San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-10
WASHINGTON LETTER
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 1898.

been impressed with the recent ar
guments advanced by such promi-
nent Republicans as Senator Sher-
man and eX-Speaker Reed, concern
ing the condition of the country.
At least things are beginning to
look that way. He is credited with
being responsible for the cOnserva-
tive tariff talk that Senator NOOr-
hees and other Democratic leaders
have recently INDUCED in, and
your correspondent is told that he
is using his influence with the
Democratic members of the Ways
and Means committee to make the
new bill conservative. So much
for rumOrs and indications. Now
for fact. Representative Wilson
says the new bill will be from be-
ginning to end tariff for revenue
only, which means that the duties
will be made such as to encourage
and increase Importation so as to
bring large revenue to the gov
eminent. 1t would be difficult to
imagine more injurious bill than
one framed on those lines. Nou
cannot largely increase importa-
ton without largely reducing
home production of the same
goods, which would mean, of course,
less work for Americans. Foreign
manufacturers would ask nothing
better than a tariff for revenue on
ly.
If some of the southern senators
do not return to Washington with
better feelings toward the admin
istration than they carried away,
there will surely be an open war
before the regular session of Con-
gress grows very old. There is gen.
eral complaint among Democratic
senators and representatives, (pri-
vately, of course) that the admins
tratiOn treats them with dis
respect, and many of them left
Washington with anger in their
hearts, because of their failure to
see Mr.. Cleveland Saturday, al
though they remained here a day
after Congress adjourned, for that
express purpose. Many of them
did not hesitate to say that it was
because he expected they would
want to see him that he, in compa-
ny with Secretary Gresham and a
body guard, spent the en-
tire day in hunting squirrels.
Notwithstanding the general be-
lief that there will be few appro-
priatiOns made for rivers and har-
bors, if there are any, at the regu-
lar session of Congress, a portion of
the House committee on Rivers
and Harbors will this week start
on a tour of Inspection" which
will include the system of locks
and dams on the MOnOngahela
river, the government works on
the Kentucky river, and on the
great Kanawaha, in WestNirginia.
In view of the circumstances this
"tOur of inspection" is to say the
least an unnecessary one.
Mr.. Cleveland got only what the
Republicans helped him to get
from the extra session of Congress.
He failed to get the nomination of
his friend HOrnblOwer to the Su-
premG court vacancy confirmed, as
well as those of a lot of small anti |
snapper nominations to federal pO-
sitiOns in New York; also that of
Mr.. Preston to be director of the
mint, and of two collectors of in
ternal revenue in North Carolina.
Senator Hill is responsible for the
failure of HOrnbIOwer and the |
other New York men to get con-
tirmed; silver men for the hang |
ing up of Preston's nomination,
and Senator Vance for the fail |
ure of the "tarheels." Two col
orCd men nominated to diplomatic |
positions also failed. one of them !
C. II. J. Taylor, who was nomi- /
mated minister to BOliVia-nOt be-
being acted upon, and the other
ii. II. {. AsWOod, who was nOmi-
mated Counsel of Calais, France
being formally rejected.
Col. J. Hampton Hoge, a Viz
ginia Democrat of more or less
prominence, who was early in the
extra session nominated and con-
firmed Consul at Annoy, probably
wishes that he had either been
more prompt in starting for his
post or had used more discrimina-
ton in deciding between money
that belonged to him and that
which should have been re-
turned to others. Although he
was sworn in and began to draw
his salary as soon as he was con-
firmed he showed no disposition to
start for China until given
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