The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-18
WASHINGTON T
from our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Mar. 10th 1898.

President Cleveland has not chang
ed his habits Stree he was in The White
House hrfuhe, Every morning this
week he has been ut his desk hand at
work b, Z "'rl"ck. and midnight has
found him still ii. that desk nearly
every night. 1t is well that he has
such industrious habits, as RIP to the
present time he has been given hnt
lItle time to work between the hours
of 10 II. IN. and 6 =. M. owing to his
nun etons callers
The >eni official announcement
that Pr. >idcnt Cleveland would not
remove uutii The end of heir terms,
except for causes other than political,
any ct what are known AS fnpr-yrar
oficialS-,lat is officials commissioned
for IA tenn of tom wears, resulted en-
lesseninu in II small degree the press
ure for. flee. but there Is still enough.
and to spare, as may he seen and
heard on all sides.
Speaking nf office. seekers. the num-
Der of them nov in Washington has
been grt ats exaggerated by the news
papers. | have no means of Knowing
it IL more than doubtful whether
anyone has-whathpr the statement
repeatedly made that there are more
applicati"n> tor office than ever be-
fore ia true or not. but [ do know. as
do the Washington hotel kreepers to
their sorrow that the number of meE
seeking Offices in person., is to-day
much smaller than 1t was months after
the inauguration of Harrison. 1t is
probably + that many thousands of
democrats who came to the Inaugural
ton and remained until the first OF
this week were office-seekers.
but if AZ they filed their papers and
went hack h"me after paving their
respects tn the President and his cab
met, and our hotels are not much
more crowded than is usual at this
season. And mt none of them can be
found the %seething. loud -talking
crowds which were their most promi-
nent features until midsummer fol-
lowing har,i>or.'s inauguration. 1t is
just rs we'll to tell the truth about
these things. There are democrats
here af e. the offices which they believe
their work in the campaign entities
them t" unfortunately more of them
than there are offices to he filled-bnt
there Ia no such crowGing and wild
scramhling as has been represented.
Senator'S German. Blackburn, Ran
som. COrkrell. Harris, Brice and
White, of Louisiana, were appointed
a committee by the democratic cancus
held on Tuesday to arrange the reor-
ganiZltinn of the Senate on q demo-
cratic basis. Owing tn the difficulty
of attending the allotting of the va
riOus ctairmanships of committees the
committee has not yet completed it's
work, which will haveto be ratified by
another cancns before being brought
up in open Senate.
There has been lots Of tom -fool talk
because the populist Senators. PETER,
Kyle, and Allen, were not invited to
attei d the demncratic caucns. while
Martin. of Kansas, was. There was
nothing unusual about it. Martin
is a democrat. although he afiliates,
To = certain exter t. with the pnpuliSts,
while neither of the other three make
any claim to being democrats.
1t Is mere than probable that Pres
ident Cleveland and his cabinet are
giving more attention to the critical
financial condition of the country than
they are to making appointments to
office The offices Fan wait. hut the
continued demand upon tile Treasury
for gold mnSt be met or the country
will he plunged INTO a panic. the re-
suits and end of which no man can
predict. Secretary Carlisle is conf
dent IF being able to meet all de-
mands for gold. but is not yet prepar
ed to make his plans public. The
prevalent opinion seems to be that m
issue of bonds will have to he made,
The report of the House WAYS and
Means committee on the probable con.
dition of the Treasury at the close o.
the fiscal year beginning the frs. OF
next July. was o completed until
this week. The democrats on .ile
committee reject the figures i'm tx.
Secretary Fosters report which est.
mates q very small surplus at tina,
time. and state their belief that there
will be a deficiency amounting to from
$50. 0O0, 900 to $40. COG, 900, giving in
detail their reasons therefor. The re.
puhlici,ns on the committee. or rattle,
who were On tfat committee. for the
committee expired with the Fifty-sec
ond Congress. in a minority report
stand Ivy Mr.. Fosters figures.
Mrs Cleveland Is more popular thar
W he;o.e. and about the first CUES
ton the stranger asks is how he OF
n can see the Presidents wife. Sh.
has held TO public receptions yet. hu'
there i u" trouble in seeing her.
Rnnors are plenty. bnt there are Ii,