San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-02


he will remain until the middle of the
week as he has number of import.
ant matters to submit to.the presi'
dent.
Attorney General Miller has re.
turned to Washington. His visit to
the president gave the old rumOr that
he was to be appointed to succeed the
late Justice Matthews of the supreme
court, a fresh start. Ishave the very
best of reasons for believing that Mr..
Miller will not go upon the supreme
court bench. although there is not the
slightest doubt that the presi-
dent had at one time almost
fully determined to make the
appointment. The change of
mind is understood to have been
brought about by strong protest from
a number of leading Indiana republic
cans. OF course it is always possible
for the president to change his mind
again, but | think he has been made
to see that the appointment of Mr..
Miller, however much he might like
to make it on personal grounds,
would be bad politics, and the politi-
cal sagacity of the president is too
great for any apprehension to be felt
| ny HIS lTleIluS ludl uc al au,
| bad breaks of that sort.
Secretary Rusk and the attorney
general are the only members OF the
| cabinet in town to-day. but several of
the Others will be at their desk to-
morrow.
Secretary Noble has appointed w.
G.. Elan, of Virginia., Chief of of a di-
vision in the interior department.
Mr.. Elan has for years been hard
worker for the republican party.
While editor of the Richmond Wing
he fought several duels on account of
his fearless editorials. He is at pres
ent member of the Virginia Legis-
lature.
Col. Emmons Clark, of New York.
who was recently appointed consul
at Havre. France, has declined the |
appointment. The position is one of
great commercial Importance, and it |
is said that the principal cause of Col.
Clark's declination was his fear that |
he lacked the business experience |
necessary to a successful administra-
ton of the office. If that is true he |
deserves great credit, for the men |
who know how to guage their own |
ability are very rare.
Notice has been given the clerks in |
the record and pension division of the |
War department that no more leaves |
of absence will be granted in that d.
vision until the back work is disposed |
of. In that division there are 10000 |
pension cases III arrears. They dispose
of about 500 per day, but as the pen
sion office sends up several hundred |
new cases every day it will be some
time before they can catch up.
Secretary Window has concurred in
an opinion given by Solicitor Hep
burn that book-keeper brought over
to New York by an English firm with
a branch house in New York city will |
have to be sent back to England as
his coming there under contract was |
a violation Of the alien labor law. |
The complaint was made by the |
American bOok-keeper who was dis |
charged to make place for the En-
glishman.
A committee representing the New |
Era Exposition" to be held in Sep |
TENDER and October next at St.JOseph, |
Missouri, called on Secretary Rusk |
Saturday and presented him with a |
handsome and unique invitation to at |
tend the exposition, which, by the
way is to be held in honor of the es-
tablishment of the Department of Ag-
riculture. The secretary informed the |
committee that he could not, at this |
time definitely accept the invitation,
but that he would try to so arrange |
his engagements as to attend.
Commissioner of Pensions TANNER |
has ordered big pension agency with |
headquarters in New York and Chi |
cagO to stop sending out circular
headed Corporal Tanners Policy"
as the said circular had never been |
submitted to the Pension office for
approval, according to the rules of
that office. Among the Objectionable |
features of this circulars a statement !
said to have been made by Commits |
siOner Tanner to newspaper CORES
pondents expressing his opposition to
the policy of paying small pensions
of g, g and 81 per month. Mr. Tan
ner never made such statement.
Secretary Noble says the rumOrs
affecting the war record of Gen. Nor
gan, recently appointed Indian COM
missioner, do that gentleman great
injustice, and that there is nothing in
the record rejecting on the honor of
Gen. Morgan, whom he believes to be
a man of the highest integrity.
The commission appointed by Sec
rotary Noble to investigate the re-
rating of pensions during the last
twelve months are busily at work.
Nothing will be made public until
their report is made. Commissioner
Tanner is in perfect accord with the
commission, and is just as anxious to
get to the hOttnm of some snsniciOns