San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-03-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Correspondent

a personal friend. "Why," he con-
tinued, "they rarely know what he
is going to do about anything I'M
til his act is publicly announced.
When he invites them to express
their opinions, it is only to ascer-
tain how many of them agree with
him, and never with the remotest
idea of accepting their advice when
they do not" The occasion of
these remarks, was visit he had
paid to each member Of the
cabinet, by his personal
friends to find out something
definite about Mr.. Cleveland's in
tentions as to the Bland coinage
bill. He was told by each Of them,
that while the matter had been
discussed at two cabinet meetings,
Mr.. Cleveland had not told any of
them what he intended to do, but
four of them believe that he will
veto it, not so much from anything
he has said since the bill passed
Congress, as from his previous ut
terances on the same subject. 1t is
also the general belief in Congress
that he will veto the bill. If he
does, look out for the biggest DEM
ocratic row yet seen.
The Republican Senators are
hard at work preparing themselves
for the tariff debate, which begins
a week from today. 1t is their
purpose to point out in their
speeches the bad points in the bill,
which are so numerous that many
of them have necessarily been over
looked by the casual reader.
Nobody in Washington appears
to take Coxey's army seriously, eX-
cept Senator Kyle land fellow who
calls himself Coxey's agent. The
latter goes Coxey 100000 better, and
says he expects the army to num-
Der 100000 when it gets here.
The trouble with the new treaty
with China, which is being consid-
cred by the Senate committee on
Foreign relations, and which threat
ems to reopen the entire "Chinese
question" in Congress, is that Sec
rotary Gresham failed to prove
himself entitled to stand in the
same diplomatic class with the
present Chinese minister, who Sc
cured everything his government
wanted, without conceding any,
thing substantial to the United
States. So plain is this that Ores
ham tries to excuse himself by
limiting about a beneficial CONNER
cial treaty which is to follow
What makes the treaty all the more
disappointing is that men close to
the administration quitely gave
out tip many months ago that
the treaty would contain clause
binding China, to purchase annu-
ally a large amount of silver bull
ion from us, some said the entire
product of the American mines.
1t really does grow mOnotonous,
this having to condemn every act
Of the administration, but what can
one do when there is absolutely
nothing worthy of commentator.
Judging from the record of the
party, particularly in the last
House, it would seem that if there
was any one thing that would in
duce a quorum Of Democrats to
remain in their seats, it would be
the prospect Of unseating Repub-
lican member, and giving his seat
to a Democratic contestant who
has just about as much right to it,
as the man in the moon, but even
that prospect did not keep the
Democra members of the House
in their seats, and after wasting
two days in Intellectual attempts to
get Democratic quorum, the Re-
publicans properly refused to vote
in order to carry out the report
of the democrats on the election
committee, by ousting Representa-
tive Joy, of Mo-, and giving his seat
to the Democrat he defeated, they
were compelled to temporarily alb
andon the scheme. 1t will be a.
gain attempted this week, and it
will, of course, in the end succeed.
1t is only a question of getting
democratic quorum present.
According to a relative of Secre-
tary Hoke Smith, now visiting
Washington, Sam Jones, the slang
Singing, Georgia preacher, said
lately of the democrats in Congress
OF all the boX-ankled, handy
shanked, flea-bitten, ob-tailed,
NANCY, courage.
less, brainless jackasses that ever
assembled since God made the
world, l think for pure, downright
cussedness the present gang in
Congress, headed by Hill in the |
Senate and tailed by mo quorum