The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-03-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular Correspondemt.)

ring the pr esent week when an open
rupture between Mr.. Mckinley and
some of the biggest men IN his party
seemed Inevitable, but by sacrificing
some of his personal friends Mr.. Mo
kinley has so far avoided it. The
bones OF contention are the big Offices.
1t is tie fierce fight over each of them
that accounts for the small lumber Of
nominations sent to the Senate.
States are no sooner made up than
some objector gets backing enough
to smash them. A numbe. of men
who had MIR. Mckinley's positive
promise that they would get certain
positions have had to give way to the
directors, among them being ex-Gov
Merriam, of Mimi, and ex-Congress-
Storer, of Ohio. 1t was not intended
to make any but necessary appoint
ments until after the tariff bill got
through Congress, but it will require
some very adroit maneuvering to do
eve that much without starting u
bitter factlonal fight in the republican
party. There is u fight now in the
Congressional delegation Of nearly
every state, especially bitter in those
having republican Senators, over the
men who shall get the offices which
are to go to those states. Still, there
are columns of rot being printed about
the existing harmony between the ad-
ministration and Congress.
The honest patent lawyers of Wash
ington are after the fake concerns who
have been bringing discredit upon
their profession in dead earnest now
They have employed Mr.. William
Small, Attorney at law, McGill Build
ing, W a%slllngton. ID. G. to undertake
the duty OF suppressing and prosecu-
ting swindling concerns, aud he invites
correspondence from inventor, news
paper publishers aud others who have
been deceived and defranded by ~ q
through false and fraudulent repre-.
sensations, %spccious devices. incln-
ding offers and awards of prizes. med
ais of honor, certificates Of stock, etc,
OF alleged procurers and sellers Of
patents. Those who have had nnsat-
i-factory dealings with these fake
patent concerns should accept the in
vitation and write to Mr.. Small.
Using a bill introduced ia Congress,
which has no chance to pass. as II ba-
Sis to swlndle The Ignorant is by no
means a new dodge, but, according TO
the correspondence Of many southern
els in Congress, such a dodge is now
being successfully worked among the
ignorant negroes of the southern
states by INSCRIPTIONS mer. urine
the first session of the last Congress.
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska. intro
Gnced by re4nest a bill providing for
the payment of q pension to all ne
groes who had been slaves, Il was
we'll known in Washington that the
bill wOnld never be seriously consid-
eied in committee, to say nothing Of
being passed by either House or SEN
ate, but that bill is being made the
basis of a swindle upon the poor ne
gioes. who are being told that upon
the payment of % cents for filling ont
an official looking blank witk their
NAME. age, residence, etc, they will
be entitled to a pension when the bill
becomes a law. The worst part of
this dirty swindle is that the men
operating it cannot be prosecuted, as
it Is printed upon each blank that s.it
Is TO secure the names and number of
persons in each state entitled to a
pension under the Thurston pension
BILL and the lee is charged for filling
th. blank.
The nomination of Henry White to
be Secretary Of Embassy at London,
was almost as u~npalatable to republic
cans as the Van Allen nomination to
Italy was TO democrats when it was
made by Mr.. Cleveland about four
years ago, Some OF them are inclined
10 be sarcastic about it. For instance
the nan who said !: "Who says White
isn't an American He has lived
abroad for many years, but didn't he
come over from Europe last year., live
at Newport just long enough to cast
his first vote and then go back. White
is all right. His help is needed to
make John Hay popular in Londoa's
swell society,""
Tie tariff monstrosity known as the
Dihgley bill is in many respects worse
than the Mckinley bill. but Is going
be crammed down the throats OF the
democrats OF the House with less than
two weeks debate. There are also
quite a number of republicans in the
House who are opposed t this bill,
aud a few of them have threatened
privately to vote against it, but there
will not be enough Of them to affect
the result. The democratic opinion
of the bill was voiced when Represen-
tative Berry, of Ky, said 1T is an
excessively high protective tariff
measure, 1t will, if passed, inevitably
raise the price of the necessaries of
life, such as sugar ard tile wooden
goods worr by all classes. 1 DONE
see how il can fail to add e. the hGr-