San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug, &c, 1889.

Daily LIGHT
Postmaster General Wanamaker re-
turned to Washington today. He is
at present the only cabinet officer in
the city and it is not likely that any
of his colleagues will be here before
next week.
There is likely to be some delay in
the building of the five war vessels
provided for at the last session of
congress owing to the fact that the
bids received were largely in excess
of the amount appropriated to pay for
them. The navy department has
issued new proposals in which some
notifications are made which it is
hoped will enable the ship builders
to get inside of tho appropriations
with their bids. Boat naval officers
say that the appropriations are too
small to obtain vessels of the class
wanted
Similarity Of names brings about
some queer things. For instance,
short time ago Andrew J. Whitaker,
of Illinois, who was formerly q clerk
In the fourth auditors office, was ap-
pointed deputy fourth auditor. Sat-
urday the fourth auditor received a
letter from Andrew J. Whitaker, of
Carpentersville, Illinois, stating that
he had seen a notice in q Chicago pa
per of his appointment as deputy
fourth auditor, and that he accepted
the appoint ment. AS possession is
nine points of the law the first named
gentleman will probably retain the
office while his Illinois namesake
will be allowed to keep the disap-
pointment.
Civil service commissioner now says
that the members of the commission
have never mentioned to the Pres
ident anything about the proposed
extensions of the civil service rules
to the chief of divisions in the depart
ments, but that the commission is
unanimously in favor of it. Nobody
doubts that at all. The commission
is in favor Of anything that will in
crease its power, but a great many
other people think it should be cur
tailed instead of increased.
Washington is not worrying much
about the efforts now being made by
several cities to secure the great In
ternational exposition which is to be
held in 1892 to celebrate the four hun
dredth anniversary of the dis
covery of America. Unless the expo
sition is held under the authority of
of the United States it will not be
success. That makes it certain that
it will be held in this city, the only
place proper for it. To hold it any
where else would make t simply To-
cal affair.
Acting Secretary Of State Wharton
says the Behring sea seizures are
department., the seizures being made
by vessels of the revenue marine SER
vice. The state department will have
nothing to do with it unless the Brit
ish should send in some communica-
ton on the subject, which it has not
yet done.
Acting commissioner of the land
office Stone, is now Investigating the
alleged payment by the last admins
ton of $4s, 900 on fraudulent survey
Or's vouchers. The matter will be
laid before Secretary Noble as soon as
he returns to Washington.
Washington's delegation to the G.
A. r. encampment at Milwaukee left
here Saturday night. They carried
cordial invitation from the business
men of Washington to the G. A. r.
to hold their next annual encampment
in this city. A meeting was held last
week and a number of our most pro-
minent and wealthy citizens pledged
themselves to raise all the money
needed to entertain the veterans
should they accept the invitation.
Washington will give them a rousing
time if they will come, besides show
ing them the prettiest city in the
world.
The nomination of General Malone
by the Virginia republicans has crea-
ted much interest here. 1t ensures
Virginia a red hot aggressive cam
paign and it IS generally believed by
republicans that the braIny little man
will win, and the most sanguine de-
mOcrats admit that the result is
doubtful. When the fact is remem-
bered that these same democrats are
in a habit of claiming everything this
admission is not without meaning.
Judge Crowell, of Minnesota, who
was Sixth Auditor of the Treasury
when the Cleveland administration
came in, has been appointed chief of
a division in the same Office.
The administration is determin ed
that the foreign delegates to the
Three Americas Congress which
meets here on the End of October,
next, shall see what country the
United States is. An excursion has
been arranged for the deleo ates,
which will leave here on October 3rd
and return November IA. Among
the places to be visited are,
all the commercial and manufacture