San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-04-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April %, 1888.

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April %, 1885
To the Editor of the LIGHT:
Senator Sherman's boom has been
making rapid Roadway for the past few
days, and his friends are now predicting
his nomination on the first ballot. They
claim that he Is already sure OF 3l2 votes
out of the All necessary to nominate.
Representative Mckinley, who has just
returned from Ohio, 10 very enthusiastic
over Mr.. Sherman's prospect Of reoeiv-
ing the nomination, which he considers
as absolutely sure. He says the en-
dorsement of Mr.. Shermfn bv the Ohio
convention was not merely .Ormal. 1t
was earnest, and they meant IL. They
were enthusiastic of their support Of
Sherman, and no man opposing him
would have dared to put his head In the
convention. He says further, that there
was no foundation, whatever, for the
talk of Sherman's endorsement being
lukewarm and the result OF great labor.
Mr.. Mckinley thinks that Mr.. Sherman
will make the strongest possible candi-
data.
The tariff debate which was begun in
the house of representatives last Tues
day seems to have had the effect OF put
tluk tuC VA thos booy w "OAA'
They have since then passed the Indian
and Pension appropriation bills and de-
voted one day to the consideration of the
river and harbor bill. Tomorrow the
tariff debate is to be resumed, and 1t
will probably be kept up with short in
termisaions for at least one month. Ii
the Mills:bill were to be voted on at once,
1t would probably be defeated by very
small majority, but what will happen
after one month of "chinning" l am not
prepared to guess.
The senate is away ahead of the house
in the amount of work SO far performed
during the present session. The senate
has passed S3I bills while the House has
passed only 420.
Quite a number Of republican senators
went to New York to attend the funeral
Of ex-senator Conkling.
Mr.. Blaine's idea of congress OF
American nations will be fact next
year. The bill providing for it and in
structing the president to request the
government OF the republics OF Mexico,
of Central and South America and Hayti
and the empire of Brazil to send repre-
sentatives to conference to meet In this
city in or near April, 1889, has been
passed by both houses of congress.
1t is stated here that the president has
fully decided to appoint Mr.. Phelps, of
Vermont, our present minister to Eng
land, chief justice of the United States,
but that the Irish-Americans having
made such vigorous protest against it,
he has promised not to make the appoint
ment for the present.
The Fisheries treaty will be rejected.
The Senate will spend b portion Of this
week in discussing it behind closed
doors, and its formal rejection will
probably take place before the end OF
the week.
Hon. d. B. Henderson of Iowa, during
the debate in the house on the pension
appropriation bill, took occasion to pay
his respects to Commissioner of Pen
sions Black and his methods, Mr.. Hen
derson, in speaking of the administra-
tion Of the Mexican pension law by the
pension Office, said: $50 rapid Ia the
pension bureau in recognizing claims
under this law, that pensions are allow
ed before even q claim is put in, and
certificates are issued when the bene-
ficisry did not know he was q clai-
mant." In proof of this assertion, he
sent to the clerks desk, and had read an
article in Chicago paper to the effect
that the commissioner of pensions had
ordered a pension certificate sent to Col.
w. Il. M0rrlson, nOtWltnstanQlng tnat
he was informed that Col. Morrison's
name was not on the list of applicants.
The certificate was returned 10 the Chi
csgo pension agent by Morrison, accom-
panied by quite terse letter. Henderson
continuing his remarks, said: Com
missioner Black stands convicted on
democratic authority of violating the
terms of the law, and simply issuing a
certificate to democratic chief, who
was too high and too clean to become
party to the transaction. This man,
who entered upon the discharge of his
duties with heaven-erected face, like q
saint, is caught in a democratic trap.
He has got lower down in struggling for
political influence than any bureau
officer / have ever known"
The house has passed bills establish
ing a department of labor; and provid-
ing for arbitration Of disputes between
common carriers and their employees.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate to grant the widow of Chief
Justice Waite pension of So, c 20 year.
Some Wonderful Bonnets.