San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-02-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Flom our n 7nlar Correspondent

lnhlLtu TWO Gays hAN Pucsb VI GociS
tary Whitney, On "Wednesday O
special reception was given by him tc
democratic members Of Congress
and it was attended by nearly every
man OF ,prominance in the party. Al
forwards Gov. Hill called on Score
tmy Tairchild, Representative Samuel
]. Randall. whom he calls the groat,
est living democrat, and other porso-
nal friends. Gov Hill did not meet
Mr.. Cleveland except al The dinner
at Secretary Whitney,, and a great
deal Of gossip was started by the
fact that the day OF the Whitney din
ner Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland took n
latc train for Now York Probably
Mr.. Clegolana's arrangements had
been made to 20 to New York before
he even knew that Gov. Hill WAS
coming here, but that does not pre-
vent people from seying that no went
away to keep from meeting chat
gentleman. lido not pretend to say
that the relations between these two
prominent gentlemen arc not perfec-
tly cordial, bat if such is tho case,
then public opinion here, as express
cd on every hand, is dead wrong.
Mr.. Cleveland has announced that
after the 4th of March he will become
a member of famous law firm in
New York City, and will reside there.
He and Mrs. Cleveland went over to
New York this week to perfect ar
Engagements for their residence in
that city. Socially here deeply re-
grets losing Mrs. Cleveland, who has
been the most popular woman ever
in the White House.
Mr.. Blaine is evidently not super.
stitious, as he has just ioased The re-
sidence i'll which the attempt was
made TO assasinato Lincolns Secre-
tary of State, w. Ii. Seward.
An English wife seems TO hay g
somewhat confused Senator Hawley's
mind as to the kind of government
under which he is living. He has
offered an amendment to the Sunday
Civil appreciation bill, providing for a
Gift to the widow of Gen. Sheridan
of $4,000, in recognition Of his
eminent and extraordinary services
TO his country Ills is truly q re-
markaDle proposition, and should it
be adopted would establish a
precedent which would be decidedly
dangerous. It hos been referred to
tho Senate committee on Military If.
fairs. and if the members of that com.
,nittee have tao good sense with
hey are generally credited, that will
90 Tho last OF it. Gen. Sheridan was
\ great soldier, that every body will
admit, and that his widow should
nave liberal pension for tho remain
der of her life is no more than right;
out thai in addition $4,000 OF the
peoples money should be given to
Ior, smachs litJlo 300 nuch vi royalty
or this country, Cen. Shoridansser
,ices to the Unitad StateH were great,
md would be tho last one to deprive
lis memory Of oua iota OF tho credit
,uo hin, but On tho other hand, were
lot the services OF the United States
equally great to Sheridan? What
would the poor Irish boy, Phil 5her-
Ian, ever have amounted to had he
lot been appointed to West Point
md educated at the expense OF the
,eople OF tao United States! The
inc must be drawn somewhere in
of the peoples money, and
t would seem that such absurd pro-
positions as this Of Senator Rawleys
8 u good place TO draw it.
A remarkable political trust has
,een formed By the republican mem
0ers Of the Senate, nearly every one
# them being prospective candidates
or the presidential nomination. The
purpose of this trust is to servo notice
N Harrison that unless hs agrees to
Drego second nomination for the
the Senator'S propose to ,
make his administration a foi'ure by |
to cooperate with it. 1t
ras this trust that compelled Allison
o decline being Secretary OF the
treasury, and the same thing will
revent any member from accepting
position in Isrrison'S cabinet. The
csult of this boycott on Harrison
1ill be watched with interest by the
eople who make n study of the I'M
er-currents in politics.
What May HspPen 10 Bismarck.
n..--5f Eraa Hraes