San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May s, 1893.

| DlOOu OF an lnulNluual, cannot Dc
trifled with without danger. Up tC
this time the administration has
followed the conservative line laiC
down by its predecessor, and as &
natural consequence, it has been
supported by patriotic citizens,
without regard to political at1ilia,
tions, and danger has been averted
But now, if those who are claiming
to represent the administration
are telling the truth, it is medi-
tating a change, and a very dan
gerOuS one at that. According to
these men the President has deter
mined, in order to compel
Congress to Internationally. re-
peal the Sherman silver law,
to so manipulate our finances as to
create a popular fear of a panic,
and then to charge it all to the OPP
Grafton of the Sherman law. This
is short sighted policy, and if
it be really carried out it cannot
fail to reach with deadly conse-
quence upon its author. There are
plenty of Republicans in Congress
Senator Sherman among them,
who would be willing to vote to re-
peal the present silver law, but
there is not one of them who will
support a policy which will risk a,
financial panic in order to brighten
congressman into voting for its
repeal,
1t is we'll known now; and was
equally we'll known when Mr..
Cleveland was nominated, and
elected upon a platform, which
was interpreted to mean a gold
basis for the gold men and free
silver for the silver men, that his
special hobby was the repeal of
the silver law. 1t is also well
known that he has refused patron
age to those democratic senators
who will not promise to vote for
its repeal. But these things do
not effect the country at large
therefore no one seriously object
ed. But the case is very different
when it is proposed to adopt
course that may effect disasterOuS-
ly every person in the United
States, as he will soon find out, if
he persists in it.
Secretary Carlisle has made a |
personal investigation of the
charges made by New York publ
cations against the official integ-
rity of Assistant Secretary Spauld-
ing, supervising;Special Agent Tin
gle and General TichenOr, president
Of the board of general appraises at
the port of New York, and as re-
suit authorized the publication of
a statement affirming their innO- |
cenCe of the charges. The charge
was that of undertaking the i'm
pOrtatiOu of favored firms. AS the
officials mentioned are all hold
over Republicans their eXonera-
ton by Secretary Carlisle is highly
Creditable both to him and to
them.
ST natOr Brice has been among the
democrats "outSide the breast
WORKS" ever since the new admin
istratiOn began business. The
other day the President, seemingly
in a spirit of Cancellation, asked
Mr.. Brice to name good man for
third auditor Of the treasury. Mr..
Brice submitted three names,
either of which would have been
satisfactory to him. Several days
later, much to the Senator's chag-
rim, the appointment was given to
John c. Kelley, known to all Ohio
people as a bitter personal enemy
of Mr.. Brice, making it appear that
he had been asked to recommend a
man for the place solely to be
snubbed. Mr.. Kelley declined the
position, but that did not soften
the open affrOnt put upon Mr..
BriCe, who lately remarked signifi-
cantly: "EVen the man with the
longest credit has to face a day of
settlement sometime"
The administration is delighted at
its success in getting the reassemb-
ling of the International Monetary
Conference postponed from May 30,
to next November. 1t was afraid
that if the conference came to-
gether again this spring it might
really agree upon some plan for
the increased use of silver as
mOneO metal, which would have
upset its plan, for forcing Congress
to act as it wishes.
The appointment mill is again at
work, but it is not turning out
much grist for the patient walters.
a few foreign appointments, bu-
reau chiefs, pOstmasters, etc, have
fallen into eagerly Outstretched
hands, but a majority of them