The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-02-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
VISIT OF RANDALL AND CAR
Isle TO ALBANY.
The Influence OF the New Admin.
istratlon About the Extra
Session other News.

From our lsesu'ar Corr spon sent.
wAsnrNGtoN. February 3.--The topic
OF the week has been the visit Of Mr..
Randall and Speaker Carlisle TO Albany
to confer with the President-elect. The
quld nuncs have been kept busy discuss
ing and prophesying the cause and eff
feot,of the visit, but SO far they are all
In the dark. AZ was to be expected,
Mr.. Randall declines to make public the
nature Of his conference with Mr.. Cleve-
land. and Mr.. Carlisle will undoubtedly
be equally reticent. Itmay be assumed,
however. that the conversations related
iopolitlcal mana gement, especially with
regard 10 those matters with which the
Speaker OF the House and the leader on
the floor have 40 much to do. The Dem
ocratic pnrty Ia undoubtedly in a posi-
tion at the time which requires the
incest Judgment. and 1t Is very desirable,
therefore. that all should be done that
can be done to make the transition on
the 18th of March as smooth rs possible.
There will be n considerable jolt in any
event, but by careful driving the danger
of upset will be greatly lessened.
Congress can help or hinder the new
administration by It's record this winter,
and hence It's transactions have al per-
sonal interest Tor MIR. Cleveland, and are
OF importance to the party generally.
The President-elect would scarcely as
sumo the role of a dictator. but he Is In
Il position TO suggest and advise. IL the
common belief Is right. he has already
showed his influence In breaking down
the Nicaragua treaty, and In like manner
the journeys of Carlisle and Randall
may Dear fruit In the proceedings Of the
House. Ills desires on the question Of
an extra session, for instance, would
naturally have great weight In determ-
lining the Democratic policy In that
matter. And his views on what, to use
newspaper phrase, are continuing
topics" of politics, would receive care.
full attention; such questions, for in
stance, us the tariff the reorganization
of the navy, aud the civil service.
Apropos of an extra session, thus
seems no real occasion for the expense
and turmoil inevitably resulting from
nm extra session of Congress under the
peculiar circumstances which will exist
after the 18th proxlmo. 1t is true, only
20 working days remain to to the Forty
eighth Congress. Compared with the
number of days that have passed during
the last and present session. and the
amount of work performed and on hand,
the time is extremely short. But brief
us it Is, 1t will be found sufficient, II in
dustriously utilized and eked with even
ing sessions, tor the proper disposal Of
I'll Indispensable business. All the APP
preparation bills can be gotten out of
| The way before the end of the session, II
| thar txt laf
ceedings and give the cold shoulder to
long winded orators. And there will be
| quite time enough for the passage of
other important measures now pending
| between the two Houses. Congress
could nstonish itself and crafty the
country by few days of quiet, close,
continuous application to business. The
majority in the House would then be
able to agree upon line of action and
taking The bit In its mouth could push
right along on that line.
The court-martial at the Ebbit House
finished the consideration of the case of
General Swain yesterday, and transmit
ted its findings to the Secretary of War.
do not understand that any member
of the court has divulged the proceed
ings, but get the Impression from all
sources that by considerable majority
II has found General Swain guilty OF
the charge laid against him, which find
ing If approved by the Secretary of War,
must lead TO his dismissal from the
Army. The finding will unquestiona-
bly, be approved, and President Arthur
will have an opportunity to appoint
either some officer Of the Bureau of Mil
itary Justice of some civilian friend
like General Sharpe to this highly desir-
able position.
1t Ia said TO be definitely arranged
that President Cleveland when he
arrives In Washington will go at once
to the Arlington hotel and occupy a
suite of rooms until he moves across the
way into the Executive Mansion. Three
of the sisters of the President elect will
come with him. As soon as lie gives up
the executive mansion on March 18th to
his successor. President Cleveland, ex.
President Arthur will go to Secretary
Frelinghuysen's residence to remain un.
til he leaves the city, just as General
Grant went when he retired to the resi-
denoe OF ex-Secretary OF State Fish.
There Is large number of guests nj
present within the walls OF tbs Whit,
House than at any time during the ad
ministration. Besides Mr.. Chas. ii. Mil
Ter and General Sharpe, both bosom
friends Of the President, there Is Mrs
McElroy, Miss Katie Sharpe, Miss Hard
ing and McElroy. LESox.