San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-09-05
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent
WAsHSoroS, Aug. 80, 1889.

WAuINNION I.iiiLh
(From our regular Correspondent
wAsHEoroS, Aug. 80, 1889.
Senator German il said to have
presided over q secret meeting oil
prominent democrats held ut coun'
try house in Maryland this week 10 ar
range a programme for the democrat
ic minority in the house. My inform
ant says that while it was not defin'
itely settled, il was generally under
stood that the republicans would not
be permitted to make any radical
changes in tho present rules OF the
House, nor will they be permitted to
reseat democrats without good and
sufficient reasons.
II she who hositates is lost" some
body should be prepared to go in
search OF President Harrison, for he
still hesitates, as TO whether an extra
session Of Congress shall be called.
Some people do not mind saying that
it is fear and not hesitation that ails
the President. Perhaps it is and
there will be no extra session.
To-day wo have as many as three
cabinet officers in town ut one time,
for tho FIRST time in several weeks.
Frank Hatton has printed a fac-
smile Of letter written by Civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt, and
be wants to know Of the Commissioner
il the writer could pass the examina-
ton for copyist. From the looks OF
his writing Mr.. Roosevelt must have
taken lessons from the late Horace
Greeley.
Society people, the few that are at
present in the city, are discussing the
TO them) announcement,
Just made, that Mrs. Harrison will
not shake hands at the White House
receptions this winter.
1t is stated that the building of the
war ship Texas about which there
is so much mystery, will be investi-
gated by Congress. The Navy de-
partment is at present trying to find
out whether she will float il finished
under the present plans, which were
purchased of an English firm OF ship
builders, and cost $4,000. The yes
sol when completed, if it is ever COM
pleted, will cost over $2.000,OO0. If
now the Naval officers say
the loss will be more that S250,000.
Every body argues that the Worlds
Exposition Of 1892, should be held
under the authority of the National
Government and in n representative
American City. This is strong
double argument in favor ofits being
located at Washington, which is the
only city completely controlled by
the Government, as we'll as the only
city in the United States OF more
than 100000 population that can be
strictly speaking, called an American
,ity. More than 80 per cent OF the
of Washington are native
born Americans.
The fight on the Civil Service law
which is being made here got rather
personal, this week when someinquisi-
i've newspaper man while rusing
around at the war department found
COPY of an order issued in 1863
diminishing Civil Service Commission
,r Lyman from the Army. He sent
t to his paper as special and it was
,elegraphed back to a local paper
[t was however rather short-lived
as little investigation at
he War department brought another
,rder to light revokipg the first one
md granting Lyman an honorable
discharge. 1t is very unfair to make
such attacks. Had the man who
ound the first made any inquiry at
he department he would have learn
ID Of the existence Of the second, but
hat would have spoiled his sensation.
To the credit OF the most prominent
of the Civil Service law, be
t said they oppose all such methods
IS that adopted by this sensation
They are fighting the law,
lot the gentlemen who are Commits
ioners under the law.
The country will breathe freer now
hat the Treasury department has
announced through acting Secretary
3atcheller that it will not permit q
panic during the present
The announcement
vas made to allay the fear caused by
newspaper report Of a Wall street
rust formed TO either raise the price
low being paid by the Treasury for
,onds or 10 throw the country into