The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-09-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Cur regaFar. Correspondent
" AsII.NafoN. sapT. 4, 1885

WASHINGTON. saPT. 4, 1885,
The Mckinleyites haven't had much
to ene.i.use over before SO they are
mahin. the NEST Of the Vermont cleo
ton hy yelling themselves lioaisa over
what every intelligent man knows to
have leen a fnregona conclusion.
This isn't Worrying the democrats
even Il little a bit. Senator Faulkner
chairman Of the Democratic Congress
s,onas Committee, says af it: .'We
made no attempt to carry the state.
White the republicans have spent lots
OF money and have exerted every en-
ergy 10 win. am told that i house
to house canvass was made by
prominent re pubiicans.n Senator Har-
ris, of Tenn, one Of the old demo-
cratic war horses, said: III the repnh-
licans can find any comfort III the
Vermont election they ar4 welcome to
1t. They will need q great deal OF
comfort before this campaign IS over.
"secretary Ditfeaaerfer, Of tbs silver
committee, stii /: .sTlic effect Of the
election will he 70 unity the south and
west and middle west. The election
shows That the east 5 making a sec
AN'''t iStts ut a w ~ N!tnb In
thing which could IN e happened
that would have made more silver
Votes. We had no i,ta Of carrying
Vermont. and we haven't any idea Of
carrying Maine. We have not done
anything in either state"
The democratic National Commit
tee has decided to aeeede to the
request of the PENNSYLVANIA miners.
and will send Senator Tlilman OF S. c.
upon q ten days stamping tom of the
coal section. The democrats do not
expect to carry PENNSYLVANIA for Bry-
an, but they have excellent reasons
Tor expecting to give the republicans
come very unpleasant surprises in q
number Of tile Congressional districts
of the State.
Senator Gorran was at Democratic
headquarters this week, and it is ex-
peeted that from now on he will take
an active part il the management
of the campaign. He believes that
BRYAN and seWaIl can De elected.
Every Alabama democrat in Wash
lngton regards DR.. Moseley's recent
Interview about the rosy chances OF
the republicans to carry that State as
notii;ng more nor less than an attempt
Ia get IL part Of Mark Hanna's big
campaign fund, aud one Alabamian
says OF it in view Of this stringen-
ty q. the money market down u
way. the trna blue democracy wonld
be pleased to see pr Masely phil any |
atn"niit from Mr.. Hanna's plethoric
political purse. We rather enjoy tile
fnn, and the money goes into circufa-
tiot. AS to how the state will 90,
Mr.. Percy Clarke, who took an active
pat in the late State Campaign and
VIM Is now in Washington centerring
With members OF the democratic
National Com nittee, says: II say it
with a knowledge Of the conditions |
existing that the straight Bryan and
Seuall ticket INFUSED, will carry
A'ahama by 100000 majority.
Rev. Sam Small, who has Just re- !
turned from a stumping tom Of the
States named, said TO Chairman Faux
ner: NEBRASKA is safe for BRYAN
beyond the shadow Of doubt, His
soGrri is safe, Illinois looked so when
| was there a few days ago, and Ohio,
is doubtful" Mr.. Small was also very
emphatic in saying that .Npbody out
west wants Watson.n He has gone
back to Illinois to take the stump.
The number Of applications from
clubs for membership III the National
Associations of Democratic Clubs has
beensteadiiy increasing, but the record
was this week broken when fifty -three
applications were received III a single
cay.
~
Mark ifanna's convention Of boiling
democrats, which me- at Indianapolis
this week, excited scarcely a ripple Of
Interest at democratic headquarters.
and il is not expected that its ticket
will excite any more interest among
the democratic voters of the county.
IL was Il fake convention from start
IT, finish, and it is doubtful whether a
dozen Of the men who participated in
1t will vote for the ticket they help to
nominate. They intend voting for
Mckinley, but have put up a counter
felt democrats ticket III the hope that
it may catch the votes Of some demo-
Gratis who cannot stomach Mckinley
and who might have voted for Bryan.
thus adding TO Mckinley's chances to
VIII. 1t would really have been more
manly for the convention to have en-
por>ed Mckinley instead OF putting
up a dummy ticket, and the result
would have been precisely the same
on the Bird of November.
EA-Seeretaty Iioke Smith left
Washington this week. He made a
feeefdas Secretary o. the interior
which has never been surpassed, and
left the work of that great department
in letter condition than it has been
for Years. He also Eft many warm