San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 1888.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 1888.
Mr.. Cloveland's last annual mes
sage to congress is looked forward to
with much interest here. I am in
formed by gentleman who knows.
that it will be very short document
and that it will reiterate the main
points OF his celebrated tariff mes
sage of last December.
Secretury Fairchild has found it
necessary, owing to the impudence
of the jubilant, hold.over republican
clerks in the treasury department, to
issue an order forbidding the clerks
in that department talking politics.
I have been hunting ever since
Harrison was known to be elected for
a Washington republican who does
not expect to hold Office under the
next administration. He has not yet
been found, and it seems unlikely
that he ever will be. If the local re-
publicans Of this city are to get all OF
them, what is to become of the fel-
lows who did the voting in the
states?
The republicans in the departments
here who have been the loudest shout
ers for o non-partisan civil service
under the present administration,
are now vigorously clamoring for q
"clean sweep" after the 4th Of March.
Such is the price of keeping these
fellows in Office years after they
should have been discharged. When
the democratic party gets control Of
the government again it will know
better.
A fact has just leaked out here
that if known before the election
would have probably reelected Mr..
Cleveland. I allude to an expected
addition to the Cleveland family some
time in next May. Every lady who
hears this news at once exclaims:
"Too bad and just after they leave
the White House. Isn't it shamea
Dudley and Quay have come to
Washington in order that they may
manipulate the scheme whereby they
hope to secure control of the next
House of Representatives for the re-
publicans, notwithstanding the fact
that the returns show a democratic
majority of two. The democratic
managers are fully alive to the situa-
tion and are fully confident OF their
ability to thwart the republican
schemes and to organize the next
House.
"The treasury has been robbed"
was the startling announcement o
few morninge ago, Imagination ran
riot for awhile with the amount sto-
len, but it was soon ascertained to be
only 1,5OO silver dollars which had
been removed by some means from
two boxes containing $4,000 each
somewhere between the U. S. mint
at New Orleans and the treasury in
this city. Lead was substituted for
the stolen silver. When or whore
the theft was made is still mystery.
The U. S. supreme court rendered
an important decision this week in
regard to life insurance policies. The
court holds that a policy made paya-
BILE to mans wife or children can
ender no circumstances be attached
by the creditors of the deceased.
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia,
has telegraphed here that the legisla-
ture of that state is certainly demo-
cratic, which insures q democratic
senator. Members of congress are
arriving slowly for the coming ses.
sion. 1t is not thought that the re.
publicans of the senate will try TO
pass their tariff bill this winter.
Owing to the large number Of can
didates who expect to go into the
cabinet it is thought Mr.. Harrison
will have no end of trouble in making
it up, and that whoever he may Sc.
lect he is certain to make many enc
mics. Harrison's southern policy is
also likely to give him trouble. II
he follows mis- own inclinationsit will
be very conservative, but there are
quite number Of influential republi-
cans that favor a radical policy.
Many think Harrison has backbone
enough to shape things 10 SUIT him.
self, and that be will endeavor TO win
friends in the south by good appoint
ments to the federal Offices there A
good deal will depend on the men be
selects for Postmaster General and
Secretary Of the Treasury, those two
officials controlling most Of The bp
pointments in The south. One thing
seems to be pretty certain, DO at