San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

by extracting the information from
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
minister, who has been acting as
sort of steerer for the Canadian Com
missioners ever since there arrival,
that they had no authority to negoti-
ate treaty, and only came here to
learn how much this government
would be willing to grant, il the
British government should send
properly authorized commissioners
Secretary Blaine told them that it
was but q waste of time TO continue
the conferences, under such condition.
The British minister has been ex-
changing cablegrams with his h ONE
government, but 1t has not transpir-
ed whether it was in regard to this
Canadian business or the Behripg
Sea commiss sion, which is in session
here. 1t IL believed that there is a
connection between the two things,
and that the British government in
spite of it's many failures in the past
has been again trying to pull the
wool over Uncle Sans eyes.
1t Is stated here that the govern.
ment in the house to rush the con-
sideratiou of the Bland free coinage
bill, which was favorab'y reported
and placed on the calendar last week.
is being eng neered ty the anti-Miii>'
democrats in the hope that Mills
opposition to It's present consideration
may prevent his being elected to the
Senate by the Texas legislature. It
is not certain what the House will do,
but the chances rather favor the pass
age of the bill, as the petition asking
the committee ON Rules to make q
continuous order for it's considera-
ton has already received the sigma
lures of hundred and twenty demo-
Gratis and the nine peoples party
men.
The nomination of Representative
McKenna of California. to be Judge OF
the Circuit Court, is we'll spoken of
by every body.
A more striking examplification Of
the absurdity of the cheese pairing
policy of the democrats In the House
is the military academy annual appro-
priation bill, the first one to get
through that body. By striking out
such necessary items as those pro-
vidfng for improving the detective
plum bling of the barracks of the en-
listed men, q new gas plant In place
of the old and worn out one now 10
use and new buildings, and by re
ducing other items, such az taking
500 of the annual salary of the gard.
ener, the bill was reduced in lis total
20 about $4,000 less than the one passed
last year. Mr.. Otis. q Farmers ALI
ance memb Der from Kansas, tried to
outdothe. most parsimonious democrat
whose proposition to strike ont the
item OF $50 to purchase soap for the
cadets was voted down, by seriously
proposing that the item for the pur
chase of saddle blankets for the ca.
diets be struck out and that every
wear at the close OF Congress the old
carpets on the floor of the House and
Senate he taken up and shipped to
W. ct Point to be put in for saddle
blankets.
The democrats of the House spend
the greater portion of their time in.
wrangling with each other. The
majorities of the House committee on
Immigration and that on Foreign
fairs are in the midst of a lively
row, the question being which com
mittee lie properly entitled to juris.
diction of matters relating to the
Chinese question. The first named
committee is ahead, as it has reported
and placed on the calendar bill p o.
hibiting Chinese immigration. Be.
ginning this week, the Senate and
House committees on Immigration
will hold o series of joint sessions for
the purpose of hearing all parties
who wish to talk on the subject OF
immigration.
The House after being scolded by
Mr.. Holman and having adopted
resolution offered by him limiting
the cost to $4,000, adopted Represen-
tative Hoar's resolution directing the
committee on Manufactures to iDves-
tigate the sweating" system Of
tenement house labor.
| Senator Hills authority over the
rammany members of the House was
plainly shown on Saturday when he
ordered them by telegraph to report
to him in New York city at once
Saturday afternoon had been pre-
viously set aside by resolution OF the
| House for eulogies on the late Tam
| many Representative Gen. Spinola,
| but honors to q dead man did not
count against the wishes OF the living
boss. and the eulogies WI re postponed
and the New York members took the
rain to report to the boss.
Secretary Noble says in reply to
the charge that he Intentionally
sighted Secretary Blaine by not men.
tOning his name in the speech he
made in Philadelphia Friday eve
uIng: The speech was Entirely ex
tempore as did not know until I ar
rived In Philadelphia that was down
| for q set speech, and / omitted great
many things that ought to have been