The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1894-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular CoTrespondehf.)
NAsH:NGToN. May 18th, 1894.

1t puOllc received ftS HIST hHOHi-
edge this week. that in addition to
othe. more or less d~isreputab,e meth
DDS of defeating tariff legislation. at
tempts had been made to bride Sena-
tors TO vote against the tariff bill. but
the democratic managers of the tariff
bill have known for sometime that an
attempt had been made by ii lobbyist
named ButIZ, once !: carpet-bag re-
publican member of the House from
South Carolina. to bride Senators Hun
toa, of Virginia, and Kyle. of South
Dakota, to vote against the bill.
Buttz claimed to represent a wealthy
syndicate which was prepared to spend
81, 900. 900 to defeat the tariff bill. He
went to the house of Senator Hunton,
and told IA son of that gentleman that
his father could have S25 900 if he
would agree to Vote against the bill.
Senator Hunton at ence informed half
q dozen democratic Senators. Buttz
had the audacity to breach the subject
to Mr.. Kyle i'll person. That gentle
mau referred him to his private secre-
tar, after instructirg that functionary
to haze il witness II their %cOnversa-
ton. and in the presence of Il witness
Butt offered Il give Mr.. Kyle 1000
to vote against the bill. Mr.. Kyle at
once placed these facts in til hands of
the democratic Senators and express
ed his willingness 10 aid i'll bringing
this would be bsiber to Justice. 1t has
not Yet been decided what. if any, ac-
ton will be taken by the Senate, but
there is little doubt that these attempts
will hasten the passage of the tariff
bill.
Secretary Hoke Smith has added to
his popularity with Georgians by the
help he has gwen the delegation from
Atlanta, here this week to work up
Congressional interest in the Interna-
tionai Exposition to be held at Allan
ia il the fall of 1895. They do not
want a government appropriation for
the exposition, but Only ask that Con-
gress recognize it to the extent of gu
thorizing a government exhibit IN a
building to be erected by the govern
ment. This recognition is necessary
if foreign governments are to be rep
resented at the exhibition. Speaker
Crisp and the entire Georgia delega-
ton in Congress are working like bea-
vers to secure what is wanted, and the
Speaker, before going home to attend
his mother-in-law funeral, placed his
room at the Capitol at the disposal of
the visitors and it is being used as
their headquarters.
1t is nov cas- to understand why ,
this government took such strong
grounds in favor of the government of
Brazii and against the insurgents. al
though it was only this week that it
became so. From information that
has leaked out through gossip in dip
loniatic circles there IS little doubt
that the stand taken and maintained
by President Cleveland during the
Brazilian contest was the only thing
that prevented the carrying out OF the
plot instigated and backed by the gov-
ernment of Great Britain, for the over
throw of the Brazilian republic and
the setting up of monarchy that
would have been dominated bv Great
Britain. President Cleveland and
Secretary Gresham were conversant
with the plot from its beginning and
were determined to thwa.t it. The
failure of that plot is believed to have
been at the bottom of the dilat0riEess
of the British government in making
arrangements to carry out the Behting
Sea admiration. The BrItishers were
mad at Uncle Sam for spelling their
little grab game.
Representative Hatch, of Missouri.
IS no longer a young man, having
passed his sixtIeth milestone last Sep
tember, but his courage is just as
young AS it yer was, aud when ac
cused by Representative Hopkins, of
Illinois, OF trying to juggle an increase
of salary for a friend into the Agricul-
tural appropriation BILL, which is in
his charge, he said, shaking his fist
significantly at Hopkins ''If the gen.
tleman from Illinois means that word
in its ordinary English Significance, |
want to tell him that if he should use
it to me outside of this chamber, |
would ram it down his throat
Retrenciment in government ex-
penditures has been the watchword of
the democrats who have made the reg
ular appropriation bills for this Con-
gress. and the legislative Executive
Judicial appropriation bill, completed
by the House committee on appropria-
lions this week, shows how we'll they
have worked up to the watchword.
This is the bill that carries salaries of
all officials, and 55S fewer of them are
provided for than were in the bill for
the current fiscal year. 1t also carries
$766, 1919 less than this years appro-
priation, a very substantial reduction
when everything is taken Ito consid-
Grafton.
"DistaLce lends enchantment to ti,e