San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
/ From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. /, 1892.


the majority of tie House becomes
more marked as time rolls on and the
House continues to do nothing. After
using up weeks time in showing
how inharmonious they were in sup
porting the rules reported by the
committee on rules, the democrats of
the House, or rather few more than
half of them, spent several hours in
caucus Saturday night, IN order to
give themselves q chance to say
things that they did not care to say in
open session, but at its close they
were little better off than they were
before, true, majority of the caucus
voted an endorsement of the rules
but those so voting number less than
halt of the democratic strength in the
house. The rules are in many re-
spects unsatisfactory, as was demon
strated when Represen tatives Buch-
anan and Burrows gave the house an
object lesson in how easy 1t might be
tied up under them, but tits evident
they will be adopted, in the main,
just as they were reported.
Another caucus is ID be held next
Friday night by the democrats on the
silver question, but from the omen
manner in which members are declar-
ing that they will not be bound by
any caucus decrease that is adverse to
the will of their constituent its is
considered doubtful whether the re-
suit of the caucus will in any way sf-
feet the final disposition of the free
Sinage bill which will shortly be
reported to the House from the COM
mittee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures.
The democratic members of the
Ways and Means committee have de-
cided that the tariff policy, so lar as
the reporting of bills from that COM
mittee is concerned, shall consist Of
number of separate bills, but 1t is
said that Mills and those opposed to
that method will either appeal to
caucus or antagonize the first bill re-
ported to the House by offering as an
amendment Il general tariff bill.
1t is out of democratic mouths that
most of the charges of extravaganza
made against the Fifty. first congress
have been refuted. A striking in
stance was given upon the floor of
the House, when some of the "pea.
nut" wing of the democratic party
made q casual reference to the
extravaganza of the appropria.
ton made by the Postoffice
committee of the last House.
Representative Blount, of Georgia,
who is the chairman of the present
Postoffice committee, and has been
member of the same committee
through several congresses, and
whose democracy cannot be ques-
toned Indignantly denied the charge,
and stated positively that all the In
creases made in appropriations by
that committee had been made abso.
lutely necessary by the increasing
business and prosperity of the
country.
The only result of the vicious at
tack made upon the nomination of
Judge Woods, of Indiana, to the
bench of the new circuit court is an
expense of about $500 for mileage paid
to witnesses brought from Indiana to
testify before Senate Judiciary com.
mittee in regard to the political
charges brought against Judge Woods
by the democratic senators from his
state. There has been ut no time the
slightest doubt of his confirmation.
Senator Sherman was given rous-
ing reception by the Ohio Republican
club, of this city, last Friday night.
After a lively discussion the Ma
DOdIu 1idbO, W blCh was III
session here last week, passed reso-
Congress to prohibit or regulate by
heavy tax dealing in cultures" or
''options," known to plain people as
specializing in the future price of
grain, or to put it still palmer betting
what the price of grain will be at
given time In the future.
The Chilean episode has now prac-
tically closed. Saturday Secretary
instructed Minister Egan to inform
the Chilean government that its an
swer to the Presidents ultimatum was
satisfactory and gratifying to this
Government. The attempt to again
stir up the war feeling which was
made by the sensational press by
stating that the admins tration had
demanded as an additional humilia-
ton to the Gillian Government that
it should salute our flag was entirely
without foundation. The President
and his advisers, in and out of the
cabinet, are too manly to seek to take
advantage Of a weaker power which
has acknowledged it's errors and ex.
pressed regret for them.
1t is probable that Chile may soon
have q new minister here, as Senior
MoDtt by positive misstatements
during the recent negotiations
has destroyed his usefulness
to his government, and in all future
communications of importance he
will be ignored by this Government
while he remains here. He will, of
course, attend the diplomatic dinner
to be given at the White House to-
morrow night, as this invitation was
sent aud accepted some weeks ago.