The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 9th, 1894.

very oHsN man since his refurn IN
washington. as tl.is is the first oanor-
tnnlty he has had to confer with
members of the cabinet and promi
heht democrats in Congress since the
ta'lH Dill was sent to him, he having
been compelled by sickness to leave
the White House soon after that meas
ure was sept there. At the cabinet
meeting held yesterday the tariff bill
was thoroughly discussed in all its
bearings. and it is understood t'.at
the cabinet was practically unani
mously IN favor of allowing the hill
to become IL law, and several If NE
members advised the President TO
sign it at once. Members of the cab
met will not. of course, talk for pub.
lication, but from other sonrces
learn that the President made no deli
mite announcement, and that it was
inferred from his talk that he had not
mapped out his action to his own sat-
lsfaction.
Chairman Wilson had an extended
conference with the President after
the cabinet meeting, and his reticence
when asked to express an opinion
upon the probable fate of the tariff.
bill was made the basis for rumors Of
veto. Chairman Wilson had several
days previously expressed the opinion
that the bill would be allowed to be-
come law without the Presidents
signature, and that is still the pre-
vailing opinion in Washington but
your correspondent has an idea, bas-
ed more upon long stady of the
character OF President Cleveland than
upon any definite information. that
the bill will either he vetoed or sign
ed and that which eyer it may lie t.
bill viii be returned to Congress with
special message that will he read
with delight by all real tariff reform
democrats.
Representative Bryan. of Nebraska,
who has more than fighting chance
OF being Senator Bryan in the near
future. is an ardent admifer and dis
ciple OF Thomas Jefferson, the great
Virginia democrat. During recent
pilgrimage to Monticello Mr.. BRYAN
conceived the idea of presenting tbe
quota of plants allotted to him as a
member of the House, from the U. s.
Botanical Gardens, to be used in de-
corating Jefferson's grave. Among
the plants to be sent to Monticello is
splig OF ivy from a plant grown
from spriE cut from the grave of
Robert Burns, the great Scotch poet.
BY the way, pilgrimages to the grave
OF Jefferson are becoming quite popu-
lar with democrats. Vice President
Stevenson and Senator Hill were
amoLg the weeks pilgrims. The hos
pitality of Hon. Jefferson NJ. Levy,
the present proprietor of Monticello,
makes the pilgrimage as pleasant as
the surroundings make it patriotic.
Considerable surprise was felt by
Col, Stump, Superintendent of Immi-
grafton, when he found that several
democratic members of the House OBJ
jected to his bill for the prevention Of
the coming of alien anarchists into the
United States and for the deportation
OF those already here. The bill was
passed by the Senate Without ohiec
ton and the attempt was made to
rush it through the House by unanl-
nous consent, in order that it might
become \ law in time to prevent the
landing of the 500 French and Italian
anarchists who have been driven out
of those countries by adverse legisla-
tion and are said to be now on their
way to the United States. But action
was prevented upon it by the objec-
tiOn of Representative Warner, of
New York City, and 10 the absence of
a quorum his objection was Effective.
Mr.. Warner objects to the bill be-
cause it does not define an "alien an
archist," aud because it gives the Su-
periItendent of Immigration too
much authority. Col. Stump is now
trying to get enough Representatives
to return to Washington to make a
quorum, and if he succeeds will en-
deavor to get the bill put through the
House under a special rule. If he can
get the quorum the rest will be easy.
"Senatorial courtesy" was badly
strained when republican Senators re-
fused to answer to their names to
make quorum to pass the bill cor
recting the error in the tariff bill, for
which republican Senator-Hoar, of
Massachusettes,- responsible, max
ing alcohol used in the arts free. un-
less the democratic Senators would
promise not to make any speeches
while the bill was under considera-
ton. It was certainly taking an un-
fair advantage Of the fact that the
democratic Senator'S could not possi-
bly have quorum of their own on
the floor. 1t also looked as though
the republican Senators feared the ef-
f4ot man tha cnnntrr Of fhe snaachas