The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-09-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.)


From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. SEPT. IL, 1896.
Bryan enthusiasm las been on tap
10 Washington this week. The Ar
kansas election sta ted the ball by
putting all the dom Gratis in a jubilant
humor, and the re IS which had been
coming to Bryan '~.eadquarters had all
been of a pleasir { nature to his sup
porters. The local democrats are
fairly bubbi.,: over in their en-
thusiasm while engaged in making
preparations for the big meeting they
are 20 hold on the 18th inst . and
which is to be addressed by Mr.. Bryan.
Unless present anticipations fail to be
realized it will be the biggest politi-
cal meeting ever held in Washington.
"Put up or shut up is the gamblers
argument but there are times when it
is the most convincing that can possi-
bly, be advanced. Representative
Mercer, secretary Of the republican
Congressional .nmittee is from Ne
braska and he j., er tries of claiming
that State fol n Kinley. This week
Mr.. C. H. Pirtl & populist headquar
tiers, who is ais o ftom Nebraska, sent
Mercerword that e had $500 to wager
tt.at Bryan would carry Nebraska.
Mi. Mercer d.O not accept the wager.
Senator Faulkner said of the silver
victory in Arkansas: ''If it has any
significance, it is not that the battle is
Wet, for the democratic nominees, but
is evidencing the fact that in one of
the greatest Agricultural states Of the
Union the candidates nominated and
the principles announced at Chicago
meet the approval and command the
support of the great agricultural aud
laboring classes SO strongly represent
ed in that State. 1t appears further
that the great amount Of campaign
literature sent into Arkansas by the
republican organization had no other
.ii+c, than to stimulate To stronger eff
erts those who are DOW realizing that
he great producing classes Of the
country must have relief from c%ontin-
sally falling prices, resulting from the
gold standard.
Representative Bankhead, of Ala,
says his state will give Bryan Is, 200
majority regardless of any thing the
populists mny do. and that if the pop
ulists vote with the democrats it will
go much higher.
Deputy Commissioner of Pensions.
Bell, was a very mad man when he
found out that it had been telegraphed
out of Washington that he was a re-
cent convert to free silver and that
his conversion was the result of his
having become offended because |
President Cleveland had not promoted
him. He said Indignantly "There is
not a particle Of truth in this story. L
am not q recent convert to free silver, |
but have been advocating it openly |
and above-board, as everybody knows
fill sympathy with my party in Illi-
nois at the time of the silver conven-
ton in that state yer a year ago. |
l have never been an appli- |
cant for any promotion in the PEN
sion Bureau since l secured my pres
ent position. nor have I expected any
promotion. l am now and have been |,
for the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the ratio Of Is
to ], without awaiting the action of
any other country, for the reason that
/ believe it to he economically. sclen-
titica'ly. historically and legally right
an.s for the best interests Of the great
majority Of he people of this country.
l ain for the free coinage Of silver, and
for the election of Bryan, because /
believe that the best interests of the
country would be snbserved by his
election, and the restoration of silver
. the position it occupied as primary
money in this country prior to 1872"
Mr.. James L. Norris, assistant
of the Democratic National
and president Of the Jack
Son Democratic Association Of WASH
made a fiery speech before
the latter organization this week, in
he said /: eff the candidates
named by the true and only demo-
cratic party at Chicago are to be
We must waste no time in the
states that opposed the wal Of 1912.
There was the peace faction then, as
there is the gold faction now there
was legalized state smuggling then
the nation, rs there is the
syndicate despoiiing the Fed
eral treasury now they had Quincys
who declared for Separation Of
the states, 'amicably If we can, and
violently if we must they had a
party then, al we have a Nor
gan Rotelschilds syndicate now, to
destrny the credit of the nation that
may accrue to the syndicate
The pulpit then Numbered against the
war, as it thundeis aginst genuine
to-day"
No utterance during the campaign
has ben more pleasing to the friends