San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June q, 1872.

result of any personal Disagreement
with the President, and as the demo-
Gratis would like to make 1t appear,
but was simply the outcome of CIR
cumstance over which neither the
President nor Secretary Blaine had
apy control. With those ctrcum-
stances every newspaper reader
Is already familiar. Seeing that bis
name was 10 be presented to the
national convention in spite of his
February letter to chairman Clarkeon
and not being disposed to seem to
decline something which had not
been offered TO him, Mr.. Blaine de.
cided that the proper thing for him to
do was to resign, and he did II, and it
was accepted by the President In pre-
cisely the spirit In which it was ten.
dered.
Although at this writing the Pre-.
sident and Mr.. Blaine are seemingly
rivals for the Presidential nomination
there lie not the slightest personal
enmity between them, and either is
prepared to Loyalty SUPPORT thu other
il nomin ated, or to support any other
man who shall be judged by wisdom
polls to be o more available standard
bearer. They are both of them far
more desirous of party success than OF
personal aggrandizement, although
they both possess some loud-mOath
followers of whom so much cannot be
truthtully said. Tne resignation is
regarded here as equivalent to an
announcement from Mr.. Blaine that
he will accept the nomination If the
convention sees fit to tender 1t to him.
and majority of the most experien.
ced politicians here think that he
will be nominated, and many believe
that the President will practically
withdraw in his favor, by forbidding
the presentation of his own name to
the convention
1t has taken the Canadian govern.
ment long time to find out that
| when this government informed IL
that it would retaliate If 1t persisted
in compelling American vessels with
cargoes for American ports to pay q
higher rateo OF toll for passing through
the Welland canal than is charged
Can adian vessels bound for Canadian
port sit meant business and not q
| "blutf''; but 1t did even tuaily find out
and tor several days two members of
the Canadian government have been
here trying to negotiate some arrange.
mept that will stay Uncle SANS re-
taliatOry hand. They have had sever
III conferences, with state depart.
nent officials, the details of which
are, of course, secret, but 1T is no viO.
lation of confidence to say that. moth
4 ing short of putting American vessels
on exactly the same footing as Cana
dian vessels that pass through the
4 Welland canal will Re agreed to by
the administration. Secretary
i Blaine's resignation may postpone
conclusion OF the negotiation.
In view of recent statements made
in democratic newspapers about the
enormous falling off in imports and
the consequent reduction In the re.
venues OF the government, the follow
ing official figures by the Treasury
department will prove interesting
reading. Imports: April 1892. $76.-
$3.50, 476: April 1891, S8l .276, 106. For
ten months ending April 30. 1892,
$685., 6TS, $50, and for the correspond
ing period last year $685., 46O. 343. Now
for our exports, which our tree trade
friends were 80 certain would drop to
nothing because OF the Mckinley bill.
+, In April 1892 they footed up $74, 10.
013. against 500 730, OF in April 1891
and for ten months ending April 80
1892. 1854 129, 534. against $3.50, 1885,
6O7 for the ten months ending April
90, 1891. Figures of this sort answer
the Tree trade bowls as no other style
Of argument can.
The democratic scheme for throw.
ing the election of president into the
House, which was first exposed by
your correspondent, by having the
democrats in q mum Der of north west
ern states, which that party cannot
possibly carry, unite with the third
or peoples party in the support of the
third party presiden tial electors, is
now so far advanced that the demo-
cratic bosses have named three
states, Nebraska, Kansas and South
Dakota, i'm which it Is to be carried
out. and they expect to name others.
The republican campaign committees,
congressional and national. have
known abot this movement for some
time, and steps have been taken
which make it certain no repu blicaD
will be allowed to cast his vote for
third party electors in ignorance of 1t.
In the states named, and in any others
in which an attempt is made, to
work the scheme it will be made plain
to the voters that the third party
electors are but democratic dummies.
The house, before disposing of the
postoffice appropriation bill, sat down
several times very heavily on Mr. |
Holman and some of his absurd |
cheese pairing schemes that would |
have resulted in curtailing the mall
facilities of the people. Several at.