San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, March 3, lSSS.

Daily LIGHT:
Senator Hiscock's presidential boom
has made rapid strides towards the
front during the past few days.
"Descon" White, who represents one
OF the Brooklyn, N. Y, districts In the
house OF representatives. and who is also
generally believed TO represent Jay
Gould and his manifold interests in the
same body, in fact it is openly stated
here that he purchased his nomination
and election for that purpose only, made
himself conspicuous Dy spIritedly at
lacking the Pacific railroad telegraph
bill in the house Cd Saturday. His argu-
ment was perfectly absurd. He said that
the pending bill Was only bunCOmbe
and would accomplish nothing that the
present laws failed to do, and yet the
gentleman was ready to foam at the
mouth for fear the bill would pass, as 1t
subsequently did.
Ii Is noticeable that no Legislation eX-
cept that applying 10 something that in
terests Jay Gould ever attracts the at
tentiOn OF Mr.. White.
The uncalled for slurs against the
grand army of the republic in which
senator Vest INDUCED while making a
speech In the senate on Wednesday in
opposition to the dependent pension
bill, have lowered him in the estimation
even OF his own party associates. 1t
was certainly in very bad taste for man
whe took prominent part In trying to
destroy the government OF this country,
to stand under the dome of the capitol
and try to deprive the preservers Of the
union of their hard-earned pensions.
That such q state of things should be
possible speaks volumes for the fOrbear-
ance of tie United States government
In dealing with traitors:
Senator Sherman's bill amending The
laws governing Chinese emigration
passed through the senate safely on
Thursday. Among its most violent an
tagOniZers was the senator from Florida,
Mr.. Call, who characterized the bill as
one undertaking to prove that the world
was made wrong because of the four
hundred millions of Chinese In it.
The mountain which has been In la
Dor, for 10! these many months, has at
last brought forth the mouse. The tariff
bill prepared by the democratic MAORI
ty of the ways and means committee of
the house, and which was submitted to
the whole committee and made public,
was the event of the week at the CapI-
tOl.
1t has really made peroeptable CD asm
in the democratic party. 1t does not go
far enough for the out and out free
traders, while 1t goes entirely too far in
the direction of free trade for the Ran
dali wing OF the democratic party. Mr..
Randall calls the bill vicious.
The new bill is heartily approved by
Cleveland and his secretary Of the
treasury. Nothing strange 10 that, as
II Is more than probable that they both
had a hand In Its construction. Still it
is extremely doubtful whether all the
power OF administration, which will
undoubtedly be brought to bear on
Directing members, can succeed in get.
ting the bill passed by the house. Petit
tons are already beginning to come In
opposing the passage OF the bill, the
very first received being from the glass
blowers.
Senator Vance says the bill does not
meet with the wishes of North Carolina
because it omIts internal revenue relief.
Members and senators from the tobacco
growing states all object to 1t because
1t does not repeal the tobacco tax
The senate committee on the District
Of Columbia have decided in favor Of To-
cal option for the District, and al effort
will shortly be made to give its citizens
an opportunity TO decide the much agi-
tated question Of liquor by their own
votes.
The dependent pension bill has been
amended by the senate to Include all SOL
diers who served in the war with Mex
leo and all who served for thirty days or
longer in any OF the Indian wars.
The house committee on invalid pen-
sions has fSvorably reported the bill re-
lsting to claims for pension BY depend-
ent parents. 1t provides that in consiG-
erlng such claims, 1t having been shown
after the soldiers death that he was en-
Titled TO pension, and that he left no
widow or dependent children, it shall be
necessary only TO show by competent
and sufficient evidence that such parent
or parents are without other means Of
support than their own manual labor or
the contributions Of Others not legally
bound for their support. The same com
mittee also favorRbly reported q bill pro-
Vlding that the pension money OF any
pensioner who is in the habit of be
coming intoxicated and who negleots to
support those lawfully dependent upon
him, shall be paid to the wife Of such
pensiOner, II she be proper person TO
receive it, or to legally constituted
and qualified guardian.
Again last week Senator Paddock
paid his respects to the administration
In some pointed remarks upon the pres
ent inefficient mall service that is being
given to the country. GAS.