San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. Is, 1892.


three words the present status of the
Gillian affair. The time for negotia-
ton has passed. Two weeks ago the
President would have sent all of the
correspondence ana bis proclamation
to congress had it not been for repre-
sensations made by Senior Montt, the
Gillian minister. 1t is not believed
that Senior Montt, who is thought to
be sincerely in favor of peace, actually
misrepresented the Intentions OF his
government, but there is now little
doubt that he allowed his hopes to
influence his statement to q degree
not warranted by what he must have
known the feeling of Chill to be to.
wards the United States.
1t is now fully settled that the pro-
clamation, which is all ready, and
the correspondence will 60 to congress
just as soon as the report OF Judge
Advocate General Remey, who took
the deposition of the sailors Of the
Baltimore, is received, and that is
expected this week. There can be no
doubt that congress will respond by
an immediate declaration of war and
q sufficient appropriation to rush it to
a successful conclusion. Every prepar-
alton that can be possible be made
i'm advance of the actual declaration
of war Is being carefully looked after
by the administration, although no
details are being made public, rs it is
not desired that Chill shall know
what we are doing.
Ex-Speaker Reed is proving that he
is as much Of thorn in the flesh of
the democrats of the house, now MAX
ing q pitiable exhibition of their inca
paclty 10 control national legislation,
on the floor of the house as he was
| W hen in the speakers chair. So far
he has only given them little hu-
morous Dagging. Later he will sting.
The democratic house Is always
loud in its clamoriDg for economy, as
| shown by the adoption Of the holman
clap.trap resolution by the house, but
| ii was hardly twenty-tour hours after
! the adoption OF the demagogic mani
| festo before the democrats OF the
house gave the country prac-
tical demonstration of their insiDceri-
| ty by refusing to curtail the number
| of committee clerks employed by the
house, Notwithstanding the stats
ment of honorable gentlemen, mem
bers of the committee on accounts
| that a number of the minor conf
| mittees had no real need for clerks.
| The democrats are always willing TO
reduce any appropriation which is
| expended by republicans no matter
how much it may iDjure the public
| interest, but when it comes to reduc-
| ing the patronage controlled by them
selves they always fly the track and
refuse to do it, as in this case, where
they authorize the paying of q num-
Der of sinecures for no other purpose
that the bestowal OF the patronage
upon the chairmen of number of
unimportant committees who are
democrats
The senate judiciary committee, at
the request of Senator Turpie, has
| postponed consideration of the NOM
| ination of Judge Woods, of InuiaDar
| until the return OF Senator VOORHEES,,
| who is expected this week. This is
mer ely a courtesy, by no means IN
usual, extended to the democratic
senators from Indiana, who are bitter
ly opposed to Judge Woods coDfirma-
| ton, and indicates no unfriendliness
towards Judge Woods, whose con-
| firmation is regarded as among the
| certainties.
Senators Aldridge, Allison, His
cock, Carlisle and Harris, composing
| the sub. committee of the senate
| finance committee, have gone to New
York to complete their investigation,
began last summer, of the effect of
the Mckinley tariff law upon the
trade and commerce of the country.
Representative Boutelle, of Maine,
made the most humorous speech Of
the session. taxing for his subject the
present ludicrous aspect of the demo-
cratic party. From the beginning,
when he said: What a comical old
humbug the democratic party il, "to
the end, when he said: THE people
of this great country are going
to have happy and prosperous New
Year In spite of the democratic party,
the gen tleman from Indiana Holmap)
and his Observation-Disclosures machine"
the House was in an almost continu.
Gus roar OF laughter, in which most of
the democrats good naturally joined.
Mr.. Boutelle's Jampooning of Repre-
sentatIves Holman, Dockery and
Wheeler, although entirely free from
ill-natured personalities; must have
been CALLING in the extreme to those
gentlemen but neither of them at
tempted to reply,.:although Wheeler
says he will.
Oh no, Tammany does not boss the
democratic party. 1t was merely by
accident that the other twelve strong
Iy backed applicants for the House
restaurant privileges, which, owing
to the large democratic majority are
much more valuable than usual,
were turned down, and the plum CIV
an tn Tammanvia man If is also q