San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9th, 1885,
The republican house does not
propose wasting any time while
waiting for the tariff and bond
bills to be reported from the fin
ance committee and acted upon by
the senate. 1t. is the policy of the
republican leaders in the house to
make the session a short one, so far
as the action of this branch of con-
gress can do so, and in accordance
with that policy the regular appro.
priation bills are to be passed as
rapidly as possible. The pension
appropriation bill will be reported
to the house this week. 1t
carries an appropriation Of $751;
100000 and three important amend
ments to the pension law. First,
one providing that no pension
shall be suspended on a charge OF
fraud until the charge shall have
been adjudicated in United States
District court, except where the al
legged fraud constitutes plain vio-
lation of statute, as in the case Of
the remarriage Of a widow second,
one providing that any claim
granted under the act of 1890 shall
date from the date Of application,
instead of from the date of adjudi-
cation as at present; third, one re-
pealing a section Of the act of 1890
which requires a widow to show
that she is dependent for her sup
port on her daily labor.
1t is expected that the senat e
finance committee will report one
or more bills to the senate this
week, but it is not certain that 1t
will, and the exact nature of the
bill or bills which will be reported
is even more uncertain, although
the impression is growing among
republicans that the tariff bill will
be reported without amendment,
just as it was passed by the house,
and that it will be pushed to vote
at an early date. 1t is for the
finance committee to decide wheth-
er the tariff or bond bill will be
first reported. 1t is now regarded
as probable that II Mr.. Cleveland
succeeds in making a big bond is.
sue he will feel independent of the
revenue provided by the tariff bill
and will veto that measure, IL the
senate passes it, which it will al
most certainly do.
Representative Clark, Of Iowa,
has introduced bill providing
that greenbacks shall be paid out
by the treasury only in exchange
for gold, and that none Of the gold
now in the treasury shall be paid
out until the total amount on
hand exceeds $l00,000,000. The diff.
ference between this bill and the
joint resolution offered by Sena.
tor Sherman is that the bill would
stop the redemption of greenbacks
and treasury notes until the gold
reserve exceeded the sum named
while Mr.. Sherman's resolution
provides for the continued redemp
tion of those notes with gold but
prohibits the reissue of notes so re-
deemed except for gold.
NOAeSOa i%ihihS, VI Nc5b IL
ginia, gave out some very inter
estirg figures while he was speak
ing in favor of his resolution
against the disposal of bonds by
private contract or in any Other
way than by public advertising
He had searched the treasury re-
cord, and showed by the officia
figures that the United States
government had only paid about
S5,500,000 in commissions to tn,
bankers who assisted in selling tn
$2,50O,OO0,000 of bonds which re
presented the debt incurred dur
ing the late civil war, less thar
one-half the amount made by tn
syndicate which took the las
$62, 100000 OF bonds issued by tn
Cleveland administration. |
is not surprising that congress
should be opposed to Mr.. Cleve
lands reported deal for anothe
issue Of bonds through the sam