The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-01-16
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WAsHINGroN. JAN. g., 1887.
Andrew jackson Day could not have
boon more automatically observed
at the anDual banquet of the Jackson
Democratic Association OF Washington
had the defeat of last November been
. victory. In addition to tho large
number OF prominent democratic
guests of the association an innovs-
ton was introduced this year by invi.
ting . woman-Mrs. Mary Dosaldsou
Wilcox, daughter Of A. j, Donaldsss,
who was private secretary to Presi-
dent Jackson. This lady enjoys the die.
tinction of having been the frat child
born in the White House, and resides
IN Washington.
Presto !! Change! Great ia tha psw-
sr Of public pap. The republicau
Senators who were expressing their
Willingness to have American bloud-
Dot their Own. of ~c0urse-shed il ne.
esssary, to free Cuba from the tyra,.
ny OF Spain, when Congress- adjourned
for the Christmas recess, came hack to
their seats this week ~ meek 90 suck
ing lambs. They have heard from
Mckinley. and as far az they are coz
cerned suffering Cnha can keep on
suffering. Senator Call, Of Fla, not
having the fear of McKinley's anger to
Keep him mum, made u speech On his
resolution, which was adopted, calling
fer tho official correspondence in the
case Of Julio Sanguily, % newspaper
correspondent anu citizen of the U. S.,
who has been s-ntenced t" prison for
life by the Spanish authorities, in
which no did some very plain talking
about the attitude of this governu,eu ut
towards Cuba, aud the delay Of the
Senate in acting upon the Cameron
resolution.
The House passed the Loud bill
depriving books and sample copies of
newspapers of the privilege of second
class mail, and 10 now wrestling with
the Pacific Railroad funding bill,
which the Huntington lobby is NOV
ing heaven and earth to get passed. |
as their last chance to prevent the
toreclosing Of Uncle Sans mortgage
On tho Union Pacific railroad.
Senator Gibson, of Nd, 10 indignant
over the statement made by the Balti- |
more Sun that he had predicted the |
defeat of Senator German and tn. con. |
tinued ascendancy of the republicans |
10 Maryland. After characterizing the
publication as false and malicious.
Senator Gibson said "Instead Of be.
lieving that the republican party 10 in
control Of Maryland for an indefinite
time, | believe that it will not be long |
before the democratic party. which
gave the State a splendid administra.
ton is recalled to power. Maiyland |
has simply suffered from the wave
that has Ovclspread the ceantrv. and
there will come u time when the wave
will receds. The boilers from the
democratic party in the State bear
about tho same relation tn the entire
and file that the 10000 Palmer
democrats bear to the $780, 900 who
voted for Bryan"
Senator Allison, who was chairman
OF the Z. S. delegation to the interna-
ti0nal monetary conference Of 1892
said soon after his return /: "The send.
ing of another American Commission
behalf Of silver to the old world
will be . farce, unless is 10 iuv,tea NV
Great Britain. /, for one, will neyer
again on such a boetless errand, no
what is urged" Senator ALI
has never said anything since to
indicate that his mind has undergone
any change on the subject.
Senator Jones Of Ark, and other
prominent democrats are now conf
dent that the Senats in the next Con-
Sress will contain u majority of silver
men, Notwithstanding the extraordi-
nary efforts of Mark Hanna TO got
gold majority by the lavish rse Of
money and OF promises of patronage
under the Mckinley administration.
Secretary Herbert's investigation Of
the cost of manufacturing steel armor
made by the direction of Con-.
gress to which the report was this week
sent. doesn't show the Carnegie and
Steel companies in u very
complimentary light. They boil. re-.
to give the Secretary informal
ton until after they found that no had
obtained it from European makers Of
then according to Secretary
report they gave him mis-
leading information. The report says
tho two establishments haze made
to force the government
o pay fancy price for armor, and
shows that they can furnish arnlor for
less than the government is
low paying them and then make in
he neighborhood of$150 ON each ton.
Secretary. Herbert's repor. is being
commended on all sides for its thor.
'ughness and fearlessness. What ct
ect il will have uDon Conoress w;ll ha