San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-23
Washington Gossip.
The President Has Not Complained.
Lee To COntiue As Consul.
Good News For PenSiOnerS-Secre.
tary Alger Looking Into
klOniike Matters.

Washington, ID. G. Sept. %
(SpeciaD The president has not
complained because he failed to
get any rest while away from
Washington, on his recent va
cation, but he has arranged for
another little trip which he
thinks will give him some rest.
He is going to the Berkshire
hills of Massachusetts,, where
himself and Mrs. Mckinley will
be guests at the residence of an
old friend.
1t was definitely settled at a
conference between the president
and Consul General Lee that the
latter should return to Cuba at
the expiration of his leave of alb
sence, or earlier if circumstances
should make his presence there
necessary. This indicates that
General Lee will continue as con-
sui general to Cuba for some
time yet. His leave of absence
expires early in October.
Under the new policy of the
pension bureau, to give the pap
ers of applicants for original pen
sion preference, Commissioner
Evans estimates that two hun
dred thousand applications,
which have been hung up under
the Democratic policy will be dis
posed of during the present fiscal
year.
Secretary Alger is determined
to find out as much as possible
about the condition of things in
the Klondike region, in order to
be able to carry out his project
of sending food into that region,
liz it becomes necessary to prevent
suffering among the numerous
Americans who have gone there,
at his own expense, but in the
name of the government of the
United States. AS a step in that
direction he has been comforting
with Mr.. Joseph Ladau, of Daw-
son city, a gentleman lately from
the Klondike and who has min
ing interests there. Arrange
ments have been completed for
sending a company of United
States soldiers to st. Michael,
Alaska, for the purpose of main
tanning order and protecting
property at that point.
The free trade press regards
it, or tries to make it appear to
the public that it so regards the
matter, that the compelling of
foreign manufacturers, who
have established a market in this
country for their wares, to start
factories over here or lose their
American trade, is a fortune, but
it does not so appear to sensible
people, whether they are Repub-
licans or not. 1t is clear enough
that every establishment employ
ing labor started and maintained
in the United States must neces-
sarily add to the prosperity of
our people, and while increased
prosperity for the people may be
a misfortune for the professional
calamity howlers among the
Democratic and POpulist pOliti-
clans, it will certainly not be so
regarded by those who get ad-
ditional work and become sharers
in the increased prosperity. If
everything consumed or used in
the United States could be made
by our own citizens, it would be
one of the very best things that
could happen to the country.
1t was largely because we bought
so much stuff of foreign produc-
ton, brought in under the low
rates of the Democratic tariff,
that we had such long period
of business and industrial de-
preston. These are facts that
should be constantly kept in
mind. by the people of the United
States.
WILL GO AHEAD.
City Attorney Minor this morn