The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-02-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From II regular Correspondent
49, WASHINGTON. Feb. 14th 1896

dacy of Senator Quay tor tht republl-
can Presidential nomination. It was
expected te make IL political sensation
hut it didn't. Qnay's Ca. ndiiacv. al
though followed by IA Qualified denial
from him, may be accepted b, the
stillnle republicans of Pennsylvania as
Il thing OF life, jast-as many Ne"
York republicans have accepted the
candidacy If Gnv. Morton. launched
by the same combine, bur, bless youi
soul. that "oesn't make it 50. There
ISL the slightest doubt atnong peliti.
clans that this corahiat. vents Reed
terminated. nut that this alleged Quay
boon. Is like HE Morton hnom only
intended hv 1lle combine as another
sep toRatis Reeds nominations. In
addition ia that, this oaay boom j.
being used To let Senator Cameron.
vito has already htea forced by Quay
to aunoaare that he would not be Il
candidate fer reelection 10 tile Senate,
understand that the money lie has
put into his literary ~bnieau. establish
eti to boom him us Il republican, silver
candidate for the Presidential nomi-
nation, has all been wasted and that
his patittcal aspirations may now he
~plgton'falea for good and all. Qaay
wants to control the PENNSYLVANIA
delegation, just as PIatt does that Of
New YORK. They will at the prop
time throw them to Reed, uuiess il
becomes apparent before that time
that Reed cant be nominated. In
That ease they will thra9 them to the
man they can make the most aavan-
tageaus deal with, They are out to
win. They would prefer doing It with
Reed. but will not hesitate ia tbrow
him overheard fiji becomes necessary
to win with some other men.
The republican Senators are still
very much II. asuht abonf their future
programme. They are tryihg 10 make
some sort OF a deal viii, the pont1lists
to get the House tariff bill .l1ronsh
the Senate without amendment. They
have not Yet atfenlpted to el.ct III.
Senate officers nominated hy their
eaaens with the exception Of the A.
sistant Doorkeeper who was elected f.
ill the vacancy caused by the dealt,
OF Captain Bassett.
The papers covering the VALLEY
cas.. wee tins week sent to CONGRESS-
BY President Cleveland in ,nSvar !, :
recent resolution a,kinr e., t,,am
And if they do NOT make e.,t.i, -
pahlleans who have been using Ills
case to make political capital feel like
foeb the, mnst ha onao,
Instead of having neolected Wallar
becaise he was a negro, as tbesa ,.-
puhlicans have so loudly assertaa fla
administration has. becans. i. ! ~
American citizen. succeeded il oatt;nm
the French Government 60 ,els.sa
him from prison. alfi,onoI, t1,a n,na,s
sent to Congress prove beyond ! a,.n,,t
that he was guilty of he o4f.nsa far
wlticE lie was acknowledgements
correspondence e~oncernino tie mnra.
ments OF the French i'll Madagascar.
The papers. sent to Congress also
show thai Walters alleged yaluahla
concessions from the government az
Madagascar are not believed IN i,
anybody but himself, and have moth
ing official upon which to stand. The
French Government agrees to re,easa
Waller, as a courtesy to this govern
ment, merely -stipnlating that he shall
make no claim for damages eyeent
through the French courts. Thus
endtth the disagreeable chapter.
The Senate this week alopted a res
olntlon directing the Secretary Of Ar
fl'uitu e to restime the free distrian.
ct seeds.
II Speaker Reed has counted upon
the support of any silver rerohIic,ns
in his fight for the Presidential nom.
nation he would better scratch them
from his calculations. They know
him nov fortheir enemy. Not Iacansa !,