San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-28
WASHINGTONLETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

DAILY LIGHT:
Secretary Window says he has been
misrepresented by certain publica-
tions regarding his views on the sill
yer question. What he told the re-
publican caucus committee was, that
there were only two ways in which
the credit of the government could be
protected in the large issue of treasu-
ry notes contemplated by the proposed
silver bill. One is by the bullion re-
demption plan proposed in the Win
dom silver bill, and the other by au-
thoriZing the sale of bonds to provide
a gold reserve when it becomes neces-
sary to redeem them. The latter
plan he thinks unjustifiable, and
hence he favors the bullion redemp.
ton proposition. Mr.. Window is in
accord with the republican leaders of
congress in believing that a large IN
crease of the amount of money in cir
culation III the United States is abso-
lutely necessary.
Mr.. Blaine's farewell speech to the
Three Americas Congress, just before
that body adjourned sine die on Sat
urday, was, like all of that gentle
mans public utterances, model of
its kind. The President also made
them a short farewell address that
was happily conceived and delivered.
Tardy Justice has at last been done
to the old hero, General John &. Fire.
mont. The bill placing him upon the
retired list of the army with the rank
of major-general has been passed by
house and senate and is now in the
hands of the President.
The senate committee on public
buildings and grounds has reported
favorably the bill providing for the
erection of an equestrian statue of
General I. S. Grant in this city. Bills
have also been introduced in both
house and senate providing for the
acceptance from the q. A. X. OF
statute of General Grant and the
placing of it in the statuary hall of
the capitol.
The unanimity with which the re-
publicans have received the Mckln-
ley tariff bill has completely discon-
certed the democrats. Where they
expected to find three or four factions
of the opposition they find the party
solidly favoring the measure, and de-
termined to pass it at the present
session, and what gals the demo-
craic Jade most of all is the knowl-
edge that under the present rules of
the house it will be impossible for
them to prevent its passage.
The house committee on postoffices
has reported favoraDly the bill au-
thOrizing the postmaster general to
build pOstOffiCes at all towns where
the gross receipts have exceeded
So, 900 a year for the preceding two
years.
A large breeze was created in the
house over the southern war claims
bill introduced recently by Mr.. Eu-
lore, of Tennessee. A newspaper hav-
ing charged that the bill was job,
Mr.. Eulore made a personal explana-
nation in which he denied the charge
of jobbery. Mr.. Thomas, OF Wiscon-
sin, who Is chairman of the commit
tee on war claims, then stated that
the passage OF such a bill would be
infamous as he knew that the claim
ants in the bill were. q number of
them, notably dislOyal- Further
trouble was avoided by the house vot-
ing to 90 into committee of the whole
on the private calendar.
The senate has been discussing the
bill to transfer the revenue marine ser
vice from the treasury to the navy de-
partment, and it is probable that
vote may be reached this week. Its
passage is doubtful.
The senate rules will probably be
overhauIed soon. The reason is, that
at present there ls nothing in them TO
prevent debate going on indefinitely
if enough senators take the trouble to
talk. The point was never raised I'M
til it was announced that the republi-
cans proposed hurrying up legialatiOn
little so as to adjourn about July l,
then the democrats said there was
nothing to prevent them from keep
ing congress here all summer by talk
ing against time in the senate. Hence
the desire to change the senate rules.
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