San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 6.
The President left on his western
trip this morning. He will go direct
to Galesburg, ILL.,, where his old bril-
gade will hold a reunion on Wednes-
day. Thursday he will take part in
the "Soldiers Day. exercise at the
Ottowa, Iowa, exposition. Friday he
will attend the veterans celebration
at Topeka, Kans., going from there
10 visit his brother at Kansas City.
Saturday he will be the honored
guest of the Yelled Prophet, VINO will
hold their gorgeous annual festival at
st. Louis on that day. Sunday he
will spend at his old Indianapolis
home and Monday morning he will
start on his return, coming by way
of Pittsburg, and he is expected back
at the White House on Tuesday.
When will Congress put an end to
the ridiculous and expensive practice
OF closing q department of the Gov
eminent on the day of the funeral of
every ex-secretary? Saturday the
Treasury department was closed on
account of the death of Hon. P. F.
Thomas, Of Maryland, who was for
less than month in the last days of
the Buchanan administration, secre.
tary of the treasury. 1 have not the
exact dada, but am quite sure that it
cost the Government at least $50, 600
to close that department, one of the
largest, for a day, and it means moth
IN hfr he
who are already literally provided
Tor in that respect. This senseless
custom furnishes a great opportunity
for some watch dog" of Uncle Sans
money box to make fame and at the
same time save con siderable amount
of cash.
To-day the Mckinley tariff law
goes into effect. and Secretary Win
dom says there will be no trouble at
even the most remote custom houses,
as copies of the new law were mailed
to all of the collectors some days ago,
and full instructions have been pre-
pared at the treasury department in
regard to it's Interpretation and ad-
ministration, and telegraphed to the
more prominent ports. Owing to the
extraordinary efforts of the importers
to load up before the new law went
into effect, it is expected that there
will be a great decrease in import
duties for some months to come.
The democrats are in in a woful
state of mind over the condition of
the congressional campaign, and al
ready many of them are discounting
the defeat which they see staring
them in the face, by saying that they
would prefer seeing the next house
republican because it would increase
their chances of carrying the Presiden-
tial election of 1872, but all the same
they are doing their level best to
carry it themselves. All this talk
about the democratic campaign COM
mittee not having any money is
simply bosh. 1t is part of the
"keep-easy" programme which Mr..
Flower has adopted. They have all
the money they want, and it be-
hooves the republicans of tie
close and doubtful districts
to keep their eyes wide
open to see that none of it is used
corruptly. 1t is because it is intend
ed to use it in that manner that this
cry of "no money! has been raised.
Mr.. Flower, the millionaire chair
man of the democratic congressional
mmittee, started it by complaining in
a newspaper interview, that no one
had contributed to the campaign fund
but himself, and that he had a
a purpose in making that statement
is not for q moment to be doubted,
and that purpose is to make the re-
publicans believe that their opponents
will have no money to spend on the
elections.
Captain James E. White, of Chica-
60, has been appointed superinten-
dent of the railway mail service to
succeed J. Louvre Bell, promoted to
be second assistant postmaster gen.
eral. Capt. White has been continu-
ously connected with the railway
mail service since the close of the
war and was one of the division su-
perintendents retained by the Cleve-
land administration, and is eminent
Nv qualified to fill the position with
credit to himself and satisfaction to
the public.
Secretary Tracy has given the con-
tracts for building two of the man.
moth battle ships, provided for by
congress, to the Cramps of Philadel-
phia, and for the other one to the
Union Iron Works of San Fracisco.
They are to cost S., 10000 each.
Representative Sawyer, speaking
for the majority of the committee en-
gagged in investigating the charges
against General Raum, says that
nothing has been proved which re-
fleets in the slightest degree upon
either his private or official integrity.
A circular of instructions to post
masters, defining the new auti-lottery