San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April4, 1872.


in House was but the carrying out oil
q carefully presrrsnged plan Oh the
part Of certain democratic leaders who
did not wish their party committed
on this question at the opening of the
pres Dental campaign. They wish
10 leave the Way open for the demo-
cratic party to pose as favorlng free
cOinage in states where it will be
beneficial to do 81, and rs opposing
it in other states. just a. that party
has always done in presideotis! cleo.
tiOns, Oh most question OF national
importance The sms ] fry were nO5
in the scheme, or Representative
Bland would not have blackguarded
Speaker Crisp In such savage way,
and then had to eat his words sitter
wards, when he was told why Speak
er Crisp ba! seemingly berray ed the
ultra Tree silver men; but they all
now know the meaning OF the whole
business, and about so or 80 OF them
are trying TO hatch up some scheme
of revenge, ana If they only had q
nervy leader they might accomplish
something, az with the present aver
age attendance in the House that
many members, if properly handled,
could easily lie up The House. and
keep 1t tied up until their purpose
was accomplished. AS yet they only
threaten, aud those who threaten sci
dom fight
Ills not regarded as probable that
the silver campaign opened In the
senate by the DEBATE on Mr. MOrgan's
resolution will result in any definite
action by that body on the actual
question of coinage, although the
dodgers like Hill are in state OF
trepidatiOn on account of it, and may
be forced TO define their position.
The first free trade measure the
Springer free wool bill will he put
through the House this week, but
there lie not the remotest probability
of it's getting through the Senate.
The Alliance men in Congress have
adopted new financial fad, and to
hear them discuss 1t one would sup
pose that they actually expected tue
bill authorizing 1t to pass. 1t IL for
the Secretary of the Treasury 10 Issue
on demand of the several states, legal
tender treasury notes, similar to
those now in general circulation, iD
any amount desired up to $50 per
capita, taking the population as given
in the census. The states are to de-
post as Sc curity 20 year bonds, bear.
ing interest at the rate of per cent
per annum. The bill Gays nothing OF
now the states are to redeem these
bonds at the expiration OF 20 y years,
although it authorizes the legislatures
to distribute the money au their dis
erection. Like the subtressury scheme
it looks well on paper, and would be
equally impossible to put into practi
cal operation.
Not single democratic mem Der OF
the senate committee on the District
of Columbia votes for Senator McMil
lans hill to appropriate 5000 to
wards entertaining the mem ers OF
the q. A. r who will attend the en-.
campment in this city, which that
committee 10y the vote of repu blicans,
b ~ fav' rab reported to the senate.
The orig NAL bill was Tor 5000, but
upon consultation with the 100 cal
committee il was reduced, and pro
viso inserted that $50, 900 should be
raised by private c. Dtrit utions and
spent before any of the Congressional
appropriation can be used. Ii the
democratic representatives are as
hostile as these democratic senators
have shown themselves to he the bill
will never get through the House.
Representative Miller, of Wiscon.
sin, was right when he denounced
the present rules of the House, as
worse than no rules at all, and said
that the time of the House had been
spent In doing nothing or worse than
nothing on account of those rules.
The House still keeps up the farce
of holding one evening session each
week to consider private pension bill,
but q quorum is never present and
the point of mo quorum" is invariab-
ly made by some democrat, SO that
nothing is ever done at those sessions.
At the last one Represen tative Hemp
hill, of South Carolina, numerically
it's "child's play" In holding the
sessions, and pretending to do what
1t had no idea of doing.
All the good Kings said about the
democratic mem bers of the House
committee on Elections, because of
their votes to put Rock we'll out of the
seat to which his repu blican opponent
Col. Noyes was really elected, will
nave been said In vain, If it shall
tu1n out to be true, as now reported,
that Senator Hill has secured pledges
from majority of democratic mem.
bers of the House to vote to retain
Rockwell, Notwithstanding the report
of the committee.
superintendent Porter of the Census
Bureau, says he welcomes the investi.
CATION of the bureau ordered by the
house. and that the more thorough
the investigation Is the better he will
like it. as in no other way can the
important and excellent work done
by that bureau be so effectually