San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent. J

at the White House until Saturday
afternoon when he left for Deer park.
AS short as his stay was he attended
to great deal of businos', being in
almost constant consultation with
the heads of the various departments.
He also found time to make few ap-
pointments. Tomorrow he expects to
leave Deer park for indianapolis
where he will spend several days. Ac-
cording to the present programme he
until he CONTEST remain, but will go
begin work on his proclamation call
ing an extra session Of congress and
on his first annual message to con-
gress, both of which documents he
thinks it necessary to prepare with
the greatest care. The first to show
the necessity for calling an extra ses-
sion OF ongress and the last to lay
out policy for the republicans in
congress to carry out as regards the
tariff and other important matters.
Mrs. Harrison, who has been in at
| tendance at the bedside of a sick sis
ter, arrived here just in time to ac-
company the President to Deer park.
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and they are both looking forward to
their first visit home with much
pleasure.
Acting Postmaster General Clark
son has awarded the contract for fur
nishing postal cards for the next four
years to Albert Daggett, of New
York. The new contract calls for
better quality of paper than is now
nd fnra rIs If li0
15-l6 by 5-S inches; one by is
inches (the size of those now used
and one 3-4 by l8 inches. Not
and the different size, the new con-
$4,000 as compared with the last
one. The contract begins October the
first, next.
Quite large delegation from the
various Posts in this city will attend
the twenty-third National encamp-
ment of the G. \ r., at Milwaukee.
They will go on a special train and
will carry as their guests Pension
Commissioner Tanner, Col. w. w.
Dudley and other prominent eX-sOl-
diers.
Gen. FairchiId, chairman of the
commission appointed to negotiate
for the purchase of the Cherokee |
strip. reported to the Interior depart
ment that the commission has done |
all that can be done until after the |
Cherokee Indians hold their council |
in November. The council will con-
slider the governments offer to buy |
their land at Sl.25 per acre, and its
action is final as far as the Indians |
are concerned.
Secretary Noble has issued a circu-
lar to pension agents reducing their |
appOrtionment for clerk here to fig !
alton made by congress for that pur- |
pose. The appropriation is INSULT |
Gent, but the secretary does not
think it legal to increase the number
of clerks. thus deliberately making a
deficiency. This may result in some
delay at some of the agencies in pay
ing the pensions for the quarter end
ing September 80.
Commissioner of Pensions Tanner
wants it distinctly understood that
there is no quarrel between Secretary
Noble and himself, nor has there been
at any time the slightest break in the
pleasant personal relations between
them. He says Mr.. Noble is one of I
the most lovable men, a man of broad
views, and while there may be some
official difference between US, these
differences are not of personal char
acter. Any statement tending to Gre
ate any other impression is untrue.
Marshal Ransdell has made him
self solid with the working republic |
cans hereabOuts by asking for the res
ignatiOn of three of his democratic |
deputies and by announcing that ii |
was his purpose to displace the rest of
the democrats employed under him |
and replace them with good republic
cans as soon as possible.
Senator Spooner dropped into Wash
ingtOn last week from a Massachusetts, |
summer resort He came to fix up |
some Wisconsin pOstOffices and things, |
and from the broad smile he carried |
away must have succeeded. A reck-
less newspaper man caught him and |
attempted to interview him on the re-
publican tariff bill. "Great Scott, my |
friend" the senator replied, II am
going away in an hour. Wait until |
come back for the winter and We'll |
have time to talk it over.n
Virginia republicans here say that |
the democratic state nominations |
made last week are about the strong
est that party could possibly have
made, and that the republicans will |
have to work hard and pull together |
TO defeat them.
And now there is talk of another |
congressional investigation of the |
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