San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From Our Regular Correspondent
Daily LIGHT.
WASHINGTON, D. c., September 10.
Representative Mckinley has been
long known as one of the hardest
working men in congress, but he and
his republican colleagues on the
house ways and means committee
broke all previous records for speedy
committee work in the consideration
of the tariff bill. 1t did not get over
to the house until Friday afternoon;
it was immediately referred to the
committee. and this afternoon it was
all ready to be reported to the house.
The committee recommends non-cur-
renee in all of the senate amend
ments, leaving it to the conference COM
mittee to settle the small differences
of opinion which exist. If there is no
hitch the bill will be in the hands
OF the conference committee by We'd
nesday, and it is expected that it will
be reported back to the house and
senate within a week. The only
amendments upon which there is
likely to be stubborn controversy
are the sugar and binding Irvine
amendments. The latter will hardly
he changed, but it would not be sur
prising If sugar goes as it was in the
original house bill. All rumors of
any intention on the part of the house
to antagonlze the reciprocity amend
ment are simply bosh.
The attempt to get up financial
furry on account of the passage OF
the tariff bill with a clause which
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fallen very fiat. 1t was stated that
1T would require $50, 100000 to enable
the importers to get their goods out
of the bonded warehouses by that
date, but Gen. Nettleton, Assistant
Secretary of the treasury, very quiet
ly put an end to that story by show
ing that not over SIG, 600, 900 would be
required, aud he stated that between
now and the first of October the treas
ury would release more than S32, 0Oo,-
900 in addition to the ordinary cur
rent expenditures. An attempt was
made in certain quarters to coerce
the administration into adopting the
Cleveland policy of depositing large
sums Of Government money In the
National banks TO relieve the strin-
gency in the money market,
but it did not succeed. Neither the
President nor Secretary Window be-
lieve in that sort of financiating.
Saturday was eulogy day in Con-
gress-in the senate the late Samuel
J. Randall was the subject and in
the house Senator Beck. The custom
is beautiful one, and no one should
have word to say against it, but in
view of the time consumed thus at
this sesslon-nearly a full month
many Congressman favor the adop-
ton OF suggestion recently made to
hold these services on Sunday.
The committee investigating the
Civil Service law held q session Sat.
urday, at which Representative
GrOsvenor accused the civil service
of deliberate misrepres-
The committee has adj
journed until December. Its mem.
bers are as tired of the subject as the
public.
The committee investigating the
charges against Gen. Raum has prac-
tically completed its ork Aand a re-
port completely generating Gen.
Raum on each and every charge made
is expected from ii this week.
The following bills by agreement of
a republican caucus are TO be con-
sidered by the Senate In the order
named: The anti-lottery bill; Repeal
of the timber culture law; bill estab-
fishing private land claim court; bill
for relief OF U. s. Supreme Court; bill
for adjustment of laborers claims
under eight hour law; bill
work for laborer in Government
employ, or engaged in doing govern
ment work; bill to transfer the Reve-
nue. Marine service from the treasury
to the navy department; bill for set
Element of claims arising from Indian
depredatiOns; Paddock pure, food bill
this is TO be substituted for the COM
pound lard bill which recently pass
ed the House,; Torrey bankruptcy
bill; bill to place telegraph compan.
les under the Interstate Commerce
law, and bills relating to the District
of Columbia.
Owing to the action of the democrats
in leaving the house and breaking a
quorum, a whole week has been
wasted, and it Will be no better this
week unless enough publicans show
up to make a quorum exclusive of
democrats.
Big democrats are whispering ugly
accusations against each other. 1t
seems that there was an enormous
corruption fund raised to beat Speak
er Reed, and the men who contribu-
ted the money are accusing some
body of having stolen it. One of
them said: ave sent enough money
into that district to buy two Names,
and there is nothing to show for it.n
The republicans of the house held
cnncma Satnrdav niuht aud danidnd