San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1888.

Daily LIGHT:
The democrats of the house would
even put the lights out in number of
| lighthouses on our coasts and rivers.
They cut down the estimates made by
the lighthouse board to such an ex-
tent that the board has notified them
| that, unless the amount is raised, 1t
will be necessary to discontinue q
number of lighthouses. The lights
will not be extinguished. The re-
publican senate may be relied upon
| to protect our commerce by increasing
the appropriation to the amount esti-
mated.
Senator Morrill,, whose health has
not been very good of late, has
"paired," and gone to the mountains
of his native state, Vermont, where
he will probably remain until Decem-
Der.
Mr.. Cleveland was so busy signing
vetoes of private pension bills, that
he could not find time to attend the
soldiers reunion at Gettysburg.
Attorney General Garland must
have realized on his Pan Electric
stock. He has purchased an $4,000
residence in this city. About next
March he will probably be hunting for
D purchaser.
The republican senators are engaged
| in preparing a tariff bill, which is to
| be offered as a substitute for the
Mills bill, now certain Of passage by
| the house, when that measure reaches
the senate. First and foremost, this
substitute will repeal the internal
| revenue tax ON tobacco in all forms,
| there is q strong movement to repeal
inf alcohol
used in the arts, but it is opposed by
as experienced statesman as Sena-
| tor Sherman, Oh the ground that such
law will invite fraud on the yart of
dealers; it seems almost certain that
the duty on sugar is to be heavily cut
into; numerous other articles have
been mentioned as likely to be affected,
but it is not probable that the meas
ure will be perfected until after the
Mills bill passes the house, which it
is not thought will be later than
August LIST.
Accompanying one Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands vetoes of private pension bills
last week, was a labored explanation
of his reasons for having vetoed so
many bills of this class. He is
friend of the soldier; at least he says
he is. No use, Mr.. Cleveland. The
soldier vote is dead "agin ye." Gal
liant Zen Harrison is the man they
propose to elect this year. He did
not hire substitute, and he will not
veto bills giving pensions to deserv-
ing veterans or their widows.
Even Chairman Mills, the free
trader, does not object to little pro-
lection, provided it is placed where
there are votes at stake. This was
| fully proven in the house on Friday,
when Mr.. Mills accepted an amend
ment to his tariff bill, striking out
paragraph which proposed to reduce
| the duty on wood screws. In order to
fully understand this action, the fact
must be known that the manufacture
OF wood screws in the United States
is virtually monopolized by the only
doubtful" New England state, Con-
| necticut.
Holman's substitute for the senate
railroad land grant forfeiture bill has
been passed by the house. Represen-
tative Payson, of Illinois, says the bill
is directly opposed to decision of the
supreme court of the United States.
Cleveland wrote letter to the Tam
many Fourth of July celebration,
which was probably intended as the
f0rerunner OF MS formal leGUer OF &C
ceptance. 1t pleased the republicans
greatly to find that he is still stuck to
the free trade tariff ideas expressed in
! his message last December. The
lodging which has lately been in
ulged in by Carlisle, Mills, Henry
Watterson, and other democrats, had
caused the republicans to fear that
Cleveland would dodge too.
Representative Reed, of Maine, the
republican leader of the house, took it
into his head last Friday to have some
fun with that alleged statesman,
Chairman Mills, and right well did he
carry it out. They had little spat in
regard to the recent lodging on the
tariff by democrats. Mr.. Mills in the
most pompous manner stated that he
possessed the courage of his convic-
tions everywhere. Mr.. Reed replied
by quoting several passages from a
speech delived by Mills IL Tammany
hall, n. Y, in which the latter had
declared in favor of "free men, free
labor and free trade" Mills was COM
pletely crushed. He could make no re-
ply. He had fallen into the trap, and
the house was cruel enough to laugh.
G. AS.