San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

Ed. FREE PREss:-The week which
began with a bombardment OF ad-
ministration in tho senate end OF the
capitol, ended there with funeral ser
vices over the deceased California
senator, Mr.. Miller. The obsequies
were attended by the president and
cabinet, the supreme court, and both
houses of congress-. The senators,
in body, escorted the remains to
the railroad depot, en- route to Cali
fornia, while the marine band headed
the procession, playing, with muilied
drums, the funeral march,
Senator Miller's death temporarily
gives tho democrats another seat in
the senate The prevailing opinion
among California Democrats is that
governor Stoneman will appoint to
the vacancy either Mr.. Delmas, a
prominent lawyer of that state, or
Mr.. Geo. Hearst, editor OF the San
Francisco Examiner.
The senatorial debate has been 60
ing on steadily, with crowded CALLER
les. After the Vermont senator's Gel
ebrated speech, senator Pugh, OF Ala
bama, led the democratic assault on
the Edmunds position. Mr.. Pugh is
lawyer of fine abilities, and he made
strong legal reply to the Vermont
er's assumption. Some of bis points
were very effective, one of the first
showing flaw in the Bdmunds argu-
ment. Mr.. Edmunds claimed that
Duskin, the official who was suspend
ed by the Encouragement, was still
n suspended official, and that, there
fore, information concerning his sus-
pension WAS proper matter for the
senate's consideration. Mr.. Pugh
showed that the term of Office to
which Duskin had been appointed
had expired last January, before the
senate Judiciary committee had sought
to obtain its information through MIR.
Edmunds.
Senator Wilson next assailed the
president in speech that was very
unsatisfactory to the republicans, and
was laughed at by the democratic
senators for it's weakness and absurd
assertions. The Iowa senator troubled
himself but little with arguments,
but devoted his time to purely par
tisan Remuneration of the administra-
ton. The burden of his complaint
was that MIR. Cleveland had failed in
his professed intention to carry out
the principles of civil service reform.
Then Mr.. Kenna, the youngest
man in the senate, spoke from dem
ocratic point of view. In the West
Virginian, senator Edmunds met an
adversary entirely worthy of him, in
the unworthy cause to which he is
now devoting his energies. 1t was
Mr. kenna's second speech in the
senate, although he has been mem.
Der Of that body for more than two
years. He has been serving his no
vitiate. as it were. There is an I'M
written law that requires new seua.
tors to be little more than voting
members; but after listening to Mr..
Kenna's first great effort, the popular
comment among his friends was that
he had been kept in the background
too long.
The effect Of Mr.. Kenna's speed
was 10 show that the republican sen
ators who claim 10 be standing OF
such high moral ground in this con
trovcrsy have been actuated by part
san feelings alone. He made man,
telling hits al senators Edmunds
Sherman aud Logan, quoting then
against their present position. a
when. Tor instance, be resi the fac
siaile Of letter written by Sherman
then secretary Of the treasury. j
Ehich b. CSbermsn) refused to con
ply with the senAteis request for p