San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-18
The Daily Eight.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IA

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DAILY LIGHT:
Secretary Window gave the repub-
lican caucus committee, which has
for several days been engaged in pre-
pairing silver bill which would re-
ceive the support of the republicans
in both senate and house, his views
on the subject Saturday. He still
believes that the bill prepared by him
and which is now in the hands of a
house committee, would prove entire
ly satisfactory if enacted into a law,
but he expressed his Willingness to
support any other measure that
would appear to offer as good a solu-
ton of the question. The committee
is to report to a republican caucus to-
night, which will probably decide
upon the outlines of silver bill to be
pushed through congress at once.
The ultra silver men are clamoring
for outright and absolute free coinage
and the in locations are that the bill
agreed upon will give it to them, in
effect if not in name.
1t has been proposed to put the fish
commission under the control of the
agricultural department, but Fish
Commissioner Mcdonald is bitterly
opposed to it. He wishes to retain his
present independent position of not
being under the control of any de-
partment, and making his reports di-
rectIy to congress. But it strikes
most disinterested people that the
commission ought to be under the SUI
pervision of one of the government
departments, and the agricultural
would seem to be the proper one.
Secretary Proctor is out of the city
today, and General Grant, the newly
appointed assistant secretary of war,
is acting secretary.
The friends of Chicago here are
happy. The Senate committee has
made a favorable report on the
Worlds Fair bill, with several minor
amendments, and in all probability
it will be passed by the Senate this
week.
Senator Sherman's antitrust bill,
or rather the substitute that the
judiciary committee reported for it,
and which the Senate passed last
week, is not we'll received by the
members of the House, and it is ex-
tremely doubtful W whether it will ever
get before the House. The reason
the opinion of experts, hurt any of the
existing trusts or prevent the torma-
ton of new ones.
Senator and Mrs. Henderson cele-
brated their silver wedding last Fri
day night by giving a reception to
their friends.
A very interesting ceremony took
place in the White House at noon
Saturday, when the president pre-
sented to Mr. Joseph Francis, the in
ventor of the first life-saving car, the
gold medal authorized by act of con-
gress of August, 1888. Mr.. Francis is
50 years old and very feeble. He has
received medals and decorations from
a number of foreign governments, but
this is the first recognition he has
ever had from his own government,
Notwithstanding his invention has
been for years used by our life saving
service.
The Three Americas congress will
formally adjourn on Thursday, and
on Friday the members will leave
here for a tour of the south lasting
until the 10th of May. One of the
latest recommendations of the cDD-
gress is for the chartering OF a system
of international banks.
Mr.. J. Edgar Engle, assistant chief
of the Record division of the Pension
office, and who had his pension re-
rated, has been dismissed.
1t, begins to look at last as if there
was prospect of getting a good nat
iOnal bankrupt law through Con-
gress. The TOrrey bankruptcy bill
has been favOrably reported to the
House. This bill protects the inter
ests of both debtor and creditor and
will, if it becomes law at the present
session, 90 into effect Nov. 1,neXt.
The President has received a gold
headed cane cut from the yoke which
supported the Independence bell In
1875. The cane came from citizen of
p Philadelphia.
The Mckinley tariff bill will be re-
ported to the house tomorrow, and
ex-Speaker Carlisle will present the
democratic side of the question in al
elaborate minority report against the
bill. The democrats have suddenly
lost their courage and decided that
they would not prepare a tariff bill.
When the debate on the bill is to be-
gin Will be determined upon later on,
but it Is perfectly safe to say that it
will not be as extensive as that upon
the Mills bill in the last congress, and
it is also safe to announce in the most
positive terms that the Mckinley bill
will become law at the present ses-
sion of congress, democratic state
ments to the contrary nOtwithstand'
ing.
Senator Quay has returned from
Pennsylvania and is besieged by his
! friendG for information on various DO.