San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHING TON. Feb. 9 1891.

the treasury, was in apparently. good
health when he left here last Thurs
day for New York. where he went to
speak before the New York Board of
Trade and Transportation; today Off
cial Washington saw, with tear
dimmed eyes, his remains lowered to
their last resting place in beautiful
Rock Creek cemetery. 1t all seems like
q horrible dream, and 1 find 1t ex-
tremely difficult to realize that this
bigbrained, big-hearted, whole-souled
American is dead; that I shall no
more see the bright CHEEKY smile with
paper man inquest of Information
and he always got 1t too, if it was in
the Secretary's power to give it to
him,
There were two services over the
corpse, one private, at his late resi-
dencs, and the other public at the
church of the Covenant, of which
Mr.. Window was member. Owing
to the general desire on the part of
the officials and members of Congress
to attend the funeral, it was necessary
to have admission to the church by
ticket only. By IL so o'clock today every
seat in the spacious church was filled
and hundreds were sitting IN the
aisles. Among them were the Presi-
dent, the Justices of the Supreme
Court, the entire diplomatic corps, all
of the departmental officials of pro-
minence, all of the Army and Navy
officers at present in Washington and
/ believe, every Senator and Repre-
sentative In the city. A more i'm
pressive scene have never witnessed
than that presented when the re-
mains were brought into the church,
followed by Mr.. WINDOWS late
colleagues in the cabinet, who acted
as honorary pall-bearers. Many were
the tears that fell from manly eyes,
while there was scarcely woman in
the Church, who was not compelled
to make constant use of her hand
kerchief.
The widow and her son and daugh-
ters have the heartfllt sympathy of
everyone; but sympathy can do little
to assuage such grief as theirs. To
the public the death of Secretary
Window is a great national loss, how
great, only those know who have
to deal with the finances of the coun-
try, but to the widow and children it
Is the personal loss of as kind and af-
fectionate husband and father as
any wife and children were ever
blessed with.
Already gossip is busy suggesting
names for the successor of the late
Secretary Window, and il is general
ly agreed that the president has an
unusually hard task before him in
filling the vacancy. There are for
tunately plenty of strong, able and
skillful financiers; men of the neces-
sary broadness of mind and strength
OF purpose to move straight ahead on
a line of policy:once adopted, in spite
OF the Thousand and one wildcat
financial schemes which will be GER
tain TO spring up In the next house of
representatives, but, 1t will be diff
cult to get these men to consent to
assume responsibilities the weight of
which have undoubtedly killed three
men-Secretaries Folger, Manning
and WindOm-wIthin the last three
administrations.
Ii is generally believed here that
Representative Mckinley could re-
ceiye the appointment If he would
accept 1t, which, his close friends say,
Is extremely doubtful. However, Mr..
Mckinley Is q very warm friend Of
the administration, and I have an
idea that Ii the president concludes
that II he is the best man for the
position he can persuade him to accept
1T. Among others prominently men
toned for the vacancy are Senators
Sherman, Allison, Ingalls, and
Spooner, and Representative Cannon,
of Illinois. Chief among gentlemen
In private life who are spoken of In
this connection are ex-Gov. Foster, of
Ohio, and stephen b. Elklns. 1t is
not thought that the vacancy will be
filled this week. In the meantime
Assistant Secretary Nettleton is IN
der the law acting as secretary of the
treasury.
The apportionment bill, which
passed the Senate just as it came from
the House, is now in the hands of the
president, and will undou btedly be
law within the next ten days.
The committee investigating the
alleged congressional silver pools
is holding meetings almost every day
taking lois OF testimony, but what it
is actually finding out is not taking
up much space upon its books. but
much of the testimony is of such a
nature as to keep the public in con-
slant expectation of something high
ly sensational.
Both Senate and House have made
fair progress with the regular appro
priation bills during the last few
days, and il the democrats do not
purposely delay matters an extra
session can easily be avoided, but
there are some ugly rumors floating
around of combination among the
southern democrats in the House for