Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-07
REVENUE LEGISLATION.
The Republicans In the House NOT
United.

The Republicans In the House NOT
United.
DIVISION ON THE WHISKY AND TAx-REDUcrIoN QUEs-
PLAN.
Both parties In the House are In a very bad way
as to the matter OF revenue legislation. 1t is i'm
possible for the democrats to tell yet how strong
or weak-ther combined tarin and internal-rev-
enue bill will prove. Members from different Sec
tions are waiting TO hear from their constituents,
and active workers on both sides Of the question
are writing TO their partiSans and friends in the
various doubtful districts to get up petitions The
friends OF the bill expect assistance from the
manufacturers to whom 1t gives cheap raw mate
rial members who are pie iged before their con-
sttuents to look after the safety OF certain inter-
ests Will have to fight to have any paragraph in
furious to them stricken from the bill, and are
tormented by the question OF how they shall act
should the measure when II comes up for final
action still contain the paragraphs objected to-
THE REPUBLICANS NOT UNIT.
The republicans are not less annoyed by internal
troubles than are the democrats though they
screen them from the public gaze better. The
leaders have seen fro the first that the situation
demanded that they have plan or their own for
the reduction OF revenues upon which they could
90 Oe1ore the people. Since Congress met they
nave been trying In every way to agree upon a
party policy. AT one time II seemed II they
had about come to an understanding. and would
De ready TO present practically unbroken front.
Now they are again fhrown further apart than
ever.
OPEN REBELLION AGAINST Mr.. REEDS PLAN.
Mr. Reed prepared plin for the repeal OF the
tobacco tax and the tax on fruit brandies and
reduction OF the whisky tax from ninety cents to
nifty cents per gallon. He has been talking this
up among the members OF his party and trying to
whip them into line TO a1opt as party med ure
He has met with open rebellion In many quarters,
Some OF the strongest men in the party and almost
the entire western wing declared that II this
measure was passed IL would spit the party, and
that Mr.. Reed would find That he had the smallest
wing OF II. All sorts Of arguments were made by
Mr.. Reed and his followers TO Impress upon the
minds OF these members the necessity for united
acton on such measure and for the sacrifice OF
personal opinion TO keep the party together. But
all this pressure has had no effect W strengthen
the pan.
DIVIDED ON THE WHISKY TAX REDUCTION QUESTION
Fully one-half the republicans would oppose, un-
der all circumstances, any proposition 10 remove
or reduce the tax on whisky, and the removal Of
the tobacco tax would be merely tolerated by
many.
81 Mr.. Browne. Of Indiana, and large number Of
his associates in favor OF proposition to place
coal salt, lumber and q few articles not objected
to on the free list to cut OF ALL nearly all the
duty on sugar; TO repeal the alcohol used in
the arts and on unmanufactured tobacco, and pos
SOly reduce II to some extent certain classes OF
nanuiactures. But they Will not agree to hand
whisky tax.
Mr. MKTNLEYs RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Mckinley drew up resolution, the adoption
OF which he proposed to move In the House last
Monday, providing merely for the repeal OF the to-
bacco tax. He submitted the resolution % some
members OF his party OF whose support he was not
certain, telling them that he proposed to put the
democrats In Il hole. 10 his aStOnishment he was
SS,a tnat ~ .aeIe were az ia eas, MY repubeans
oSltiOn, regardless or all party feeling. He found
the opposition so strong and angry that he did
not O1fer the resolution.
The leaders are still working to whip the party
into line, and all sorts OF pressure Is brOu nJ TO
bear on the Independent members, but there ap-
pears no chance of an agreement unless the MI igh
protectionists yied 10 some sort or proposition as
that OF the Western members.
THE FACTION WHO OPPOSE Mr.. REED
are not, however, ready TO follow MIR. Mills. Many
Of them are ready to join the democrats in a
nilder measure than that from the ways and
means committee, regardless OF party whip.
story Telling Senators.
