San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

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the latest is q reunion of the war
governors" of the loyal states. SO far
the committee has only succeeded in
locating five of the ex governors
Curtin, OF Pennsylvania; Blair, Of
Michigan; Kirkwood, of Iowa; FIetch-
or, of Missouri, and Sprague, of Rhode
Island-but il expects with the as.
sistance of others interested to find
more of them. If any reader of this
paragraph knows the address of any
ex governor who held Office during
the period of the war, i'll addition TO
those men toned above, he will confer
q favor OH the committee by sending
il at once TO the chairman or the q.
A. r. encampment committee, Wash
ipgton, d. G.
Subscription books have been
opened here tor the fund for the cree
ton of monument to the memory of
the late Senator Plumb. No man
ever occupied q seat in either the
Senate or House whose work was
more deserving of being remembered
and no man ever in Congress was
reader than Preston B. Plumb to
lake up the fight of the under dog.
He already has an enduring monu.
ment in the hearts of his countrymen
whom he served so well, but that is
no reason why another monument,
visible to all the world, shall not be
erected to his memory.
Democrats have been fond Of assall.
ing Commissioner Raum's manage.
ment OF the Pension bureau, but none
of them have dared to go into details,
although the records of the depart
ment are open to the inspection OF
democrats as they are to republicans.
The figures show that while the bust.
ness of the bureau mas about
dou bled in all Its divisions since the
present administration came into
power the total cost for clerk hire and
other expenses has been little more
than under the Cleveland and sd-
mlnistration, while the average cost
to the government for each pension
certificate issued is less then one half
of what il was under Cleveland. To
be exact, the average cost of each Ger
tificste issued under Cleveland was
S24. "a. against $l1.l0 under the pres.
cuU hO oN COsp
OF disbursing money is also less under
Commissioner Raum than under
Black. Facts like these outweigh all
the lies ever uttered, and it was be-
cause he knew of them that Secretary
Noble said he regarded Gen. Raum's
administration of the Pension Bureau
as most efficient, an opinion which
the President is also known to hold.
Representative Holman's attempt
to explain and apologize for the course
of the democratic majority in the
House in making appropriations dur.
ing the last session came near being
the death of the old gentleman, who
has been confined to his bed ever
since his most remarkable statement
was printed. No wonder, the task
he undertook was as far as explapa-
ton is concerned an impossible one,
even for q young man, and Mr.. HOl-
man has passed the term of years
allotted to man. The old gen tleman
is improving and he hopes TO be able
to 60 home this week.
The President became tired of Can.
ada's game of playing fast and loose
with the canal tolls question and
wired Secretary Foster 10 issue the
retaliation proclamation which was
prepared before the President left
Washington. This will probably
bring the Canadian government to its
senses in short order.
Representative Bynum, of Indiana,
does not regard the democratic out
look as enthusiast tically as some 9TH <
prominent democrats pretend to do.
he has just returned from two
weeks visit to New York, and this is
the way he talks about il: ut would
be impossible for any one not familiar
with New York politics to judge OF
the situation there, whether he re-
manned there two weeks or two
months. / don't pretend to predict.
New York democrats say things are
all right. do not know" Mr.. By
mum 10 in the same doubtful state of
mind about his own state, of which
he says: ~ think Cleveland Will
carry the state. 1t must be remem-
beTed, however mark the however
that the victory in Indiana is usually
won during the last two weeks of the
campaign The difference between
Mr.. Bynum and the average demo-
crat who talks for publication 10 in
this case that he has spoken accord
ing to his honest judgment, while
they talk as they wish.
Acting Attorney-Genersl Aldrich
has directed that Investigations be
made of the charges which have been
made against United States officials
in Idaho and in Tennessee. In the
fiji st named State the United States
Marshal is charged by the general
Secretary OF the Knights of Labor
with treating the prisoners awaiting
trial for taking part in the recent La
Dor riot in that State inhumanly. In
Tennessee deputy marshal Is
charged in the public press with hav-
inu incited and lad the minors in