San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-09
Ehs Dai1y Eight.
FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1890.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 3.
DAILY LIGHT:
Senator Frye has reported from tn
oils in which the President is knOwI
to be very much interested; one o
them provides for the payment Of ,
bounty of 80 cents a ton tor every
thousand miles sailed by American
built and owned vessels of more thar
SEQ tons burthen, and the other pro
Vides tor the formation of an Ameri
can built and owned ocean service
by authorizing the POSTMASTER Gen
eral to make contracts for carrying
ocean mails with four classes of yes
sells at from 81 to S. a mile, according
to class, for the outward voyage
Mr.. Frye stated when making his re-
port that if these bills became laws he
had reason to know that within three
years line of the best ships in the
world would be put on between New
York and LiverpC ol, and that another
| line would be running between New
| York and South America in less than
| two years, and these would be but
the beginning. These bills have
been Endorsed by boards of trade and
chambers of commerce all over the
country and also by the National
Grange and Farmers Alliance, but
that did not prevent two democratic
members of the Committee, Senators
Coke and Vest, stating that they did
not agree to the report of the COM
mittee. The idea Is too progressive
for democrats.
The idea of an agreement between
the senate and house republican eau
cuses on a silver bill, has practically
been abandoned. The house Will pass
the bill agreed upon and the senate
will amend it and leave it to a confer
ence committee TO arrange a cOmprC
mise.
The house committee which has
been Investigating the civil service
commission devoted the greater part
OF saturday to hearing arguments by
both sides. A report is expected from
the committee this week.
The house has defeated the inter-
national copyright bill, and poor peo-
pie who occasionally buy cheap books
have no reason to grieve about it.
The house passed the diplomatic
appropriation bill, also the legisla-
ture, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill.
The president has signed the bill
providing a temporary government
for the territory Of Oklahoma.
Representative Henderson, of iowa
has introduced a bill providing a
penalty of $1,000 and Imprisonment
f r five years, or both for sending OBJ
scene literature through the mails.
Represent ative McCreary, of Ken |
lucky, is one of the few level-headed
democrats in the house. Saturday
afternoon he made strong speech in
favor of reciprocity with the South |
and Central American republics, and
stated his belief that the recent pan
American congress would be recorded
IN history as a success, and that it
would be remembered as the first
step in the social and com nercial
union of the American republics.
The speech was interrupted by the
of the house.
EXPresdent CleveIand's visit to
Washington the tier I a It Of last
week has furnished the politi-
cal gOssips with something
TO talk about for some time
to come. He came Ostensibly to
attend to case before the Supreme
Court, but as the case in which he is
counsel, was known to have been put
off until the fall term of the court be-
fore he came it is evident that that
was not the real cause of his visit.
He called at the White House and
paid his respects to the President.
He also did good deal Of circling
around among the democratic pOliti-
clans and that is probably the real
reason for his coming here: he has
entered against the field for the nom.
inatiOn in 1892.
The date when the Mckinley tariff
bill will go into effect has been
changed to July /, 1851.
Secretary Wjudom thinks the
amount OF money in circulation should
be increased at least c50,000,0O a
year.
Senator Stanford has returned from
California, but his health not having
improved he has announced that he
intends going to Europe the latter
part of this month.
The House has passed the Senate
antitrust bill with an amendment
which is aimed at the dressed beef
monopoly.
Senator Vest has made a lengthy
report upon the investigation made
by his committee of the fresh meat
traffic. He says the railroad and
steamship companies discriminate
against the shipment of live cattle
in favor of the dressed beef people all
the time. The committee has pre-
pared q bill which it claims will en-