San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, March 80, '96.

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WASHINGTON, March 80, '96.
Speaker Reed can certainly az
ford to smile at the democratic
| stories of that "revolt" OF the house
against him. The aforesaid ere.
volt" consisted OF the house voting
to devote a day to the considera.
ton OF private bills on the calen-
dar, instead of following the ad-
vice OF Chairman Cannon, of the
| appropriation committee, and CO.
ing ahead with the sundry civil
| appropriation bill. Speaker Reed
has no more to do with the matter
than the reader Of this paragraph,
| and the only reason for the vote
was that many OF the members
realizing, especially since the offer
| ing of Senator Platt's resolution
for adjournment on May 2, that
the session is rapidly drawing to a
close, were anxious to try TO get
action upon private bills in which
they are interested. That is all
there was to it.
The Cuban business will be fin
| ished, so far as congress is con-
l cerned, as soon as the house ac-
cepts the conference report in favor
Of the house adopting the senate
resolution instead OF It's own. The
change was made because it be-
came clear that there was an in
tention on the part Of few sena-
tors to prevent vote being taken
on the original conference report,
which was in favor Of the house
resolutions being adopted as a
substitute for those OF the senate.
There will probably be some talk
on the subject in the house, but no
protracted debate is expected, or
will be allowed, before the confer
ence report is agreed to. III those
who are assuming the right to
speak for Mr.. Cleveland know
what they are talking about, the
resolution will not be OF any ma
terial benefit to the Cubans.
The sentiment Of the repu blicans
in congress is practically unani-
nous in favor OF passing the apprO-
priation bills and adjourning as
early as possible, it having been
fully demonstrated that no other
important legislation can be gotten
through at this session.
Secretary Hoke Smith may find
when he returns from his present
Georgia crusade against the free
silver senatorial candidacy Of eX-
Speaker Crisp, that he has got
mixed up in an ugly scandal. Just
before he left Washington, he
issued orders reducing Sergeant
Perry and Captain Watson, Of the
pension bureau watch, and their
friends intimate that the reduc-
ton is a punishment for not doing
what some OF Secretary Smiths
friends wanted done, rather than
for any neglect OF duty. 1t is re.
ported that Senators Voorhees, and
Turpie, of Indiana, who, although
they are democrats, are not in love
with Secretary Smith and his
methods, particularly those re-
lating to pension. office matters,
VIII ta6e up the cases or the re-
duced men, and get them justice
II they have to have the whole
business Investigated by a con-
gressional committee.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, Of
New York, told the house COM
merce committee that the Nicara-
guam Canal company, OF which he
is president, had never asked con-
| gress for aid and was not now ask
ing for aid. He said that all the
company asked from congress was
a definite answer as to the position
this government intended to occu-
py in the matter, and that If the
government didn't want to control
the canal and would say so, the
company could get private capital
to carry out its plan, but that it
could do nothing while the attitude
OF this government was uncertain.
Congressman were reminded OF
the adage $50 away from home TO
hear the news" when a telegram