San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from Our Regular Correspondent

|, uldu ever SlIlCe ItChDdIn WAS re-
] jected, and he is just as mad Will,
the cuckoo Democrats who voted for
rejection. He is mad with the
cuckoos because he charges them
with having deceived him I'D to
the time the vote was taken by
claiming to have the pledges Of a
majority OF the Senators to vote for
confirmation. His first move after
Peckham's defeat was to prevent
any amendment favored by any
one of the fifteen Democratic Soma
tors who voted against Peckham
being included in the amended tar
if bill, but inasmuCh as two out of
the three members Of the sub-com-
mittee-Jones, of Ark, and Vest
voted against Peckham he did not
meet with much success in that
project. What his next step will
be is somewhat doubtful, but even
the cuckoOs do not expect it to be
anything calculated to heal gaping
ID; m ocratic wounds left by the re-
lection of Hornblower and Peck
ham. Nothing would be easier
| than for him to nominate a Demo-
crat to the Supreme court vacancy
| who would be at once confirmed
without single adverse vote, but
he prefers to drag his personal
fights into the Senate in his effort
to humiliate Hill. So far the
humiliation has been his own and
he neither deserves nor gets any
sympathy.
There is a tariff fight going on
among the Democratic Senators
that is quite as bitter as that be-
tween the Cleveland and Hill men,
although there is more effort made
to keep it secret. 1t was this fight
which prevented the tariff bill be-
ing reported to the finance COM
mittee last week. A week ago
members of the subcommittee
stated that the bill was ready to
be reported. The reason it was
not reported was the concerted de-
mand of a number of Democratic
Senators for additional amend
ments giving certain industries in
their states protection. The fight
got so warm at one time
that the subcommittee in
formed those Senators that |
it would report the bill just as |
itcame from the House and they |
could support it or not just as they |
pleased. OF course this was mere
ly bluff against bluff. Senator
Voorhees, has told the Republican
members of the Senate Finance
committee that the bill will be re-
ported to the committee at it's re-
gular meeting, tomorrow; but it is |
not at all certain that it will be. |
Democratic Senators are beginning
to express doubts among them
selves as to their ability to so
patch up the bill that it will re-
ceive the votes Of all the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate.
Senator Morgan has completed
a report on the Hawaiian invest
igation made by subcommittee
of the Senate committee on
Foreign Relations, but it will not
be made public until the full COM
mittee has acted upon it. 1t has
been read to the subcommittee
and the Republican members
thereof informed Mr.. Morgan that
if he would make certain changes
in the report they would sign it.
1t is understood that the tone of
the report is antagonistic to the
restoration policy of Mr.. Cleve-
land.
Mr.. Bland has not yet succeeded
in getting his bill for the coinage
of the seigniorage passed by the
House, owing to the refusal of
those opposed to vote to make a
quorum, but he will probably have
a quorum Of the friends Of the bill
on hand early next week, and the
bill will then be passed.
For many years the WOman's
Suffrage association has held its
annual conventions in Washing
ton, but at the one just closed it
was decided to hold the 1895 con-
vention at Atlanta, Ga. The south
ern members Of Congress appear to
regard this decision as joke.
Secretary Morton got a little
roasting on account Of a letter
| written last August saying that the
Russian thistle was blessing, at a
hearing before the House commit
tee on Agriculture in favor of the
bill providing for the eXtermina-
ton of the weed. Gov. Shortridge,
Of North Dakota, one Of the princi-
pie speakers, dismissed Morton's
| letter by calling it "rot," but Rep
resentative Sibley, Of Pennsylva-
mia, Democrat, declared that the
Latter demonstrated Morton's ig-