San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1893.

of an intention on the part OF the
free coinage Democrats to bolt the
Democratic caucus and vote FOR the
Republican caucus nominee Tor
speaker, i'm order to defeat the adj
ministration program, which in
cludes the reelection OF Speaker
Crisp. The new House will have
a total membership of 356, of whom
l2S are Republicans and Ii POpu-
lists. Should 3S of the 215 Demo-
Gratis bolt the Democratic caucus it
would be possible to defeat Crisp,
but while it is possible, no well in
formed person considers it prob
able. 1t is more likely that these
rumors are started for the pur-
pose of obtaining concessions to
the Democratic silver men in
the makeup of the House
committees through the fear OF
Crisp and the administration that
such a combination might be
made. While the Republicans
could not prevent the Populists
and boiling Democrats voting for
their nominee for speaker If they
wished to do so, they do not as a
rule regard the election of a Re-
publican Speaker under such cir
cumstances as a very desirable
thing.
Two members of the cabinet will
take their vacation at government
expense. Secretary Herbet, who
has lust returned from the Worlds
fair, will this week start upon
what he is pleased to call an in
spection of the eastern navy yards.
He will go on the Dolphin
and the trip will be along the
Atlantic coast as far east as
Maine. Secretary Hoke Smith goes
Herbert several better, as he, in
company with his wife and three
children, his father and mother,
two nieces and three invited guests,
is now on a western inspection
tour, in a private car, and will take
in the Worlds fair and other points
of interest along the route. Great
is the "inspection tour" particular
ly when it is manipulated by a So
cdlleu IblOIIh
Democratic editors used to call
such trips pleasure junkets."
In addition to his efforts to re-
duce the pension roll, through the
various methods already widely
published, Commissioner LOchren
has been directed by the President,
according to information from a
trustworthy source, to prepare a
number of bills to be introduced
in congress-, which would drop a
large number of pensioners should
they become laws. The intention
is to put forward the most harm
less of the bills first, as congress
sional pulse f~eelers, the others to
follow in regular order if con-
gress appears to be in &C
cord with the administration,
or to be laid aside until a
propitious time should the
contrary prove to be true. Repres-
entative Holman is not in accord
with the administration on the
pension question, Notwithstanding
his general fondness for economy.
He is reported to have said the
other day that if the pension pro-
CRANE which has been drawn up
by Mr.. Cleveland and Sec. HOke
Smith be carried out, the Repub-
licans would have a majority of
at least fifty in the House of the
f~ifty-fourth congress, the members
of which will be elected next year.
By the death of Justice Batch
ford, Mr.. Cleveland gets an alto
gether unexpected Chat is, uneX-
pected until about two weeks ago.
plum to dispose of where it will do
the most good to Clevelandism.
Secretary Carlisle would very will
lingly give up the cares and re-
sponsibilities of the head of
the Treasury for a lifetime
berth on the bench of the
United States Supreme Court,
1t was said at the time that Mr..
Carlisle was hesitating about be-
coming a member of the cabinet
that he was promised a seat on the
bench of the Supreme Court before
the end of the administration, but
ever granting that promise TO have
been made it does not necessarily
follow that he will get this va
cancy. Sec. Gresham was reported
to have received a similar promise,
There was a delay of four days
in the issue of the last weekly Pat
ent Office Gazette, owing to the
contract for printing it having in
the interest of democratic economy
been taken away from a concern
which has the facilities for getting