The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Carrsspondent.)
WAsY,NGros JAN. IS. 1898.

Tile gold standard is on the run.
The stampede began before the adop-
tion Of the Teller resolution hy the
Senate, but the knowledge that shat
resolution would be adopted, as well
lis tie advice OF the republican Sena
tors and Representatives. from the
middle west, convinced Mr.. Mckinley
that the gold standard business world
not 60 dawn, and that his party's
only hope was to make a play to keep
the bimetallists from DESERVING the
republican party in a body. The
.ane was started when Nj. Preston,
Director OF the U. S. Mint, who had
tnaae himself particularly obnoxious
to the silver men by his obtruslve
advocacy Of the gold standard, both
under the Cleveland and the present
administration. aud whose work In
that direction was referred to by
Senator Wolcott in l,is recent speech
was bounced and the position given
10 a republican, bimetailist from Iowa.
Bur the highest trump was played
when Secretary Gage. the high priest
Of the soldocracy, was made 70 pa b.
lic!y say that Mr.. Mckinley was .
binetallist and WAS supported ia that
policy by every member of his Cabi-
net. Ye gods! think Of that for .
soInetsauit.
| The opinion is growing in Congress
that tie sending Of that warship TO
Havana was the result of All under
standing between the administration
al,i Spain. and that its principal
object there is 10 stave of Congress
iDnal action.
So Ion. as President Dole, of Ha-
waii. who is now being entertain ed in
Washington as the guest OF the o. s.,
contents himself with the social atten-
tions that are being paid to him and
his wife he will fnd everything lovely
and the goose hanging high, but If he
attempts to meddie with the annexa-
ton tght-he will tiud things worry
different.
During the discussion wh,ch pre-
coded the adoption Of the Teller r-so-
luton, declaring U. 5. bonds payable
in sll 7er at the option Of the govern
ment, Senator Teller. forced Senator
Allison, who voted for this same reso-
luton in 1873 aud now against it, to
admit that il would be legal and
proper for the secretary of the Treas
ury to pay The obligation Of the gov
ernment in either gold orsiiver. Mr..
Allisun tried to qualify that admiuis-
sion with a lot of stuff about the dnty
of the Secretary Of the Treasury to
maintain the parity of the two metals
~. i,,t tt.a ntsn,, xrn. all tlak
MI. Teller waited ; lie ia willing To
Leave the EXPLANATION at Mr.. Allison e
yute against the resolution after tia:
admission to be made 10y that gentle
man to the voters OF Iowa. Although
Senator German pointed out that the
Pension appropriation bill rs it came
from the House carried about ton
million dollars less than would bs
spent by the pension bureau during
the fiscal year beginning July 1, next,
and Senator Allen offered an amend
ment adding $1,000, 900 to the total
carried by the bill, no action was
taken by the Senate to increase tbs
appropriation and the bill was passed
substantially as it am from the
House. 1t 10 somewhat surprising
that the Senate should even to tlii
extent have helped along the republi'
can policy Of insufficient a%pproplia'
tions, 10 order that tue government
finances may be made to appear
better shan they should be. for thu
purpose of bamboozling the voterI
At the Congressional elections. 1t i,
1T this time absolutely Known t
to officials of the pension bureau thai
a deficiency appropriation which may
exceed $40, 900, 900 will have TO ,,
made by the next session of Congresl
to pay pensions.
Representative Richardson Of Tenn.
stirred up the republican mcnagsria
in the House by repeating the miustrs
end mans joke about the onl,
two things he over SAW that wsr,
exactly alike tue Cleveland panic auG
{ the Mckinley boom ; and when TIN
republicans started in to talk "pros
perityn, they we're asked why tia
prosperity" had brought on a strik,
Of ia. 900 cotton mill operatives i,
New England, aud made quite = mes
+ Of their attempts to explain that IN
usual accompaniment of "pr0spsriay
Grosvenor, of Ohio, got himself tie,
up so that he sought to escape BY
bit of personal blaekgaardism-eall
ing Greene. Of Nebr., = backwoOds
nan. He and his party viii snd lot
. OF backNoodamen of the same ser
| aext November, and every one o
. them will east an anti republics
vote.
This is what Senator Teller said O
: this era of prosperity ~ do no
! know, perhaps, but | have tried t
learn. | have given this question hour