The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(FrOm our regular COrrespOndenf.)
w AsHiNGToN Nov 10. 1897.


say in his annual message IN Congress
about the Dihgiry tariff. whlci, was,
according to ITS supporters. ~ be s'ict'
IL revenue producer that the receipts
of the government were To speedily
exceed its expenditures. The facts
are unsatisfactory enough 10 worry
him ard every sunporterrf the Ding
ley law. Since the first of July the
Treasury deficit has been more than
100000. The right thing tor MI.
Mckinley to do would be t" com" "nt
like man and say that the present
tariff has failed to provide sufficient
revenue, and to ask Congress I" pro-
vide other means of raising revenue.
either by amending the tariff law or
by imposing additional taxation. but
he will hardly dare to do that, as 1t
would be an acknowledgment of error
upon he part OF himself and those
who imposed the Dingley ariff upon
the country. 1t is probable that he
will wind up by sticking to the origi
nal Dingley tariff, that the tariff will,
in time, produce revenue sufficient to
meet the public expenditures, aud let
it 90 at that, Trusting to time, circnm-
stances aud luck to furnish some way
of getting himself and party out of the
tariff hole.
Ex Secretary Foster met the full
expt Citations of his enemies. who had
Predicted from the beginning that he
would make mess of the sealing ne
gotiations. so far at England was con-
cerned. He has done that very thug
although he is charged with having
made some questionable statements
about reciprocity. and other things to
Sir Wilfred Lanrler, Premier Of Cana
da, in order to try to get that gentle
mans consent to the negotiation of a
treaty binding England, Canada and
the .. S to II cessation of open sea
sealing for time, Sir Wilfred de-
clined to consent to such an agree
ment. unless he was given tariff and
other concessions for Canada, which
this administration would not dare to
give, and now the whole business is
off, and the killing of seals wherever
found will 60 right along, by Cana
diars, although citizens Of the U. S.,
Japan and of Russia are prohibited by
Fosters recently negotiated treaty
from doing the same thing. Mr.. Foster
is as mad as wet hen because the
public is on to the tizzle he has made
after all the months he spent chasing
all over the world. drawing a fancy
salary and travelling expenses, and
has issued statement endeayOring to
keep himself in his fat position by
making it appear that the negotiations
were not broken off, but merely sus-
pended until the Canadian Government
can do little thinking.
According to statement emanating
from official circles, aud evidently
given out as feeler, Mr.. Mckinley
will not send the correspondence with
Spain, concerning Cuba, to Congress
until it is asked for; and may not do
SO then if he doesn't consider it advi-
] sable. All the summer and fall friends
of the administration were saying,
"Oh, it will be (all right when Con-
gress meets then Mr.. Mckinley will
make all the correspondence public
and his course will be indorsed."
What has brought about change OF
mind The most plausible cause is
that Mr.. Mckinley believes that if the
correspondence was made public
while Congress was in session that it
would bring about Congressional ac-
tion in less than 48 hours, and that is
just what he doesn't want. He de-
sires to give Spain more time. and il
he doesn't undergo another change OF
mind before his message goes to Con-
gress he will tell Congress so.
The Office seekers have new
grievance against Mr.. Mckinley. On
the same day it was stated that Mr..
Mckinley had arranged to give one
hOnr every morning to sculptor who
had been engaged to make a bust of
him it was officially announced that
only those callers who were sent for
would be seen by Mr.. Mckinley until
he has finished work on his message
to Congress. The office hunters want
to know what urgency exists for the
making of that bust, and why the
hour day to be devoted to sitting
for the sculptor could not have been
given to hearing what they had to
say.
Hon. j. P Newman, Of Newport,
KY, who is visiting Washington says
of his state kentucky is back into
the democratic column to stay. and it
will be many a year before the oppo
sition will be able to get control again
There is no 6ouht in my mind of the
election of free silver democrat to
succeed Senator Lindsay, but will
not undertake to predict who will be
given that honor. Mr.. Bryan's popu-
larity in bur State has not waned in
fact. think he is stronger today than
ovar ,,