San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Iron Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. G., Nov. "a, 100.
DAILY LIGHT:
The president has completed a
rough draft of his annual message to
congress and 1t has been informally
submitted to the members of his cab
met, and every one Of them heartily
endorses it. 1 cannot. without gross
violation of confidence, mention any
of the subjects which the message
will treat; but, it can be said on un-
doubted authority that 1t will be one
Of the ablesr documents ever sent to
congress, and that it will show III
ringing words that the presidents
republicanism is as staunch as it ever
was, and that he has not been stam-
peted by the result of the late cleo
tons.
Ihe president is also doing good
wO k in impressing upon the minds
OF every republican member of the
House who calls upon him, and every
one that has yet arrived here has doee
SO. the imperative necessity of being
constantly in his seat during the ses-
sion of congress which begins a week
from today, in order that as much
business as possible may be trans
acted within the ninety days which
it will last. And if the spirit shown
by the republicans already here. is
fairly representative OF the feelings of
all the republican members of the
House the democrats will be badly
disappointed in their expectation OF
blocking the business of the House by
raising the old cry OF mo quorum.
The indications now being that there
will be more than quorum of repub
licans present at every session of the
House from II o'clock next Monday
until high noon on the fourth day of
March 1891. when the Fifty first COLI
gress expires.
There is not a word of truth in the
democratic stories of strained rela-
tons existing between the president
and Mr.. Blaine. They were never on
better terms than they are at this
time, and both of them are working
night and day to get the republican
party in condition to win in 1892, and
both of them are confident of succeed
ing. They are not working for the
success of any particular candidate
either themselves or Others-but for
the party and the great aims and
principles which represents, know
ing that the rank and file of the PAT
ty will as they have always done,
make their preferences known when
the time comes to elect delegates to
the next national convention of the
nd hof hn
available man will be chosen to bear
the repa blican standard to victory.
The authorities here are fully i'm
pressed with the gravity of the sit
uation on the Indian reservations,
and the President has telegraphed
General Miles to take every possible
precaution to prevent any deviltry
on the part of the Indians, and be.
sides all available troops have been
instructed TO get themselves in read
mess to move at moments notice.
have good reason to believe that
Secretary Window is engaged in pre-
parIng the details of a plan which
will be submitted to Congress at an
early day to provide for large per-
manent increase in the amount of
United States currency in active
circula lion. He believes that the
business of the country needs more
money than is now in circulation.
There is already almost, if not
quite quorum of the house in Wash
Ington, and the important committees
are getting down to work with will.
Several subcommittee of the house
committee on appropriations held
meetings last week and today chair
man Cannon presided over a meeting
of the full committee, at which the
estimates of the treasury department
for the various annual appropriations
were read and referred to sub-com-
mittees. Mr.. Cannon assured me that
there would be no delay in reporting
all of the regular appropriation bills
to the house in ample time. He says
three, and possible four of them will
be reported before Christmas.
The treasury surplus increased
more than $4,000, 900 within the last
week, but the senseless democratic
howls ola vanishing surplus" con-
tinue just the same.
1t now seems a ioregone conclusion
that the battle royal now raging
among the democrats for the speak
ership of the next house will also de-
termine whether Hill or Cleveland
shall lead the democrats to defeat in
1892. r.