San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, SEPT. :, 1872.


ington, this week, in order to see for
himself that every thing in the
White House, as we'll as in the city
generally, is in proper condition to
make the best impression upon his
comrade Of the G. A. r., who will
come to the encampment next week.
He will find everything in" apple pie
order" as the saying Is, and so will
the veterans, as there Is unanimous
determination on the part OF Wash
ing tonians to Guido every thing done
by other cities and to make encamp-
ment week memorable in the annels
of the rational capital as we'll as in
those of the u. A. r. The president
does not expect to leave Washington
for any extended period again this
year, unless the health OF Mrs. RarrI-
son who will go south to spend the
winter, shall COMPEL him TO go TO
her. Washington is already begin
ming to put on Its gala attire to re-
ceive the veterans who will be begin
to arrive by the last of this week.
the program for champment week is
complete, and every hour of time
between Ga M. and midnight of each
day from Monday to Friday will he
filled with interesting and enjoyable
events. Committee will meet every
train and escort the old soldiers to
the quarters which have been sllot.
ted them.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, is one
of the advance guard of the congress
sional army which is coming to
Washington to help make things
pleasant for the old soldiers. He is
utilizing the time before the encamp-
ment in attending to some depart.
ment business for his constituents.
At the close of the encampment he
will return to Oregon with the G.. A.
r men from that state, and take an
aggressive part in the campaign. Of
the general political outlook he says:
Everything l hear makes the victory
of Harrison and Reid more certain.
1 am satisfied that New York will
give Harrison larger majority this
year than in 1885," Asked about mis-
own state, the senator said "Oh Ores
gon Is all right We shall carry the
state, as usual, notwithstanding the
activity of the peoples party which
may cast as many rs $1,000 votes of
the state.n
Speaking of the peoples party, II
one may believe wnet IL said Dy men,
bers of that party who are high up In
Its official councils, 1t is rapidly going
to pieces in the south, where such
great results had been So Confidently
predicted for It. Governor Tillmap,
of South Carolina, whose recent
sweeping victory over the regular
democratic organization in that
| state is fresh In the minds of the
public, 10 openly accused by the edi-
tor of the peoples party national or
gan Of being traitor to the peoples
party, and Of having used the farm
er's alliance as club to thump
rival democratic faction, intending
all the while to act with the nation
al democratic party himself. II
this editor knows what he is
talking about, q similar affairs exists
in other stateswhere the bulk of the
30 allied peoples party are mere
ly kicking" democrats who will
at the national election sup.
port Cleveland and Stevenson.
He says there is q probablli-
ty that these democrats who are US
ing the alliance and the third party
merely as stopping stones to enable
them to get into offices may find them
selves disappointed, as there may be
Simon pure peoples party tickets put
up in every southern state where the
men now In control of that party are
under suspicion, and this is the party
that was going to carry half of the
southern states.
Hon. J. n. Huston, ex u. s. Treas
urer, who usually knows everything
worth knowing about Indiana poll
tics, is in Washington. He says:
both parties are hard at work, with
Headquarters wide open at Indiana
polls, and speakers busy stumpipg
the state. This week Gov. Mckinley
will begin q stumpiDg tour of the
national gas region, and later We will
have other noted outside orators.
Repu blIcans, with rare exceptions
which are becoming rarer, are conf
dent of success and il we succeed in
our suit now in court, in overthrow
ing the present unjust and uncon-
stitutional spportionmert law we
shall certainly sweep the state.
Democrats here make no bones"
Of saying publicly that Mr.. Cleveland
has got to recognize Senator Hill, no
matter how humlliating it may be TO
him, if he wishes to stand even the
ghost of q chance of carrying New
York, without which he cannot pos
sibly be elected.
The national democratic committee
has made "dicker" with the alliance
bosses in South Dakota, whereby the
democrats of that state are bound to
sunnnrt the alliance or third party
state ticket and the four electors are
to be equally divided between Cleve-
land and Weaver. Senator Kyle is
to take the stump for the fusion ticket
and the national democratic commit