San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July Fl, 1890.
To the DAILY LIGHT.
Secretary Blaine telegraphed the
state department to withhold the
Behring Sea correspondence with
Great Britain, which the senate by
resolution recently asked for, until it
could include his latest dispatch to
Lord Salisbury, the British foreign
minister, and for this reason the COR
respondence has not yet been sent to
the senate; but it is stated at the
slate department today that the en-
tire correspondence will probably go
to the senate this week. A gentle
man who is familiar with the con-
tents of the last dispatch sent by Mr.
Blaine says that it is American all
through, and that it rings as clear
and bold as did the original declara-
ton of independence more than CELL
fury ago, which shows that no mis-
take was made in placing James G.
Blaine at the head of the state de-
partment. England has simply been
trying her usual bluff game, and it is
great satisfaction to know that
American interests are looked after
by man who "does not bluff werth a
cent?
The senate has selected the follow.
ing board of managers for National
Soldiers Homes: E. n. Morrill,, of
Kansas, for the unexpired term of
J. A. Martin, deceased; A. l.. Pear
son, of Pennsylvania, for the unex-
PRED term of J. f. Hartrauft, deceas-
ed; l.. b. Gunckel, of Ohio, for the
unexpired term of l.. A. Harris, de-
ceased; w. B. Franklin, of Conn ecti-
cut; J. w. Hyde, of Maine; ]. c.
Black, of Illinois, and s. s. Yoder, of
Ohio. Senator Plumb took occasion
while the matter was under discus
sion to say that he thought the homes
would be better managed if members
of the board were only allowed to
serve one term of six years,
The member of the senate Commit
tee on elections evidently think that
the federal election bill is to be taken
up at this session, as they are daily
engaged in considering that measure
already agreed upon several amend
ments thereto. This is a fact that it
is we'll to bear in mind when attempt
ing to predict the fate of this bill.
The republican caucus committee
has agreed upon the order of business
in the Senate for some time to come,
and there is little, if any doubt of
their report being adopted by the
caucus at its next meeting. The ap-
preparation bills, including the river
and harbor bill, are to be disposed of
as rapidly as possible, and If at any
time there is no appropriation bill
ready for consideration the tariff bill
is to be taken up with the under
standing that it is to be laid aside
from time to time, until all the appro-
priation bills are disposed of. This
makes it almost certain that the for
NAL discussion of the tariff bill will
not begin until August, and it is
hardly probable that less than six
weeks will be given up to the tariff
talk, and the chances are that it will
take longer. The committee has not
decided anything about the federal
election bill, though most people be-
lieve it will be taken up after the
tariff bill is disposed of. There will
be another caucus on it this week.
The Senate has decided that the
Geological Survey plan of irrigating
the arid lands of the west, adopted
by the House, was too slow and ex-
pensive to say nothing of its shutting
settlers out of several millions of
acres of lands, so it has amended the
Civil bill by striking out the
of S720, 900 for the irri-
CATION survey. In place of it the
increases the amount for
surveys from 100000 to
$500, 900, and provides that one half
of 1t shall be spent west of the 10lst
and provides further that
all of the land reserved from entry
under the act of 1883 shall be thrown
open, except where reservoirs or
canals have already been located or
selected. This action was taken at
the request of the western Senators.
Senator Pierce has offered an
to the tariff bill which
he thinks would bring about recip-
rocity with the sugar producing coun-
tries quicker than anything else. 1t
empowers the president to restore the
present tariff on sugar against any
nation which refuses to enter into adj
equate relations with the United
States for the admission of our agri-
cultural products.
The house program for the first |
half of this week is already mapped |
put. Today it passed out the Origi-
nal package bill, as amended, and
took up the bill providing for a
national bankrupt law, which is to
be voted upon-and it will pass
afternoon. Appropria-
alton bill will probably take up the