San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
CFrom Our ReguIar Correspondent.

panic in the ranks Of the gossipers
who have for mon tbs been ringing the
changes on all sorts of ridiculous sto
ries about the ill-feeiing existing be-
tween himself and Senator Quay, by
having Senator and Mrs. Quay join
him and Mrs. Harrison in quiet fam
lily dinner at the White House. The
invitation and It's acceptance show
the pleasant relations existing be.
tween the two men as scarcely any
thing else would have done.
The agitation against the civil SER
vice law seems to have opened the
eyes of the commission to the desira-
bility of making their examinations
more practical. One of the latest re-
forms is that applicants for letter car
| riers' places shall be examined upon
the speed and accuracy with which
| they can read addresses on mail mat
ter, instead of upon United States
geography BY the way, the House
committee on reform in the civil SER
vice today decided to make a favora-
BILE report on Representative Ewarts'
! resolution authorizing a congressional
investigation of certain charges
against the civil service commissioner.
Senator Chandler seems to have
known what he was about when he
offered his resolution calling upon
the secretary of the navy for intorma-
ton as to the existence among naval
officers of an organization formed to
influence congressional legislation.
The naval court of inquiry appointed
by Secretary Tracy has brought out
the fact that there are two such or
CARNATIONS. But it is safe TO cOnsid-
er them as already dis bAHded
Mrs. Harrison held her first public
reception at the White House Satui-
day afternoon. She was assisted by
Mrs. Senator Fry, Mrs. Representa-
tive Lodge and Mrs. Clark, wife of
the popular assistant postmaster gen
eral.
The House ways and means COM
mittee is making good progress on the
tariff bill, and is certain TO have 1t
ready to report in February.
The democrats are trying to make
it appear that the schedule of rules
by which the house is to be governed
is being prepared solely by Speaker
Reed without any conference with
the other members of the committee
on rules. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. Mr.. Reed only sub
mitted a memorandum to the COM
mittee containing his ideas on the
subject, and at several meetings Ex-
Speaker Carlisle's suggestions have
been adopted by the republican
members, all of which shows that the
rules when completed will not be the
work of one man alone.
4 90 oh in a
accounts of number Of receivers of
public money in various places, has
suggested to Secretary Noble the ad-
visibility Of making a radical change
in the present system of keeping &C
counts with those officials, and he
has requested Secretary Window to
to designate an expert from the
Treasury department to assist in per-
tecting a new system.
The House Committee on the
Worlds Fair is in an apparent dead
lock; the Senate Committee Is doing
nothing, and time is flying.
Senator Ingalls, has been compelled
to devote o considerable portion of his
time since last Thursday in receiving
delegations of colored men sent to
thank him for his speech ON the race
question. He has also received hun
dreds of letters conveying thanks.
The house committee on elections
having reported in favor of contestant
Smith, of West Virginia, will endeav-
or to call the case up in the hous TO
final action Wednesday, but it is not
probable that it will succeed, as the
democrats have threatened to use dill
atory tactics to prevent any contested
election cases being acted upon until
after the rules shall have been
adopted.
The house since the passage of the
Oklahoma town-site bill has devoted
the most of its time to q very dry dis
cussion of Representative McKinley's
administrative customs bill, a meas
ute to correct certain abuses In the
collection of customs
When the Samoan treaty and the
instructions of the State department.
to the Commissioners of the United
States were made public several days
ago it was discovered that they were
portable "chestnuts, the neWspa-
vers have given the public the sub
stance of them many months ago.
The four senators from Montana are
now all here and their credentials aer
inthe hands of the senate committee
on elections. Pending decision
tn y have all been granted the priv
ilege of the floor.
This bill has passed Ed. LIGHT
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