San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-20
ghe 1ai1y Eight.
FRIDAY, JULY, 20, 1888.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 16, 1888.

Senator Edmunds has introduced
bill, which, if passed, will be Of
great benefit to the government, to
Saw nothing of the thousands of dol
lars it will save for Uncle Sam. 1t
provides for the establishment of a
council of ordnance, to consist of three
officers from the army. three officers
from the navy and three civilians.
The duty of this council shall be to
conduct examinations into all such
questions relating to the fabrication
and use of ordnance, projectiles, and
explosives, as may be referred to it by
congress or the war or navy depart
ment. No money shall be spent by
any department until this council shall
have examined and reported on the
feasibility of the methods proposed to
be adopted. In view Of the fact that
during the next ten years this gov
eminent will in all probability spend
millions of dollars for ordnance, this
bill is particularly apropOs.
The democratic house has for the
second time refused to accept the SEN
ate amendment to the postoffice APP
preparation bill to increase the mail
facilities between the United States
duu CtuUIdl anu CouVh ~hluOAASeSs AAS
law under which the mails are for
ed in 1S5S-thirty years ago. Since
that time great progress has been
made by those countries, as well as
by the United States. The republic
cans of the senate wish to put the
mail facilities in line with 1888, but
the democrats decide to keep it with
WILL Ali, will not Ia AZ OF
the people will elect a republican
house as well as president this year.
Senators Hoar and Dolph made
strong arguments against the ratifica-
ton Of the fisheries treaty in the SEN
ate last week.
Gen. Greedy, Chief of Service, made
charge against Commissioners OF
Agriculture COlman of working in an
underhand manner to get the weather
bureau transferred to the Agricultural
department. The charge was made
last Wednesday to the Senate COM
mittee on Agriculture. Now, Gen.
Greedy has written letter to Senator
Palmer, a member of that committee,
in which he apologies for what he
said, and states that he was wrongly
informed, as he has since learned.
Dan Lamont has gone to New York,
ostensibly to see his family, but in
reality to finish the political deal that
Cleveland is making with the thrifty
democratic politicians of that state.
Lamont's visit will settle the doubt as
to who will be the democratic noml-
nee for governor of that state.
Quite number of the republican
senators are opposed to the senate re-
manning in session long enough to
pass tariff bill as substitute for
the Mills bill. They say that when
the Mills bill is received by the
senate, all that will be necessary will
be to formulate substitute therefor,
report it, place it on the calandar, and
there let it remain until next session.
They argue that this substitute, as
soon as reported, will 60 before the
country as the republican tariff bill,
and that it will have just as much eff
feet as if they remained here to form
ally pass it.
On Friday Senator Dawes presented
to the senate a numerously signed re-
monstrance of the wool manufacturers
and wool dealers, against the legisla-
ton proposed in the Mills bill. AS
usual, the republican senate will pro-
tect our business interests.
Senator Blair is known as a meek
and peaceable sort of a man. Perhaps
it was for that reason that fire-eating
Butler, of South Carolina, eX-leader
of a red shirt company of bull dOzers,
jumped on him with both feet, to use
the language of small boy, during
the discussions of the presidents
vetoes of private pension bills, on
Thursday. Mr.. Blair dared to say
that in his opinion the vetoed cases,
taken as a whole, were cases of abso-
Lutte merit, and the vetoes were out
RACES on the rights of American citi-
zens. That was enough. Mr.. Butler,
in his reply said that Mr.. Blair was
not a gentleman; that he and the
measures introduced by him, were in
cumbrances on the senate, and among
other things, he tried to imply that
Mr.. Blair lacked manly courage. Mr..
Blair in a very dignified manner re-
piled, saying that whatever he was,
he had never been traitor to his
country, and that while he claimed
no excess of courage, and never ex-
pected to be called upon to exhibit
even the ordinary courage of a civil
ian, he would not shrink from any
| test to which the senator from South
Carolina might seek to subject him.
1 have never before thought so much
of Senator Blair as / did at that mo-
ment, when by quiet dignity he had
silenced the man who had insulted
him.
Mr.. Samuel J. Randall, the brainy
Pennsylvania representative, is lying
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