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

From 0ar regular Correspondents.
The White House is about the only
place IN Washington one cam go now
without meeting one or more Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES. Secretary Ol-
nev has been overrun with Congress
sional callers. especially since the cir
culation of the ruaaGr that he had Il
short time ago notified tie govern
ment of Spain that this government
intended to bring about peace In Cu-
ba if the revolution was not put down
in three months, ali anxious tn iIDn"
the exact status nf Cnban matters.
Members of the Senate and House
Foreign committees are said to have
received some definite information but
to all the rest II Was stated IN general
terms that no immediate change was
contemplated in the policy Of the ad-
ministration towards Cuba, and it is
expected that the Presidents message
Will ,ieat tie matter in about tie same
sly !e. The other members Of the
Cabinet have also numerous Congress
S!onal callers. some on business
for their constituents and some mere
~ to pay a t:i*niiy visit but Presl-
dent Cleveland has not had much OF
his time taken mp by them ard is not
likely to have.
The Presidents message is all ready
to os seiit 70 Congress. ANA the nsua.
precautions have been taken to pre-
vent its premature publication. If it
be tair to Judge fran the lack Of en-
riosity as to tha contents of that docn-
ment this year, those precautions were
hardly necessary, 1t will, of course,
be printed as IL matter Of news when
it goes to Congress. bnt it is doubtful
whether an advance copy of II could
be sold to any paper in tie country
no because Of the belief that it will
be any less interesting than MIR.
Gleveland's previous message, but
because oil tile knowledge that the sit
nalion i'll Congress is such that no
matter how wise OF how important the
recommendations of the message may
be there is no possibility Of their being
carried out hy legislation at The pres
eDt session.
There are all classes Of men in most
professions, bat the increase OF men
who conduct their business upon the
green goods mans theory. that "a new
sucker is born every minnte,' in the
ranks of the patent solicitors has
aroused the honorable patent lawyers
to the nee ssitv If taking some action
that will protect the inventors Of the
country and their " profession from
the degradation and decentralization of
the methods adopted TO cajoie money
from the pockets of the inventors
without any intention or giving any
equitable return therefor. Under
present laws and rules the Commits
siorer OF Patents can do nothing to
protect either the honest patent law
Ell OF the inventor, except cases of
the most f1agiant nature, and then it
must come under personal notice after
an application has been filed in the
Patent Office but it is thor ght that a
Patent Bar to a proper extent under
the jurisdiction Of the Commissioner
of Patents, could easily compel the
lottery patent solicitors and the delu-
sive circular patent soil itors to either
reform their methods o. get of out the
business In either Ease the inventors
and honest patent lawyers would be
gamers.
Speaking Of the probability that one
or more Senators may be asked to join
Mcklnley's Cabinet a veteran repuhli-
a Senator said: swell, everybody |
must judge for themselves, but the
Senator VIII" has been in Office for !
more than one term who is willing to
enter the Cabinet must either have
been blind to what went On under his
nose or imagine that he possesses the
ability 10 make his experience different
from that of other men who have tried
the same thing. Many Senators have
been persuaded into Presidents Cab
inets, but | don't believe there was
yer Il single one Of them who did not
regret it. Senator Lodge, of Mass,
WHO has heen mentioned as a Cabinet
possibility, says he would not leave
the Senate for any position in McKin-
ley's gift. Lodge may not have q lev
Ell head on everything but OH this sub
ject he has. There is nothing in Off
cial life, except tie Presidency, better |
than "a Senatorship.
There is alarm among the republi- |
ans over a report hat Teddy"
Roosevelt is firing Of his New York
job and wants to come back to Wash
lngton as Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy under the Mckinley %administra-
ton. They don't want 'sTeddy" to
come back to Washington, but he has
a knack of getting what he wants
hence their alarm. They know what
a wonderful capacity TEDDY" has for
stirring things up and keeping them
stirred up. They think the extra SEES
sion of Congress and other Mckinley
inftiietions will be trouble enough
without Teddy" The newspaper +,