San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondents

from his trip to Boston and will re-
main here for a few days before TAX
ing a short vacation. He has worked
very hard since the 4th OF March, as
in fact bave all the cabinet officers
Few people outside of Washin gtOn
have any idea of the hours these
officials have been obliged to put in
at their desks. The opening of new
administration always means unlim-
tied hard work for the men who
have to map out and put into opera
ton its policy, and this being such a
radical change from the democratic
administration has made the amount
of work to be done much greater than
usual. 1t is no eXageration to say
| that the members of the present cab
| met have worked harder during the
| last five months than they ever did
before in their lives and several of
them have been for years at the
head of large and successful private
business concerns. They have all
earned a rest.
"Sunset" Cox. the funny demo-
cratic congressman from New York
never forgets to be humorous. He has
just returned to Washington from
trip through the four new states and
he cody claims credit for the passage
of the bill making them states by the
last congress. This is carrying Joke
almost too far. If 1 remember Alright.
and | think / do, the credit for the
passage of that bill belongs to the re.
publicans who informed their obstln-
ate democratic colleagues that unless
the bill was allowed to 60 through the |
House the president would call an ex-
ira session Immediately after his in
auguration for the express purpose of
passing it. Mr.. Cox is entitled to the |
credit of necessity, and for having |
persuaded some of his more near-sight- |
ed democratic colleagues to vote for
the bill. Let Mr.. Cox be as funny as
he wants to, but don't let the record |
on this subject be muddled or con-
fused.
The Government departments are
having good deal of trouble with |
the telegraph companies owing to
the suspension Of the contract for car
rying Government messages. The |
telegraph people are making Uncle
sam pay cash at transient rates for
all the messages sent. The Post-mas-
ter General, who has authority under
the law TO set the price for this work,
claims that one mill per word is a
fair price, this is denied by the tele-
graph companies, and in the mean
time Government officials have to
pay for their messages.
One pensioner of the Government
has just had piece of good luck.
His name is Richard Whiting, and
in 1883, he was granted a pension of
i,I anil
quently increased to $50 per month. |
Afterwards through a mistake made
by surgeon the pension was re-
duced to IS per month. The pen
siOner applied for reopening of his |
case, and Assistant Secretary Bussey |
has just decided that he is entitled |
to pension of So, per month and ar
rears since his discharge which will |
amount to $4,000.
EX-Postmaster General Frank Hat
tons latest charge against the Civil |
Service Commissioner is that lists of
the questions to be asked at eXami-
nations have been sold to applicants.
He has not yet stated VINO sold the
papers or when the offense was COM
mited.
1t is said that eX-A ttOrney General
Garland has been employed to rep
resent the Northern Pacific railroad
in this city at a salary of S25, 900
year. 1t is to be hoped that his ex-
perience with this corporation will
be pleasanter and more profitable
than that he had with the Pan-Elec-
trio Telephone Company not many
years ago.
Before leaving the CITY for a short
rest Secretary Noble received the
preliminary report of the commission
which has been investigating the
re-ratng of pensions. He has in
structed the commission to proceed
with the investigation. He wants
the proceedings for twelve months.
He declined TO make public the
preliminary report but said |
tull repOri should be given to
the public just as soon
as it is finished. l understand that |
the Secretary is satisfied from the |
report that there has been no serious |
wrong doing but he deemed it good |
policy to have fuller investigation |
made lest some of the enemies of the !
Pension Office should say that the |
months included in the preliminary
Observation-Disclosures 1888 and |
May 1SS9-had been selected before
hand on account of the showing they |
made.
Col. w. w. Dudley laughs at the |
idea of his being arrested while pass
ing through Indiana on his way to |
the g, A. r. encampment at Milwau-
kee, and says he will certainly go if |