San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-10-15
washington Gossip.
President Going Home To VOte--He
May Make A Speech
Will 1t Be Peace In Cuba Thinks
The Supreme Court Will SuS-
tain Secretary Gage.


less his present plans are changed,
President Mckinley will go to Ohio just
before the election and remain there
to cast his vote. He doesn't regard
his vote as necessary to the success of
the Republican ticket, state and legis-
lative, but he believes that casting his
vote is a patriotic duty that should
never be left undone by any man when
it can possibly be done. He has
preached this from the stump all over
Ohio in many campaigns in which he
has participated and he wishes TO
show his Ohio friends that he contin-
ues to both preach and practice it.
Whether the president will make a
speech before the election in Ohio is
not yet fully determined. He is
somewhat inclined to think that it
would not be strictly in accordance
with propriety for him to make par
tisan speech in a state campaign, but
attempts to persuade him to address
at least one meeting, at Cincinnati, are
still being made, and they may sue
coed.
Secretary Wilson, who Is widely
known as an effective campaigner, be-
cause of his straightforward appeals
to the common, everyday, horse-sense
of his hearers. has gone to Ohio to
take the stump for few days for the
Republicans. Secretary Wilson has
no scruples about a member of the cab
met taking the stump for his party;
the issue in Ohio has been made to in
un1un hn af
ministration, and he thinks it all right
for members of the administration 10
take part in the public discussions.
Events of the last few days in Spain
have convinced even the most sensa-
tionally inclined scribblers that a great
many people have allowed their imag-
nations to run away with their judg-
ment in discussing the attitude of
President Mckinley towards both
Spain and Cuba. The president has
every reason to feel gratified at the
visible result of his Cuban policy-the
recall of Gen. weyler by the new
Spanish ministry-and to the recall OF
Spanish ministry-and to expect a still
greater result-peace in Cuba,
A great many who regarded the
sending of commission to Europe to
treat with the government over there
on the feasibility of the adoption OF
international bimetallism as chimeri-
cal, when 1T was first proposed by Sem
ator Wolcott, are now convinced that
the commission has really been of
some service. 1t has, for one thing.
made the government of Great Britain
for the first time give serious consid-
Grafton to the subject of international
bimetallism, instead of CURLY dismiss
ing it, as it had always previously
done. OF course, this doesn't make II
certain that Great Britain will even
tually agree to international bimetal-
lism, but it is a longer step in that
direction than it seemed possible awhile
ago to make Great Britain take, and
the credit is certainly due to the eff
forts of Senator Wolcott's commission.
Arrangements have just been perfect
ed for series of conferences between
the commission and Ambassador HAY
with the British chancellor of excheu-
uer and other officials, for the purpose
of fully discussing the matter in all
its bearings.
Secretary Gage will appeal from the
decision of the board of appraisers.
that the Dingley tariff did not become
operative until the minute that it was
signed by the president, to the courts,
and the question will be passed upon
by the United States Supreme court
at an early date, as there is a provi-
sion of law under which customs cases
are advanced on the docket of the Su-
preme court. Secretary Gage had
previously decided that the tariff law
was retroactive, and his decision will
be followed by collectors Of customs
until 1t is reversed in the courts. Il
the courts uphold the decision of the
board of appraisers, the government
will have to refund about 100000 Il
importers whose importations were
entered at the custom houses on Sat.
urday, July Path, before the signinl
OF the tariff act by the president. Sec
rotary Gage holds that the bill becam,
law on the day that it was signet
by the president. and that all good
entered on that day were liable to tn
new duties. The bill was signed ii
the afternoon, after the close Of tn
business day at the Custom houses
and the decision of the board of an
praisers would, if upheld, make al
goods entered that day subject onl,
to the old duties. Treasury official
are confident that Secretary Cages de
cision was right and that it Will be up
held by the Supreme court.