The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-01-12
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular COrrespOndent.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4th, 1895.

President Cleveland has not fully
decided 20 send a special message to
Congress urging the necessity for f.
nancial legislation at this session, but
he has had the subject under consid-
Grafton and will gladly send in a spec
iaI message if he thinks it will aid the
cause of currency reform. As there
are a nj mber of democratic members
of the House who have not yet return
ed to Washington, it is probable that
the decision as to the proposed demo-
cratic cancus on the Carlisle currency
reform bill will 60 over to next week,
general debate on the bill continuing
meanwhile in the House.
The idea of the democratic leaders
IN the House is 10 try to meet all rea-
sonable objections to the Carlisle bill
by amendments and then to put the
bill through the House by a majority
Sc large hat the Senate will be COM
PEELED by public opinion to act upon
the measure. They wish TO get the
fullest possible attendance at the eau
ems and to have every objection to the
bill frankly stated. There is no de-
sire to muyzle anybody, or to ask
anyone to vote for the bill who cannot
be convinced that it is at least. a step
towards relief.
Notwithstanding all the wild talk
abont democratic opposition to the
Carlisle bill, yonr correspondent I'M
hesitatingly predicts that when the
hill is put upon its fi.al passage in the
House there vii! not he % democratic
votes recorded against it. But the
bill may be considerably changed by
amendments before it is voted upon.
Whatever is done with it, it shonld in
the end be passed (even if 1t did not
deserve to be on its merits), "a a vote
of confidence by a democratic Congress
in a democratic administration.
President Cleveland AMI Secretary
Smith have u right to feel proud Of a
compliment paid them by Capt. P. H.
Ray, U. S. A., who is at present in
Washington. Capt. Ray has done du-
ty among the Indians for thirty years
and who is at the present time in
charge of the Shoshone and Arappa.
hee Indian agency in Wyoming, said
during q conversation in which he
expressed the unqualified belief that
the Indian could he made a self-snp-
porting and self-Iespecting citizen
''During all nv experience in the West
i have never known an administration
that has dealt with the Indians in as
clear and conscientious a way as the
present. The Secretary of the Inte-
rior has, without any partisan bias.
done in every instance his best to pro-
mote the interest Of the tribes and the
government. aud from mv own obser-
walton | think that he has thus far
been very successful"
Representative Brickner. of WiscOn-
sin. is a n~ever-say-die sort of q demo-
crat. He says "WiSconsin has two
democratic Senators now, and it is by
no means certain that she will have
any less two years from now. 1t is
r that about one half Of the present
Senate will hold over and that n ma
.lority of them are republicans. but if
the democrats in Wisconsin pull
themselves together and start out
with II e organization / see no rea-
son why W should not elect a demo- ,
cratic legislature 10 1896" Speaking
of the outlook for legislation by this
Congress MI. Brickner SAID !: "The
democrats can pass a financial hill
unless the republicans in the Senate
interpose dilatory tactics and prevent
action. If NOTHING is done in the SEN
ate the responsibility will rest with
the republicans. and then if an extra
session is the result. the countr will
speedily understand who is to blame.
The pathway ahead for the republi-
cans is by no means free from tLorns.'
Secretary Carlisle very properly de-
clines to discuss the absurd story that
Mr.. J. P'erpont Morgan had been sent
to President Cleveland by Il syndicate
OF bankers to ask that the Secretary
of the Treasury be removed. A more
story was never started
npon' its rounds. 1t is altogether
probable that any nan who presented
a request of that sort to President
would be. as he would de-
serve to be, kicked out Of the execu-
tive office. Such Il request wonld be
an assumption that the finances of the
must be administered to
suit the bankers, regardless of every
else, and snch an assumption
he a personal insult to the
of the United States.
Treasury officials now only await
he appropriation to start the machin-
Fry for the collection of the income
AK, and there is no doubt of the final
passage Of the bill containing that APP
,roprlation by the Senate-it has
passed the Uouse-bnt it will
70 delayed by some republican bun
omhe speeches against the tax.