San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-13
Cbe Daily Light.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER l3, '95
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ISIn, loJO.-
Incidentally with the meeting OF
the National Committee a crowd
of enthusiastic McKinleyites have
descended upon Washington and
opened headquarters for the pur-
pose of pu, hing along the boom of
Ohio's favorite son, which they
consider not only good thing but
the best thing Of its kind now on
the road. They found plenty OF
sympathizers in Washington, as
few men have more personal
friends in congress than Cover
nor Mckinley, and few Of those
friends have warmer feelings for
him than the big MANN every
sense of the worldwide presides
over the house and who is one Of
his rivals 'or the presidential
nomination. The two men work
ed side by side in the house for a
long period and fully understand
each others worth, and, while
neither would probably say as
much for publication, it would be
a good guess to say that each OF
them is the others second choice
for president; but it must not be
inferred from such a guess that
either would sulk should the
National Convention in its as
sembled wisdom decide to nomi-
nate one or the other capable and
popular gentlemen who have been
mentioned. They are both re-
publicans of the tried and true
kind, who always work their
hardest for party success regard
less of who may. head the ticket.
For a man who lays claim +.
more than an average share OF
courage, Mr.. Cleveland has a queer
not TO put a worse construction
upon it--way of acting. Although
he knew that congress and the
country were deeply interested in
the answer to the administrators
request to know whether Great
Britain intended to submit the
Venezuelan boundary dispute to
arbitration, and that the answer
would be in Secretary Olney's
hands on Saturday, he skunk of
on a duck hunting trip, aboard OF
a government lighthouse tender,
without even setting a time for
his return, leaving congress and
the country to await his august
pleasure before being permitted to
see that answer, which is known
to be unsatisfactory. He may not
have been afraid to face the music
raised by his unexpected stand in
favor OF the Monroe doctrine, but
there are people who believe he is,
and that he went away hoping
that congress would take the bit
in its teeth, demand the cores
pondence of Secretary Olney, and
dictate reply to Lord Salisbury
before he returned to Washing
ton. That may be putting the
case little too strong, but there
can be no doubt that Mr.. Cleve-
lands absence at this time is dis
respectful to congress and to the
American people and unjustifiable
from any point OF view.
While it is probable that the re-
publicans OF the house will hold a
caucus after the committees are
announced before definitely decid-
ing what shall be done to furnish
the treasury with the money which
Mr.. Cleveland ould not ask for,
although he and every body else
knows how badly it is needed, the
expression OF members make it
practically certain that the money
will be raised by increasing the
tariff on a number of articles.
1t is regarded as probable that
the claims OF the western senators
for the chairmanships of the
senate committees which have to
do exclusively with western affairs
will be almost il not entirely
granted by the caucus committee
Of republican senators now engag-
ed in selecting republicans for the
vacant committee places; hence
there are no believers Of the silly
story Of an intended revolt on the
part Of western republicans.
In offering the resolution ask
ing for all the correspondence in
the Waller case, representative
Miller, of Kansas, was acting for
the entire congressional delegation
of his state. This is the first step
in the fight that is to be made in
congress to secure for Waller what
the administration has failed to
get for him-justice. REP.