San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Special TO the LIGHT.
WAsH1NGroE, D. c., Dec. s. 100.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. s, '9G.
siderable portion of his time to a
careful ana comprehensive consider
alton of our present financial system,
which he, in common with many
other profound thinkers, believes the
country has outgrown. That some
thing is needed he has long ago be.
come convinced, but just what that
something.isa nd the best way to OF
tain it is what has not been decided.
1t was because no decision has been
arrived at that neither the Presidents
message nor secretary WINDOWS an
nual reporus contained any specific
RECOMMENDATION on this subject.
Whether the President will later
send special financial message to
Congress or will, with the aid of a
Senator and Represen tative, embody
the result OF ms thinking in bill TO
be simultaneously introduced in
house and senate is as yet profile
matical. But something must be
done soon, for the clamor for more
money becomes louder and louder
every day, and the believers in free
aud unlimited courage of silver, who
institute majority in congress, are
growing more and more restless
The adoption of resolution con-
demning the federal election bill by
the Farmers Alliance convent ton, at
OUala, might have Disconnected the
repg blIcans somewhat if it had not
been followed by the positive infOr-
ma, ion tha5 the whole business was
put up in this city at a conference OF
southern democratic senators. AS it
was, it attracted no more atten ton
than would the same resolution
passed by any other democratic con-
VentiOn.
Congress las lost no time to speak
OF ID It's first week. The House has
passed the In irrational copyright
bill, the regular annual pension ap
preparation bills, and several others
VI minor importance, while the senate
Is working away at the Federal elect
ion bill in d way which indicates that
1891 will still be very young when
that measure, slightly modified,
shall have nee me law of the land.
Senator Stanford has introduced his
bill to loan government money to
farmers at low rates of interest upon
mortgages upon their real estate. He
asked that the hill be allowed to lie
upon the table until he shall have
| submitted few remarks upon it.
The senate finance committee made
All unfavorable report upon this bill
at the last session, but Mr.. Stanford
insists that the more thought he de-
! votes to the subject the more he be-
comes convinced that 1T is sound
constitutional and practical method
OF supplying the national need for a
sound circulating medium.
No change has yet been made in
The senate rules To limit debate upon
the federal election bill, and none
will be made until the democrats be-
gin to resort to filibusteriDg. The re-
politicians have no desire to prevent
their opponents exercising every le-
gitimate right in discussing this
measure, but they propose to allow
no extended tinbustering. There is
an interesting rumOr floating around
the capitol TO the effect that the DEM
ocratIc senators had decided not to
fillibuster against "a final vote. This
NAV be taken with grain of allow
ance, in fact, several of them.
SeCI etsry Noble has been looking
pretty closely into the business of the
pension office of late, aud one of the
results is that Till prepared at his
request has been introduced in the
House by representative Belknap, of
Michigan, reducing the fee of pension
a tOrneys for obtaining increases of
pensions from so to |. This has
raised a howl among the pension at
tOrneys, whose fees for the mon tn of
November for increased pension
cases alone amounted to $50, 900. Sec.
retary Noble says there is no need for
an applicant for an increase in pen
sion to employ an attorney and that
IL is little short of robbery for an at
tOrney to exact fee of $l0-for the
nominal service performed in such
cases Mr. Noble is understood to be
considering other changes in the
methods of doing business with the
pension office that will be beneficial
TO the country and to the deserving
pensioners.
The country has long ago become
convinced that Mr.. Blaine Is one of
the ables if not the ablest Secretary
OF State we have ever had, and the
correspondence in the Barrundia af-
tair, which resulted in the recall OF
Minister Miner, just submitted 10
Congress, ADDS another proof to the
strong ones already existing of Mr.
Blaine's aptitude in dealing with
international questions.
Democratic congressman vier with
repu blicans in omplimentiDg Mr.. |
Blaine for his management of this
Ex-Governor Pacheco, of |
has been nominated Min |
lister to the General America States