The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-10-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From on'' regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Oct. Is. 1897.

w itat nave you got To DO with
Cuba. anyhow" That is the plain
English of the cnulteously wnrdei
! reply of the new Spanish ministry to
Mr.. Mck;nley's Quixntic mediation
proposition. which was used to pre-
vent Congress taking action at the
last session that would have brought
peace in Cuba long before now. Hay-
ing had one cheek diplomatically
slapped by Spain, 1t now remains to
be seen whether Mr.. Mckinley will
turn the other cheek for another slap,
or will rise to the occasion by prompt
II recognizing the independence of
Cuba. ar even the belligerence of tile
Cnbans. Present talk in admins
trati0n circles indicates that the
other cheek will he turned to the
Spanlards. The opinion is growing
that Congress Will have to compel
Mr.. Mckinley to do the right thing
by Cuba.
As though Mr.. Mckinley did not
have enough troubles of his own. the
two factions of Virginia republicans
have swooped down upon him with
the demand that he umpire their
dispute
After series of false alarms cover
ing a period of more than ten years,
during which he has been eligible for
retirement, 1t seems thai Justice
Field of the U. S. Supreme Court Is
going TO retire sure enough this time
Attorney General McKenna is slated
to succeed him, and a Cabinet shake
up is expected at the same time,
which it is said may land ..Teddy"
+, Roosevelt in the Cabinet as Secretary
Of the Navy and bring abont other
changes Of nole OF less importance.
! Attorney General Terrell, of Geor-
gla, who Is in Washington on busi-
ness before the Z. S. Supreme Court
is somewhat indignant at the misre-
presentations which have been made
OF the shooting of the negro postnas-
ter at Hogansvile. He said: "A
great injustice has been done to one
| OF the best and most substantial towns
IN our state. The report of the Post
Office inspectors will bear out my
declaration that there was absolutely
no evidence OF any deep-seated plot
Oh the pert OF the citizens of Hogans-
| vile to remove Loftin. There isn't
spark OF evidence to show whether he
WAS shot by white mau or. a negro.
At any rate, there was no conspiracy
among the prominent citizens Of the
| town, as some of the papers put it,
and all such reports are unfounded
aspersions on a good people. | know
the citizens there, and there isn't
better community in any state in the
Union. A whole town should not be
made to suffer for the deed of one
| miscreant. The State officers are as
anxious as the Federal authorities to
bring the guilty party to punishment,
and every means Of detection is being
used to that end.'
Mr.. Mckinley is almost in a state
OF panic on account of his private
advlees from Ohio. Boss Hanna with
all his egotism has become alarmed
at the Indifference of so many men
who have heretofore been the most
enthusiastic workers in every repub-
lican campaign; he fears the indif-
ference will last until election day
and that it will keep thousands of
republicans away from the polls, and
he has communicated his fears to Mr..
Mckinley, who is now trying to de-
wise some scheme to arouse little
enthusiasm among the Foraker re
publicans of Ohio. Ex Congressman
Layton, of Ohio. who although a
democrat is not taking any active
part in the campaign because Of his
pressing legal engagements, has been
telling his Washington friends that
the Ohio democrats have an excellent
chance to win. if they can only sue
ceed in getting out a full vote. He
is confident that the republican stay
at-home vote will reach away up iu
the thousands, and is afraid that the
same cause may largely reduce the
democratic vote. He says he never
saw such apathy among rural voters
in Ohio campaign rs exists at this
time.
Consul General Lee was in wash
ington this week preparing for his
return to Cuba next week. He had
conference with Mr.. Mckinley and
several with Assistant Secretary Day,
bnt did not meet Secretary Sherman
at all. Still there are persons who
Object to tie assertion. thai Mr.. sher-
mau has nothing whatever to do with
the relations OF this government With
Spain ard Cuba, calling it ''plepos-
terons" etc. It would be preposterous
| fl man who has been in Washing
ton during the ,ast six months, aud
kept his eyes epe-'. t" claim to believe
| that MI. She, m4a has had anything
whatever to do with either Spanish
or Cuban matters. The opinaon is
prevalent in Washington that Mr..
| Sherman will be froze ont of the