San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 18th, 1896.
Secretary Olney, the only men,
Der of the Cleveland cabinet who
possesses the slightest bit OF in
dividuality, is reported to be about
to resign because Of what Mr..
Cleveland said about the statement
given out by him, defining the
attitude of the administration
toward Cuba and saying in effect
that no notice would be taken Of
the concurrent resolutions adopted
by congress, declaring that the
belligerency Of the Cubans should
be recognized, and that the United
States should intervene, il neces-
sary, to put an end to the war. Mr..
Cleveland did not deny the correct
ness of the statement, bit wrote
with his own hand; 81 am in no
way responsible for it, nor in any
way related to it," Now, although
Secretary Olney's name was not
signed to that statement and did
not occur therein, it is well known
to q number Of persons that it was
written by him; also that it
correctly represented the attitude
of the administration, as shown
in cabinet discussions Of the mat
ter. His connection with the
statement being SO we'll known, it
Is not expected that Secretary
Olney is going to pocket such q
snub; hence his resignation is pre-
dicted.
house, pensioners will no longer
be paid in iperson by pension
agents, but will have their checks
mailed to them, the latter body
having agreed to the change with
a division.
There is no doubt about where
Senator Cannon, Of Utah, stands
on the Cuban question. In the
course Of few remarks made by
him at the installation OF officer 8
of the department of the Potomac,
G.. A. R., he said; "Every Ameri-
can citizen holds in his hand some
portion Of the rights and liberties
OF the people Of this world. We
should so conserve our powers and
we should so use them that when
America shall say Cuba thou art
free,' she shall be free. That time
will come, speed it Almighty
God, when the people of the United
States, free themselves, shall make
the world free also"
A member Of the Huntington
Pacific Railroads lobby is Icredited
with having said that Huntington
now has things-meaning congress
men-in such shape that he is
certain OF preventing legislation
that would result in foreclosure
sale OF the roads by the United
States government, and hopeful
Of getting his own pet measure
extending the indebtedness for 100
years at 2%-through. So many
propositions are being advanced
for the settlement OF the indebted
ness of those roads to the govern
ment that it is impossible for any
man to say what will eventually
be done, but unless many senators
and representatives vote very
differently from the way in which
they now talk there isn't much
show for Huntington's bill. Hun.
tington's manifest intention tc
confuse instead of enlighten the
senate committee, in the hearings
which have been given him, has
injured his bill in the eyes OF a
number in both senate and house
who might have been won to its
support. These men think that
he has shown that he deserves no
favors from theIgovernment.
A strong effort is being made
by administration democrats to
get the Carlisle boom on the road.
1t has been o. KID by Wall Street
and Mr.. Cleveland is said to be
agreeable. Still it doesn't go.
Secretary Carlisle was once popu-
lar with his democratic colleagues
in congress, but he isn't now. The
silver democrats don't want him,
because they accuse him OF being
a renegade, and the anti-silver
element in the senate, composed
OF such democrats as German,