San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-01
MKS FROM washington
General Comment On Con-
greSSiOnal DOingS
SECRETARY GAGE TALKS ON
+ THE FINANCES OF THE
COUNTRY. -
Says Our Gold Reserve Is Better
Now Than One Year Ago And
Prospects Much Brighter.
Says He Likes The
Tariff Bill.

Washington, July l.-(Speclal.)-lnd
this will be the last week Of the tariff
debate in the Senate is the general
opinion of Senators. Some think that
the bill will be passed as early as
Wednesday and some that the final
vote will be taken Saturday. At any
rate, VI less there is unexpected delay,
the BIZ will be passed in time to add
to the iollffication of the Fourth of Jui
~ crlef ration all over the country.
This early disposal of the bill will be
far from satisfactory to some of the
pemGc1 attic senators, but fear of the
wrath of their constituents has pre-
vented them from resorting to any
thing like filibustering tactics to de-
lay it further.
1t is impossible at this time, to say
how long the tariff bill will remain in
conference, but Chairman Dingley, who
| is thoroughly posted on the sentiment
of both senators and representatives,
and who will be at the head of the
House conferees, expresses the opin-
ion that an agreement will be speedl-
| ly reached on the bill.
Ex-senator .Corbett's claim to the
not be acted upon until the regular
tsCssiCn, but the committee on privlley
es ard elections has had printed for
the convenience of senators, the elab-
Iorate report prepared by Senator Hoar
in favor of seating Mr.. Corbett on the
| certificate of the governor of Oregon.
Mr.. Corbett is much disappointed, as
he expected the case to be settled at
| nd hnnaH 70
| the seat.
| Mr.. /. F. Mack, the we'll known Ohio
editor, who is now visiting Washing
ton has been talking Interestingly of
subject on which he is thoroughly post
ed-Ohio politics. He said: THE talk
about the Republican party being torn
with internecine strife is arrant nom
sense We are thoroughly united
| and harmonious and will win in Ohio
this year by heavy majority. There
lis no sort of doubt about it, and away
down in their hearts 1 do not believe
the Democrats think they have any
show of success. There is no Demo-
cratic party in our state, anyway, for
those who used to be Democrats have
gone over to the POpulists."
| Commissioner Butterworth hasn't
lost any time in beginning the needed
work of raising the standard of prac-
tice before the United States Patent
office. Eight attorneys have recently
lbeen disbarred from practice before
THAT office for not conducting their bus
| mess under honorable methods, ana
| the washington firm of John Wedder-
burn & Co., has been ordered to show
cause why it should not be disbarred
| for having made fraudulent, decep-
tive and improper searches, with IN
tent to defraud and the result of de-
| frauding clients, to their injudy; and
wrong doing, to the scandal and re-
proach of the patent office, and con-
trary' to equity and good morals" and
/ for other causes.
Certain gentlemen, notably Mr.. Claus
Spreckles, the California sugar king,
have been expressing more confidence
in the rejection of the treaty for the
annexation of Hawaii, to which they
are violently opposed, than there is
anything in sight to justify. But
there is a reason for their confidence,
| as will be fully apparent before Con-
gress meets next winter. 1t lies in the
manipulation of a big corruption fund
| to create a public sentiment against
the treaty with the hope that enough
senators can be influenced to prevent
the necessary two-thirds vote being OBJ
| tanned for ratification of the treaty
And all of this corruption fund VIII
not come from American sugar men.
A considerable portion of IT will come
from the secret fund Of European gov
ernments. There are at least two Ep-
ropean nations which are more inter-
ested in the failure of the treaty than
japan is, but being smarter than the
Japs, they have not protested and win :.
not protest against the treaty, but will
try to accomplish its defeat by the use
Of money, just as they have before
tried, and sometimes succeeded in In
f1uencing the course of the United
States 1t is really a great pity that
this scheme could not be headed of