San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, d. c., Nov. II, 800.

DAILY LIGHT:
The secret is out at last, and there
is no longer any mystery rs to the
democratic bowls for q recount of the
population of New York City, but the
Census bureau. 1t is not because
they hope to gain and additional
member Of the House, and one more
vote in the electoral college for the
State of New York. They are play
ing for much larger stakes. The
scheme Is to create such hubbub
over this recount that Congress will
pass a resolution ordering it, and
then for the milk III the cocoanut-
the postponement of the COMPRESSION
al superintendent until the Fifty
second Congress meets. They know
that an apportionment bill such as
Representative Dunnell's will give
the republicans from II to 10 addition
al Representatives in the Fifty-third
Congress and an equal number of
votes in the electoral college which
will elect the next President, and
they are playing bold game in order
to prevent the present Congress max
ing the spportionment at the coming
short session, and to get the appor-
tionment into their own hands.
But it is a decided waste of energy.
The first business of the republican
house, which meets December l, will
be to perfect and pass a fair appor-
tionment bill based upon the returns
of the eleventh census. The bill in
troduced by Mr.. Dupnell at the last
session will necessarily have to be
somewhat changed because the popu-
Iation of the country fell below the
estimates upon which it was based,
but there is not the slightest danger
that democratic bowls can succeed in
having the bill postponed.
Everybody here is talking reciproc-
ity. The new Spanish Minister,
Senior Miguel Suarez Guanes, has ar
rived here, been presented to the
president and has already opened me-
gotiations with Secretary Blaine
looking toward reciprocity treaty
between the United States and Spain,
which will of course, include CUBA.
In his speech to the president the
new minister made it very plain that
his government was anxious to have
reciprocity, and privately he talked
even palmer. Negotiations are also
tries, notably those of Central and
South America, and 1t will not be
surprising if tine senate shall be called
upon to ratify four or five reciprocity
treaties before the expiration of the
fifty-first congress.
The Joint Senate and House COM
mittee, authorized at the last session
of Congress to visit the Pacific coast
for the purpose of investigating the
alleged violations Of the Chinese i'm
migration law, left here Saturday
morning in charge of q deputy Ser
geant-at-Arms OF the Senate and &C
companied by a clerk and steno-
grapher to take down the testimony
taken by the committee. The first
meeting Is to be held at Spokane
Falls, Washington, where Senators
Squire will joint them. They are to
visit in the order named Takoma,
Seattle, Port Townsend, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles and Sandiego, and
expect toreturn to Washington about
Christmas.
The president spends the greater
portion of his time just now in the
preparation of his annual message to
Congress, which promises to be an I'M
usually interesting and important
document, but he takes time to confer
with republican senators and repre-
sentatives, who are arriving quite
rapidly. in order to get the benefit of
their advice on the subjects which he
proposes to treat in his message.
1t is thought that within week or
ten ten days the most of the republic
can senators and represen tatives will
be here. and it is proposed that con-
ference be held to decide upon the
legislation of the coming sessions. 1t
strong grounds in his message for the
immediate passage of the apportion-
ment bill and the shipping bills, and
it is believed by many that he will
also urge the passage of the federal
election bill by the senate, but there
are some doubters as to the last meas
ure.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
has weathered the financial storm In
spite of the determined effort of Jay
Gould and the Louisiana Lottery
company to break down his personal
credit, and I am told by a banker
that Mr.. Wanamaker's credit is as
good as it ever was. This attempt to
bring about the private financial ruin
of a public official, because of his off,
cial acts is one of the most disgrace.
full In our history. Mr.. Gould dis
likes Mr.. Wanamaker because of his
advocacy of a postal telegraph sys.
tenn. and the lottery folks regard him
as the author of their ruin, so they
com bined for revenge. The purpose
being to force Mr.. Wanamaker into
bankruptcy. But it was useless