The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-02-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WARRINGTON. Feb. It'll 1896

laying aside their financial differences,
and working together for the purpose
of killing the House tariff bill and,
whether they succeed or not. they
have already hadlv frightened the re-
pnbliesns. They have succeeded.
aided by the vote OF Senator Jones
of Nevada. in getting a free coinage
substitute for the House tariff bill re-
ported from the Finance committee,
and that is the weapon they intend to
use to thump the life nut If the tariff
bill. Tnon 4 direct vote Of the Senate
it would require the combined vote
of all the democrats and popnlists to
maize a majority of one over the A
republicans, who are, apparently uni
ted in defense of the tarit~hill. and it
IL doubtful if the votes cf all the pop
nIists can be had against the tariff bill.
But there are other ways Of accom-
plishing legislative ends besides direct
votes. and the democratic side Of the
Senate is especially strong iii skilled
parliamentarians.
To say that President Cleveland
and Secretary Carlisle were pleased to
know that the proposed issne of bonds
was oversubscribed to the extent of
abnut $40O. 900, 900 is il very mild way
Of stating how those gentlemen felt
when the bids had all been opened
and tabulated. OF course they as well
as everybody else realize that this
boni issuing business is thoroughly
bad. but 50 long as republican laws
makes it necessary to do so. it is nat
urally gratifying to all members Of the
administration to know that 50 many
people are ready and willing to invest
their money in them. 1t indicates a
faith in national finances that cannot
but have a good effect IN business
circles throughout the country.
The selection of Hon. Edwin F. Uhl,
now Assistant Secretary of State, to
be Ambassador to Germany. appears
to have given general satisfaction to
democrats III Congress. Mr.. Uhl has
made u splendid record in the State
Department.
Publicly the republicans all pretend
to believe that MIR. Harrison's letter
entirely removes him from the contest
for the republican Presidential nOmi-
nation. This is especially true of the
supporters Of other candidates, who
are rather over doing the thing in
their anxiety to convince the Harrison
people that their man is ont for good
and all. But privately nine republi-
cans out OF ten will admit that they
consider the letter absolutely meaning
less and that it leaves Mr.. Harrison
just where lie was before it was writ
ten Weeks ago it was given out BY
Mr.. Harrison's friends that his name
would not be formally presented to
the convention by the Indiana dele
CATION, bnt might be sprung upon the
convention if there was anything like
IL deadlock. in the interest of party
Mr.. Harrison's letter con-
films the first part of that statement,
anu says nothing else. In short, Mr..
Harlsison's letter is thought to mean
merely that he declines to enter the
general scramble. when the chances
would be against his winning but lie
is just as willing to be the candidate
as ever.
he fight made on the appropria-
ton for the Catholic charitable in
stituti"ns in Washington, in the
House this week, may not have been
of itself a thing of national importance
but it will be heard from inas,nuch as
it brought out the fact that many re-.
publican members of the House were,
claiming to be fighting secta-
IN reality merely acting as
agent for the A. P. A. They got so
mixed up that they defeated the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation bill ;
the first time such a thing eve hap
pened in the House. The vote was
afterwards reconsidered and tie bill
sent back to committee.
Col. William r. Morrison brands as
.abrications those stories sent out
rom Chicago, as to what he intended
% do to control the financial opinions
Dfthe Illinois delegation to the Ma
,iOnal Convention. He said IL have
read the dispatches from Chicago, and
will say in reply that | have sent no
messages to the democracy Of Illinois
by anyone whomsoever. This answers
Ill the assertions and is as good as a
whole column of denial"
Elk Congressman Hendricks, of n.
L., who was in Washington this week,
said when asked what he thought Of
he condition of the democratic party:
oh, democracy is all right that is to
it's cardinal principles are correct
md sure to endure. The root of the
rec is live and healthy, but some
xcrescences have developed in the
that need looping off. I have no
ioubt that the party will get back in
he old conservative channels in the
curse OF time"
The House will, Of course, sustain
he report of the Ways and Means