The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-06-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondence

A. oihi oSitN i'S oN&h -
tie camp OF the jubilant Mcklnleyites
by the positive announcement that
Speaker Reed will not nnder any cir
cnmstarces play secnnd fiddle IN the
Mckinley orchestra. Mr.. Reed is q
thoroughly Disguised man. He thonoht
he had his party IN hand as well as he
has had the republican majority Of the
House, and it hurts him to be knocked
out by the man who has less ability
than any If the prominent candidates
for the nomination ; and makes him
mad to see men who had pledged
their support to him falling over each
other to announce their allegiance to
Mckinley.
= President Cleveland was not sur
prised when Congress passed the Ri
yer and Harbor bill over his veto. nor
has that changed his opinion of the
merits of the bill, and predictions are
freely made that il very small portion
OF the money appropriated by the bill
now ii law. will be paid out by the
present administration. There are
more ways to kill IA dog than hanging
him.
The Butler bill prohibiting the fur
tier Issue of bonds without the con-
sent Of Congress was passed by the
Senate. the vote being 80 to %. silver
being the dividing line. but was
quickly shelved by tle5 House. which
voted to lay it OF the table. after it
had been adversely ted from the
Ways and Means committee.
Unless the difficulty of keeping a
quorum present in the House, which is
becnming greater every day, shall de
lay the transaction of business, Con-
g,-,s will adjourn by the middle Of
mex week, probably a little earlier.
Eat there are several members of the
House who stop everything by raising
The poi,l of "no quorum" every time
they get the opportunity. There is
no expe% citation Of doing anything else
than to finish up the regular appropri-
alton bills.
Ex,Gev. Campbell, of Ohio. who is
considered by many to stand a good
show for the democratic nomination,
is in Washington. He doesn't believe
there will be Il split in the party at
the Chicago convention. Speaking
about 1t he said 81 feel quite certain
that when the democrats meet in the
National convention at Chicago thew
will exercise good enough wisdom and
moderation to frame IA platform liberal
enough and broad enough for all
members of the party to stand upon.
| believe that conservatism and good
sense will prevail, and that ditferen-
ees Of opinion will be snbordinated to
patty welfare. The silver men y
pear TO be in the majority and will
Goubtless exercise the rights always
accorded a majority. but that is 40
reason for imagining that the party
will split into fragments. as has been
so che%erfnlly predicted by a good
many people who don't in the least
what they are talking about.
The democratic party has survived
too many ordeals to dread shipwreck
and it will continue to exist
and to win victories as it has been
doing from the beginning"
1t would be amusing. if it were not
such Il really serious matter, tn see
the care with which the republicans
in Congress are guarding their talk in
affairs. Such men as Senators
Sherman and Chandler, who were
nothing but ripsnorting jingo-
Isna a few weeks are bow as mum as
Quakers on the subject. The reason
8 that somehow OF other the republi-
have become convinced that
Cleveland is getting ready
10 beat Congress at IFS own game, hy
III early recognition of the outright
independence of Cuba. Whether the
has any such intention is a
natter about which those who coull
speak by authority will not talk. Tt
$ probable that the republican scare
grew out of President Cleveland saw
ng to Senator Sherman and two Other
members OF the Committee on For
.ign Relations, who called at the
House to discuss Cuban affairs.
hat he thought recognition of the
Independence of Cuba was preferable
o recognizing the Cubans as bellioer-
'nts.
1t is now openly conceded even by
'uch study opponents Of sileer as
Secretaries Smith and Norton that a
aree majority of the delegates to the
'hicaso convention will be silver men
,ut there is much less talk Of a bolt
y the opponents of silver than there
vas wien the control of the conyen
ION was in doubt. In fact. a number
# the strongest advocates Of the gold
IN Congress have VOLUNTARILY
taxed to silver democrats their inten-
70 support loyalty the ticket and
of the Chicago convention.
30 tar the democrats in Congress are
very little talking about any,
'articnlar candidate Cor President.
nd While most OF them have 4 nerso