The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. July 9th, 1894

WASHINGTON. July 9TH, 1894.
The small attendance in both House
and Senate shows that lots Of Senators
and Representatives are disposed to
extend their holiday owe the rest Of
the week. For the ten days previous
to the passage of the tariff bill the
Senate certainly had IA hard time with
daily sessions from 10 to 6 o'clock or
later and the thermometer constantly
in touching proximity to ninety do
grees. 1t is not surprising that the
passage of the bill, a few minutes be-
fore the beginning of independence
Day, by a vote of 80 to 81 should have
been followed by an exodus to the
mountains and seashore and that the
wilted Senators should be a little slow
in returning to their duties. Howev-
er, nc time is really being lost on ac-
count of their absence, as the work of
preparing the appropriation bills for
action is going right along in the SEN
ate Appropriation Committee, and the
conferrees Of the part of the Senate on
the tariff bill-Senators Voorhees,,
Harris, Vest, Jones, Sherman, Allison
and Aldrich-will be on hand as soon
as wanted by the conferrees on the part
of the House. No surprises were con-
nected with the final vote on the TAR
1T bill, unless the vote of Senator Hill
against it can be so considered. The
populists divided, Allen and Kyle vo-
ting for the bill, and PETER and Stew
art against it.
Everybody is specializing on what
tho yaSu1t IF thn onpFn,opon - kho L.ll
will be. ana everybody is agreed that
many changes will be made, but there
is no agreement as to the nature ofthe
changes, further than that Trey are
likely to be mostly towards the origi-
nal Wilson bill. Representative Hol-
man says on the subject: 1T is an al
most lnvariable rule that if there is an
overwhelming sentiment in the House
for a particular line of action, it finds
expression and overcomes all delays
and obstacles of parliamentary proce-
dure. | feel certain that in the issue
between the Senate ana House the
latter will carry the day" Mr.. Hol-
man also says that his Congressional
experience has taught him to expect
considerable delay in tariff conferen-
ces between the Senate and the House.
Let impatient folk make a note of that.
Representative Bynum, of Indiana, |
is at the head of the subcommittee of
the Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee that is charged with
compiling a text book to be used by
democratic speakers in the Congress
sional Campaign. The work is pro
crossing, but cannot be completed I'M
til the tariff bill has finally been dis
posed of by Congress-. The choice of
MIR. Bynum to direct this work was a
happy me-. He will be certain to in
clude in the book everything that can
help the stump speaker in his argu-
ments, as he believes that the stump
speaker is away ahead of the literary
bureau as a vote getter, because the
average man will listen to a clever
speech while he will not read PAM
phlets, however cleverly they may be |
prepared.
Representative Springer, chairman
of the House committee on Banking
and Currency. says he considers it ex-
tremely doubtful whether the sub
committee recently instructed to pre- ,
pare and report to the full committee
a currency reform bill, will complete
its work at this session of Congress.
One reason for the delay is that Rep
resentative Culber son, Of Texas. q
member of the subcommittee, has
been detained at home by the serious
illness of Mrs. Culbertson.
The Grand Jury this week indicted
the two newspaper correspondents
who decline to give the Senate inves-
tigating committee the sources of their
information concerning the alleged su.
gar trust scandal, and, like the two
ockbrokers previously indicted, they
gave bail for their appearance when
wanted for trial. The Grand Jury has
yet TO act upon the cases of Havemey-
er and Searles, of the sugar trust, who
were also certified for refusing to an
swer questions. 1t is expected that
the Constltntionality of the law under
which these indictments were found
will be argued some time in August,
and if the law is upheld by the local
court. the case will be appealed to the
.. S. Supreme Court, as 1t is of the ut
most Importance that the question
shoulo oe passed. upon Dy GU highest
court.
Representative Catchings, of Miss,
who is a member of the House Com
mittee on Rules and therefore in a 20.
sition to know, says he does not CON
slider it possible for Congress to ad-
journ as early as the first of August.
but is certain it will do So very short
~ after that date.
President Cleveland is commended
on all sides for the promptness with
which he decided and ordered that