The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-12-26
nN~szsGTDN LETTER.
F43. ~ onr fetpfnr Correspondent
= asiI.SGTuN. DEC. IL, 1896.

which lie HIS been fighting SO long.
He made t; is plain IN Il short speech
he delivered his week. Although he
based his remarks npon the Dingiey-
hill, he prefsced them by saying that
he knew it WAS Il dead issue and that
he only din y, because many we'll
meaning people were urging Congress
to act upon it. Later the death of the
Dingley bill was announced by Sl.er-
mau. Aprapus of the late campaign,
Mr. Vest, said: ..Whils | may be
subjected to the charge Of being u Luz
matte, an anarchist and u fe%pudiator, |
assert that tire only relief for the pen-
pie is to give them more money, If
we are ~luBatIcs and anarchists be-
cause we ask for the opening of the
minis to the free coinage of silver,
then over six million American free
men who voted for VIM. J. Bryan are
lunatics, and may God help the repeb-
lie! But it il "a vile SANDER. The men
who supported the great leader, VIM.
j. Bryan. are as 10y al ana intelligent
IL body of men as any in this country.
The gold standard which is the root of
this evil is the vilest monopoly ever
conceived In the mud of mortal man"
The while Cuban business was vir-
tna!ly postponed unti! January when
the Senate adopted Senator Morgans
resolution asking the President to
furnish all the information about the
present situation in Cuba he has, as
President Cleveland is hunting on the
coast of South Carolina aud Congress
has already adopted a resolution pro-
Nitling for a recess from Dec. % to
Jany. 5. The speeches made on the
subject in the House and Senate have
been about as effective as the excited
meetings h Id throughout the country.
The executive committee Of the BIZ
metallic Union has been I.eie for sew
eral days, preparing tn continue The
educational work for silver. All the
prominent silver men in Congress
have been con!efring with mem bers of
the committee at different times, but
there has been no single meeting of
all the silver men yet.
Although Senator Aliens resolution
for the appointment Of a Senate COM
mittee to investigate the alleged
wholesale use Of money IN the late
National campaign was offered with
out consultation with democrats. it's
spirit meets their Appreciation. Dem
Ocrats have wei since the remarkable
results of the election in a number OF
States we're announced been anxiOns
to investigate the why and wherefore
OF the abnormal increase III the total
vote cast. Senator Allen had read in
connection with his resolution a list of
states in which Bryan's vote largely
exceeded the winning vote of1S92 ard |
yet he was defeated By heavy maiori-
Senator Gornlan said that he is
that the total alleged vote Of
vas at least 20. 900 in excess
Of the adult male population On the |
FIRST of last January, and he would
like nothing better than to find out
where the excess came from. Accord
to some of the best Parliamenta-
Mr.. Aliens resolution will have
to be changed a little in order. tn he J
For instance, Senator Nor.
gan said "If Senator Allen makes his
resolution joint, and it should PASS the
Senate and House, there weu.u be no
doubt of the authority Of Congress to
probe the matter to its furthes: depth.
The Senate alone, as / view it, cannot
enquire into an election IN a State, or
even into the election of IL President
1t is not probable that Secretary
Francis, whose nomination has not vet
been acted nron by the Senate, win Le
among those which will be left pigeon
.oled when the F%ifty-fourth Congress
at noan on the 3rd OF next
although it is altogether out of
the usual for actiun to be deferred on
4 Cabinet nomination.. 1t il u good
Is 10 ! bet that the nominations of Il
considerable number of gold demo-
will be killed by n%on-action.
Representative Mcmillan, the rank
ing democratic member of the House
Ways and Means committee, says of
the reckless haste of the republicans
in getting a tariff bill ready for the
extra session of Congress: "The re-
.ubl;cans are determined to return to
the old principle of high protection.
They are not satisfied either will, the
present law OF with the Dingley bill.
fhey propose to again try 10 increase
by increasing axes. Such leg
is rot needed III the least.
There arc now in the Treasury $3.50,
700 eco, or S130,000,000 in excess Of
he 100000 900 gold reserve. There
S no way to get this back INTO circu-
alton. except by bnying bonds or
it out for current expenses.
There Is na excuse for holding Il sum
n e1eess Of the reserve, and if %:rese-i
lues are increased before it is absorb
ID by government expenses that will
be the result. it'll economy in ex-
,enditures Mr.. Mckinley adrninistra-
ion would be more than half out be-
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