The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-02-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tErom our regular Correspondent.)


!. 1t remained for Senator Wolcott to
strike tive first d~iscordantr ote heard III
Congress iii connection with President
Cievelana's Monroe doctrine message
aud the appointment ut the NeneZnt-
Ian Boundary Commission, which ne
declared to he Il menace rather than u
guarantee of peace. Tint Mr. VOL
cot. is Il militant orator Is conceded
hy all, but that he Is too SHALLOW even
to become statesman WAS well known
Iefote he delivered that speech attack
ing Secretary Olnty. President Cleve
land and tue Monroe doctrine. Ora
tory is gift, while statesmanshlp can
only be acquired hy deep study aud
fof. px, eiiatce, with more than the
average allowance If brain II start
with. Had Senator Woicott confined
lis remarks 10 opposing the anhioe
doctrine resolution this week itror-
ted to the Senate by tie committee
on Foreign Reiatft MS >he cult have
been III good company. as many or the
s%tton.est friends of the Monroe doe
trine consider that resolutions lll-tlrned
aid hatily woi3ea hut he tiied TO
.ipaln upon the administration for its
action In pattiatiealiY unfolding the
Meuloe doctrine. and upon the doc
.lriaH itself. he found himself alone.
- Att s..il there are lots of strong
silver men among the democratic
members of the Tlonsr and senate.
Wit the exception 1T Representative
Bell OF Colo. Who IS more ct u popu-
list than Il democrat. not II of them
took part in TIL. silver conference held
i'll Washington Ills week. fnr the pnr-
pos. Of Ting arrangements for
holding i national silver convention
10 IL inmate IA Presidential ticket. All
Of the silver democrats We're invited
10 participate III this conference. Int
f.garding it as merely IL il 70 the
ropulist kite they declined. doing So.
In fact nearly all the members of Con-
gress, even the pepulists. seem to
have turned the cold shoulder TO the
silver conference, which WAS compo-
sed Of nearly the sane me- who al the
last silver conference, nominated Sib-
ley, Of Pa, for President.
- Cot. J. c. Clarke Of Ala, president
of the Mobile aud Ono lalIraaa. is
expressing some very robust political
opinions around Washington last now.
For 5pstance, he avs: The only
chance the democracy has to win Is to
put loftil Il piaAh IL the National
platform declaring for silver III I'M
miatahah,e terms Ne straadles or
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