The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-02-11
WASIIiNGT0N LATTER.


personal representative. is II Wash
ington working in thc Interest OF the
AntrcWs liil for tine repeal Of the
Sherman silver law, which is to he ta-
Ken up III tie House on Thursday and
Friday next. Mr.. Dickinson Is out
spoken III favor of tie anutEatioa uf
Hawai-, and in thIs he is in line with
seven tenths of Congress. without re-
gard to politics. The Iiauaiian Com
mlsSioners arrived TODAY aad to-mor-
row they will present th. il prtitiop
for anneNation
There aru 50 many complications
that would have to be met # All act
of Congress anncXing Hawaii is tu be
passed, and IN the course Of the delay.
winch would necessarily eusue. some
foreign Government might. by Il rcvo-
luton OF other means, secure control
of the country. that it is probable
that the outcome viii he the adoEtiun
Of some quicker method of asserting
American control and warming for
eIgn Governments 10 keen thpil hands
oh There 5 40 politics IN this. Sim
ply Ane>icanis,u, and, be il said to
his credit Mr. Harrison has conau!t-
ed as freely with prominent tiemo-
Gratis III Congress as with neuLcrs Of
his own party.
Notwithstanding the threats cabled
from London as to what England in
tended to do. it c.sn he stated without
eXaggetation that the Intentions OF
: England or amy other nation Is cnt-
ting 10 figure in this matter Iia-
wan Is gong to pass under the con
troll of the United States. That much
IS certain. but it is not Yet decided
gust how il is to be done Another
certainty iii the situation is that the
Hawaiian >hgM producers Will not be
lald he bounty of 2 cents IA pount,
now paid to Americans under the
Mckinley law which some allege to
have been the cause of the tnvoiution
and application tor annexation.
Whatever the caHSe, there are many
good reasons for cur not neglectna
the opportunity 60 get control II the
islands.
The majority report of tile House
!. Judiciary committee. which inyeSliga-
ted the Homestead labor troubles. ha:
attracted wide attention. 1t was
,, written by Representative BoatI'er, %
, Louisiana, who says therein that h,
tinds nothing in the Constitution hicl
authorizes Congress to interfere with
3 regulate, OF prohibit the employ men
D of Pinkertun or other detectives. b,
l persons or corporations, except so fa
U as they may be engaged in intelstat,
3 commerce. The trouble at Home.
(. stead. continues the report, ''Was be
e yond Federal or Congressional lnris
f diction. To permit interference b,
/ the Federal authorities, without de
$ mand OF the states, or to make law
y which would control or affect the rela
Il tions Of employer anc employe in tn
States. Wonid be to undermine TIL
lust authority of the States and to in
+ terpose Federal authority upon a sub
:. ject of which the States have, an
Y ought to have, supreme control
- Twenty of the twenty -nlne Senator
that voted against the anti-optjon bi
. when it was finally passed by the Sen
. ate were democrats, and clever of tn
10 votes cast IN favor Of the bill wel
, from democrats. -Four democrat
y were paired and did not vote.
4 The investigation of the whske
: trust, authorized 10y the House. wi
q be conducted by sub-committe
: composed Of representatives Rynnn
of Indiana; Stockdale, of Mississippi
Buchanan, OF New Jersey, and Powers
! of Vermont
= There was a general surprise whc
v the Senate voted down a motion mao
, by Senator Sherman to make the \
d caragua Canal bill th3 ''untinishe
: business of the Senate, which Woul
= have given it the right of way ever
day after two O'Clock There is hare
" one chance in ten that this bill ca
q get through the present House. but
2 has been supposed that the Senate il
lc tended to pass it anyway. Perhal
fe after all it will go to join HE hume
ous other matters that are stated
III be left over for the FiftNthirt Coz
A. gress to wrestle with.
lg Representative Fellows, oi Ne
,e YORK. is chairman of the committt
d that will investigate the spending
st Panama Canal money i'll the Unite
States. Col. Fellows is ii shrewd la'
40 yer, and as Il skillful cross examiner h
+; few equals. Furthermore he is dee
~ ly interested in the case he is inves
y, eating. All ,f which increases tt
~ chances for the exposure of snmebod
if there is any ruth iG the char9
that have beer from time to til
t. made, both in this country and
IL France, Of the bribery of America
o. of prominence, x-Secretary Thonl
ny son will be one of the witnesses hcaI
a He was president Of the American e