The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-16
With Deficiencies to Meet, Revenues Falling
on and Pension Charges Increasing, Con-
grsss Cannot Reduce the Teriff Much.
Only by Imposing an 0dious Income
Tax Can the Difficulty Be Met
How the Senate Committees May Be Reorgan.
ized-Places for Voorhees, and Turpie-'
Status Of the Ocean Nail Contracts.
DEMocRACy,s PROBLEM.

How to Reduce the Tariff and Provide Rev
enues for the Government.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l5.-There will be no
river and harbor bill this year. but money
for carrying on the contract Work provided
for at the last session will have TO be car
RED in the sundry civil bill. and there will
bs some large deficiencies which will fully
make up for any saving from that quarter.
With the increased expenditure for pen
sious. the delayed Obligations coming In
for settlement and the revenues falling off
because of interpretation that importations
may be made at better advantage after
the next Congress has had q whack
at the tariff, it may be accepted as alb
solutely certain that the revenues of the
government in the next fiscal year. begin.
ming the LIST of July next, WILL fall short of
the expenses of the government This, TO-
gether with the obligations the Democrats
are under to revise and reduce the tariff.
and the demands that will be made for
financial legislation, such az Mr.. Cleveland
cannot approve. promises to give the DEM
ocrats great deal of trouble and embar-
rassment when the Fifty-third Congress
meets Whether the Congress meets in
special session soon after the death of the
present Conress or delays organization un-
til the usual December meeting. there will
be considerable delay in the formulation of
a tariff bill The proposition TO provide for
q tariff commission at this session to work
out the tariff problem and defer the meet
ing of the next Congress, so as
IN ha fn nat tn
work soon after meeting. is not apt to
find favor with many Democrats. The
Senate would probably agree to such .
commission If the House should propose it
this winter. but such . course would be
apt to awaken suspicion on the part of
ardent tariff reformers that there was
purpose to trlfle with the subject. 1t Is
understood that there will be an earnest
effort made soon after the meeting of the
Fifty-third Congress to pass law provid.
ing for an income tax to meet pension ex-
pendituree IL is impossible to say what
strength such proposition may have.
Mr. Springer's little fOur-b nine tariff
bills are not going to find favor with the
House in the next Congress, ana as his syB-
tenn will probably be repudiated, the
chances are that Mr. Springer himself will
be shelved. Already the Democrats are
talking feelingly of Mr.. Springer's sun
fortunate physical condition." which in
terfered so much with his usefulness during
the last session of Congress Both Springer
aud Holmau-the one at the head of the
committee on ways and means and the
other at the head of the appropriations
commissioners eminent failures aud in
the reorganization Of the House next year
there Is very little doubt that they will be
transferred to some other positions. 1t is
possible that MIR. Springer will get the ap-
propriations committees. but Mr.. Holman
will certainly not get tho committee on
ways and means. Holman is fallen idol
in his own party.