San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18th, 1889.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18th, 1889.
The Daily LIGHT:
Senator Allison, who has three
| times refused the invitation of Gen.
Harrison to enter the Cabinet as Sec
rotary of the Treasury, has been to
indianapolis to finally settle the mat
ter. The trip wa: very sudden and a
great surprise to Mr.. A llisOn's friends,
and was only taken because General
Harrison refused to accept the writ
ten destinations sent him by Mr.. AL
lison, and because he has fully made
up his mind that he wants that gen
tlemen to set the financial pace for his
minIstration. Another reaJOn
given for the trip is that an intima-
ton was given Mr.. Allison that un-
less he accepted the position rendered
him, Iowa would have no representa-
ton in the Cabinet. J. S. Clarkson,
whom it is said Mr.. Allison has been
DESTROYS of having in the Cabinet as
Iowa's representative, with several
other prominent Iowa republicans,
were to meet Mr.. Allison at Indiana
polls, and some arrangement definite
ly made.
Senator Sherman is working ener-
getically for his bill prohibiting
trusts, and confidently expects its
early passage by the senate. 1t would
probably have passed last week when
it was up for consideration, if the sena-
tor from Ohio had not, in Difference to
the requests of a number of senators,
agreed to have it LAID aside Temperate
ly, to take up an appropriation bill.
In giving way Mr.. Sherman took Oc-
casion to say thst he would do so no
more, and that when his bill next
came up he should insist upon it's dis
posal.
The senate tariff bill has been sent
to the house and referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means,
and contrary to general opinion
few days ago, it now looks as if
some legislation on this subject will
be gotten through at the present ses-
sion. The democrats of the ways and
means committee have given their
pledges publicly to report the bill to
the house at the earliest time possible,
and if the house agrees to the appoint
mont of congress, as asked for 10y the
senate, some sort of compromise is
expected to be reached that will re-
suit in a large reduction in the sur
plus revenues. The tobacco tax is al
most certain to be greatly reduced, if
not altogether abolished. In fact this
tobacco business is at the bottom of
| the change of tactics on the part of the
democrats. A number of members
! from the tobacco states announced
that if they could get relief in no 9TH
er way they proposed to join the re-
! publicans and adopt the senate bill in
| its entirety.
Many conservative people here be-
lieve that Secretary Bayard's bung-
! ling methods have put US in cOndi-
! ton where war with Germany is not
only one of the possibilities of the
near future but is probable. Evidence
of Bayard's wretched management in
! Samoa is before the foreign commit
| tees of both houses of congress in the
shape of official correspondence. So
urgent do the needs OF our govern
ment appear to Senator Sherman that
he has offered an amendment to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill appropriating $500, 900 to be spent
by the president i'm looking after
American interests in Samoa.
Representative Burrows, of Michi-
gan, one of the most prominent can
didates for speaker of The next house,
is very much in favor OF holding an
extra session of congress. He said in
a conversation: II shall tell General
Harrison that not to have an extra
session will be to gamble with fate
and court defeat Mr.. Burrows
then proceeded in detail to name
what he considered the reasons for
the extra session. April is the month
Mr.. Burrows favors for the calling OF
an extra session.