San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 1891.

are such that there is not even a pro.
bsbillty that it willget out before &c
is sent to Congress. 1t has not been
sent TO the Government Printing
| Office To be put in type and there is a
possibility that it may not 90 there
| at ali, as it is now possible to dupli-
cate each type written page of it as
| many times as may be desired, right
| in the White House, under the eye OF
private Secretary Halford and Miss
Sanger, the Presidents confidential
stenographer. Your CORES pondent is
| assured by one who knows that the
| message is one of the ablest ever writ
ten and that it is particularly strong
in matter with which partisan politiCs
should have nothing to do.
The last week OF the speske' snip
fight begins with a rush. NJ re than
two hundred member of the house
have arrived within the last forty
eight hours, which gives the friends
of the several candidates material to
| WORK upon. Springer, of Illinois, has
the gaudiest headquarters and also
nOisiest, although a week ago he was
| > OF con 'idered ain tn at all. Among
his lou lest shouters are a quartette of
limo ans, who held office under the
Cleveland administration ex-Pen-
siOn Commissioner Black; Fred Wins
ton. ex-mnister to Persia; Lambert
Tree. ex-minister to Belgium, and Ad
lsi Stevenson, eX first assistant post
| master general. Henry George is lob
byiug The knows'for Mills, an be
openly states he is doing it because
Mills is free trader. Crfsp's friends
claim that he will he nominated In
the first ballot in the caucus. but they
will not back their claim with cash,
although men with sporting proclivi-
ties are anxious TO give them the
opportunity Of so doing. McMiliin
says those who suppose he Intends
withdrawing will he disappointed.
He may not withdraw, but the pre-
diction is made that If upon any
ballot in the caucus the votes he con-
trolls will be sufficient to nominate
Mills theywill go to him. Jerry Simp-
son Is declaring that the alliance
members will flock together
outside of the caucuses of che
old parties, but the indications are
| that Jerry will find very small flock,
| as the southern members will 1t is
| believed. go into the democratic eau.
cus-they are very hungry set and
IL is only by going into the caucus
/ that they can get even little share
| of the house patronage. Tits believed
| that Jerry himself can be induced TO
into the democratic caucus if the go
right sort of inducement is offered.
The caucus will be held next Satur-
day evening and the prediction Is
made that If neither Mills or Crisp is
nominated on one of the first three
So La of hA nth
dates will win on the fourth or fifth
guess work.
Postmaster General Wanamaker
SAYS that there is not the slightest
TO indatiou for the statement being
| published. as special core ypnndence
from New Orleans. in az many of the
| big newspapers as will sell their news
columns, to the effect that the mails
going into that city are in demon
| allied condition owing to their being
tempered with by p0stoffice officials.
| This letter is being sent out and paid
| for by the notorious Louisiana Lottery
| com pany. which finds One-third of its
| business gone since the United States
mails were, by act of the last con-
gress, closed TO 1t and its victims and
| 1t takes this method Of trying to man.
| ufacture public sentiment against
the law Mr.. Wanamsker SAYS that
| the mails to aud from New Orleans
| are as free from government inter
| ference as those TO and from Phlla-
| do'nhia or any O,heT city.
The treaty which has for several
| Weeks heem in course Of negotiation
| bet Ween this country and Hawaii has
| been completed, signed by the repre-
sentatives of the two countries and
| turned over to the president. who
will il he approves of it, and 1t ts
| Thought that he does, sign il and send
| il to the senate for ratifica ton. The
| treaty has not, of course, been made
puhlic, but il is understood that 1t
| will remove all barriers III the shape
of customs duties in either country
| from the trade between Hawaii and
| the United States
| Whenever the Washington CORES
| pondent of = democratic newspaper
| runs short of legitimate news he sends
| off a story about the contemplated
| removal of some prominent repu bllcan
| official. Civil Service Commissioner
| Roosevelt was the latest VICTIM
but the story carried its own
| contradiction. 1t said that the
| posB office inspectors who had
been investigating Mr.. Roosevelt's
charges against the Baltimore post
office officials had recommended Mr.
! Roosevelt's dismissal. Such ridic'
ulous assumption OF authority is IN
| he ,rd of The only truth in this
| story is that the inspectors have made
a report, the nature of which only
they aud Mr.. Wanamaker know.
Senator Sherman and the president
had lengthy conference on Saturday
| ON political matters. K.