The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-06-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Il regular Correspondence

mat he. Il an unf1inchlnE democrat
who has been henored by his party
and who. desires hereafter no greater
political privilege than tt occupy the
place of private in its rank" could not
have been surprising to readers of
this correspondence, in which it vas
positively stated, by authority, many
months ago chat President Cleveland
was not and would not be a candidate
before the Chicago conventions. and
that he would whenever he deemed
such action desirable write a letter to
that effect. What was stated then
has now come to pass. That letter
has been written. 1t was not surpris-
ing. either, in view Of Mr.. Cleveland's
consistent opposition to silver, that he
should have used that letter to make IA
fresh attack npon the free coinage Of
silver. There Is a very decided differ
ence Of opinion among democrats as
to what. if any, effect the Presidents
letter will have upon the Chicago con.
vention. and only time will tell which
are right. Republicans say they will
use the letter as a campaign document
it the Chicago convention adopts a
Tree silver platform.
Secretary Lamont probably talks as
little to the public ear as any man in
pnbiic life. bus he has a way Of accom-
nlisning What he starts out to 90 that
many more talkative men lack. When
Secretary Lamont wrote a letter OPP
posing the bill TO revive the grade of
1t General Of the army III order that
Gen. Miles might be promoted thereto
and giving the reasons for his opposi-
ton, many supposed Congress being
anti-administration in both branches
would pass the bill just because the
administration didn't want it passed,
but Your Uncle Daniel knew better.
If anybody will take the trouble to
hunt it down that Miles bill will be
found in a committee-rGom pigeon
Iole, nicely covered with dust and
cobNebs, and there it will probably
remain. You couldn't persuade Sec
rotary Lamont to say a word about 1t
now. He got what he wanted and
that ends it with him.
Representative Amos Cummings is
admittedly an authority on n. Y. pol
tics. While in Washington this week
he said: Il am sanguiae that New
York will go democratic this year, it
matters not what the Chicago conven-
ton does on the financial question.
The people of New York state are
thoroughly Disguised with the reform
administrations that have produced
the Raines bill and ether monstrosi-
ties of legislation. They are mad all
the way through and so per cen of
them are more interested in turning
down a party that e%ncroaches on their
liberties and brings back an era of
blue law and pulitanism than in the
platform of n National Convention"
Mr.. w. e. Conrad, a banker and
cattleman, OF Montana, and a good
democrat, says of the political sltua-
ton in that state: "The democrats
c II carry the State for Il silver candi- !
date for the Presidency, and if they
combine with the populists. which
they probably will, they can elect the
Governor easily. They might carry
the Legislature. too, but that would
not be of supreme Importance seeing
that 10 U. S. Senator is to be chosen
by that body. Gov. B0ies seems to be
the favorite Presidential candidate out
our way at least we hear more about
him than of the rest. If he gets the
nomination there is no doubt of his
getting Montanass electoral Vote
Never was the result of a National
Convention received in washington
with more apathy than that of the ore
which has just been held at st. Louis.
Ofcourse, when II stops to think,
that is not difficult to account for.
People do not entluse over the an
nouncemeLt of a cut and dried affair,
and the only thing that was ever for a
moment III doubt about that conven-
ton was who would be the candidate
for Vice President. Gar Reed re-
manned in Washington to hear the
news, and if he would only tell what he
thinks about it-but he won't. Dem
ocrats do not regard the ticket nomi-
mated at st. Louis as a strong one.
On the contrary they think it would
have been difficult for the conven-
ton to have picked out one that
would lave been weaker. Aside from
the enimlty of many of the republican
leader because of the methods adopted
by Mark Hanna, Mckinley will fail to
get the votes of many republicans who
.egard him as aone-idea man. The bolt
of silver republicans of the tinancia,
plank OF the platform makes it doubt
full whether Mckinley can carry Il
single western state. In short, it is
the opinipn of the best informed dem
ncrats that if the Democrats can't beat
Mckinley they could not beat any
body. and that the republicans have
added very largely to the chances for
democratic success.