San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, August 7.

The Democratic distraction over
the tariff bill is still as great as
ever. There is lots Of talk every
day about an agreement tomorrow,
but, like tomorrow the agreement
never comes. Just when a new
sugar schedule new in words, but
the same in principle as that pre-
pared by democratic Senators and
Secretary Carlisle under the di-
rection of the sugar trust which
was to be used TO blind the igno-
rant followers of Mr.. Cleveland
and the House free traders to their
surrender to the Senate and the
trust, which its acceptance meant,
had been patched up at the White
House and the end seemed in
sight, when the Senators, rein
forced by the pOpulists, Allen and
Kyle, bobbed up with the state
ment that no sugar schedule
would be supported by them which
did not provide for the payment of
the sugar bounty for this year,
That sent the conference to seal
again and they are still founder
ing around at this writing, drifting
nearer and nearer to the breakers
on the rocky coast all the while.
How they will get out, or whether
they will get out at all, is still pro-
blematical. 1t is certain however,
that the republicans will not vol
unteer as life savers.
Boss Cleveland has succeeded in
preventing the House committee
on Foreign Affairs reporting the
Boutelle resolution for the imme-
diate recognition OF the Hawaiian
Republic, although it was word for
word the same resolution intro
duced by the present Democratic
chairman OF that committee, when
the Brazilian Republic was estab-
lished, during the Harrison adj
ministration, and when a majority
Of the committee and Of the House
was republican. But at least one
Democrat on the committee, Geary,
of Cal, was ashamed Of his party
and had the manliness to speak
his mind. He said: We might as
we'll admit that the Democratic
party has Numbered in its treat.
ment Of this Hawaiian question :;
and we cannot afford to make an
other blunder. The Democrats
"beat the devil around the stump"
by postponing the consideration of
the resolution until next Thursday
hoping that it will then be too
late to have it acted upon at this
session. In view of this action by
the committee at Mr.. Cleveland's
dictation it is not surprising that
members Of the Hawaiian commits
sion now in Washington, who
represent the eX-Queen, should say
that they intend to remain until
informed by Mr.. Cleveland whether
he intends to carry out his pro-
mise to restore the queen to her
throne.
They naturally think that Mr.
Cleveland still wishes to restore
the queen, and other people think
so too. Why else should he wish
to postpone recognizing the re-
public?
The G. A. r. men have sent a
formal protest to Mr.. Cleveland
and are preparing to bring to the
attention of the coming National
encampment at Pittsburg the
unjust treatment the old soldiers
have received from the Cleveland
administration. Out of $50 en-
ployes dropped from the rolls Of the
Record and Pension division Of the
War department, II were Union
veterans, and it is said that the
records Of some OF the eX-soldiers
show them to have been among
the most efficient clerks in the
division, while none of them were
below the average in their effici-
ency records. Old soldiers have
also been Disseminated against in
other departments, particularly
in the Agricultural department
and in the various branches of the
Interior department, including the
Government Printing office and
the Pension Bureau.
There is more or less anxiety
in Congress because of the war
between Japan and China. This
is not because Of any special in
terest taken in the war as 1t now is,
but because of the fear that the
United States may be in some
manner dragged into it by the d.
plomatic laundering OF Secretary
Gresham, who appears to have in
place of the calm judgment that
should dominate a Secretary Of