San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, '95.

Mr.. Cleveland is worried about
how to approach the subject Of in
creasing the revenues Of the gov
eminent in his annual message to
congress, and no member OF his
cabinet has so far been able to sug-
gest any satisfactory solution Of
the trouble. II he ever thought
the present tariff would produce
enough money, which is very
doubtful, he knows now beyond
the shadow of doubt that it will
not. OF course he knows, as every
body else does, that Congress will
legislate on this subject regardless
of his recommendation. but that
knowledge does not help him any.
He knows also that un-
less the democrats propose
allowing the presidential elec-
ton to go by default it
is absolutely necessary for
that party TO make some definite
declaration on the subject, and
that as the official head OF the
party ne ought to make it in his
message to Congress. For him to
recommend raising the needed
revenue by amendment of the
tariff law would be to acknowledge
the error of the democratic party
and himself on the tariff question.
That he will not do, whatever he
may think. Nothing is left then
but to recommend an increase in
internal revenue taxes and in the
number of articles subject to such
taxation, or both. He knows that
no recommendation in that line
will be popular, and it is not
strange that he should be worried.
There is but one opinion among
republican senators and members
of the house who have been heard
from. That is, that IL the admin
istration gets the money it needs
it will be through amendments to
the tariff law, placing certain ar
ticles now free of duty, which en-
ter into active competition with
similar articles produced in the
United States, upon the dutiable
list, and increasing the duties upon
other articles offoreign production,
the low duties upon which now Grip
pie a number Of American indus
tries by reducing the output OF our
mills and factories. 1t has been
said that the senate will not pass
such amendments if adopted by
the house, and that il it did Mr..
Cleveland would veto them.
Well, that is for the senate and Mr..
Cleveland to decide. The house is
republican, as is the country, and
it is going to legislate on republic
can lines, and il its legislation fails
to become laws, the people will be
appealed to, and they will see to it
that after March 4, 1897, there will
be republican senate and presi-
dent as we'll as republican house.
Representative kirkpatrick, a
good republican who succeeds Hud-
son, populist, as congressman from
the third Kansas district, is in
Washington. When asked who
was the favorite presidential can
didate Of Kansas republicans, he
said: 81 think Mckinley has
little advantage in our state; he
has visited us several times and
made many admirers. But Mr..
Reed also has many followers, The
Kansas like a sturdy fighter such
as the Maine man has proved him.
self. We could be well pleased
with either of these two. Either
can carry the stste. Populism is
thing Of the past aed will cut no
more figure in Kansas. My opinion
is that next year, seeing them
selves in such a hopeless minority,
the popullsts will support the dem
ocratic electoral ticket in return
for some iavors in the selection OF
a state ticket. Right now there is
no talk of such a combination, and
in fact they profess to dislike each
other intensely. Whether they
fuse or not will be OF no conse.
quence to the republicans, because
no opposition ticket will have the
slightest chance for success"
How earnest Pittsburg is about
securing the republican national
convention may be judged by the
talk OF Mr.. c. T. Rawls, Of that city,
who is now in Washington help
ing the project along. He said:
"Our citizens have already pledged
themselves to contribute $4,000,
and before the National commit
tee meets to decide on the matter
they will have increased it to $780,
600. About the only charge that |
is brought against us is lack OF ade-
quate hotel facilities, and yet we |
took care of the Grand Army meet !