San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-25
WASHINGTON LETTER
From Our Regular Correspondent

have ever taken place i'm Washington
over the remains of so young a man,
than were those held over the late
Walker Blaine on Saturday. The
president. vice president, the entire
cabinet, the justices of the supreme
court, almost the entire senate and
house of representatives, tine latter
having taken the very universal
course OF postpOning the hour of meet
ing until O'Clock for the purpose of
allowing the members to attend the
funeral) nearly every prominent de-
partment official in Washington and
quite number of distinguished peO-
pie from abroad were present. The
death of the young man is a great
blow to Secretary Blame, he having
been the only one of his sons that has
shown either inclination or aptitude
TO follow in the footsteps of his distin-
guished father.
Secretary WINDOWS silver bill hav-
ing been discussed by the cabinet,
and approved by Il majority of its
members and the president, was to-
day introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative COnger. 1t is understood
that the entire influence of the adj
ministratiOn is to be brought to bear
upon congress in order to secure the
passage of this bill. 1t has been re-
ferred to the house committee on
coinage, weights and measures, and
there is little dSubt Of its being favor
ably reported to the house at an early
day. Whether what are known as
the "silver men, in both parties will
antagonize or support this measure is
not yet apparent. Upon this depends
Its fate, for the 'silVer men, usually
ignore party ties when the time
comes to vote on legislation affecting
silver
Senator Quay, as the official head
of the republican national committee.
is understood to be anxious for the
house to dispose of the worlds fair
question at once, for fear that it may
have an effect, if still pending, on the
vote III number of con tested election
cases. For instance, if sitting men,
Der has pledged his vote to one or the
other Of the rival cities, the members
favoring that city will not be apt to
vote to unSeat that man. The point
seems to be we'll taken. Many con-
gressmen express the opinion that if
Wv iASSNAOLA VI lOCdlAOu Is llOl uGll-
nitely settled before February lst,
the idea of worlds fair Will be
abandoned.
Ex-GOv. Foraker was the principal
witness examined by the House COM
mittee engaged IN investigating the
Ohio ballot box forgeres, Friday and
Saturday. He was followed by Wood,
the man who furnished the forged
1npnmnnt tn ENnro Il l.
ueyed to have been the forger, or to
know who is. He was followed to-
day by Gov. Campbell. So far moth
ing of Importance has been brought
out that had not already been pub
lished.
The whole rerating middle in the
Pension bureau has been stirred
up atresh by the dismissal of A. A.
Phlllips, Of New York, chief of a
division in the bureau, and one of the
men who was rerated. The dismis.
sal was made by Secretary Noble up
on the request Of commissioner Baum.
1t is rumOred that all the rest Of the
reratlng clerks are to be punished
some by dismissal and others by be-
ing reduced in grade and pay.
Some busy body, for the want of
surd rumOr that Senators Plumb and
Call were about to engage in duel
as a sequel to their exchange of bad
language in the senate last week
There is no foundation, whatever for
such rumOr, and there is reason to
believe that both of them are heartily
ashamed of themselves for having al
lowed their temper TO get the upper
hand.
The senate committee on territories
has reported favOrably OH the bill tor
the admission of Wyoming. A SINH
lar report would have been made on
the bill admitting Idaho, but it was
deemed best to withhold that bill UNI
til the supreme court passes upon a
case now pending before it which
questions the cOnstitutiOnality of the
state constitution adopted by Idaho.
The suit was brought by the Nor
mons.
Everything is in readiness to issue
a proclamation opening the lands of
the Sioux reservation in the DakOtas
to settlement, but it may not be is
sued until spring, as the president
thinks there would be great suffering
among the settlers if they should go
there now.
The two republican senators from
Montana have presented their Creden-
tials to the senate, and they have
been referred to the committee on
privileges and elections.
Senator Plumb has secured the
promise of the president to shortly
issue a proclamation pardoning all
deserters from the army. r.