San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 9.

land in the stand he has taken
against anarchy and in favor OF
law and order, but, to their shame
be it recorded, there are quite a
number of Democrats in Congress
who stand with the protesting
Democratic and Populist govern
ors against the action of the adj
ministration. Among his oppo-
nents are, of course, the most Of
the extreme states rights Demo.
Gratis, and the Populists, whose
public utterances have done more
to encourage the spread of an
archy in this country than
all other causes combined. The
question of the rightfulness or
wrongfulness of the original strik-
ers against the Pullman company
became a secondary consideration
with everybody the moment the
free passage Of the United States
mails was INSTRUCTED and the au-
thority of United States courts de-
| fed.
The United States government
| has nothing whatever to do with
the strikes of employees against in
dividuals or corporations, but 1t
has everything to do with the
rights of the people of the several
states to communicate with and to
do business with each other at will,
and Mr.. Cleveland would have
neglected his sworn duty had
he done less than he has
done. 1t isn't the rights
of the strikers that are at stake
but the very life of Republican in
situations in America. Fortunate
~ the number of men in Congress
who are opposed to the position of
the administration is too small to
be factor in any Congressional
action that may become necessary,
and as long as Mr.. Cleveland
stands for the preservation OF law
and order maintaining the digni-
ty and authority of the United
States government he can count
upon the support Of Congress and
of nine-tenths of the people, re.
CARELESS of their political opinions
There is no politics in the present
situation; it is Americanism
against anarchy.
Senator Call would better have
allowed that little episode Of pull
ing off his shoes in the Senate
cham Der while that August body
was in session to die of itself, as it
would soon have done. Then he
would have been considered merely
as man with questionable taste.
But since he made that so-called
personal explanation, and attack
upon the Washington correspon-
dents, he is considered as black
guard and a-well, call it a little
unbalanced.
1t is clear that the Democratic
memb ers of the Senate committee
that Investigated the sugar trust
scandal are in no hurry to get
their report before the Senate, hav-
ing failed to get either Senators
Lodge, Davis or Allen to agree to a
meaningless support that would
practically dismiss the whole mat
ter. The Republican senators pro-
pose making report that will be
in keeping with the evidence taken
and owing to the extreme nature
of some of the conclusions drawn
by Senator Allen he will probably
make a separate report devoted
largely to showing that the money
which the sugar trust people ad-
mitted having contributed to
Democratic state committees was
actually used to help the Demo-
cratic national ticket and was so
intended to be used. The Repub-
lican report will only agree with
that of the Democratic Senators
in one thing, it will eXOnerate
Secretary Carlisle from any blame
for having at the request OF Sena-
tor Jones written that sugar sched-
ule. 1t will then show that the
sugar trust controlled the making
of the sugar schedule Of the tariff
bill. The report will make the
most interesting sort Of campaign
document, and the Republican
Congressional Campaign commit
tee will see that it gets widely cir
culated.
The Conference committee on the
tariff bill held its first meeting to-
day. in the Senate Finance COM
mittee room. If the applause
which the Democrats of the House
gave Mr.. Wilson, chairman OF the
Ways and Means committee, when
he attacked the 643 Senate amend
ments to the tariff bill meant any
thing it meant that the House is
going to make a hard fight to