San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Onr RaquIar Correspandent. !

which he so bitterly abused is to
be the law Of the land at midnight
today, because he lacked the nerve
to veto it. II instead Of affecting
the interest of thousands, nay mil
lions of people, it had merely af-
fected the interest of some poor
devil who had sought relief from
Congress he would have sprung a
veto on it quick enough. Bah
Let the country hear no more OF
this mans courage. He has the
courage of the bully and braggart
only. He is always ready to jump
on some little thing but when it
comes to something big he ignores
it.
No wonder that Mr.. Cleveland
has not acted upon the report of
the civil service commission, re-
commencing the dismissal of the
blatant negro demagogue, c. H.
]. Taylor, whom he made recorder
of deeds for the District of Column
bia, for having violated the law
against soliciting campaign cOntri.
buttons from government en-
ployes. That report gives him the
alternative of snubbing the civil
service commission and winking
at a violation of the civil service
law, for which he always protested
to have such great respect, he has
always carried an overstock of pro-
fessions or of dismissing his spe-
cial protege from an office to
which he should never have
been appointed and probab-
ly never would have been
had not the Senate refused to con-
firm his nomination to diplomat
ic position. Taylor says he has no
fear of dismissal. He has made
Mr.. Cleveland believe that as the
head of the negro Democratic
league, an organization composed
of negroes who have been given
office and those who expect to be
given office by this administration,
he controls a large number of
votes; hence his certainty of being
| protected. AS matter Of fact
those who should know do not be-
lieve that there are one thousand
negro Democrats in the United
States.
Representative Payne, of New
York, one of the prominent Repub-
lican mem bers of the House COM
mittee on Ways and Means, closes
brief and interesting resume Of
this session of Congress with this
pen picture that is bound to be re-
| cognized by all who have intelli-
gently watched the doings Of the
Democrats in Congress: "The
leaders have been afraid to trust
their followers. Never have rulers
become more arrogant than the
members of the committee on
Rules. Never have followers been
more craven than the other Demo-
Gratis in the House. So far as the
leaders have followed the Reed
rules, the House has been
able to do business. But
where the leaders have follow
ed their own devices, and have
sought to bind the minority not
only, but the majority, hand and
foot, sitting all debate, they have
absolutely prevented the House
from passing just and wise laws,
even il the House had the wisdom
to do so. One word-inCompetent
fifty characteriZes this Congress.
This feeling is spreading. 1t is
we'll voiced in the letter of Presi-
dent Cleveland to Mr.. Wilson:
"There is no excuse for mistaking
or misrepresenting the feeling and
temper of the rank and file of the
Democracy. They are downcast
under the assertion that their party
fails in ability to manage the gov
eminent" The President in the
sentence quoted correctly sized up
the situation.
Senator Hill contributes this
statement to democratic harmony
ia New York: "Of the presiden-
tial nominations (fOr New York;
since March 4th., 1898, 80 per cent
have been taken from that portion
of the party known as anti-snap-
pers, against the protest of promi-
nent democrats and against the
recommendation of the regular or
ganization Of the party in the sew
eral localities while 50 per cent of
the fourth class postmasters APP
pointed have been taken from the
same faction, the regular organiza-
tons being substantially unrecog-
nized. There are many counties
in the state where the men who |
officially and successfully conduct
ed the campaign in 1892 have been
wholly ignored, neither themselves |