The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1898-01-01
WASHINGTON 4
from u regular Correspondence

oooiibS fNtttN h-diN UtlItE
applied to MFR. Mckinley H. a nick
name by members Of his " party.
The republicans who still call them
selves binelaliists have ateut decided
that Mr.. Mckinley must either de
clare himself TO DE a gold monnne-
talllst or u bimetallist ; they ara tired
Of having him coddle them by talking
bimetailism and then allowing Secre-
tarv Gage to pc blicly annnnncr. with
out remonstrance, that the admins.
tratlon was for any aud everything
that was regarded as likely to help
perpetuate the single gold standard.
These men have guieted their %con.ti-
tuents by assuring them Of Nj. Ale
kinley's sincere friendship for bln.e-
tallism. and his desire to aid in IT.
restoration when the opportunity
offered, and it WAS from Mr.. Mckinley
himself they got the impressions mp
on which those assurances were
founded. Now they have doubts,
and will demand that Mr.. Mckinley
settle them once for all.
Mr.. Mckinley has been wobbling
on the civil service rules quite as
badly as upon finance, and he is like
lyto find HIMSELF brought to book on
this subject sooH after Congress re-
sumes business. just before Con
cress adjourned for the HOLIDAYS, Mr..
Mckinley Indicated, if he did not
actually make the promise, to ZONE
OF the republicans who had been taxi
iny an active part in the movement
I" secure anti civil service legislation,
that lie intended to issue al executive
order that would remove from ths
protection of the civil service rules
many of the Offices that were included
in Mr. Cieveland's extensions of the
rules. This week, with Congress
away, Mr. Mckinley told his Cabinet
that he was inclined to stand pat IN
civil service aud hal while he might
make some changes he did not expect
to make any extensive modification
of existing rules.
The joint sessions Of the House aud
Senate lnuian Committee, the object
OF which is to agree upon a single nili
covering all The legislation tol The
Indian Territory and the five IT. bea
have 50 far merely served to show how
many divergent interests there are in
this matter aud how difficult 1t will
be to draw a bill that will not be un-
just to sOnie of these interests.
The nomination of Mr.. Charles
Page Bryan to be minister to China.
if persisted in by Mr.. Mckinley, Ray
be the cause of a big fuss in the Sen
ate. 1t has been represented to Mr.
Mckinley that the European grab
game which is now being played in
China makes it imperative that the
U.S .. minister to that country should
be a man of wide diplomatic exper-
fence, and that Mr.. Bryan lacks that
qualification. Such Senators as Tel
Ter, Wollcott aud Frye have ANNOUNCE
ed their intention to fight the confir-
nation Of Bryan, if Mr. Mckinley
sends 1t to the Senate in spite of the
protests which have been made to
him.
The republican policy Of cutting
the appropriations regardless IF what
is needed, in order to try to help the
Dingley tariff lessen that deficit night
mare, has been shown iu u striking
manner by the way in winch the
House committee on Appropriations
treated the recommendations of the
Secretary Of the Interior, who had
himself, under orders from the White
House, nj the estimates of all his
bureau chiefs. Everybody knows that
the work Of the Patent Office has
steadily increased with the growth Of
the country, aud perhaps every body
doesn't know. but it is true all the
same, that tho Z. S. Government
makes a profit out of the Patent Office
the amount to it's credit at this time
in the L. 5. Treasury being in excess
of ; 5000, 900. The Secretary of the
Interior asked Congress to provide
for inst n half of the additional help
at all although the business of tho
office is now from two to SIX months
behind. 1t a private business estab-
lishment refused to find that rivals
were getting it away from it, but a.
the government has no rivals in this
business those who have dealings
the Patent Office will have to grin
and bear the delay until better bust
ness sense prevails in the House. un-
less the Senate comes 70 the rescue by
properly amending the Legislative,
Executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
Every republican office holder from
Ohio, in Washington, who is supposed
to have tho slightest influence will,
the republican members Of the Ohio
legislature has been ~ordered-not re-
quested-to reDort at the Hanna
headquarters in Columbus, for that
purpose of helping the boss to lard