The Globe-republican., 1890-03-05
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TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Special Correspondence to the GLoBE-R Re-
PUBLICAN.
WAsHINGT0N, D. c., March Sd.
In the great procession Of democratic
liars, the correspondent who recently
sent out from this city statement to the
effect that the republicans are likely to
lose the next house. and that the repub-
lican leaders had given him that impress
sion, the fellow who wrote and printed
that fxlsehood is the king liar Of the
democratic party. 1t is useless to mince
matters with q man of that character.
There is absolutely no foundation for
such a story. The republican leaders ex-
pect to retain, maintain and increase
their present majority In the house OF
representatives for the fifty second con-
gress. There is no reaeon why they
should not do go. The people only re-
Gently voted their confidence In the repub-
lican party by electing the republican
candidate for the presidency, and giving
control of the house to the same party.
Nothing has occurred since then to indi-
cate change of heart or mind, on the
part of the people of the country. There
is every reason to expect continued re-
publican ascendancy and dominance. and
absolutely no reason to apprehend the
contrary.
The committee on ways and means are
carefully studying the tariff schedule and
preparing a bill which will greatly re-
duce the revenues and make taxation less
burdensome. In the first place, the in
ternal revenue will be taken off of tObac-
co. This is a luxury which men must
have, and they ought not to be taxed for
it as long as the government does not
need as much money at it is constantly
receiving. In the next place sugar will
be placed on the free list or made prac-
tically free. Sugar is a necessity to ev-
cry family and to every member of the
family. 1t ought not to be taxed and
shall not longer be. Hereafter our cara
nels will have to compete with the indi-
gent caramels of Europe, and they can
do it. too. In short, it may be said that
the republican party now in power is ac-
complishing SO much and is preparing to
accomplish SO much more for the people
that its continuance in power is no longer
a matter to be questioned. 1t is settled.
-.
One of the most useful members of the
present house of representatives, is Con-
gresham ALI Taylor, of East Tennessee.
He is fit colleague of Judge Houk and
Major Evans. In fact, the Tennessee re-
publicans are all good men and devoted
to the interests of their constituents.
Congressman Taylor is especially well
to be of superior service
to his people. As member of the COM
mittee on pensions he is able to have
personal cognizance of the merits and
condition of every pension bill, and his
district is full of loyal Union people who
suffered wounds and diseases in defense
of the republic. He is hard worker
and diligently looks into this important
branch of legislation. Moreover, Mr..
Taylor is a member of the committee on
war claims, and in this committee he
often has opportunity to aid some of the
good patriots of East Tennessee, who
not only suffered hardships and priva-
tons, but sustained great losses of prop
erty by depredations during the civil war.
It is well for these claimants that they
have such friend as Mr.. Taylor on this
important committee. He will see that
IN every case justice is done and the
lights of the people sustained. He is as |
popular here as he is in the grand old |
state which he in part represents.
Riding up Capitol Hill this morning in
10 avenue street car, Mr.. Stone, of Ken
ucky was speaking in glowing terms of
he splendid mules which are raised in |
when Speaker Reed, who sat
opposite US, sententiously added: Eyes,
produces good mules; and also
,ood mule attoes."
By the way, dear reader. those great
tatesmen who howl at each other in the
ouse and abuse each other on the hus-
ings, are jolly lot of fellows, and they
ct along splendidly together. socially.
)ne never hears an unkind word spoken
y them toward each other, outside of
be debates which are merely gable for
heir constituents to read. The fiercest
on the floor of the house
re mere sound and fury, meaning moth
~, except for the admiration of their
constituents.