The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-01-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From oar regular CosrespondeAl.)
WAsH1NGTON, Jan. 9th. 1893.

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ton, but he has been able to presid,
over the House during the short ant
| unimpOrtant sessions held this week
As usual the attendance for the frs
two or three days after the holiday re-
cess has been small and the sick lis
is unusually large, but the work on
the appropriation bills, which after
all is the main business of this session,
is being rapidly pushed. In view O
the probable silver fight which ma,
begin any day, Speaker Crisp was ask
ed by a friend which side he would bt
on. Neither was his quick reply
at is mp duty to impartially preside
over the House, and, whatever my
personal opinion may be, shall en-
deavor to do it,
Representative Scott, of Illinois, in
troduced resolution this week which
is believed to contain part of the
true inwartlness of the way in which
Secretary Foster has STAYED off the
actual deficit in the Treasury during
the last yeal. 1t starts out by stating
that the Fifty first Congress provided
for the construction or extension of Is
public buildings, and that AZ of them
have not yet been contracted for and
calls on the Secretary of the Treasury
for information as to why so many of
these public works have been so long
delayed, and why more than SS,0OO,-
600 appropriated for this purpose re-
manned unexpended during the last
two years. Mr.. Scott asked nnani
nous consent of the House for the i'm
mediate consideration of the resolu-
tion, but Representative Dinsley, of
Maine, objected and the resolution
was referred.
Senator Carlisle's friends are begin
ming to practice calling him Mr. Sec
retary, as the belief has become gem
eral that he has Welded to the pres
sure brought to bear upon him and
agreed to accept the position of See
retary of the Treasury in President
Cleveland's cabinet, although he still
declines to discuss the matter.
A report became current early in
the week that Secretary Elkins inteu-
ded to issue orders that would have
the effect of preventing the regular
army making a reputable showing in
the Cleveland Inauguration parade.
A sub-commi tee from the Inaugural
Committee at once waited upon the
Secretary, and were assured by him,
and also by Gen. Schofeld, who was
present at the interview, that he had
no such intentions; on the contrary,
he had made up his mind that the reg
ular army should be more largely and
better represented than at any
previous inauguration since the
war. The Inaugural ball will be
held in the Pension Office build
ing.
A "Man who went up like rocket
and came down like stick is Mr..
Thomas H. Carter, who had hardly
been heard of outside of his own State
until he was made chairman of the
National republican committee, and
who, after the election. dropped back
into an obscurity still deeper than
that from which he hat been dragged
to be an ornamental tigure-head THAT
was the original intention, but circum-
stances prevented the manipulation Of
the wires by the man who laid them,
and Carter became the actual head of
the committee). Mr.. Carter was in
this week trying to clear
his late Secretary, ex-Congressn,an
of Maryland, of certain
charges against his integrity which
nave caused his nomination to be
Judge Of the d. c. Supreme Court to
be hung up for several days in Seu-
ito committee controlled by his own
party. Carter's head is several sizes
smaller than it was before the cleo
:lon.
1t is now conceded, even by the
most sanguine republicans. that the
senate of the Fifty third Congress will
De controlled by the democratic party
although several of the necessary votes
sili come fIom populists; but, no
natter where they come from, the ,
rotes will be there to recognize the +,
senate on democratic basis, and to /
pass any measure which the demo-
;ratic leaders may agree upon rs de-
,irable. That puts the last nail i'll the /
,otfin of the detnnct National republi-
IAN party; gives the democratic par
y IA lease Oh the Government so Icing
is it may be guided hy wise cou,,sels,
% all of which every man who has the
future welfare of our country and all
II its citizens, not Il few favored indi
riduals, can conscicnti"nsly say Amen.
Representative Cultivate has in
-ccduced resolution providing for an
of the control OF certain
historical documents on file in the De-
partment of State. This nearly con
,erns Representative Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, who will
soon be Senator's Dawes successor, as
4 has been CHARGED that he and his