San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 80, 1872.

Secretary Blaine," said q gentle
man who had just spent an hour with
Mr.. Blain, twill write no more letters
concerning the nomination. His let.
ter to chairman CIarksOn last Febru.
ary, represents his feelings at this
| moment just as we'll as when 1t was
written. He does not wish the no:
minatiou; but if it comes to him any :
way it will he party demand for his
services that so good party man as
he cannot ignore or decllne.u
The availability of Senator Allison
as Presidential candidate, in certain
contingencies, lie being very much
discussed just now, and no republican
has yet been found who does not
consider Allison q certain winner.
Once more the band of SCARED G.
A. r. veterans, q few less In mum Ders,
q little more grizzled, walking q
little slower than last Memorial Day,
have paid the graves of cir dead
comrades 9 loving visit. The formal
exercises at Arlington were presided
over by Department Commander A.
f. Dinsmore, the music being furnish:
ed by the U. 8. Marine band and the
Mozart club. At Soldiers Home
senior vice Department Commander
John McElroy, presided and the third
artillery band Mozart club provided
the music. At congressional GENE.
tary junior vice Department Com
mander Rickford was in charge, the
music being furnished by the Soldiers
Home banu and Farragut Octet. The
orators were, at Arlington. General
ID. H. Hastings, OF Peunsylvania; at
Soldiers Home Gen. Cyrus Bussey,
assistant secretary of the Interior.
aud ~ Congressional cemetary, Sena-
tor Gallinger of New Hampshire.
The President Is expected to return
from Rochester, sometime tomorrow,
and he will moi probably leave Wash.
ington again un, ii after the Minnea.
pClis convention is held. He will
not, it is said, make any declaration
whatever concerning his candidacy,
believing that the convention should
be unhampered In its selection of the
candidate.
Represen tative Hatch came up
smiling after his first round with the
House He did not succeed in sett
log aside the decision of the democra-
tic caucus to abandon the anti option
doing 80, and is confident that he
will be an easy winner in the next
round which he will fight at the first
favorable opportunity But getting
the House to vote to take up the anti
option bill and getting a vote on
that bill are two very different
things. The opposition to the bill
conttol sufficient number of votes
| IL prolong the confess indefinitely, If
they choose to resort to obstructive
| tactics, and 1t Is almost certain that
| they will SO choose, should Mr.. Hatch
succeed in his attempt to get the bill
before the House.
1t is source of much amusement
to the Sen ators to note the efforts of
their colleagues and would be demo-
cratic candidates. Messrs. Hill and
German, to dodge vote on the silver
question. They have both succeeded
SO far, and it is not expected that they
will either of them get caught when
Senator: Stewards free coinage bill =,
which is to come up this week as the
"unturnished business" of the Senate
comes to final vote, if it ever does.
The bill which has been favorably
reported to the House making the
annual salaries of letter carriers
ST. 200 for their fourth year of service
and thereafter, ought to be put
through without opposition as 1t
would be but an act OF tardy Justice
to large class of the most faithful,
and the most poorly paid Govern
ment employees.
The House committee has compile
ted the Agricultural appropriation
bill and to the honor IF brother Hol-
man it exceeds the total of years bill
by more than q half million dollars.
This is, rough on Holman who has
not yet recovered from the chagrin
he experienced when the House re-
fused by q decisive vote to support
him in striking out the appropriation
for .. 8. Mint building at Philadel.
phia.
A few fool-friends of the Presiden
and of Secretary Blaine have allowed
themselves TO get caught in the
democratic trap, set for the special
purpose of trying to eDgender per.
sonal ill-will between these two
eminent republicans and their
immediate and personal friends. and
are saying things for publication that
they will deeply regretting by and
ty. No republican who has the
good of his party at heart will engage
in such silly business. The service
rendered the rep6 blican party Snd
the country by Benjamin Harrison
and James @. Blaine have been nu-
merOus enough and important enough
, 10 raise the hat of every republican