San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL 1891.

every spare moment of his time to
work upon his annual message to
| Congress, much of which he has al.
ready roughly prepared. The finin-
cial part of the message, which will
be largely based upon the annual re-
port of the Secretary of the Treasury,
| upon which Secretary Foster is now
| hard at work, will probable
be the last that will be finished. 1t
may be mentioned, upon good author =
| lty that the portion of the message
| treating of the several foreign com.
| pl icatiOns which have recently
;curred will fairly bri,tle with Ameri-
can sim of the stalwart sort, the sort
| which is calculated to make Ameri-
can residing or travelling abroad
proud of tho flag which protects them
| wherever they go, and which has
| gained for that flag greater respect
among the strong nations of the
| world than it has ever before ever
enjoyed.
| Now that the smoke has entirely
! cleared away from the recent State
| elections and a calm observation of
| the causes which brought about GER
tain effects may be taken, no member
| of the national administration sees
any thing to darken the bright pros
pect of the republican success next
year. They all recognize that in the
| one State -OhiO-where the fight
was squarely made upon the issue
that the national campaign is to be
fought upon--protection and honest
money-there is magnificent repub-
J lican victory, and in that victory
| they see the forerunner of another
and greater victory next year. The
election of Maj. Mckinley, although
| fully expected from the start, gives
| the greatest satisfaction in Washing
ton, where the startling honesty and
| integrity of the man have made him
| as wide q circle of personal friends
and well wishers as any man in pub
| life has. He is one of the few men
| who never get the "big head".
This week the date for holding the
| G. A. II. National encampment next
year will be determined upon. At first
it was thought that it was in October,
| but so many have objected to that
| month that it Is now thought
probable that September will be Sc
lected, the objection to October is its
cool nights, which it is feared might
have bad effect upon the several
thousand veterans that will be provi-
| ded with free quarters in tents during
the encampmant.
| Senator Plumb is in Washington re-
ceiviDg the congratulations of his
| friends on the result OF the Kansas
| campaign in which he took a leading
part. He says that the result shows
1 hot fa xviI hn
! led by the nose by ignorant demagO-
CUES whose only aim in life is to
feather their own nests; they have a
way of doing their own thinking,
which in the end brings them In the
near neighborhood of what is right
and proper.
1t is generally supposed that the
| men who are fighting to make Mills
| Speaker of the House are also work
ing to make Cleveland the nominee
of his party next year, but it is not
| true of all of them, for one of the
| ablesG and shrewdest of the men en-
| gagged in the management of the Mills
campaign said on the subject: mo
| sir; the election of Mills does not
J mean the nomination of Cleveland.
/ If it did should be working against
instead of for Mills. You know that
am very much opposed to the cleo
ton of Crisp as Speaker, and yet, |
| assure you, that / would thousand
times rather see Crisp elected Speaker
than to see Cleveland nominated for
| President"
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, says he
intends to re-introduce his joint reso-
luton for a constitutional amendment
providing for the election of U. 5.
| Senators by direct vote OF the people.
just as soon as Congress meets, and
that he proposes, if possible, to get
vote on its during the session.
One notable effect OF the State cleo
| tiOn returns is that the officials of the
| National Farmers Alliance who make
this city their headquarters have
stopped claiming the EARTH" which
they were doing right along before the
election. Now they have nothing to
say for publication further than that
the alliance isn't 10 politics this
year any way" In plain words the
trick by which it was hoped that sew
eral of the North West States would
throw away their electoral votes while
the South would remain solidly dem
ocratio has been effectually shown up,
and will cut no figure in the Presi-
Dental campaign. AS one Senator
puts its: "If the Farmers Alliance
in the South wants to organize third
party let them start the ball by cut
ting loose from the democratic party
in the several Southern States which
they now control"
| Vice President Morton and his FAM
lily are now occupying their Was h.
ington residence. Mr.. Morton is look
ing remarkably well.