San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-30
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CIeveland's Dodge--Vest's Briny
Tears Malone a Dead Duck
--Mississippps Grand
Role.

busily engaged in trying to check
mate Gen. Harrison in appoint ments,
grating on to his administration ma
terial that they fondly hope will stick
like leeches. The latest is the calling
in of field workers in the pension
bureau, who are democratic, to give
them places here in the classified SER
vice, which pays less, but will render
them secure, they hope, against re-
moval, or at least make it less proba-
BILE. Field work, those engaged in
travelling, pays better than the same
in the pension bureau here, and
Grover soon discharged or put the re-
publicans, who were travelling pen
sion agents, at work in the depart
ment at the capitol, and advanced to
the front, and better pay the faithful.
Senator Vest while speaking the
other day against the reduction of the
duty on rice said it would fall on the
peculiar wards of senators on the
other side, who voted the republican
ticket with unanimity and pertinacity
unrivalled in political experience"
This was a candid confession of po-
litical fact, unpalatable to him but
we'll tablished, yet it did not dove
tail with southern oft-repeated as
surances that the negroes are dis
gusted with the assumed hypocrisy of
the republican party, and are voting
largely with the democrats. But Vest
can wet his cheek with artificial tears
and frame his face to all occasions.
DIR. 5. H. Burchard, the Rev. of the
three RS, "Rum, ROmanism and Re-
bellion," put up at Mr.. Blaine's hotel,
the NOrmandie, a few days ago,
ami OH its register, like twin
cherries on one stem, appeared
Burchard's and Emerson Blaine's
autographs. AS Burchard legged
for Grover this time, it may be as
sumed he called on Mr.. Blaine, in
Cleveland's behalf, to find out who
wrote the Murchison letter, which
has been deemed as effective as po-
ltical petard as the Burchard ALTER
alton. His support of Cleveland in
the late canvass proves him to have
been a knave instead of fool in his
sO-called faux pas.
An F street car had as passengers,
among other, not long since, two
Southern members of the house. The
senior wore blue goggles, and had the
style of one who had come into the
world ready booted and spurred, and
millions ready saddled and bridled
to be ridden.n Samuel J. Randle,
the resurrected, was the subject Of
their talk, and Samuel caught it.
He had not better attempt triumphal
tour south. The younger man said
he did not think Randall would dare
to kick over the traces and support
the senate tariff bill when it reached
the house, but the blue-gogged rem
nant of the late unpleasantness growl-
ed out "d-n him it is just what he
will do; | haven't a d-n bit of faith
in him" The great Pennsylvania
I still lives, presides over the commit
tee on appropriations actively. while
Roger @. is undergoing rapid pro-
cess of political dessication.
Grover has used the veto power
again, and against a woman too, and
| it is no violent presumption to state 1t
was not in thorough accord with his
wife's desire. Her portrait will not
look down on the visitor to the east
room of the White house, as was in
tended by some of the admirers
of the mistress of it, who have asked
her to sit for portrait for that pur-
pose, but Grover sat down on the
proposition, and that was weighty
enough to crush it. Through letter,
hand on heart, or Whereabouts, its pre-
else locality being unknown, he de-
clared You could not show greater
consideration than by an entire aban-
donment Of the scheme"
1t has been suggested that the
declination was caused by the con-
sideration that there were enough
pictures, of cabinet and other dimen-
sions, to give each of the faithful one
and 80 do away with the necessity OF
a pilgrimage to the White House, and
then again it might look lonely, from
a political stand point.
, Henry Quincy, who was charged
with embezzIement while an employe
in the senate postof1ice, and found
guilty, has been granted new trial
: and the outlook is very favorable fol
= his acquittal.
Mrs. Cleveland did not take o.
much interest in the passage Of tn
, tariff bill in the senate as she did ii
Mr.. Mills in the house, for she wa
not present when the former wa
. passed. neither was r. @. Mills
Z whose bill, Hon. Joe Brown declared
: did the work for the democracy. Tn
Georgia senator, however, hedged a
the last moment. and voted agains
the senate bill-none of that for Joe.
: A call on republican friend las
9 night found him hard at work, a
r home, revising the monthly report
= from various states. When ask
o ed if he did not get enoug
n work during office hours he poin te
t to the pile, and said that showed
s surplus In order to crowd out reput
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