San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
VV,suSoTov Nv % 1888.

View IN order 10 prepare MS lhst bh'
nual message 10 congress, There IL
little doubt that Mr.. Cleveland will
manfully stand by tho position taken
by him on the surplus and tariff last
December. He will make more en-
phatic his former declaration that 1t
il a "condlion, not theory, that
conironts u.s. Ho will still advocate
the Democratic policy OF reducing
tho tariff on raw materials and the
necessaries OF life, but above all he
will insist that the income OF the gov
eminent should be ut once reduced in
some manner. 1t is thought by some
that 30 urgent does no consider tho
necessity for reduction, that no will
advise tho Democrats Of tho house to
accept the senate amendment to the
Mills bill, rather than have no reduc-
ton until tho next session OF con-
gross. In fact the signs are rapidly
multiplying that the policy of the
Democratic leaders ut the coming
session will be TO secure if possible
tho passage OF some sort OF n tariff
bill that will reduce the surplus, and
if they have to accept the Republican
plan, to do so under protest, as being
better than no reduction at all. This
policy will, if adopted and persistent
ly carried out, block the Republican
plan of letting the whole tariff ques-
ton 60 over to the fifty fret con-
gress, which they will control in both
houses.
Mr.. Cleveland has already stated
that he would sign any measure
which should como to him making
reduction IN the revenue, whether IN
tho tariff schedule or the internal
revenue taxes, unless there was some
thing very vicious about it. 1t is
certain that he would sign the senate
substitute for the Mills bill just as it
was reported to the senate. but it is
extremely probable that the Repub-
Leans will make many changes in
that measure before it passes.
The annual reports of the cabinet
officers will make interesting reading
for Democrats this year. They will
present q concise history of the four
years of Democratic administration,
and will make a showing that every
Democrat will have q right to feel
proud of. A cleaner and better adj
ministration, taken as q whole, the
country has never had.
The first meeting of the house
committee on appropriations was
held Wednesday. They have bnckled
right down to work, and expect to
have the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill ready to report to the
hoase the first day of the session.
Mr.. Randall, tho chairman of the
committee was not present, but bis
health has so greatly improved that
he expects to resume his duties ut
the opening of the session.
Tho deadly qnarrels that the Re.
publicans have lately developed
among themselves over the division
of the spoils, goes long ways to
ward reconciling Democratic to defeat.
The negroes of this city have it in
their heads that the election of Har
rison has put them on top, and they
are already making all sorts of de-
mands in relation to the local Offices
Fred Douglass wants to be recorder
of deeds, the notorious Perry Carson
wants to be district commissioner,
but is willing to compromise on the
chef of police. Several other ne.
groes are candidates for commission
er and other prominent district offices.
1t is only fair to say that the white
are dead opposed to
giving single one of the prominent
offices to q negro, but tho negroes
here are a noisy gang, and if Harri-
son fails to give them some of the
plums they will mako big fuss.
The now bureau of correspondence
Of the agricultural department, au-
by the last session of con-
gress, has begun work under the di-
rection OF Prof. w. o. Atwater. For
the present the work of the bureau will
be confined to furnishing the aSri-
cultural experiment stations through
put the country with information
the experiments they are
in.
Will there be a street fight cetween
Senator Blackburn and Judge Rucker,
he two fiery sons of Kentucky, who
nave been saying some very hard
Kings about each other in the news
papersi Neither OF them is here. but
both of them have engaged rooms at
he snnl. hnfnl and nre eYnncinl In 4