San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 2l. 1912.


at work upon the business which had
accumulated during his flying Euro.
pean trip. He looks well, and SAYS
when he went away, and there is no
visible evidence of the black eye he
received by being thrown against the
side of the cabin by sudden lurch
of the vessel, on the homeward voy-
age. When asked about the new batch
of stories which have been start
ed concerning the condition of the
treasury, he smiled and said: "They
are simply repititions of the stories
which have been periodically started
by the democrats for year or two
past. The treasury is all right; it is
meeting and will continue to meet
every legitimate demand upon it,
and will also continue the policy of
Keeping he money OF the country in
active circulation, where everybody
gets some benefit from it, instead of
allowing it to accumulate either in
the treasury or in favored depos.
tories"
The President and his cabinet have
fully decided uIop the Iolicy Of the
United States in Behring Sea, and it
is probable that orders have already
been issued that will send sufficient
naval force to the sealing waters to
prevent any Wholesale poaching
duriug the coming season.
Secretary Blaine continues to i'm.
prove, aud, if he does not conclude
lake short trip will probably resume
his duties during the present week.
10 10 In vartapf onanr1 wit VII hot tho
President has done concerning Behr-
ing Sea matters.
Certain democrats in Congress made
q very shrewd move the other day TO
neutralIze the effect of the passage of
the Free Coinage bill upon the in
terests of their party In the the East
ern and Middle States, and for time
it looked liked they would succeed in
trapping the republicans into help
ing them, but it no longer looks that
way. 1t was proposed, and very
innocent proposition it looked that
Representative Harter, of Ohio, and
Representative Bland, of Missouri,
should engage in o joint discussion
of Tree silver in some Of the big east
ern cities. AS both OF these men are
democrats, representing respectively
the radical sides of the silver ques-
ton, no politics was discerned in the
proposition. But when Mr.. Bland
said he could not take part, and sug-
gested that Representative Bartine,
OF Nevada. one of the few republic
can free coinage men in the
house, should take his part, the
politics I'm the scheme at once
apparent and it fair y bulged out
wnen to the original proposition was
added another, that the speeches of
the two men should be reported and
printed for distribution in the east,
the speeches. to be printed in par
allel columns with heads reading "a
republican for free coinage" and "a
the democrats get no help of this
sort until 1t is given them by repub.
Leans their case may be regarded as
HOPELESS.
In spite of the complaint of the low
salaries paid our consuls abroad. much
less in many instances than private
business houses pay their representa-
tives at the same places peanut
policy of the democrats in the house
has been applied to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill and
the salaries OF q large number of con-
suls reduced The committee also
struck out entirely the appropriation
for the Bureau of American Repu blic
which have been of great service to
those having or desiring to have busl-
ness with the countries of South and
Cen trail America.
Notwithstanding the attempt of
Senator Hill to hulldoze the demo-
Gratis of the House of election COM
mittee into endorsing the the theft
by which Mr.. Rockwell, of New
York, holds the seat TO which Rep
resen tative Noyes was honestly elect
ed by the voters of the twenty eighth
district of that state, only one demo-
crat on that committee voted against
the report declaring Col. Noyes en-
titled to the seat which has been
made 10 the house.
At least one man has been found
who is not ashamed to be called a
mugwump. 1t is Representative
Williams, of Massachusetts,, the gen.
tleInan who has been playing mentor
to young sherman Hoar all this ses-
sion.
A number of clothing manufac-
turers having given the sub-commit-
tee of the mouse committee on manu-
features a most glowing description
of the benefits of the so called sweat
ing system" of labor. that committee
will think it over until the Goth inst,
when it will go to Boston for further
information.
This week will be made M emorable
by the debate on the Bland free
coinage bill, and the passage Of that
measure by the house. About the
only part the republicans will take In
the proceeding will be to see that the
democrats 60 on record properly. NO