San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-08
Shepherd g. Sauer,
BOG West Commerce Street
WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, July G. 1S96.-Republ-
cans don't care a continental whether
the Populists swallow the Democrats;
or the Democrats swallow the POpu-
lists, at Chicago this week. They can
not see how any ticket on any plat
form that could be gotten up by the
Chicago convention can prevent the
triumphant election of Mckinley and
Hobart Consequently the worrying
and fretting which the Democrats
and POpulists are going through on
account of what the Chicago cOnven-
ton may do or not do merely fur
nishes Republicans amusement, as
they fan themselves and try to keep
down the humidity which accOmpa-
MES the present warm weather. This
is Republican year. Nearly four
years of deficits, bond issues and hard
times generally have caused a ma
jority-an overwhelming majority, as
will be seen in November-of the peO-
pie to definitely decide that the party
which gave the country twenty-eight
years of the greatest continuous pros
perity ever experienced by any coun-
try on earth is the proper party to
have charge Of this government, and
nothing that the conglomeration of
isms and sore heads which meets this
week in Chicago can do will change
that decision. The asses may bray,
but that will change nothing. People
prefer capacity to incapacity.
Secretary Olney has slipped away
from Washington, and all inquiries
at the state department as to his
whereabouts are met with the mys-
FERROUS reticence which officials of
that department have invariably as
sumed since this administration has
been in power. 1t is a good guess,
however, that he is at Gray Gables,
and that he carried with him the
much written about report of General
FitZhugh Lee, on Cuban affairs. 1t is
not probable that Mr.. Cleveland is as
much interested in that report as he
expected he would be when he nOmi-
mated General Lee to be Consul Gen
eral to Cuba. Then he expected that
the nominee of the Chicago cOnven-
ton would be Grover Cleveland. and
hoped that the nature of the report
would be such that he could use it as
Il basis for action that would result
in arousing such a tidal wave of pa
triOtic enthusiasm throughout the
country as might re-elect him. Now
he knows that the nominee of that
convention will be a man who holds
views directly opposite to this, and
that his administration will be con-
demned by the convention, by impli-
cation if not in direct words. Know
ing this he has lost interest in the re-
port, and will probably make no use
of it until he writes his last annual
message to congress. 1t is reason
ably certain that he will not use it, or
anything else, to help make votes for
the Chicago ticket, even if he does
not publicly bolt that ticket. 1t is
generally believed in Washington
that Mr.. Cleveland and a majority, if
not all of his cabinet, will refuse to
support the ticket nominated at Chi.
cago. Mr.. Cleveland is said to per.
SOnally favor the nomination of a
Democratic gold ticket, but that is
something which will be determined
later. At least one prominent Demo
crat who is now at Chicago has sug
gested that Mr.. Cleveland lead the
fOrlOrn hope by accepting the nomina
ton of the gold Democrats.
While Governor Mckinley is q
strong and convincing public speaker
there is a general disposition among
Republicans to rejoice because of the