The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-05-22
THIBoDAUx, La, SATURDAY, MAY p, 1897.

! "f cehs;,l General Fitztugh LIRE, and
ijnstiee is seemingly going 10 he done
To poor Cuba. Mr.. Mckinley has Aad
a long conference with tie tsienlhers Of
the Senate committee on Foreign
| Relations. as rs what should he s!aus.
Tie impression is THAI Senator alor
oah 3 resolution for the recognition of
Cuban hellieeHency haidls gees far
eunngh and that u teen4ni,itts II
independence would be ,hs. p.a9et.
thing, in view of the facts forwarded
hy Gen Lee. A public inass meeting
of Cuban sytnnatl.i1efs is going To be
held in Washington Sunday.
Tie administration naw wishes. titat
il lad hot eansed its inteniin. 10 re.
! insfate all ex- Union seldie,s ar widow $
Of such wlaa I'D for ANY rea~nn bee,
dropped from the government payroll
to be so widely advertised. Like uiest
advertising this l.,ss brongiih iesults.
| These results are much mnte ni;ines-
ons than were expected ;,,s, u,aie
embarrassing. TIE plain tfnt:a IS
thlt many Of the applicants fn,- tsin.
statement, and same ,tf ;ilas4s w ae
have been reinstated, arc nn,ittet.
physically to perform the duties f
the places they once held, some by
| reason of age and Others by disease
II there we.e only q few of these peo-
pie they could be scattered around in
the departments and their il ability 10
do good work would go pnuatics.i,
bnt Wien their number goes away ~
Tito The hundreds it becomes serious
matter, heeanse as 4 rule every one III
them reinstated displaees an tttieieat
tlnlIoye. This matter was discussed
at Il ea}inet M etiag his Wet K.
Senator Kyle isn't the first man who
has made a bad thing worse by trying
10 explain. Rising to question OF
privilege he attempted to explain
away the charge that he had agreed to
vote with the republicans in exchange
for good committee assignments, but
he made II bad mess of it, especially
III saying that his understanding of
the policy of the pnpnlists was to help
the republicans control TIE Senate.
Evidei.tfy tile House has not beer
properly impressed with the lmpor-
taice Of the policy of Secretary Wilson
in trying to spread the sugar beet
in lnstfy in this country, or 1t would
not have refused ta agree to the
Senate amendment to the Sundry
Civil bill, arpronrlating $4,000 for the
confirmation by the Secretary of
Agriculture of an investigation of the
sugar beetindustry. Perhaps some of
he members of the Hause have not
fol gotten the sngar fad OF sIr. LeDnc
WHO was Commissioner of Agriculture
under The Hayes administration.
Which cost Uncle Sam considerable
money and did not revolutionize the
sugar industry.
The House showed its belief in the
lsbnrer being worthy of his hire. by
promptly agreeing to the Senate
amendment TO the Snndry Civil bill
providing thas duplicate electfotye
nlates. from which Messages and
Papers of the Presidents were print.
cd should be given to the compiler
REPRESENTATIVE Richardson, of Tenn,
Notwithstanding the objection of
Representative Connolly. of H., who
said that firm had offered $4,000
for the plates. Inasmnch as Mr..
Richardson has devoted two years to
the work or compiling this book, the
House thonglt he should be entitled
to any profits there might be in sup
plying the book after the number ord
cred for Congress had been printed.
Albion w. Tourgee will not believe
that pie hunting was IA Fools
Errando in his ease. as he captured a
a pie that promises to lie far more
satisfying then Making Bricks with
out Straw was. He has been nomiu-
ated U. S. Consul at Bordeaux, France,
H. P. Cheatem. the negro ex-Congres-
mar from. Norti, Carolina also got a
good thing in the Recordship of Deeds
of the District of Columbia.
1t is hoped that the Senatorial pill
grimage to tile tomb OF Jefferson,
which Senator Hoar is credited with
being responsible for, will result III
careful study of Jetferson's l;fa and
writings by the Senators. Edifca-
tlon is to be found therein, ard some
of the pilgrims need edificatIon badly
upon more than one subject.