San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-04-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

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WASHINGTON, Apr. 5, 1889.
Harrison having succeeded in get,
ting rid OF the Senate, will now pro-
coed to do some hustling on his own
account. He still has some very fat
plums to dispose of, such as the
Public Printer, Land Commissioner,
Justice of the Supreme Court, min
listers to Germany and China, etc,
and the Office seeker will see that he
does not become lonesome in the
White House as long rs he has an
office to give away.
Benz, +. Tracy, Secretary Of
the Navy, has already begun to get
in his fine political work. He has
had number of democrats employ
ed at the naval ordnance factory in
this city discharged, and republicans
employed in their places. :.
Wanamaker, the Postmaster Gen
eral makes the temperance speeches
and runs the Sunday Schools of the
administration, but First Assistant
Clarkson is running the Post Office
Department under the old fashioned
spoils system, that bids fair to have
every democrat employees Of that
department bounced inside of six
months, and his place filed by re-
publican hustler, who is neither q
Sunday school scholar nor prohibit
ZIONIST.
The rejection of the nomination
of Murat Halstead to be minister to
Germany by the Senate, has set the
republicans all by the ears. Harri-
son is in a rage about it; Blaine like
wise, and it is said that Halstead will
be appointed anyway in few
days, and that Harrison will
trust to being able to pull him
through the Senate next winter.
He will find that somewhat diff
cult matter, as the republicans that
voted against him say they will never
do otherwise, and it is hardly likely
that enough democrats can be found
to stop this nice little row in the re-
publican family.
New pension agents are springing
up on all sides here, and they oil ex-
pect to get rich during the next four
years through Tanners liberal de-
cisions, and they are not likely to be
disappointed unless Congress shall
refuse to appropriate all the money
needed to pay pensions under deci
sions.
Mr.. G. N. Andrews, of youngstown,
Ohio, father,in-law of young John A.
Logan, sent the following telegram
to Senator Payne the day Before
Murat Halstead's nomination was re-
jected; Il hope you will do every
thing in yonr power to defeat the
vilest reptile and traducer of the
noblest men in the republican party,
Murat Halstead."
There is prospect Of having all
executive nominations considered in
open session of the Senate in the
future. A resolution to that effect
was offered by Mr.. Teller before
and will be called up
for action early in the regular ses-
sion, and judging from the talk of
Senators of both parties it will be
adopted. 1t is hard in fact to dis.
cover what argument can be used
against it, as it does not propose
open sessions for all executive bust
ness, as all previous resolutions on
the subject have done.
Senator Hoar's sub committee to
investigate our commercial relations
with Canada, will start from Chicago |
early in May for an extended trip |
over the Northern and Canadian |
Pacific railroads, What a great snap
{ is to take such a trip and have
Uncle Sam to foot the bills, includ-
ng even the champagne and cigars
The older republican Senators have
become adopts in getting up such
schemes. This subcommittee is
Of four republicans-Mes
rs. Hoar. Wilson, Hale, and Dolpb,
nd three demOcrats-Messrs Pugh,
Sutler and voorhees,.
Not decent road law. not a de-
,eut land law. nothing done for the