The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-12-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From u regular COrrespOndent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14th. 1894.

to feel proud OF the result OF the hear.
ings granted by the House committee
on Banking and Currency, this week.
on his plan for currency reform. His
plan has not suffered by comparison
with the plans and opinions Of the
prominent tinanciers who have ap-
peared before the committee. On the
contrary, it has been most decidedly
strengthened, and it is now the gen
eral belief that the committee will
shortly report to the House Il bill.
which, if not precisely the same as
that submitted to the committee by
Secretary Carlisle, will certainly be
along the same or similar lines. 1t is
hoped that the committee can report
the currency bill before the holiday
recess, IN order that the people may
have an opportunity 10 study it and
express their views before tho House
takes it up for final action.
Many statements have been made
as to how democrats will vote on this
bill. but the most Of them are gnesses.
Of course it is probable that the demo
Gratis of the House will, with Il very
few exceptions, support the bill that
will be reported by the Banking and
Currency committee. but shat they
should wait until the bill is reported
before committing themselves. is per-
fectly natural. Your correspondent
knows that the democratic Senators
are much more favoiably inclined to-
wards the plan proposed by Secretary
Carlisle than they have been reported
to be, and that they arc anxiously a
waiting the action of the House, al
though the refusal of the Senate to
change its rules. which was empha-
sized by the defeat by q vote of 81 to
"a of Senator Vests motion to take up
his resolutions providing for %cioture
under certain conditions, has material
~ lessened the chances for getting a
currency bill. or any other bill that IS
opposed by the republicans, through
the Senate.
The vote on the bill amending the
Interstate Commerce law so as to
make freight pooling by railroads legal,
which was this week passed by the
House by a vote of 166 to ITO, was not
governed by party politics. In the
vote for the bill the names of such
prominent democrats are found as
Black, of Illinois, (who, by the way,
was this week unanimously confirmed
as Z. S. Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois, a position to which
he was nominated by President Cleve-
land without his knowledge Catch
ings, of Mississippi; Culbertson. of
Texas; Hatch, of Missouri Outh-
waite, Of Ohio; Richardson. of Ten
nessee Springer. of Illinois, and
Wilson, of West Virginia. while in the
votes cast against it may be found the
names Of equally prominent demo.
Gratis. For instance, Bryan, Of Ne
braska +: the two Coopers, of Florida
and Indiana, respectively Dockery,
of Missouri; Heard. of Missouri Hol-
man, of Indiana; McCreary, of Ken
lucky McMillin, of Tennessee: Say
ers, OF Texas, and Turner, Of Georgia.
The division of the republicans was
not quite as marked, as q big majority
of them supported the bill. There is
little doubt that TIE bill will be pass
ed by the Senate. If it can ee brought
to a vote; but it is far from certain
that it can be. It will all depend up
on how determined the opposition is.
Three democratic Senators-Blan-
ehard, of Louisiana Martin, Of Kan
sas, and Roach, of North D~akota-and
all the populist Senators voted with
the republicans to defeat Senator
Gray's motion to take up the bill re
ported from the Finance committee at
the last session, as a substitute for the
House free sugar bill, which was lost
by a vote of ~ to %. Among the
democratic Senators who did not vote
were Brice. German, Irby, Morgan.
Murphy, Gibson, Turpie. and Smith.
1t is not thought that any further tar
if legislation will be attempted at this
session.
The President, Mrs. Cleveland and
the children are now buck at home in
the White House. The President has
entirely recoved from his long and
troublesome attack of rheumatism and
is now apparently in perfect health.
He is reported to have SAID in reply to
a question that the administration had
done its duty in pointing out to Con-
gress what it believed ought to be
done, and that it now remained for
congress 10 no lltHi VI no 10 them.
leaving the final judgment to the peo-
pie.
The republicans are opposed to the
bill making all ships free, but they ale
willing to support a bill allowing a
single foreign built ship al American
register as often as parties having
sufficient ''pull' ask for it. This week
the Senate passed one of that nature.
The democratic idea is to extend the
DriYileoeS of receiving an American