The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-12-11
7, ASEiENGTON LETTER.
I rom oHf re9Hiar Correspondent
y AsIT:NtsTo< Tee 3. 1897.

! Is it the business 81 Congress IA
+ legislate for the interests of the whole
( PEOPLE, or oply 10 da what Mr. Ne
hI"}tY thinks viii be hrl,e.icial IL
tim aud II the republican party 2
Such question wnnhl seem to adult
of but one answer. Yet, Mr.. MciXin
/ ley is seeking the aa! ef Car Reed
j and III Cannon. chairman 81. the
IL use committee on Appropriations.
te prevent tte lioirs,. leel>tatia2 Ter
the whole people. Because the Ding
ley tariff law has tailed 10 provide
/ the m0uey lie etled to ptufetlv carry
/ on the government. and hecauSe he
/ does not dare To tell Congress So and
ask fol additional tariff legislation tn
/ furnish more revenue, Mr.. Mckinley
wants 10 deprive the people wh9 pay
Tue heavy taxes called for be tie
Dfngiey tariff Of privileges to which
tiey are clearly entitled If Reed
cutters tie deal-Cannan has alrea I,
, done So-no public huiiding bill, no
mattel how urgent the need. will be
allowed to 80 through .he Hnase no
bill psovId ng for the payment Of any
private claim against the government,
no matter how just it is nor how
much those to whom the money is
Ute may be suffering, will be allowed
10 pass, and no river and barber an
ttnrtIation will he passed Gar
Reed may bite off more taun he es.n
chew. ii he attempts to carry alu
these IDEAS. Nelther he nor Mr.. Nc
kinley will be as strong at this se.-
sion as they We're 1T the extra session;
then tarais have mostly been distli-
based. 1t is we'll known thai fai!tne
to set through a public building bill
f9t his disuiet has cost many Repre-
setltatlves their seats, aud next year
TIE Representatives will all be passed
on by their constituents. There has
been much talk which came to moth
ing ABOUT revolt against Reed by
the House, btt in this case there is
likely to be sure enough revolt, If
he isn.t careful, and a successful one,
too.
A serapplng match between two
prominent w. Va. republicans. Mr..
r. A. Scott, who is a member of the
Republican National Committee. and
who expects to become Commissioner
of Internal Revenue about tie first of
January, and Judge Nathan Goff.
who was dnce in the Cabinet and who
has just declined u Cabinet portfolio,
Is Indicated by the announced aspira
tons of both of them-a desireto sue
ceed Senator Faulkner, whose term
will expire March 3, 1899. w. Va.
democrats laugh at the expectations
of Messrs. Golf and Scott, aud saw
that they have no doubt of a demo-
cratic majority in the next legislature. !
Meanwhile Golf and Scott are pre-
pairing to fight each other. They
were both in Washington this week
and both saw Mr.. Mckinley. Having
already more factional party fights |
than lie knew what to do with. Mr.. /
Mckinley tried to nip this one in the
bud by asking Golf to become Attor-
ney General when Mr.. MeKenna ia
nominated for the Supreme Court,
but that gentleman declined and said
that nothing but a seat in the Senate
would tempt him to give up his pre-
sent lifetime judicial position, but he
may change his mind. Senator FL
Rms is at present posing as friend
of both Scott and Gotf, but it is be
lieved that it will oe found when
there is show of hands that he is on
the side of Scott.
Senator Mallory, of Florida, has
pronounced views on Cuba which he
doesn't hesitate in announcing. He
said: "Spaln's apparent willingness
% grant autonomy is but pretext of
ielay against positive action by our
government. 1t ought not to deceive
my one familiar with the record of
'pain's oft-broken pledge to the peo-
lie OF that oppressed island. j do
lot know what action Congress will
AXE, and | am not in the confidence
# the administration. As far back
IS 1888 u. 5. Senator from my State
dvocated the independence of Cuba.
nd the arguments then made are
bsolutely applicable today. He gave
detailed account of the perfidy of
he Spanish government, which would s,
erve without modification at the
resent time. The autonomy farce
as been tried before" Senator Nal.
Try thinks there can be only one
ght settlement of the Cuban cues
on, and that is the independence of
ie island, and he regards it as the
nty of this country to aid in bringing
about, torcibly if necessary. !.
IL looks now as though no attempt
i'll be made to pass bill providing
y the retirement of tie greenbacks.
ven in the House. The reason is re-
abliean opposition, which is outspo
an, especially among Representa-
YES from the west aud middle west