San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3. 192.


The president received the annual
visit OF justices of the U. s.. Supreme
Court few minutes after noon today
in the east room of the White House
the court having met few minutes
before and Immediately adjourned to
pay its respects to the President. All
the justices, including Mr.. ShIras the
new one, who was sworn in at today's
session OF the court, were present.
The affair was strictly formal and
very quiet, owing to Mrs. Harrison's
condition, which is not improving.
For probably the last time u1til
after election the entire cabinet will
be together, on Wednesday of this
week, at the New York Columbus
celebration. From there q msjority
of them will go to the various states
to maze few speeches A number
OF minor officials aud lots of Wash.
ingtopisns will go over to New York
10 see the show.
Hon. Patrick Egsp, U. s. Minister
to Chilli, is in Washington on official
business. He says the feelings OF the
Chilians towards the United States
are now entirely cordial and that oe.
fore leaving his post he was shown
every possible courtesy by the Chit
| liam government. He comes here to
bring the $4,000 indemnity granted
| the sailors of the Baltimore and
new copy OF new treaty for the ar
bitration of claims. Mr.. Egan, who
has been for many years close
friend Of Mr.. Blsine's, says he has
good reasons for believing that
gentleman will make several speeches
for Harrison and Reid before the
campaign closes; also, that he has
good cause to confident that the bulk
| of the Irish-Americsn vote will be
cast for the republican national ticke
this year.
At Cabinet meeting held q few
days ago the question OF mem bers of
the cabinet going on the stump,
which certain newspapers have been
| discussing of late, was taken up, and
all present, including the President,
Secretary of State Foster, Postmaster
General Wanpamaker, Secretary
Noble and Secretary Foster, agreed
that. while Ii was matter that
should be properly decided by each
individual member OF the cabinet &C.
cording to his own personal view,
there was nothing improper in men,
Der OF the cabinet going before the
people as often as he chooses, to dis
cuss political affairs. That is on all
| tours with common sense. There is q
special fitness in a member OF the cao-
met who has helped to formulate and
| carry out the policy of an administra-
ton going on the stump to tell the
people 70 whom the administration Is
directly responsible just what has
been done. With the possible excep-
ton of Attorney General Miller every
member of the cabinet will make
some speeches this month.
The politicians on all sides have
about settled down to the opinion that
as in 'S4 and 'SS, the presidential
| fight will be settled In New York.
The peoples party fzzle in the south
makes 1t pretty certain that with the
| possible exceptions of Tennessee and
West Virginia, all of the electoral
votos of that section will go to Cleve-
| land, and the same thing Is believed
| to have killed any chances that the
peoples party might have had to
capture the electoral votes in the
northwest. 1t is no longer con-
sidered one of the possibilities
that the election of president will be
thrown into the house. Every body
here recognizes that 1t is now q
straight fight between the republican
and democratic parties and the we'll
known policies which they respective
ly represent. That this sweeping off
of side issues will be beneficial to the
republicans cannot for moment
be doubted by any unprejud-
iced student of the polit-
ical situation. Giving Cleveland
the entire South and five electoral
votes in Michigan, he will still be 50
votes short of majority of the cleo.
toral college. So he will not only
have to carry New York, but he will
have to get twenty-odd electoral
votes besides. In order to win. No
wonder democrats are asking of each
other in doleful tones where can he
get them?" No where, bretheren,
no where. This country is republi-
can on straight issues every time, as
the vote OF the next electoral
college will show.
There are two democratic factions
in this city, although there is no
voting here. and just now they are
about ready to cut each others
Threats, just as members of one fac.
ton accuse the other of having cut
the ropes to a Cleveland banner which
was swung across Pennsylvania ave-
nue. not long ago. Cutting seems to
be popular with the democrats this
year, and unless reports are very de-
ceptive the most destructive cutting
of all will take place on election day.
Let them cut and slssh each other;
the republicans can stand 1t, and will
profit by 1t
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, OCTOBER
7, 1892. Sealed proposals, in triplicate,