The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-11-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from oar regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8, 1896.

NA1hs - 80
Just won the greatest diplomatic vic
tory in the history Of our country.
The negotiations, new completed, of
the treaty providing for the snbmis-
sion to arbitration of the Venezuela
boundary dispute involve a full rec
ignition of the Monroe doctrine by
Great Britain, and consequently by
the rest Of tie world, and complies
with every demand made by this
government. The extent of this di-
plomafic victory may be campre-
leuded best rs remembering that
Venezuela has been trying to get
Great Britain to ailhtrate the dispute
for more then fifty Years, and o
the other party to the arbitration is
not to be Venezuela but the United
States. Members Of the diplomatic
corps say the credit for the victory is
mofe largely due 10 Secretary Olney
than to President Cleveland. No
matter to whom credit is due, it is a
matter for every patriotic American to
rejoice over. Beginning with Monroe
every President Of tile United States
has asserted the right of this country
to interfere TO prevent the forcible
acquisition OF territory on this con-
tintht by a foreign power, but never
until now has that right been recog-
nized by a European nation.
The republican circus promises 10
open with the reassemhiing OF Con-
gress. instead Of waiting for the in
auguration of Mckinley, and the per-
Torrance is likely to be continuous,
and tro.l the lumber Of clowns
who will appear il ought to be up
ro%aliously funny The fun may
not nateriailze, hut the uproar can be
coented upon 10 q dead certainty.
Elk Secretary Hoka Smitl, was in
Washington tins week on legal bust
ness. He said he was out of politics
for the time being and was not Il
candidate for the Senate. because the
voters of his State had decided that
the man elected to succeed Senator
Gordon must be Il silver man.
Senator Morgan evidently thinks
that the interview with Chairman
Dmgley of the House WAYS and Means
committee which was telegraphed all
over the country was given for the
purpose of notifying ths county that
the Dingley tariff bill would not be
passed by the Senate at the coming
session OF Congress, because Of the
opposition of silver Senators. As one
OF the silver Senators, Mr.. Morgan,
said: "If the Dineley tariff bill, 50
called, doesn't pass the Senate this
winter it will be the fault of the re-
p%ublicans. | have no hesitation in
saying | will not oppose il, although |
would not say that | will vote for it.
The Dingley bill. or the Reed bill,
whatever you may choose to call it, is
saly n makesiiift and the mannfactnr-
ers OF the east DO not really want IL.
l do not expect to see it pass. 1t
seems to me very likely that this will
be a case Of the engineer hoist by
his " petard. The matter of tariff
legislation at the coming session de-
ponds very much upon whether the
republicans really desire to pass the
Dingley bill. / have had no talk at
any time with any Senators regarding
their probable attitude toward the
measure in the event of its being
brought before the Senate this winter,
but so far as ! am personally Eel
ed they may have their way with il.
1 would like TO see it presented to Mr..
Cleveland. He might feel sufficiently
grateful to Mr.. Mckinley for praising
and unfolding his financial policy to
forgive the sever reproof which the
republican party administered to him
at the St. Louis convention, and to aid
the repubi eans now in getting through
their two-year Dingley bill. | am
afraid the republicans will have to offer
a great many apologies to the west FOR
their failure to pass such a measure,
and do not propose thai any Of them
shall he charged to me-
The president Of the Lakeland Dem
Club, Which did effective work
III the campaign Just closed, and which
Is to continue its organization, gives
his idea OF the situation thusly: IF
Maj. Mckinley succeeds in restoring
good times permanently, and demon
that his theory is correct. of
course, We will have no fight. We
will be benefited and glad to ack-
nowledge it; but it is our belief that
Maj. Mckinley cannot overcome i'm
.utable natural laws. His proposed
policy offers no encouragement. Bus
mess cannot revive unless more money |
is put IN circulation. The retiremeul
Of the g~reenbacks will not do this.
Therefore, We are organizing now to
Way fnftiler encroachnseht on popular
and the campaign Of patriotic
education will go Oh, aud four years
hence We will wave the victorious
banner"
There is just one thing remarked
4 republican Senator, (which, to my
mind, makes it certain that neither
TX President Harrison nor Speaker