San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-27

tFrOm our Regular correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug, %, 1889.
Daily LIGHT:
Southern democrats in Washington
are, of course, watching with consider
able interest the development of the
policy of the administration towards
the south. They are satisfied that a
very determined effort is being made
to break up the solid south, but their
anxiety has abated. A senator or
representative from that direction
cannot be found who will not, with
much apparent earnestness, express
complete confidence that not south
ern state can be carried by the repub-
licans. No man, perhaps, is better
qualified than the senior senator of
South Carolina, Senator Hampton, to
speak for the South, and in converse
ton upon the subject he expressed
the following views, apropos of the
Presidents policy:
L do not think that Mr.. Harrison's
policy is as yet sufficiently defined
for one to form definite opinion
about it, but the republicans always
have made an effort to break into che
South, and | have no doubt that at
this time they are specially earnest.
At present they are directing their at
tentiOn chiefly to Virginia, where
they will certainly be showed under.
They have no chance of carrying
Virginia this fall, nor can they hope
for better success in other of the
southern states. They are trying to
win by introducing the economic
-, ID,,+
as the matter of local self.govern-
ment demands our atteu ton our peo-
pie cannot be divided on this issue.
Whether a man is a prOtectionist or
tariff reformer the safety or welfare of
his home is paramount to the tariff"
Still other changes in the civil SER
vice rules are contemplated, one OF
which is to extend them to chiefs of
division. Under the present rules,
chiefs of divisions while in the classi-
fed service are exempted from eXami-
nation and can be appointed without
being certified by the commissioner.
If this change should be made it
would extend the civil service rules
over nearly the entire governmental
service and would be the last extern
sion of any importance that could be
made to the operation of the civil SER
vice law. | have heard it stated, but
wether on authority or otherwise does
not appear, that the proposed chan
ges Will shortly receive executive
sanction and go into operation.
The board of naval officers to whom
was referred the matter of designing
the new cruisers, have agreed upon
the plans for the 7,500-tOn and the
5,300-tOn ships. The 7,50G-ton vessel
will be built generally on the plan of
the English ship Warspite and the
Imperieuse, slightly modified. She
will be 3l5 feet long and 50 feet beam,
built entirely of domestic steel, with
about 10000 horse power. The $500
ton craft will be constructed on plan
something like the Spanish cruiser
Reina Regente, 31S feet long, 80 foot
beam, and, according to the act of
congress authorizing her construction.
will make maximum speed Of 20
knots.
There have been about $4,000
changes under the PostOtfice Depart
ment since the present administra-
ton took charge said Acting Post
master General ClarksOm yesterday.
"A bout one third OF these have been
caused by recommendation A good
many have Ueen removed on account
of charges. In the fOurth-class post
offices a great many changes have
been made on account of ObjectiOna-
BILE locations. The number of
changes made by this administration,
and by the preceding one, are about
the same for the corresponding period
of time.n
The cabinet is pretty well scattered
over New England just at present,
with the secretary OF state in Maine,
the secretary of the navy in New
Hampshire. the secretary of war in
Vermont, the secretary of the treasu-
ry in Massachusetts and the postmas-
ter general in Rhode Island. The
only untitled place seems to be Con-
necticut. Why should not the secre-
tary of agriculture take trip to that
state and study the culture of the
wooden nutmeg plant? r.
Notice.
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