscnim demo
crat-Andrew Jackson Long, Of Cedar
Hill. Tennessee-doubtless with the
feeling that it Is impossible for a
President, or anybody else, to have
too many ''good luck" bringers, has,
through Representative Washington.
presented him with a mascot i'll the
form of a silver half dollar, minted III
the the year of the Presidents blItii-
1S37-which Mr.. Cleveland accepted
in the same spirit with which it was
given. and in due course of time he
will formerly acknowledge the gift in
an autograph letter to Mr.. Long, which
will probably be more highly priced
than the best office at the Presidents
disposal.
That Secretary Gresham intends to
i. be the actual head of his department
was proven by his promptness i'll de-
handing the resignation Of Dr. +. O..
St. Clail, VINO has been Chief of the
Consular Bureau under the last three
administrations, for having withheld
certain information c~orcerning a t.
S consul from the Secretary. There
are /. number of old bureau chiefs in
the other departments who deserve to
be made to walk the plank for the
same reason. There men have been
in office so long that they have AFRO
gated to themselves authority which
belongs only to the head of the de-
partment. and their dismissal would
be for the good of the service in more
respects than one In fact, there are
few men who can remain in a respon-
sible government office for a long term
of yeals without forgetting that they
are servants, instead of masters. New
men and new methods are wanted III
every branch of the government ser
vice. as must soon become apparent to
every member of the cabinet who eX-
amines into the details of his depart
ment, and the indications are that
that is now being more thoroughly
done than ever before.
Removing Il L. S. consul by cable is
very seldom resOrted to by the De-
partment of State, but it was done in
n ease this week 10y Secretary Gresh-
am, and the MAJ removed got Just
what he deserved. The reasons for
secretary Gresham's action are, i'm
short, as follows: In the early part of
the presidential campaign William r.
Sersby, of Mississippi. was acting as
Congressman Catching's private sec
rotary, and taking advantage of his
position he distracted certain papers
containing important facts relating to
the democratic plans for the campaign
from the private desk of Mr.. Catching
and gave them to Mr.. Thomas II. Car
ter, chairman of the republican Ma
tional committee. In November last
Sorsby was appointed Us Consul
General at Guayaquil. Ecuador, a po-
sition which pays $4,000 a year; pre-
sumably as a reward for his treachery
to Representative Catchings AID the
democratic party. As soon as these
facts were brought to the attention of
President Cleveland and Secretary
Gresham, Sorsby was dismissed by
cable, and Mr.. George f. billiard. of
Mississippi, nominated to the vacancy.
SO far from the nomination of DR..
Joseph 5. Senner, of New York, to be
Commissioner of immigration at New
York, which went to the Senate this
week, having been secured by the
steamship Influence, a republicans
are alleging, it was made in direct Oh
position to that influence. The con
test for tie position has been onite
spirited, there having been Il Lumber
OF candidates all strongly backed. In
order to ascertain the sentiments of
the steamship men towards each of
the applicants Secretary Carlisle had
a %tfu>tly personal friend call on them
tor the purpose of discussing the fit
ness OF the several candidates. and as
soon as his report was made the name
OF every man the steamship men had
expressed themselves as being favora.
bly, inclined towards was stricken
from the list OF possibilities.
Secretary Hoke Smith is giving the
bureau chiefs of the Interior DEPART
ment some new ideas about the ser
wee they owe the Government. In
stead of their leaving the Department
daily at 1 O'Clock, as the ordinary
clerks do. and as they have been in
tie habit of doing. they are compelled
to remain until 5o'clock, tie addition
al hon being devoted to a conference
with the Secretary on the current bus
mess before their several bureau.
There Is some kicking among The
chiefs. but as most of them are Ieuub-
means it is done very quietly. Secre-
tary Smith has already canned the So