San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom our Regular CorrespondentJ

The president returned TO Wash
ington Friday night for short stay.
He left Mrs Harrison in Philadelphia
the guest of Mrs. Wannamaker.
Finding 1t impossible to return there
the president telegraphed Mrs. Har-
rison and she came OH to Washing
ton. Saturday the first cabinet meet
ing for quite while was held; all the
cabinet were present except Secreta-
ries Blaine and Rusk who were out of
town. The extra session, lasting sew
eral hours was given up to the dis
cussion of an extra session of con-
gress, and it was finally decided not
to call an extra session. When the
meeting opened the only outright OPP
ponents of an extra session were Sec
retaries Window and Tracy, but
they were so well fortified with
unanswerable arguments against the
extra session that the decision was
finally arrived at unanimously. 1t
was generally expected that several
other important matters would be
taken up at this meeting but owing to
the unusual length of the session
they were postponed. The democrats
appear to be disappointed because no
extra session of Congress has been
called. They had been INDUCING in
the hope of its being called and of
some mistakes being made by the re-
publicans that would change the I'M
mistakably favorable sentiment
which the country entertalns at pres
ent for the administration.
The President has appointed long
list of postmasters, also the following:
Thomas II. Anderson, of Ohio, to be
minister to Bolivia; Edwin Dun. to be
secretary of the legation to Japan;
Arthur w. Barrett, of Massachusetts
"a brother of the editor ofthe Boston
Advertiser) to be secretary of the
legation to Venezuela; w. r. Gard
ner, Jr., of Indiana, to be second
ond secretary of the legation to ia
pan, and the following cOnsuls: Jo-
seph T. Mason, of Virginia, at Man
helm; Bernard Macauley, Of New
Yok (son of Gen. Dan Macauley, ex-
mayor of Indianapolis) at Managua,
Nicaragua; Aulick Palmer, of the
District of Columbia, at Dresden and
John D. Delille, of Texas, (son of
Olive Logan, the famous newspaper
correspondent at Bristol England.
Secretary Proctor has gone to Yer
mont and Gen. Schofield is acting Sec
retaTy of war.
Quite a number of officials and sew
eral members of the diplomatic corps
went over to Philadelphia Saturday
to witness the launching of the new
cruiser Philadelphia. A daughter of
Postmaster General Wanamaker
christened the new boat.
Judge Houck, the plain spoken con-
gresham from Tennessee, and Civil
Service Commissioner Lyman had a
good natured argument day or two
ago as to whether the civil service
commission should be abolished.
Judge Houck took the alternatives and
succeeded in easily demolishing every
reason that Mr.. Lyman could furnish
for the existence of the commission.
1t is more than probable thai the
Judge will repeat his argument upon
the floor of the house early in the next
session.
A meaner or more undetermined and
contemplate fight than that which is
being waged against Commissioner
Tanner, has never been seen. Almost
every crime which bitter malice can
invent, has been charged against him;
no lie is too ridiculous for those pap
ers fighting him to print. am no
apologist for Commissioner Tanner
he needs none. He has committed
errors, but they have been in every
instance of the heart and not the
head. The only trouble with Tanner
is that his heart is entirely too big to
suit lot of close listed curmudgeOns,
who would like to see all the old SOL
diers turned out to Craze, instead of
being pensioned from the overflowing
treasury of the country which thew
saved. Tanner isn't the kind ola man
these fellows want at the head of the
Pension office. The want man that
will pile as many obstacles as possible
in the path of the poor applicant for
a pension and give the wealthy
Government instead of the poor ap-
plicant the benefit of every doubt
which may arise in proving disability.
But there is one consolation for the
veterans, the only man who has the
power to remove Corporal" Tanner
is Benjamin Harrison and he is known
to think pretty much as Tanner does
on the soldier question.
Policeman Kearney, the man who
arrested the assassin Guiteau as he
was running to a carriage after the
shooting of President Garfield. died
here last Friday.
Wednesday the 1st, inst, will be
the one hundredth anniversary of the
organization of the United States
treasury department. Secretary
Hamilton, could he compare the de-
partment as it is today with what II
was then would doubtless omen his