San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
cFrom Our Regular Correspondent

From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 10, 1880.
DAILY LIGHT.
The house of representatives mOurns
for it's father, Judge Kelley, for thirty
wears representative from Pennsyl-
vania has gone to his last rest. Flu
neral services were held in the hall of
the House OH Saturday, after which
the body was forwarded to his late
home for interment. Judge Kelley
will be sadly missed, and his place
extremely difficult to fill The title of
"Father of the House, now belongs
to ex-Speaker Randall, who Is stlll
confined to his residence by illness:
The senate committee on the
Worlds fair has heard everything
that the champions of the several
cities had to say for their favorltes,
but what effect, il any, the learned ar
guments had on the senators is not
apparent to the naked eye. 1t is gem
orally believed that the matter viii
be at once pushed to final issue in
both house and senate. One thing
can truly be said of the struggle for
the location. 1t has made no bad
blood, and wherever congress may
decide upon holding the fair every
body is ready to pitch right in and
make it grand success-sOmething
worthy of A meriCa.
Secretaries Window and Tracy
both favor the transfer of the revenue
marine service from the treasury to
the navy department. This makes it
almost certain that the bill providing
for the transfer, now before congress,
will become a law. 1t has been de-
featen in previous congresses by the
opposition of the secretary OF the
treasury.
Senator Quay and Adjutant-gen err
al Hastings of Pennsylvania wei
visiting several of the departments
here together on Sunday. That does
| not look much like the general was
to be an anti-Quay candidate for the
gubernatOrial nomination in his
state.
The VIce-President put quietus
Oh til g silly story of his Lot being on
good terms with the President by
giving an elaborate dinner to the
President and Mrs. Harrison few
days ago.
No stock is taken here in the rumOr
| of democratic detections in the Ohio
legislature. Brice has paid for the
goods and it is generally believed
they will be delivered according to
| contract"
Speaker Reed said this mOrniE
that ne thought the new rules would
be reported to the house sometime
this week. unless there should be
some unexpected cause for further
| delay.
Ex-senator Kellogg, like most
southerners, regards Senator Morgan's
scheme of sending the negroes to AT
RIGA at government expense az very
foolish one, and says the solution Of
the problem will have to be looked fol
in other directions.
The tariff hearings before the house
committee on ways and means are eX
pected to end this week. They have
| already included about every industry
intended, but Chairman Mckinley
says nobody shall be excluded, anC
hearings may be had on application
until the bill is reported to the house
Mr. Wanamaker seems to have thu
/ proper idea of the relations tina
should exist between a member OF tn,
cabinet and the people, as represent
ed in the House of Representatives
told the members of the house
committee on postoffices and posi-
roads, who paid him social visit
I'll at he hoped they woull call on hin
as often as they needed information
on postal matters, and that there wa
nothing private in the business of hi
department.
The senate committee on territOrie
will not report an omnibus bill. III
majority is opposed to the admissio
of New Mexico, but will report seps
rate bills admitting Idaho and Wye
ming.
Mrs. Gen. U. S. Grant is spending
few days with friends here. She
looking remarkably well, and say
her health is excellent
Representative bolivar, of lows
says there is not the slightest doubt {
Senator Allison's reelection. r.
The goods have been delivered
Ed.
Gov. STONE, of Mississippi, in h
inaugural address, notes that there