San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-10
HON. E. n. TERRELL.
A Conversation With the Newly
Appointed Minister to Brus-
sells - A Conservative
View of the Stu

a conversation WIN Ine Newly
Appointed Minister to Brus-
sells - A Conservative
View of the Stu
alton.
Mr.. Terrell was found in his offic,
this morning by LIGHT representa-
tive busy with his private affairs, anC
paying what attention he could to the
eagerly enquiring company which
surrounded him. He is looking re
markedly well for a man who has
passed through the Washington
whirl of post inaugural days and has
just recovered from an eight days
attack of Potomac pneumonia. Mr.
Terrell was very cautious in express
ing himself concerning the political
situation and the official determine
tions of cases at the national capital.
This cautiousness seemed to be in
duced by conscientious desire to say
no more than the facts warranted
and also by the feeling that his posi-
ton rendered any speculation on the
situation ill-timed and out of place.
Mr.. Terrell says there has so little
developed concerning the state ap-
pointments, the time of the admins
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parture from Washington having
been so largely devoted to foreign
appointments and the territories,
that there is absolutely nothing to
be said concerning them. The ques-
ton of removals had not engaged the
attention of the cabinet when Mr..
Terrell left Washington and may not
for some weeks to come. This much
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partisanship will have no place, the
term being considered a Cleveland
| innovation, and every application
will stand squarely on its own merits.
Above everything else the admins
tration is a business administration
and all applications must stand the
test of good business methods in order
to succeed. For such places as mar.
shalships only men of good physical
soundness and vigorous manhood,
men of from 80 to 40 years will be Sc
lected.
Mr.. Terrell says that at Washing
ton the cabinet is recognized as a very
strong one, well endowed with bust
ness brains and fitted to work harmO-
niOusly despite all rumors to the con-
trary. "Hhe secretary of the interior,
Gen. Noble, is man of great firmness
and will admirably fill the bill; Wan
namaker is all business and comes to
his work with the directness that char
acterized him in the management of
his own Philadelphia counting room;
Tracy shows vim and has record for
sterling worth that cannot but be &C
knOwledged, he pleases every one by
his methods; Gen. Proctor has good
war record and so far gives satisfac-
ton
AS was to be expected and as the
LIGHT has had occasion heretofore to
remark-the dispatches sent out from
Washington concerning chances of
appointment, and conversations and
interviews are largely cooked and
like those reported concerning Mr..
Terrell with Blaine, utterly without
foundation.
Mr.. Terrell was most enthusiastic
in his praises of the president, dwell
ing upon his wonderful physical vigor
no less than upon his tact, discretion
and great firmness of mind. The I'M
precedented recognition he has given
the press in his foreign appointments
was commented upon and cited as an
instance of his large mindedness and
appreciation of the power of the press
in shaping public opinion, no less
than in his recognition of the scholar
ship and ability of it's leading editors.
Mr.. Terrell will remain in San AntO-
mic until the 25th of May, six weeks
from next Saturday, when he leaves
the city to enter upon his duties as
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Belgium, to which
place he will be accompanied by his
family.
Wall paper decoration, latest
style and largest assortment in the
southwest. B. G. Reilly & Co. 3-27-tf
Mrs. Heitgen's horse ran away
with the buggy on Burnet street yes
terday evening while she was making
a professional call.
Mission Hose Company have
selected the beautiful groves at Lees
Bend of the Salado near the Lavernia
road crossing, for their picnic.
Banker J. S. Lockwood came
down town this morning, nus much
the worse for his pistol shot wound.
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