San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.


coin, with the single exception of
Clevelsnd's second campaign, they
have about this time, as they viewed
the signs of defeat on every .side, be-
gan a concerted yell all along the
line about the activity OF federal Of
| fee holders in behalf of the republi-
Can candidates. AS matter OF abso.
lutte fact there never was a campaign
in which so few federal officials took
part as in the present one, nor was
there ever one in which so many of
them took an active part as in 1888,
when Mr.. Cleveland was President.
The president, soon after his re-nOm-
nation, made it plain to all his sub
ordinates that while he did not wish
any man holding federal Office to
feel that he thereby sacrificed any
political privilege to which he should
be entitled as a private citizen, he did
wish to impress upon every one of
them that no puDlic duty must be
neglected in order to do, political
work, and that both the letter and the
spirit of the civil service law must be
obeyed, and that his wishes have
been aud are being respected is shown
by the assertion of the civil service
commission that there have been
fewer complaints of violation or at
tempted violation of that law in the
present campaign than in any SINGS
its adoption. So much for that DEM
ocratic lie.
If Mr.. Blaine's Ophir farm speech
was as we'll received elsewhere as it
was in Washington it will certainly
create lots of republican enthusiasm.
| ha
old Blaine bugle blast, so familiar to
repu blicsns in every campaign for a
quarter of a century past, and which
may confidently be expected so long
as MIR. Blaine lives. James G. Blaine
Is not q fair weather republican; nor
is he q sulker or a sore head He Is a
republican because he believes in the
principles OF the party and not be.
cause he or any other man holds or
does not hold office.
Mr.. Blaine and his family will this
week return to their Washington res
| idence. In this connection 1t will be
interesting to see what construction
those democrats who have so persist
emily main tanned, without the slight
est foundation therefor, that the
| president and Mr.. Blaine severed
their personal friendship when Mr..
| Blaine retired from the cabinet, will
put upon the message of sympathy
for Mrs. Harrison's illness that MIR.
Blaine sent to the PRESIDENT. Your
correspondent stated upon positive
knowledge at the time Mr.. Blaine left
the cabinet that there had never been
any personal disa9 reement between
him and the president, ana the state
ment is now reiterated.
The PRESIDENTS mail bag is unusu-
ally big these days and the subject
matter of most of the communications
is politics. Men who know exactly
what the situation is In their respect
i've localities are in constant cOmmu-
nicatiOn with the president and they
tell him frankly what the prospects
are, thus keeping, as it were, his fin
ger on the political pulse of the people
all the time. So much of the rpssi-
DENTS time is now spent at the bed
side of Mre. Harrison who is slowly
but SURELY failing, that he finds the
trained skill of his Private Secretary
Elijah HalfOrd, who spent many
years of his life as a managing editor,
Invaluable in handling and digesting
this enormous political correspond
ence. The republican prospect as
shown by these letters, is bright and
daily becoming brighter; republicans
are fully aroused to the necessity of
keeping the party which has given
the country its greatest period of
prosperity in power, and the over
confidence which prevented earnest
work in many sections early in the
campaign has given place to hard |
and telling work, which will be kept |
up until the victory Is won. The |
Presidents theory has bsen from the |
prst that it is better to win by 10 or so |
electoral votes than by 5 or 6, and |
that seems Ia be the idea upon which |
republicans everywhere are now |
working. The repu blican party al |
ways wins when thoroughly aroused,
and it is now thoroughly aroused.
The signing of the contract by Post
master General Wanamaker, under
which the international navigation |
company is authorized to maintain a
semi. weekly mail service between
New York and Europe, In seven
steamships of the first class, all
manned by American officers, all
carrying the American flag and all
subject to the control of the q. s.
Government in case of war. marks
an era In our commercial history, and
it should not be forgotten that the
credit for the law which made this
contract possible belongs to the last
repu blican Congress The Company
awarded this contract will have bni!t
at once In American ship yards five
OF these steamships, costing in round
figures 50 600, 000 the greater portion
of which will be paid to American
wOrkingmen.
a NEW KIND OF INSuRACE.
For tMnnLN five cents Won can insure |