The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-03-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Mar. LIST. 1855.


Vice President Stevenson is as mild
mannerrd u gentleman IA ever pieS,d-
I'd over the |. :. Seitate. bat he thl>
week demonstrated 20 the Se.ate as
well as the public that there i>a vide
gulf between mildues~ ana weakness.
When the aSri ptnutt. Uhitl, has been
u marked feature in lie Senate al the
week. cnlnint'ea IN the greatest III
oar ever remembered 10 l1aY# bees
seen GA th, hanraf The Senate. hfoneiat
On by the attempt 80 prevent tfe Cor
man anrendment. authorizing tie See
1etaly ~ 9te rteaSt.tY ta#is~Ee3 per
cent loan certificates whcneyer. re;,ty
morey as re, a.". hrine laii before
The Sttatc he proved himself eanal to
tie oes+ sion. hy ordering the Sergeant
alarms Is ~iaStar. order. althaa2il lie
lasst layr seen Iram# ire t3fes.at tie
older Senators tilat In was tvlHailng
upon Tradition and Gisuift BY ~ ,i@isa
H. even went further. AY#ltfe<iHe -
allow business - t8e 'essfnp5 eatil
perfect Order Vas restored. af#l ten
t. ada force to tie etiscs lassau III
GOO! manners, that ha- tss 458a3-= 20
nnrjiy Senators. Ne directed the Ser
eeaut at arms to insist u,salf ot5ee re-
5nn maintained #ud II yfaer 4 ssslzt-
cie:t Number Of assistants Hi5ea tit
floor to enforce tie af3!ps. Fie4 when
Won miaht Iave l.eara arm dsep tie
Vice President ca}&taE said I'm
Senator frnm Maryland will naF pro-
coed Afterwards the German amend
ment was withdrawn 10 prevent tie
Sundr. Civil appropriations till being
talked to death.
1t will not be positively known ua-
til the Fifty tiAifd Congress dies by
limitation, next Ion{as, whether
failure If one OF mere appropriation
bills vii. force the calling Of III early
extra s%ession. There is little tloub3
that the appropriations bills eau be put
through in time by hard work, but
there are several pending amendments
Among them tina. lertaiing all laws
for the issue of bonds-eitiitr IF which
will bring out a Presidentia! veto, if
they are not dropped.
New stories If the reign of Car
Reed over the House are scarce, but
Representative Grain. If Texas. tells
one that is new. at least il Washing
ton. he says the following cotlvelsa
ton occurred in one of the House gal
leries while Mr.. Reed was speaker,
between a precautions boy and his
father who had brought him to the
Capitol to see Congress: Bnv-.Who
are all those men down there, writing
h and reading newspapers 2" Father-
'sThose are the speakers of the House
A Of Representatives, my son Boy
, s.Who is that great big iat man in the
chair under the American flag" Fa-
Representatives.
Senator Brice has tnoD numerically
guyed for attempting IN secure an a,,.
preparation from Congress of SEQ, 600
for experimenting in aerial machines,
but the Senator insists that the wheels
in his head havn'. slipped any cogs.
and further that the government
ought to assist in l~astenin. the era OF
aerial navigation, which is bound to
come sooner or later.
Representative Bailey, of Texas, is
as good IL silver man as Representative
Bryan, Of Nebraska, but he declines to
sign the letter addressed to the public,
which Mr.. Bryan is circulating among
democratic members, and he gives lis
reasons for declining rs follows:
"Blyan's idea leans more to what is
eAptdient aud further trem what Is
democratic than | want to go. 1t is
his desire to pronounce solely for free
silver l6 to ] and step. Not a word of
tariff, nothing OF state banks. No an
nonncement OF any further principles
of government which should guide a