San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Apr. g. 1886

past few days, while the Senate has
been taking rest voted for by the
majority, so that the republican SEN
ators could fight in caucus over the
Edmunds resolutions. When they
passed these resolutions last week,
they supposed they had gotten
through with discussion which had
been neither as interesting nor profit,
able as had been anticipated.
Some Of the republican senators
did not consider it binding upon
them to follow the line of party nc
ton indicated by the resolutions, and
held that they were free to vote upon
the presidents nominations accord
ing to the merits of each case. But
Mr.. Edmunds angrily demanded
what was the use of passing his res.
olutions if they were to get no good
out Of them.
Caucus after caucus was held, but
no agreement was reached, and it is
asserted that the debate was some
times more acrimonious than the sen
ators care to acknowledge. Hoar,
Logan and Morrell are among the
refractory SENATOR'S and oddly enough
the latter, who is Mr.. Edmunds' most
stubborn combatant, represents the
same state us he. Mr.. Morrill, con-
tended that an attempt to reject the
democratic nominees would do the
republicans no good 1t would be
resented as such. MIR. Edmunds
and his adherents tried to secure the
adoption of a dozen differently
worded propositions, each practical
ly committing the caucus to carrying
out the letter of the Edmunds resolu-
tons, but each was beaten as soon as
it was offered.
The result will be that the Ed
munds resolutions will be virtually |
repudiated. There is, and has been,
no cohesion among the republican
senators. There is no sincerity in
any course they may agree upon.
One half of them are jealous of the
other half, and policies are voted for
which no one intends shall be car.
ried out. There are too many pres
idential aspirants among them for
any harmony of purpose. They
have neither helped the party nor
individual members so far.
The continued illness of Secretary
and the recent illness of
other members of the Cabinet and of
Col. Lamont, the presidents efficient
private secretary, have greatly in
creased the labor of Mr.. Cleveland
Turing the past week. Sickness in
he Cabinet has called atten ton to
he very arduous nature of the du-
les which cabinet officers are called
,pon to perform. And it would be
lifficult to find conditions that offer
more liberal inducements to illness
han may be found in the present
jabinet. The labor exacted of its
nembers is unrelenting, constant
nd severe.
There are few persons who know
ow very much Secretary Manning
gas overworked. He found it i'm,
ossible to conduct the affairs of the
reasury department by giving the
usiness only "a general supervision.
labor was required of the
ecretary personally.
The continuous strain of weighty
added to the ever
lsting worry eff petty detail, makes a
avoc with the nerve forces that only
ocular seasons of repose can repair T.
nd recuperation is not to be thought
{ in Washington official life. Socie-
7 makes larger demands upon pub
C men every year. To entertain
nd to be entertained is to perform
lie duties attached to the position.
o close the doors of q house that
lstom has rented to society for the
Jason, as it were,is to be inhospitable
Id eccentric. 1t is true Mr.. Man
ing went very little into society, and
# social duties usually to his wife,
1t for all that he has had no rest.
1t is to be hoped that the Senates
tie to employ half million dollars
the erection of another monument
ire to Lincoln, will receive an en-
latic protest in the lower house.
here is not even the poor arg ument
+ the senate bill that Lincoln has
, memorial, as is the case, for in
lnce with Lafayette. There is a
atue of him in front of the city hall,
AIRED by the colored race, another,
He'd the emancipation group, be-