San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81, 1916.

| 5tudtt Juet DIS huOu6Sbly DIS u6 VIII
receive them after the st. Louis
convention, should he be fortunate
enough to capture the prize of the
republican presidential nomination.
That modest way of wearing his
honors is one of the many reasons
why almost everybody likes
Senator Allison, but it is also a
source Of weakness to him as a
candidate for the presidential
nomination, becauses it causes
some people to think that he lacks
aggressiveness.
Strange to say, Gen. Harrison's
visit to Washington was not fol-
lowed by a flood of presidential
talk. One reason for this some-
what unusual exception was that
Gen. Harrison himself positively
declined to discuss that subject,
saying that he was for the time
out of politics.
In adopting that Armenian re-
solution the senate gave the world
to understand that congress is
willing to go to any length in
supporting the president in pro-
tecting American citizens in for
eign countries.
A lot Of tomfoolery has been
widely circulated concerning the
opposition in the senate to the
Davis Monroe doctrine resolution
which was last week reported to
the senate from the committee on
foreign relations. 1t can be
stated upon the authority of
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
who has made careful and
thorough canvass of the senate,
that the resolution will be adopted
and that at the outside there will
not be more than eight votes cast
against it in the senate. 1t may
not be voted upon for ten days or
two weeks yet, as many senators
wish to make speeches upon it,
and the free coinage substitute for
the house bond bill is still taking
up the greater portion Of the time
of the senate. But that bill, will
it is expected, be disposed of this
week, and then there. will be a
clear deck for the Monroe doc
torine speeches, and for Senator
Davis to press his resolution to a
vote.
The career of Representative and
Senator.elect Money of Mississippi
as viewed from the Washington
end of the line, furnishes a some.
what striking picture of the ups
and downs Of the southern politi-
clan. Mr.. fernando De Soto
Money-is'nt to blame for his
name at any rate-made his debut
in national politics as representa-
tive Of the fourth Mississippi dis
trict in the forty-fourth congress.
He remained in the house until
the. close Of the forty-eighth con-
gress. Then he became a cheap
congressional lobbyist, and re-
manned such-his appearance in
Dictated that he had a hard time
too-until he succeeded in getting
himself elected to the fifty-third
congress from the same old dis
trict. Then things began to go
his way, although some Of those
who had employed him as a
lobbyist must have given him
some bad half-hours after his re-
turn to congress. He was re elect.
ed to the present house, and last
week was elected for a full term
in the senate, beginning the day
his term in the house expires
March 4, 1897. There is more than
one eek" hanging around Wash
ington, lobbying little, borrow
ing a little and drinking a great
deal, who would like to find out
how Mr.. Money managed to get
up again after his first knock
down.
Senator Baker, of Kansas, made
good impression with his speech
in favor of the coinage of the
American product of silver, in &C
cordance with his amendment to
the free coinage substitute for the
house bond bill, which is now
| before the senate. He divided the
money ranks into three classes,
gold monometalists, silvermono-
metalists and bimetallists, and
announced his own allegiance to
the last named. He said he was
very positive that the question of
tariff and finance would be settled
by the republican party alone. Mr..
Baker isn't.a great orator, but he
seems to have supply of hard,
horse sense that is likely to be
beneficial to Kansas and to the
republican party during his
senatorial term.
1t is now practically certain
that the house committee on for
eign affairs will report resolution