HOW rHE MEETINGS OF THE SENATE COMMERCE CON-
MIrTEE ARE sNLIvENED.
Senators Vest, Sawyer and Jones, OF Nevada, are
accounted the best story tellers OF the Senate and
they are all members OF the commerce committee
IL Is said that the routine Of committee work Is
sometimes relieved by the relation OF amusing in
cidents funny stories, &C. There Is a gOoi-
natured rivalry between the three Senator'S and
each seems uesrous OF winning first place In the
estimation OF the limited audience, composed OF
the other members OF the committee and the
clerks. AS the case now stands Senator Sawyer
seems TO be In The LEAD for the cha rmanShip Sen
ator Vests natural fund OF wit and humOr has been
somewhat handicapped by Ill health, and Senator
Jones mind has been largely occupied with some
business matters II Is said that the good things
uttered in that, one committee room would make
the fortune OF q humorous paper
Capitol Topics.
PROPOSED MONUMENTS
The House committee on the library has author.
ked favorable reports on the following bills: For
monument to VIM. Henry Harrison; for a monu-
menI at Point Pleasant WA, commemorative OF
the soldiers who fell In the battle that place on
OctoUer 10, 1114; for a monument TO Mary, the
mOJner OF Washington, at Fredericksburg, Va. !;
to aid the Centennial and Memorial ASSOcii itiOn Of
Valley Forge, and to secure the Washington head
quarters, mansion and grounds occupied by the
Continental Army In the Revolutionary war; for
monument at Stony Point, n. Y; for q monument
to Mai. Gen. Nathaniel Greene, on the battlefield
OF GuilfOrd Courthouse, n. c.; to preserve the
grave OF Gen. Daniel Morgan and erect a monu-
ment over the same; 10r the erection OF an eques-
trian statue TO Gen. Zachary Taylor, and ior a
monument at Frederick, Nd, over the grave OF
Francis Scott Key,tne author OF the ''Star Spangled
Banner"
THE HOUSE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMMITTEES
to-day adopted unanimously the Outhwaite re-
funding bill, applying its provisions to the aided
portions OF the Union Pacific road, only. The bill
is modified only to make 1t more restrictive. In
stead OF the provision that the attorney may bring
suits to recover lted funds, IL provides
that he must bring such suits at once. Mr.. Hunt
1ngtOn, the vice-pres1dHnt OF the central Pacific,
has submitted to the committee a bill in accord
ance with the outline given by him In his testi.
mOny for the settlement OF the debts. 1t extends
the period Of the payments 125 years 1t Is not apt
to meet with any favor In committee.
PAY OF NAVAL ENslGNS
Senator Mcpherson reported IavOrably to-day a
bill to nx the sea pay OF ensigns In the Navy at
81, 200 per annum, their shore pay at 81, 400 and
waiting order pay at 81 600.
CANADIAN wRKCKING VESSELS
The Secretary OF the Treasury has transmitted,
in response to House resolution certain cor
respondence relating to the alleged refusal Of Cana
dian authorities TO allow American wrecking YES.
sells to assist American vessels in distress In Cana
dian waters In his letter OF transmittal the Sec
relary says that IL Is understood that the practice
In the two countries was to some extent similar.
NOTES.
senator COckrell was at the Capitol to-day hay.
ing sufficiently recovered from his recent illness 10
venture out His face showed the effect Of his
suffering.
CAPT. 3. 8. LEACH TRANSFERRED.
Ordered 70 Report % Major Raymond.
Among the Army orders issued from the War
Department to-day was the following:
Capt. Smith s. Leach, Engineer Corps, relieved
from duty at Memphis, Tenn, In connection with
the improvement OF the Mississippi River, and Or
dered to report to Major Chas. W. Raymond Eng1-
neer Commissioner OF the District OF Columbia
for duty under his orders, to relieve Capt GRIMM
Engineer CorpA Capt Grimm, when relieved or.
dered TO report to the Chief OF Engineers