San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Cosrespondent.)

L
President Cleveland has the happy
faculty of making good appoint
ments. His latest popular hit in
this line was the nomination of Mr.
Melville Fuller, the eminent Chicago
lawyer, for Chief Justice of the Uni.
ted States. The appointment is uni
yersally conceded to be an excellent
one; even the Republicans join in
praising Mr.. Cleveland for the good
Judgment shown in making the selec-
ton. He will be promptly confirmed
by the Senate, and it ls probable that
the vote will be unanimous.
Mr.. Fuller has always boon q con-
sistent Democrat. He was delegate
to the Democratic National Conven-
tons of 1864, 1872, 1876 and 1880.
The President has been anxious to
give him IN office ever since the be-
ginning of his administration, and
has offered him successfully the po-
sitions of Solicitor General, now filled
by Mr.. jerks; the Civil Service Com
missionership, which Mr. Oberly &C
cepted the Pacific Railroad Com
nissionership, to which MIR. Littler
was afterwards appointed, and the In
ter-State Commerce Commissioner
ship, which Hon. w. R. Morrison Of
terwards received. He declined all
of them, but the last and greatest he
has accepted.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations has made favorable re-
port on the Chinese treaty recently
negotiated by Mr.. Cleveland. Il will
probably be ratified by the Senate in
q short time. Another triumph for
the Democratic administration.
Speaker Carlisle will, it is under
stood, make the closing speech on the
Democratic side in the general de-
bate on the Mills Tariff Bill, which
has some ten days to run yet.
The President has been compelled,
in the interest of the public, to put
his veto upon quite number of small
bills of late.
1t is thought that the Blair Educa-
tional Bill is dead, so far as the pres
ent session of Congress is concerned.
The Senate Committee on Inter
State Commerce have decided to re-
port an entirely new bill, to take the
place of the present Interstate Com
merce law.
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate to increase the pensions OF
soldiers and sailors who contracted
heart disease In the service, and one
in the House, giving pension to all
soldiers or sailors who served 80 days
and over, at the rate of one cent per
month for zach day Of actual service.
Should this last bill become a law, it
is estimated that it would require l.
500 extra clerks for one year to mako
up the rolls, etc, which would be alb
necessary.
The House Committee on Terrific
ries are trying to get the Committee
on Rules TO report a resolution pro-
viding for an evening session Of the
House on Monday, to consider the
bill organizing the Territory Of Osk-
aloosa. The passage Of this bill is
considered somewhat doubtful ut this
time.
A Democratic caucus Of members
Of the House will probably be held
next week TO decide upon a line OF
policy to govern the acceptance Of
amendments to the tariff bill
Evidently the Republicans Of the
Senate would like 20 sec the House
In another deadlock The Direct
Tax Bill, which vas the cause Of the
recent trouble, has been hitcbed on as
an amendment 70 the Sundry Civil
Appropriation Bill, which viii proba-
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