San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is, 1891.


WASHINGTON, Aug. Is, 1891.
That is a very pretty political game
which will be decided when the exc.
cutive committee of the National
Association OF Democratic clubs
meets in New York city tomorrow,
and the stakes are big, being nothing
less than the democratic Presidential
nomination. Much of the prelmin-
airy shuffiing for this game has been
going, n mere and the shuffier has been
y trusted friend of Senator German
who absented himself purposely be-
cause he did not wish to be known in
the matter; but have it from one
who knows, that 1t lie
the purpose of Germans friends
who believe they can control the
committee, to use the machinery of
the association of democratic clubs
to elect German delegates to the dem.
ocratic national convention, but it is
not yet certain that they will succeed,
as the Cleveland men on the commit
tee have got an inkling of what is
being played for. 1t will be only
through leak that the result of the
committee meeting will be known,
and it has been given out that it Is
called merely TO allow the secretary
to present the reports which he has
received from local clubs.
The platform and nominations of
the Ohio third party has created very
little interest here, and those in posi-.
ton to know best say that the third
party has thrown away the chance TO
cut any considerable figure in the
campaign.
Washington may now be considered
as In the field as the best place for
holding the next national republican
convention. The success in getting
the G. A. r encampment for 1872 has
whetted the appetite of the town, and
q mass meeting of its prominent busi-
ness men is to be held for the purpose
of preparing to make an organized
effort TO convince The national COM
mittee that this is the place.
The enthusiastic reception given
the committee that presented Wash.
ington's claims for the next annual
encampment of the G. A. R., when it
returned from it's victorious errand
Saturday night, augurs we'll for the
reception that will be given the vet.
Grams q year hence. Cannons doomed.
fireworks il.umined the sky and
cheer after cheer arose from the
thrOats of the thousands who
crowded the streets to we'-
come home the men who had Oh
tanned for Washington the proud
privilege of entertaining the old
soldiers to whose protection in the
time of dire need it owes its very eX-
istence. During q residence of many
years at the National capital your
correspondent has never seen the in
terest and actual enthusiasm SO gen.
eral over anything as it is over the
encampmeot of the q. A. r.
The people, gene ally seem to Re
hurt Uy Vne reference to their dis
loyalty made by Washington's oppo-
nents at Detroit. They are not in al y
sense disioysl, although, of course,
there are few residents of Washing
ton, who are living at the expense of
the government, have no love tor the
old flag or a blue uniform, but they
are not numerous enough to justify
charging the city with Gisloyalty. The
charge that the Corcoran Art gallery
contains the por traits Of Lee and
Jackson in full uniform and no por.
trait of n Union general is true, but
the people of Washington are in no
sense responsible for Th Corcoran
art gallery was erected ~ she late
w. w, COrcOran who Was notorious
as southern sympsthizsr during the
late War, and is maintained nv funds
donated by him and control ed by n
board of managers selecied ny him
during his life, each member of
which was presumably in sympathy
with his ideas. Although open to
the public three days in each week
the Core iran art gallery IS
in no sense q public institution, and
can in no way be controlled by the
citizens OF Washington, so that it is
manifestly unfair to hold Washington
responsible for the pictures exhibited
or not exhibited in this gallery.
More repairs are being put on the
White House this summer than in
any one season for long time. These
repairs have been needed tor years,
but each year it would be thought
that the next session of congress
would provide for a new residence for
the president, and they would be put
Off About $50, 900 is to be spent upon
the residence portion OF the house and
it is expected that everything will be
completed by October |.
Gen. Rsum has written letter in
reply to one received by Acting Sec
rotary of the Treasury Nettleton
and referred to him, complaining
delays in the Pension Office. Gen.
Raum says there is no ground for
such complaint, and cites the fact
that for the fiscal year just closed
there were issued 156 $50 original GER
tificates, which exceeded by SO, 1856
the largest number ever issued in q
single fiscal year, and he quotes Gen.