San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 2, 1888.

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Senator Hawley and Representa-
tives Johnston, of Indiana, Buchanan,
of New Jersey, Houck, of Tennessee,
and Butterworth, of Ohio, were among
the speakers at a rousing Harrison
and Morton ratification meeting held
under the auspices of the republican
national league of this city FRIDAY
evening. The greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed throughout the entire meeting,
and all of the speakers confidently
predicted the election of Harrison and
Morton. The following letter ofregret
from Senator Sherman was read: II
regret that an engagement Will not
allow me to be with you tonight,
though 1 join most heartily in the
support of the nominees OF the CHI
cago convention. have known Gen.
Harrison i'm Ultimately for many years,
as a gentleman of high character, an
able lawyer, gallant soldier,
and in every respect worthy citizen.
1 have also known Mr.. Morton as
a member of..congress, business man
of rare sagacity, ability, and integri-
ty, and true republican. These cam
didates will wOrthily represent the
great cause in which we are engaged.
The battle will be for principles, not
for men, protection to American labor,
and security for equal rights. 1 will,
no doubt, at some future time, have
an opportunity to express more at
length my earnest desire for the sue
cess of the republican party, and con-
fidence in the triumph over party
which, in its composition and acts, is
a reproach to the patriotism OF our
country" This letter was received
with cheer after cheer for Morton and
Harrison, and three cheers and tiger
for John Sherman.
1t is now a week since the ticket
was nominated, and everybody has
had an opportunity of calmly consid-
ering the work of the Chicago con-
vention, and the unanimous verdict
of the republicans is Good" with
the biggest kind of G. 1t is gener-
ally conceded by every republican,
with whom L have talked, that the
nomination of Harrison and Morton
was not only the very best that could
have been made under the circum-
stances, but that it is, all things con-
sidered, the strongest combination
that could possibly have been made. l
have never seen nomination received
with such general satisfaction by all
classes of the party as this one has
been, and unless all the signs
fail, Harrison and Morton, with our
glorious platform, proclaiming pro-
lection to American labor and indus
try, and equal rights to all, will sure
ly sweep every northern state and
probably three in the solid south,
Virginia, West Virginia and Tennes-
see.
The fight over the Mills tariff bill
has been resumed with greater vim
than ever. The republicans are de-
termined to thoroughly discuss the
many absurdities of the bill item by
item, in order that the wage earners
of the country may see which part it
is that is striking down its wages. 1t
is probable that the endorsement of
the bill by the democratic convention
will have the result of bringing
enough of the kicking" dem ocrats to
its support to secure its passage when
it gets to final vote in the house,
which the democrats expect will be
early in August. 1t will then 60 to
the senate, where it is sure to be do
feated.
The most hopeful member of con-
gress does not predict an adjournment
before September, and there are quite
a number who think the session wi ii
continue right along to the fourth of
March.
General Sheridan left this city Sat
urday in the U. S. steamer Swatara,
bound for Nonquit on Buzzards' Bay,
Massachusetts,, where he has a sum-
mer cottage. He has been getting
along quite well for some time, but
the fact that he was accompanied by
all four of the regular physicians who
have attended him from the first,
shows that he is not considered out of
danger.
The senate committee on pensions
has submitted a report upon eight We
Ntoed pension bills, which recommends
Nheir passage over the vetoes. The re-
)rt says: "Since the eighth day of
May, 1885, 1876 special acts granting
pensions to individuals have been dis
approved by the president. These dis
approvals were based in a great ma
jOrity of cases, upon the expressed
opinion of the president that congress
has erred in it's judgment of mere
fact. 1t is, of course, impossible for
the president to examine the mass of
documentary evidence upon which
each case depends, and which is inva-
riably examined by the committee, and
it follows that when he disagrees with
congress upon the question of fact in
these cases, his judgment must be
based, not upon the reports of the
committee, in which the facts are al
ways stated with sufficient fullness,