The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-12-05

our REGULAR Correspondent:)
Vi ASll:seros. Nov. 90, 1896.

" Asll.NGTON. Nov. 2Os 1897. n
:. There is at least one republican
Senator who thinks that the Mckinley
administration will have to borrow
money very eaMly in its career, vnot-
withstanding the assertions of the pat
ty stump speakers and editors during
the campaign that it wonla eve snn-
der any circumstances, do such a thing.
Senator CIsai,a!er not only thinks that
the Mckinley administration will have
to borrow rneney, but he has prepared
a plan for it 10 do 50. and it is SUPP
posed that he will put it in tie form
of Il bill, Which lie will. introduce in
Congress. His plan is In silort TO au
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury
to borrow as inch nioney a. may be
needed to make mp the difference be-
tween the government receipts and
expenditures SO long as their is i de-
felt, The ioaus to be made payable III.
q short period. Mr.. Chandler seems
so agree with the statements made on
the stump by silver men, that the
election OF Mckinley would mean
among other things a further increase
in the National debt by the Govern
ment borrowing more money. but
other republicans will favor exhaust
ing all other methods o. trying TO pull
through before resurtiig to another
loan III any shape.
Even if there was a republican ma
jority in the Senate, they could not
accomplish any tariff legislation at
this session Of Congress, unless some
way could he devised Of reconciliDg
the wide difference of opinion ameng
them as to what ought to be dple.
There is some talk OF an attempt 10
add To the government revenues hy
internal revenue legislation, and the
Project of adding 81, = barrel 10 the
AK IN beer, which cal.1e so near be-
ing Incorporated in the Wilson tariff
bill by the democratic Ways and
Means committee OF the last House, has
been revived and may be recommends
ed in President Cieveland's annual
message. The influence of the brew
ers killed it when IL was proposed le-
for~,sand now IN addition To that IL
wiIIhave Il contend with the appoai-
ton of the high tariff republicans who
want to leave the whOles<re venue
question just where it il IN order 70
haye~an excuse for an extra session OF
Congress.
The vacant seat on the bench Of the
Court of Claims which gossip iIad aa-
signed to one of the members Of Presi-
dent Cleveland's cabinet went to A.
sistant Attorney General Howry,
whose official duties made him thor
Oughly familiar with the business Of
this court. Judge Howry's legal at
tainments are high and there is no
personal objections to him, but if the
idea advocated BY considerable num-
Der of silver men, nf hanging up NIL Of
Mr.. Oeyeland's nominations inthe
be carried out, his nomination I
will fail with all the rest.
Whatever may be ones individual
opinions, it is clearly apparent that
the action of. prominent gnld demo.
Gratis, in trying to get the administra-
ton 10 remove deiAOcratic officials in
a numbe, of states because they sup
ported Bryan, is not calculated to
wipe out the existing bitterness be-
tween the regular democrats aud the
boilers. In the Post Office depart
ment alone attacks are being made
by the boilers upon more than fifty
Presidential nOstmasters. 1t is not
likely that any considerable number
OF these, or any other officials the
nomiDation of whose successors has
be confirmed by the Senate, will be
removed, because whatever may be
the result Ot the prHp0siisOn to take
no action upon any nominations, it is
that the Senate as at present
constituted will not confirm the nom
of any gold den ocrat for a
position from which a man was re-
for no other eason than thati
he followed his convictions and sup
ported silver. That knowledge will
probably prevent action by the adj
ministration on the complaints OF the
gold democrats.
The four democratic Senators who
the nomination Of Bryan Pal
mer, of Ill.,; Villas, Of Wis; Gray, of
Del, and Gallery, Of La.,-will not be
to the caucus of democratic
Senators which will be held as
as Congress meets, for the pnr-
pose of deciding upon a line Of party
policy during the session. In addi-
ton I q the party caucus there will be
a silver caucus, attended by the pop
ulisis, the silver republicans and tie
democrats, aud it is expected that an
will be reached under
which tI,r silver Senators will act to-
gea,er in all matters. concerning
tinaac-. While itisnot thought that
the hitting gold delpocratic Senators /.
will caucus with the republicans it is