San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-18
1T IS MERELY USED AS A CLOAK
TO COVER THE RANKEST
PARTISlANSHIP.
Speaker Reeds Grand Triumph For
the Old Republican Party
That Chicago Land Scan-
ial---Free Traders Will
Raise a Howl.

Washington, March 1S.-Special.-
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, Of Maine, has
for the third time been elected spea-
ker to the House, position which, in
honor and influence is second only to
that of the presidency. There was
no opposition in the Republican eau
Gus to the denomination of Mr.. Reed
or of any of the other officers of the
House in the last Congress. 1t was
in the cases of all of them, except Mr..
Reed, simply one good term deserving
another. Republicans are naturally
proud of big Tom Reed and his rec
ord as speaker. He has had to face
some very difficult and intricate parli-
amcntary situations, but he has never
even in single instance failed to
force from them credit for himself
and for the Republican party. AL
though n partisan of partisanS upon
all purely political questions, no spea-
ker as ever had more, and few as
many. warm personal friends among
his political opponents. In starting in
upon this extra session of Congress,
the country and the party is to be
congratulated that the work of the
House will be directed by so expert
enced q parliamentarian as Mr.. Reed.
A scandal of large proportions may
be shown up in connection with the
acts of Judge LamerauX, Mr.. Cleve-
lands commissioner of the United
States land office. in what is known
as the Chicago Lake Front case.
Secretary Bliss has set aside n decis-
ion of LamerauX in favor of certain
parties and ordered a new hearing of
the case. EX-Secretary Carlisle, who
is attorney of the parties whom Lam
erauX tried to favor, may be mixed up
in the scandal. and ii is limited that he
was interested in the case while a
member of Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet.
LamerauX rendered his resignation
and left Washington several days be-
fore the close of the Cleveland ad-
ministration, but his resignation has
not been accepted and present indica-
tons are that it will not be, but that
he will be dismissed Some very val
liable Chicago real estate is involved
in this case.
1t might be supposed from the con-
certed yelping from the Democratic
free traders at the now completed tar
iff bill, that they are really surprised
to find that Chairman Dingley and his
Republican associates have made a
protection bill, just as the country last
directed the Republican
party to do. They are pretending
that they expected the rates of the du-
ty in the new bill to be much lower
than they are. The new bill is Re
publican measure from beginning to
end, intended to supply the $50, 100000
annual deficit in the government re-
ceipts, and at the same time to give
idle American working men profitable
by restoring the Ameri- |
can market, the best in the whole |
world, to our own manufacturers and
producers from whom it was taken |
argely and presented to foreigners by |
The tariff enacted by the Democrats. |
Whether the tariff bill will become /
aw in it's present shape is matter |
beyond telling, but it is bill that ev-
Try Republican will gladly vote for
ust as it stands and no material
.hanges are likely to be made before
t passes the House. If changes are
made in the Senate, it will be because
hey are necessary to get votes need
d to pass it, and not because Of any
republican objection to it. President
1cKinley would gladly sign the bill
ust as it is and have his adminiStra-
ion stand or fall upon its workings.
President McKinley's rule requir-
ng the congressional delegations to
mite in recommending men for office,
While disappointing to few individ-
ais, is on the whole a good one, and
ne that makes it well nigh impossible
D make a bad appointment. The
ew appointments made up to this
inc have been prominently good.
he decision on the part of the ad-
to go slow in making APP i
ointments will also commend itself {
, the people at large, who are much
lore interested in seeing the policy in
ugurated that will restore the pros q
Gritty of the country than in who U
lall get the comparatively few Offices t
! President McKinley's disposal. OF i