The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-03-05
WASHINGTON LETTER
From our regular CorrespOnJent.
ARLINGTON JAN. %. 1893.

Senator Mnrgan's plain talk. in I,
speech against S-nata. >Jict's at
tempt to make the ,4cn.risi@u .t Gu
han befiigerenr, u rides to an atrro
priati.m bill. vas refresnin. in fnp~t
days of tricky st~atesn,tt ship. H.
said that i,e had voted FIR the i.tll,
gerercy resolution that the Senate
adopted last Maybe vas it's authn.
And that he was not only rea liz I'm
vote for the same thing again ~ a.
independent measure, but w.e real,
|" vote for u declaration ~ war
against Spain. which he regarded ~
more proper than attempting t., sneak
a belligerency declaration t,,rouni, Inv
attaching it to an appropriation Hill.
He added that he had always believed
that Spain aud the United St,t,.
would tigit over Cuba and that N,
still believed it ; that he had ALWAYS
believed that as scon as Spain real
lied that it had lost Cuba. il wn,ll
seek a war with us, in order to save
Spanish pride by making it aprea, "a
their people at home that il WAS the
u =. that secured Cuban freedom.
Things are looking decidedly better
In Washington. to those who believe
that 1t - better to fight than to
be tiampled npon ana spit upnr,. ,s,,n
they were last week. MenheIs of
the administration are still talking
peace, but they have quit trying 10
Cram tue accident" theory Of the
loss o: the Maine down mems ~l,roats.
and what is better than all. ti.cy are
preparing to fight. They still claim
to have no more information than they
have given to the public, aud IL lie
waiting Tor the report OF the Naval
Court of inquiry. now sitttnr in. Hn
yana harbor, in order to ascertain
whether the Maine was accld aially
blown mp or was blown M by i
Spanish torpedo. Their claims are
not worrying anybody, so long as they
are going ahead energetIcaliv making
preparations Tor that war with Spain
which a majority of Congress now re-.
gard as inevitable. In fact. Mr.. No
kiuley is said tn have become con
ylnced by reports from Gen. Fttz.
Lee, aud other U. S. CnnSnls in Cuba.
that regardless of the Maine cttas
tr0piie the time has about come when
he aust either intervene in behalf of
CUBA or e threat of doing so, after
Spain an opportunity IL tn lis
autonomy fake, made ill iits Annual
Congress. These c.,rsu.
lar reports, which show nevou,i the
shadow Of IA doubt that antnpnmy in
Is dead beyond hope of tcsa4rec-
ton. have been called fnr w h.ti, The
lioIse aud senate. Mr.. Mckinley i,as
held item back, lie SAY, h, cau>. of
the excitement caused by the week
OF the Maine /; but it is probable that
his knowledge that he must act after
they ale laid before Congress also lad
to do with the DELAY. I'm.
less all signs fail he is getting ready
act, and not a minute too soop.
either.
The administration is much alarm
ed about the success of Hawaiin |
and fresh efforts are be-
made to get enough votes to rati-
~ the treaty in the Senate, in order
10 keep the matter from getting be-
the House at all. This fresh |
alarm was started by Representative
IL. L. johnson, of Ind, who surprised
everybody by making a cnrkins good
against the policy Of annexa-
Q 10 general. and especially the
Of Hawaii, while the
Sunday Civil bill was under consider
alton. The applause given Mr..
johnson from his W side Of tic
louise indlcteas that more republl-
cans will vote against a resolution far
annexation that had been put down
III tue opposition column, and the