The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-04-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
{ from oar regular Correspondent

1from oar regular Correspondent
- WASHINGTON. Apr, 3ii 1896.
The party flag has been hoisted over
democratic headquarters. in Wash
ineton, and the work Of the campaign
begun. An entire building has been
secured. on Fifteenth Street. just
above Pennsylvania enE Ii will
be occupied as headquarters for the
Democratic Congressional Committee
ard the National Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs, the W. having the
same Secreta,y-Mr. Lave ence Gard
ner. There will also be room in the
building for the National committee,
should it desire to establish in WASH
iaeton either its branch or its princi-
uai headquarters. Senator FaHiaher.
tie chairman of the Congressional
committee. and ali the otier members
ale preparing tn make q very deta..l-
}ned effort to overthrow the present
%.notnous republican majority in the
House, and they are perfectly satisfied
that there is much more than a fight
ing chance for success. A careful
study of the returns of the '94 election
- all the Congressional districts
shows an unusually large number of
districts carried by very small ma
iorities by the republicans, and a com
parison of the votes in the same Gis-
tricts for i92 will show that this re-
suit was brought about in many Of
them simply by democrats remaining
at home. There is very little doubt
that a majority Of the next House will
be democratic. it the full democratic
vote can be got ont. The Congress
sionai committee will make special
Efforts IN that line, in districts, which
ase naturally democratic. The failure
Of the republicans Of the present House
to keep the promises they made on the
stump will, it is expected help the
democrats in all districts where the
class Of voters who never permanently
hold the balance of power. Many Of
that class voted with the republicans
IL "a, who may he induced to vote for
!, democrat this year.
Senator Villas, who was President
Cleyeland's first Postmaster General
is especially we'll qualified 10 speak on
the subject of government mail sub
sides. He made the Senate amend
ment to the Post Office appropriation
bill. giving $4,000 additional com
p%ensation t. the Oceanic Steamship
Company tor carrying the mails from
San Francisco to Hawaii and other
points, the text tor some interesting
remarks, in which he said that the
mail subsidy system, which he oppo-
sed when he was Postmaster General, |
had entirely failed to give Il more ex-
peaitious or better mail service. The
OF the subsidy defended
the amendment on the ground that
it was made necessary by the cnmpel
ting subsidized Canadian line of Fa-
rifie Steamers.
There is rather a nasty row among ,
the republican members of the House
on Public Buildings and
Grounds over the old question of a
site for a Government Printing
Off CT. While no open change has
made, it "a stated by Represen-
.ative White, of ILL.,. that Chairman
Mii.iken had railloaded a bill through
committee which provides for the
purchase of a site at a price twice as
ugh as ii site just as good could be
for. On the other hand
Chairman Milliken intimatcs that Mr..
White is over friendly to those who
lie interested III the much talked
lbont Malone site, which has figured
,ome VIVA. disrepntably in this matter
some years. That much is pub
iclv said. What is privately said is
'a,e to print unless you had indispu-
able legal proof to back it up with.
According to the opinion of Mr..
Ienfy L. Queen. Il prominent Ken
uckian now III Washington. Secretary
will be the democratic can
lGate for President. Mr.. Queen says
f.Mr. Carlisle as a candidate: she
7ould carry Kentucky by at least
5000 majority, and lie would not fail
f success in a single southern state.
o the Eastern and Middle States
emccrats he would be particularly
cceptable. As far as Kentucky is
oncerned, there is an end Of party j
.isensions, and henceforth the Blue ]
democrats will be found work :
ng il harmony, and the electoral
ote of the state will be east for the
nominee, whoever he may
e..
There will be no political reorgani-
alton Of the employees Of the Senate.
his was definitely settled at a con-
efenee OF representatives Of the re-
nhlican and democratic Senators and
as brought abont because the repub-
leans did no want to agree 10 the
enlands made by the ropulists for
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