San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-06
The Daily Eight.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 1891

to Ohio for a short vacation if nothin!
unexpected turns up to keep hin
here. Notwithstanding his announced
determination at the time he entered
the cabinet not to follow the eXampl,
OF his illustrious predecessor and
work himself 20 death, the work and
responsibility of being at the head Of
our financial system is gradually
wearing the flesh from his rotund
figure. The fact of the matter is
that as at present constituted
there is too much work connected
with the Treasury department for any
one man to attempt 10 direct unless
he has a constitution that can stand
about twenty hours work day; there
are several important bureauX such
as the Revenue Marine, Light Houses,
Life Saving, Internal Revenue, and
Engraving and Printing, now under
that department, that the Secretary
of the Treasury should be relieved of,
i'm order that he might devote mis-
entire attention to strictly financial
matters. There is no sense in killing
more good men before making the
change, and there is little doubt that
0verwork in that office Killed Secre
taries Folger, Manning and Window
within the last ten years.
The rumor fend has evidently had
resIyuallvns Oh the brain for the last
three or four days, and among those
that he has caused to resign may be
mentioned Secretary Noble, Attor-
ney. General Miller, Postmaster Wan
amaker, Treasurer Nebeker, Assist
tant Secretary of the Treasury Nettle
on and Commissioner of pension
Raum. Not one of these gentlemen
has resigned or has the least inten-
tion of resigning so far as those who
are in positions to know have any in
formation; but the rumOrs go on just
the same. 1t is safe to refuse to be-
lleve that any official intends resign
ing until it is officially stated, or Is
given out by the official himself or
some one with authority to speak for
him.
Ex-Representative Simonds, of Con-
necticut, the new Commissioner of
Patents, assumed con troll Of that office
on Saturday.
Secretary Tracy has gone TO Bar
Harbor, where he Will spend the rest
of the summer.
Secretary Proctor will attend the
g. A. r. encampment at Detroit.
Indian Commissioner Morgan will
spend his vacation in Europe. The
controversy which has existed be
tween his office and the Catholic
bureau of missions has ended salts
factory to all concerned. Deputy
Commissioner Belt, who is in charge
during the commissioners absence,
said on the subject: "There is q per-
feet understanding between Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland and
Commissioner Morgan, and the out
come of the interview between the
last two named was the establishing
of the most cordial relations
There seemed to be an idI q
existing that Commissioner Nor
gan was opposed 10 the Catholic
church and its schools, when this
was not the case, as was evidenced by
the work of this department. The
objection OF the commissioner was the
interference of the Catholic Mission
bureau, which attempted to control
and guide this department in the
transaction of its business. Mr.. Nor
gan showed Bishop Ireland that in
stead of decreasing the allowance to
the Catholic Indian schools it had
been increased $40, 200; that instead of
being antagonistic to Catholic schools
he was extremely friendly toward
them, but preferred to deal with them
directly rather than through the
bureau OF missions. There is no
trou BILE between the commissioner
and the Catholics. B tn sides have
been discussed and both parties are
satisfied and the work will proceed
without friction, looking solely to
the education and advancement OF
the Indian youth"
Eleven hundred clerks were dis
missed from the Census. office last
Friday because the work upon which
they were engaged had been COM
pleted. Another big discharge will
take place this month for the same
reason.
Although it had been known for
some time the official PRONUNCIATION OF
the reciprocity agreements with
spain, affecting the trade of Cuba al d
Porto Rico the temporary schedule q
which goes into effect Septembe
and the permanent schedule July
1892, and with San Domingo wa
jOyfully received. They are certain y
very desirs BILE agreements for the in
terests of the United States particu
larry those of agriculture anC
manufactures and together with tn,
others gone and to come, they
will make thousands of new friendI
for the party which has given tn,
country the loon of reciprocity with
out injury to single American in
terest, thus differing radically from
the democratic idea; which is t,
break down the home market by de
stroying home manufactures an,
letting in tree OF duty the mannfa1