San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1889.

(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1889.
The Daily LIGHT:
Senator Blair seems to possess
some faculty that whenever brought
to bear upon tire-eating senators from
the south always results in provoking
those gentlemen into a state little
short of madness. For instance when
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, said
that If it was in his power to eXpel
every negro from that state and keep
them out he would do so, Mr.. Blair,
by asking him if he thought it would
, be best for the interests of the white
people in the south that the negoes
should emigrate in body, threw the
Albanian into passion which
caused him to engage in some rather
bitter personalities toward the New
Hampshire senator. The question
asked was certainly a harmless one,
and if asked by any other senator
don't believe would have angere d
Mr.. Morgan as it did.
Commissioner of Pensions Black
wants to be appointed judge advocate
general of the army, and rumOr says
Cleveland has promised him the APP
pOntment but there is considerable
doubt about his eligibility.
Mr.. MOrtOn's present visit to Wash
ingtOn is for the purpose of familiar
ling himself with the duties of the
presiding officer of the senate, in or
der that he may be prepared to as
sumo them after the 4th of March with
out awkwardness.
Senators Morrill, and Stanford, the
republican members of the sub-cOm-
mittee of the committee on public
buildings and grounds, which is en-
gagged in investigating the office of the
supervising architect of the treasury,
have already exposed a condition of
affairs that should put somebody in
prison 1t has been common practice
in this office for employees to make
contracts, through outside dummies,
/ to perform work which should have
been done in the office. Although re-
ceiving salaries from the government,
these men were allowed to contract
for doing work, and what is worse
| than all, to fix the price to be paid for
the same. The investigation is not yet
over: and it is said that cOnsidera BILE
crookedness is expected to be shown
up in connection with the selection of
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ings.
The supporters of the several can
didates for speaker, are showing a
disposition to divide up into factions.
Pennsylvania has two candidates for
clerk of the house, Hon. Ed. McPher-
son and Major Carson, Washington
correspondent of the Philadel phia
Ledger. Pennsylvania has always had
the clerkship when the republicans
have had the house, but the COmbina-
tons made on the speakership may
result in giving it to some other state
this time.
Mr.. Randall, although he doubtless
greatly enjoyed the defeat of the
Mills-Carlisle wing of the party,
which Mr.. Cowels, of North Carolina,
brought about when he secured the
adoption of his motion referring bill
containing the internal revenue pOr-
ton of the original Mills bill to the
appropriation committee, of which
Randall is chairman, instead of to the
ways and means committee to which
it properly belonged, is now in a great
quandary about what to do with the
bill If reported to the house it may
pass, and that would be rebuke tC
the administration and the party lead
ers. and as Mr.. Randall expects *
lead his party in the next house he
does not want to set precedent tina
might cause him trou BILE in the future
G.. A. s.