San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. 1892

lions with Chill to the etage where
an ultimatum was regarded as.
necessary and having taken all need
full precautions to put the country in
q condition to maintain its just de.
mands by force, If necessary, now
turn the responsibility of deciding
whether we shall continue to wait on
the pleasure of Chilli. make demo
stration inioree:: to hurry the Chilia
up, or declare war to enforce o,
demands, over to congress, ae Or
vided in the constitution. Congre
having all the facts before it wi
dou btless treat the matter with due
consideration and finally arrive at q
conclusion that will be satisfactory
to the people st large. There is no
partisan politics In this question,
which involves the honor of the Uni
ted States and its standing among
the nstions of the world, and il is not
believed that any attempt to drag
politics into It, which may be made
by congressman of small calibre, will
be countenanced by the democratic
leaders.
Announcer brilliant democratic
scheme he's come to grief. 1t Is as
serted by members of that party that
The treasury was becoming SO de-
pleted of cash that IL would be neces-
sary to SO amend the Mckinley law
as to bring in q larger income from
customs duties, and to prove this as
sertion the Ways and Means c,mmit-
tee adopted a res )lution calling upon
the Secretary of the Treasury to APP
pear before it and declare the present
aud prospective condition of the
treasury. Secretary Foster being alb
sent in search of health, Assistant
Secretary Spaulding appeared before
the committee, and by a short, bust
| ness like statement reiuted every
charge that the democrats had made,
so conclusively that they are prob
ably sorry they adopted the resolu~
ton. He said that the actual receipts.
| of the government for the first siS
| months OF the present fiscal year
| were STA, l5l 900 aud the eXpendi-
lures $l67 ,074 900 and that the esti.
mated expenditures for the entire
fiscal year were sS4S, o,eoO or just
| SPA ,0C0, Goa less than the estimated re-
| at present on hand in cash 1888, 49,
600, which added to the estimated
| surplus which will exist on the 3Oth
of June next will give the treasury
on that date o total surplus of $685.
500, 0G0. Nothing very depleted about
that treasury, eh?
Mr.. Mills has blood in his eye and
| it Is bad Texas blood. He is still sore
over his defeat, and he does not care
continental who knows IL. He ipti->
mates, and some of his hot. headed
friends boldly declare that he intends
to lead revolt against the Girls
gang when the first tariff bill is re-
ported to the House from the Ways
and Means committee. Mills also
swears vengeance against the presi-
| dental aspiration OF Senator Hill, and
says he shall never get single vote
] from Texas.
| The Hill.GOrman-Price Tammany
com bination is ruling the democratic
party with q rod of iron, in spite Of
| the squirming of the kicKers. 1t owns
| the Democratic National committee,
as fully proven last week; it owns tha
| speaker of the House, and it intendE
| to dictate the presidential ticket and
| the platform upon which the demo- ,
Gratis will make their national cam
paign this year.
The funerals of the late Justict
Bradley, of the Supreme Court, 70
he had two, one here yesterday, an
one at Newark, New Jersey, wher
the Interment is to take place, wer
by his requests strictly private, being
attended only by his family, intimate
friends, and the Justices and Officers
of the Supreme Court. He was APP
pointed a member Of the Supreme
Court by General Grant in March
1870, and during his services on the
bench he has made reputation that
is part of the history of that tribunal.
He was known to his colleagues as
the hardest worker and most scholar
ly man on the bench. Much interest
is already expressed in the appoint
ment of his successor.
The democrats In the last Congress
spent goodly portion of their time
in denouncing the code OF rules adop-
ted by the repu blicans of the House,
particularly that portion of them
which curtailed the privilege of tn o
msjority TO fillibuster indefinitely,
and now they have incorporated In
the rules they have prepared for the
present House precisely the same
idea, the only difference being that
they delegate the authority to close
debate to the committee on rules, in
e'oau VI " VIC Dpcdhci. 1hoe SohlO
such rule is, and has been necessary,
in order to allow the majority of the
House to control. every fair minded
man familiar with congressional pro-
ceedings will concede, and in follow
ing the lead of the republicans the
democrats have only done what they
always do. They denounce. every
thing originated by republicans, ano
afterwards adopt the very things de
nonnoad as THAR own r.