San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-12-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Nov. %. 1872


WASHINGTON. Nov. %, 1872.
The president, like his great prede.
cessOr, Abraham Lincoln, never cross
es bridge before he gets ID IL, and
never allows himself to be stampeded
by what Is printed in sensational
newspapers. 1t may be true, as al
legged, that the French government is,
through its agent In Central America,
epcrosching upon rights claimed by
the United States under the Monroe
doctrine. which, as aptly stated by
A ttorney General Miller, means that
no foreign power has the right to in
terfere with the autonomy Of sny gov.
eminent upon the western hemisphere
nor to interfere with the safe
conduct of these governments. For
eign powers have not the right, nor
will they be allowed to assume pos.
session of territory or to invoke the
aid OF arms" in interfering with the
management of the Panama railroad
which was built by American capital.
lists; but this government has min
Is ter in Central America for the spec
ial purpose of looking after our
in terests and until his report is made
no official notice wilt be taken of
these allegations. By virtue of a
treaty between the Republic of New
Grenada and the United States,
which is still enforced and which can
not be affected by any change of
ownersh p in the trans-Isthmus rail-
road, our citizens are given certain
rights of traffic on that railroad and
those rights will be main ts'ned by
this administration, by force II nec-
essary. That's all there IL to it.
Senator Chandler will head q cru
SADIE against immigration at the COM
ing session Of congress, which has for
its purpose the shutting out of all
immigrants for q period of at least
five years. The fight in congress will
be opened when the joint senate and
House immigration committee shall
make its report, upon which it is now
working, after spending many
months investigating immigration.
The national platform upon which
Mr.. Cleveland was elected Is pledged
against further restriction of immi-
grafton in these words, ave condem
and denounce any and all attempts
to restrict the immigration of the in
dustrious and worthy of foreign
lands" but that does not prevent
many prominent democrats agreeing
with Senator Chandler that there Is
need for a temporary If not a per-
manent stoppsge of immigration.
| Death is again lowering over the
White House. This time 1t lie DR..
Scott, the aged father OF the late Mrs.
Harrison.
Who ought to know best the condi-
ton OF Mr.. Blsine's health, his family
and his physician, or the newspaper
men who in obedience to orders from
their editors are filling their papers
with alarming and absurd stories
about II? His family and his physi-
clan say that he 10 not seriously ill,
and has not been seriously i'll since
his return to Washington, and 1 b. .
lieve them It Is expected that Mr..
Blaine will go to California in a few
DAYS to remain until spring.
General RoseDcrans, who although
q democrat has remained Register OF
the treasury ever since he was ap-
pointed to that position by Mr.. Cleve'
land, has made himself very solid
with the clamOrous horde of demo
cratic office seekers, which has al
ready made its appearance in WASH
ington, by including in his annual
report a TRADE against the working
of the civil service examination. The
democratic feeling against this law,
which they regard as the only ball
rier between them and the officers, is
so strong that'it will not be surpris-
Ing II the democratic congress makes
the law q dead letter by intentional
ly failing to make an appropriation to
carry 1t out. If they dared they would
repeal 1t outright, but Mr.. Cleve-
land has so often pledged himself In
favor of the law that he could hardly
approve Its repeal, although there is
reason to believe that he would not
be excessively grieved to see congress
D eglect to make appropriation for it,
Present indications are that there
will be as bitter fight among the
democrats as to whether an extra
session of congress shall be called =
smash the tariff as there will be over
the tariff itself when the democratic
congress does get together, whether
in extra or regular session. Feeling
on the subject is already running
high among dem, ratio senators and
representatives., but 1T is cafe to prs
dict that Mr.. Cleveland's opinion will
be backed by great majority of the
party; the loaves and fishes which he
has - distribute make him temporari'
Jy pow erful in his party.
Van will maka no mistake nv