The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-03-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondents

k5CIiIlolS " HIoiiololtLC tuC idIN Vii
Cuban affairs. and they have certainly
done a lot of it that was entirely I'M
necessary. this week. inasmuch as the
acceptance of the report OF tie COM
mittee on Foreign Relations III favor
OF the Senate accepting the House res
elntlons as a substitute Tor its own
resolutions was Il %foreaoue conclusion
from the first. And talking wasn't the
only unnecessary thing the Senate did
this week. While the report Of its
committee was pending it adopted a
resolution calling on the President for
al the information III his posse ion
concerning the present state IF atIalIs
III Cuba. Gui1an affairs Nele fully
discussed at the last cabinet meeting
and there bfe lut4ors ct the President
having sent a trusted agent co Gaaa to
find eat just how things are ani q lis
Intention to send Il message 10 Con
eaess on the subject, but neither tle
President nor any member OF lis cali-
net will talk about it.at least rot for
4 publication. one thing can he set
town rs certain. Congress hos hetH
stampeded, bn. tie administration will
rot be. Mr.. Cleveland wants to know
he Is tight before he takes action that
cannot be recalled, and which mas
cost the Z, 5. thousands Of lives and
millions Of dollars.
The report o. the majority Of tile
Senate Election Committee. written
by Chandler, of \. H.. III favor OF the
resolution for investigating the cleo
ton Of the Alabama legislature that
elected Senate! Morgan exposes a re-
publican plot to get IA majority Ill the
Senate by unfair means. Their pur-
pose is TO use the popuiists to help
them pass this resolution. Then to
have the investigations committee re-
1olt ii favor O. uilseating Senator
Morgan. Wien the porulists are again
expected 10 Join them III voting for
tie adoption OF that report,
The republicans i'll tie House hope
to get some campaign thunder ont Of
the bearings which have been arranged
b.y IL subcommittee of the House com-
1nitfee Oh Ways and Means for next
week. These hearings are announced
To he fol the purpose OF asceitaining
whether the reciprocity treaties and
arrangements made by the late Nh.
Blaine during the last republican adj
ialniStratlon were OF sufficient benefit
20 this country to AXE their renewal |
advisable, and what tariff and customs
regulations in foreign Countries are |
detrimental to ap increase ID our for
eigu business. As to the reciprocity |
Treaties. the democratic Congress |
which repealed them asceftaineG by
thorough investigation that this conn-
Try received no benefit at all from tile
most of them and from the others so
little that the whole business was
thrown overheard. Unless | miss my
guess these hearings will be followed
by the same rose colored newspaper
fairy stories about reciprocity which
were so plentiful when Mr.. Blaine was
working on the scheme. |
Senators Morgan and Chandler
made a very good imitation Of a mon
Key ont of Senator Hoar during the
somewhat acid debate which followed
S,natcc Hale,s rather remarkable |
proceeding of having read a statement
made by the Spanish minister, which
accused three Senators by name with
having made untrue statements du-
ring the argument on the Cuban resn-
%intions. Senator Hoar put in his oar
ty Offering a resolution to postpone
cors deration OF the report of the
Felelgn Relations committee until
April 9th, and aggravated the matter
~ some sneering remarks at the ex-
pehse ct that committee tor having
agreed TO a resolution that was bind
Ing upon nobody. Just when lie was
talking abont tie injustice Of our
meddling with the affairs of Spain
and Cnba. Senator Morgan quietly
upset the old gentleman by asking
"W here did you get the information
Oh which to sustain your earnest action
regarding Armenia ~ After Mr.. Hnar
had tried to reconcile his late position
towards the ArmeHians with his pres
eit position towards the Cubans. to
the great amusement of the Senate
aid crowded galleries., Senator Chan.
dlei read a telegram which Senator
iiaar sent to the President, offering
Ills support by speeci and vote for the
most vigorous measures against the
1Hiks. even to treating them as ri
rates and enemies of the human race
and turning to Mr.. Hoar, he said: Il
suppose you intended to add. provided
is done until after April
9Th
The anti-option bill of Col. Hatch
has been killed SO often
and which passed the House in the
last Congress and came near enough
to being passed by the Senate to bad
~ brighten its opponents. is about
% be killed one more. The House
on Agriculture has agreed !,
"a fahla Ito hill