The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Mar. 9th, 1896.

of the republicans to iegislate IS ON
tanned in Senator Platt's resolution
providing for the aa tournament Of Con-
gress on May ?. and Mr.. Platt clinch-s
the confession by saying Of his res"lu-
ton at is perfectly clear thar tleie
will be no important legislation this
= session except The appropriation bills,
aud | see no reason for remaining here
merely for the purpose Of introducing
aud talking upon agitating resolutions,
and am persuaded that the country
would be better satisfied to have us at
home than to have MS here" If that
isn't humiliatirg, coming from Il party
which controls both branches Of Con-
gees and wi Icii matte such wonderful
promises of what it was going to ac-
colnplisl III Il legislative way when il
again got control, pray what would
You call itR
The Reed and Mckinley republicans
are how at daggers points, SO 10 speak,
anG they are growing more bitter
towards each other every day. Each
SIDE is charging the other with being
guilty ofall sorts of diSgracefui tactics.
The Mckinley men are charged with
frying the fat ont of the manufacturers
i'll orfer to buy delegates, and the
Reed men are charged with every
species Of Implicitly III connection with
the favOrite son scheme, the latest
being that they originated the story
OF Il combine to nominate Harrison SO
as to prevent tho Indiana delegates
committing themselves to Mckinley.
The average democrat regards it
merely as another case OF che pot call
Ing the kettle black. and feels like
shouting ego it Mac - ''go 1t Tom -
and enjoying the fight AL the way
through without caring a continental
how it erds.
Boutelle, of Me. had another attack
OF c%ontrariness this week which. re-
suited in a considerable exposure of
ears as he stood up and trayed
against the purely sentimental bill for
the repeal of the law prohibiting Con-
federate officers who held commissions
IN the u. 5. Army previous to the war
being commissioned again therein.
Every body admitted that the bill,
which unanimously passed the Senate
Christmas eve, was merely an evidence
of cnidlality TOWARDS tie ex-Confed-
crates, and that there is not even a
probability that any ex-Confederate
will thereby become an officer in the
L. ). Army, except III the very i'm
probable event Of an early foreign
war. But Boutelle would NOT see il
that way. He ranted against it for
the greater part of one session Of the
House, and finally cast the only vote |
that was recorded against the bill in
either branch of Congress-. Bontelle's
constituents must be different from
other men if they ale not heartily
ashamed of him and his antics. J
Although there is little expectation
thai the bill will be acted upon at this
session. even if reported, Il joint sub-
cen Inlttee composed of three members
at the louise and three of the Senate
Pacific Railroads Committee has been
stlteted to see it it is possible for
both committee to agree upon one bill
dealing with the Indebtedness of the
Pacific Railroads to the government.
1t looks like the Cuban business
Is ended so far as Congress is concern.
ed. But TO many who did not catch
the DRIFT when the Senate sent the
Cuban resolutions back to conference
things did not look promising. Bur
they soon saw that the conference had
only to agree to the original Senate
resolutions aud the House to do like
wise to end the affair.
The equestrian statue of Gen. w. S.
Hancock, which is to be erected in
Washington, has arrived and will be
IN position inside OF two or three
The unwilling of the statue
IS to be made the occasion of a big /,
celebration, military and civic
lnder patlonal auspices. Art critics
say the statue will be the best Of its
Slnd at the National Capital. The
tor the formal unwilling has not
definitely set, brit it will be on,
about May LIST. Gen. Hancock had
many enthusiastic admirers and they
VIII all be glad of an opportunity to Il
lonor his memory |
Tie National advisory board of the :
A. t. A. held IA secret meeting here
ms week, 1T Is said to agree as to
which OF the republican candidates
or President should receive the sun i
port of the organization. 4
zen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, e. s..
retired who has been in CHARGE of
ne Congressional Library building
':nce it was begun, died very suddenly
wednesday afternoon. Gen. Casey
vas the engineer in charge of the cree
ion OF the Statef War and Navy De-
,artment Building, and of the WASH
ngton Monument.
Senator Davis, Of Mimi, is one Of :
he most ~dissusted men in Congress.
)f course he didn't expect to get the
,. eSitlnutinl nomination. Al.ut l. LII