San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-25
Lockwood National
BANK.
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LETTER..
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1899.

Playing the role OF tne 'art1ul
dodger" is nothing e to democratic
leaders, and whatever may be the
end of the farce.comedy in which
they are now engaged. the audience
which includes the entire country. Will
get lots of amusement out OF 1t. The
programme as arranged by stage
manager Crisp was to have the COM
mittee on Coinage and that on Ways
and Means have q pretended struggle
Ior the right OF way In the House for
their bills free coinage and the tariff
which was to be kept up long enough
to make 1t certain that the free coin
age bill would be thrown v o. to the
next session, thus allowing the demo-
Gratis to ask the votes of the free coin
age men because of their intention to
pass the bill, and the votes of the
anti-silver men because of their in
tentiOn to defeat it.
The first act went according to pro.
gramme, but after the curtain fell it
was discovered that actor Bland pro.
posed making the struggle real and
insisting upon the passage of his free
coinage bill, and to the CONSERVATION
of the stage manager and his assis-
tants it was found that he had a ma
jOrity of the democrats of the House
with him, in black and white. Then
Mr.. Catchings was sent away, go as
to prevent the committee on Rules
holding a meeting, and as soo as he
returned Speaker Crisp went to For
tress Monroe, where he now is and
where the opponents of free silver
wish to keep him until Bland and his
followers can be persuaded to carry
out the original programme.
Mr.. Bland is obstropOrOus. "He
says: 1--WE do not intend that q min
ority shall u I'VE q majority in that
way, and we have q majority in favor
of the silver bill. The silver bill will
not be kept down by the tariff bills
and if any such attempt is made we
will talk silver On every bill that
comes before the House, and offer the
silver bill as an amendment to every
bill taken up. They can't paddock u
mans mouth or prevent bringing up
the question of free silver, and If they
try it they will make silver the big
gest issue of ALL" The "they" con.
stantly referred to by Mr.. Bland are
the ninety anti.silver democrats,
whowaut oliver to GO over in the
interest of Cleveland's candidacy.
The anti silver democrats. having
secured more than the requisite num-
Der of signatures to Q call for q eau.
Gus have requested Mr.. Holman to
issue the call and he has promised to
do 80 this week, but that will no,
help the matter any more than the
caucus held by the silver men seve
raj weeks ago, as neither side will be
bound by a caucus at least hat is
what they say.
1t is announced that the ways and
Means committee will call up the
three free trade bills on the first OF
March, but 1t is not probable that
they will do so unless some sort Of
an agreement is made with the silver
men. Congress is to meet again to-
morrow, but as the Chicago excur-
sionists will not return until Wednes-
day, there will be no quorum until
then.
The president has been compelled
to cancel a number of engagements
made for this week on account of a
severe cold from which he Is suffer
ing. He is anxious to get away to
some quiet place for three or o
DAYS rest, but there are SO many inn
portant matters requiring his atten-
lion that it Is not certain that he can
do SO Just now, unless his physician
positively orders him to do 1t.
The bill passed by the senate ex-
tending the present laws against
Chinese immigration for ten years
from next May, also contains q pro.
vision to enable the treasury depart
ment to get around the recent judi
ciaI decisions concerning the country
from which the Chinese immigrants
come, ana to return them to China,
instead of to the last country from
which they came, as IL has recently
been compelled to do under the afore-
said decisions. The bill also provides
severe penalties for the return of
Cinnamon once sent out of the United
States.
Whatever may have been the pros.
poets OF Utah for getting into the
Union, at the beginning of this ses-
sion of Congress, it Is not now regard
ed as having any at all. Three dele
cations, each pulling in a different
direction, are largely, If moi wholly
responsible for this.
The Senate and House committees
on immigration have begun the mold
ing of Joint sessions for the hearing
of statements relating to immigration.
There seems so far to be ABOUT as
many opinions on the subject ss there
have been speakers before the com'
mittee.
Secretary Fosters sails tomorrow
for a trip to Europe. He goes merely
for the sea voyage, and will immedi-
ately return.