The Progress., 1892-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON, D. C.
Notes of Interest Gathered From Around
About the National Capital.

Notes of Interest Gathered From Around
About the National Capital. |
WASHINGTON, D. c., November "a, 1892.
Special Correspondence TO The Progress:
The foreign student Of American polit-
ical economy would ind Washington
very interesting place these days
Among the large number of senators and
representatives of the present Congress
already in town are sprinkled a few rep
resentatives-elect of the Fifty-Third
Congress. Fully nine -teuths Of the
Congressman now here are Democrats,
and IL there Is a single one Of them who
is not bubb ing over with the ideas of "hOw
not been found. A great majority of
them favor holding an extra session as
early as April, but it is extremely doubt
full whether dozen of them agree upon
| what tina. extra session shall do when IL
is called. Some OF them favor all imme-
diate repeal of the present tariff law,
which il carried into effect. would bring
the tariff o. 1883 into force again, which,
while II would lower the duties
many articles, would also restore
the duties on many other ar
ticles now on the free list, among them,
sugar. Such move would unquestion-
ably result in largely increasing the rev.
enues of the government, but would II
not be practical confession of inability
TO make q tariff schedule all its own by
the Democratic Congress, as the law OF
1888 was Republican measure. just as
the presentlaw Is.
There are prominent Democrats who
are earnestly advOca ing as the nrs'
thing that should be done at the extra
session the enactment of law authoriZ
ing an increase in the public debt by
new issue Of bonds, but the more con
seryative men of the party will probably
squelch this idea early, as It would Ger
tainly be unpopular.
One Of the queerest things about tn
Isituation Is that some of most radical los
, Itar1R speeches In Congress are now tn
! lloudest shouters for going slow and no
making the changes in the tarih too RAD
lical or too sudden, IL demonstrates tina
the axlage ''give man responsibility an
YOU make him conservative" Is not VIII
out wisdom. =.
It is expected that an attempt viii b
made at the coming session OF 0ngret
to take up and pass the bill providing fc
tax upon all annual incomes In excet
of e5,000. Those who ought to know u
press the opinion that the plli would pa
ivo .. The Senate as at present made U
would not it is believed, even report II
hill. Still II the Houses passes IL the
fact uDon the next Congress ana upt
lMr. Cleveland, who IL understood 10
opposed to il, will not hurt its chances
the next Congress, when the necessity Il
raising money will be much creator thi
during this Congress.
GpeAking of Mr.. Cleveland, TIL deIno
II ratio Congressmen did not rece We his
y cent remarks expressing disgust Tor
- fice-seekers with very good grace anu
number of them did not hesitate 10 81
that he might at least hav. waited un1
such episodes of his own ofhce-seekil
as that dinner with the Tamlnany boss
had been forgotten by the pubic Deio
I. he became disguised with Others VINO =
Ambitious of becoming ofiice-holders.
a. "rhere are some big surprises In stoI
said n gentleman who supported VI
III weaver in the late campaign, Tor M
ority of those who helped TO make Clev
land President. Ipredict that II ne ID
10 control his parry in its Congresslo'
legislation that he will make lree use
the or. al question of the day as being
near that occupied by President Hal
son that / am certain that he will sign
= bill. excepting such as relates tofeoe
election laws, that would not have De
approved by Mr.. Harrison had ne Deen
elected aud the democrats only secuT
? bolh branches of Congress. IL 10 mer
|. n change of figure-heads; the same I'LL
euces that have dominated Mr.. Harrii
will dominate Mr.. Cleveland, and :,
much talked about tar.n reform VIII
q my opinion. turn out 10 be very ~
affair compared with what majority
IN ha