The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From u regular Correspondent

From our regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31st. 1894.
Senator Faulkner. Of West Virginia.
chairman of the democratic Congress
sional campaign committee, who is al
most constantly at the committee
headquarters, smiles significantly ev-
cry time his attention is called to q
new version of the dlssention which
the republican newspaper c%orrespon-
dents profess to have discovered in
the committee. He says that those
for whose benefit the committee exists
have the best of reasons for knowing
that there is no dissention, and that
it will be beneficial rather than other.
wise to the democratic party if those
correspondents ear convince the re-
publican managers that the committee
10 not in a condition to render effective
service to the democratic candidates
As a matter of fact, all Of these dissen-
ton fairy tales are based upon a mis-.
apprehension of the duties of the CON-
mittee. With the exception Of the
campaign Text Book, which is prepar-
ed by the committee, and which is not
for general distribution but for speak
ers and editors, the committee does
not dicide what sort of documents are
to be sent into a Congressional dis
trict. 1t merely sends what is asked
for by the candidate or those autho-
rized to speak for him. So it is simply
impossible that members of the COM.
mittee should dispute over what doc
uments shall be sent out. The COM
mittee ia filling all the orders sent to
it, and will continue to do so. Sena.
tor Faulkner says the information he
is receiving from all over the country
is daily adding to his confidence that
the democrats will retain control OF
the House, and he thinks that the
greater the improvement in business,
now becoming apparent in all sections,
the larger the democratic majority
will be, AZ the only thing that ever
made the issue doubtful was the bust
ness depression and the disposition
of many voters to hold the party in
power responsible for the hard times.
Representative John T. Dunn, Of
New Jersey, has some very strong
ideas on political economy, and they
are thoroughly practical. az is the man.
Speaking of the effect of the republic
. policy upon farmers, he said ''If
there is any class of people under the
sun who ought to vote the democratic
ticket it is the farmers. Since 1860
farm values have decreased fully 40
per cent in the United States, as shown
by the census figures. There isn't a
country place in New Jersey to-day
that is worth over $50 per acre for
farming purposes. l happen to own
the old Doty homestead, on the ont
skirts of Elizabeth, on which the cele-
brated Ben Wade was born. 1t con-
tains eighty four acres, and in 1860
WAS held at $25, 600. l am now ego
tiating to cell it for $500. Land is
the only thing il this country that has
not kept pace with the increase of pop
ulation. Protected industries have
absorbed the increase of value that,
in the absence Of laws favoring a spec
ial class, would have gone to land
owners. As a legitimate consequence
of this beautiful protection doctrine,
Egyptian cotton and Indian grain have
been brought into competition with
the products of vi soil. forcing down
prices of both to the lowest point eve
recorded"
; In order that the matter should be
dealt with by experts, Secretary Car
isle has designated a number Of U. S.
Customs Inspectors and officials of the
Customs Bureau of the Treasury de-
partment, to act as a commission to
draw up the regulations necessary for
the enforcement of the sugar schedule
of the new tariff. This commission
will be under the immediate direction
OF Assistant Secretary Hamlin.
Senator Jones, o fNevada, isn't much
of a pOpulist, not withstanding his sen-
sational letter announcing his aban-
document Of the republican party and
his Intention to act with the pOpulists
in the future ; but he is a firm believer
in the free coinage of silver at a ratio
of Is to l, and a very shrewd politi-
clan ; hence the publication of that
letter. His sole object, in the opinion
OF your correspondent, was to endeav-
or to force the silver question to the
front in the Congressional campaign,
because he hereby hopes to lessen the
number of democrats elected to the
next House. owing to the known diff
f~erences Of opinion in the party on the
subject. l do not hesitate to predict
that upon all political questions Sena-
tor Jones will continue to vote with
the republicans as he has always done.
Mark the prediction. In other words,
the 10Y is a republican trick.
Secretary Carlisle wears a broad
smile these days, in spite of the hard