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y the Government Finanees-The fiaa o
II Attack on the Mckinley Bm Not Ye
~. Agreed Cpon-Mr. Mills Said TO he Pias
b nine . Campaign In Antasonism TO Tha
y . shs wnys and Means Committee.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-Mr Springer has
! called special meeting OF tho Committee or
:. Ways and Means for tomorrow morning tc
b hear Acting Secretary OF tho Treasury Spauld
ing set forth tho condition OF the nationa
Treasury and tho State OF the Government
=. hnancos. with particular reference to receipts
- from customs In certain lines under the Nc
kinley tariff law. Secretary Foster Is still al
Fortress Monroe recuperating his shat
tered health. and therefore Mr.. spaulding
who is. perhaps. moro familiar than
his chief with the matters upon which
: information is desired. has been invited
to appear In his stead. He will be accompanied
by several Treasury experts oil primed and
loaded with facts and figures concerning tho
amount Of apparent surplus cnsh now in the
Treasury vaults. the alleged juggling OF tho
monthly debt statements issued by tho Treas
. ury. and the prospects OF revenue receipts
from customs and internal taxes for tho COM
ing fiscal year. This information. Mr.. Springer
Gays. Is absolutely necessary before the Com
mitteo on Ways and Means can sot to work In
teiligently in the preparation Of any bills de-
signed TO- changet the, existing tariff in whole or
mists OF the House. who took part in last
week's debate on the condition OF the Treas,
Ss Sssn dc
partaking somewhat Of tho nature OF n cross.
examination ln court. and In other respects Of
sgeneral debating society.
For some days there has been q re-
port current In certain circles that Mr..
Mills proposes to antagonize the Com
nittee on WAYS and Means 4 they. decide
VII NWIIl offer Is substitute ior the nrst Of such
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such suggestion was made soon at;
.t ths sonna SSpmstsos were announced and
Unn snd no cSmmttss %ns Rss qn but shs L
was then understood that he would not lend
ssrve wherever placed. i not on the Way; and
placed him Il the head ot the Committee on
II ana asssSn kas sSnnssS the
Eestion of some Of his friends to add to
Was tpSt St before
act Hefh Pxss sasanssS py
sup9ort to the administration Of the House he
CRISP ha Raa aceeped nes Ras
r. let the past be past. His action, at this
that he viii rot serve as Chairman toi
on the heels Of the secret report that he pro.
HSfsss tH the Ways snd Means Com
the color OF truth to tho report. and it is sus.
the House that his object il declining to serve
organize tho opposition movement
The Chicago Congressman are not making
much headway in their efforts to convince
Democratic Congressman that the Govern
1 men ws ew esr wth
all the older Democratic members are dead
me- msmbers oos tho lead dc Of shs
to eTf th
Si Congress Mr Springer % However. @ s"e insists sh
Is s his fer the
Several Of the older ety Ten remsnber
Ing his speech in the last Congress-. before
emuse themselves now. when taking with
him on the subject, by quoting to him his own
with that perennial cheerfulness and elasticity
tss s Ss aa feature
penses. was forced upon Chicago by Congress.
and consequently the necessity Of the gift now
against her own will.
W. J. HouGhtaling of Albany. N. Y. was to-
day appointed Reading Clerk by Mr.. Kerr.
appointment comes after long contest be-.
tween q number Of aspirants. that has been
going on ever since Congress met.
The Democrats in Congress have not yet de-
termined upon plan for attacking the Nc
kinley tariff law. but there can be no doubt
that they mean to attack 1t vigorously. The
@ e only dutss
ths and in
nsit Of revenues which even very consider-
s15 bemoorats w not n eans mnes sec4se 9e
tRe oandon on o Wsgs Ss
aSoss and tSss BY Il test this The
come out at this hea ring, as the Secretary viii
Ing i ts Are shoI p hs
tion Of the income OF the Government II he
shove that the government, economically ad-
pnPEers psa for % R the % fres psy ss may M
Be followed. II. on the contrary, as the Demo-
expenditures sre In excess Of the revenues it
RT9S;HPIs s; 10 thai that complete revision OF the
Representative Oates OF Alabama addressed
the eHouseCommittee on Banking and Currency
to-day In support OF the bills he introduced in
tie House to authorize national banking asso-
cisttons to loan money on real estate security
and to suspend tho section OF the Federal
statutes which provides for a tax OF ton per
associations.
Mr. Oates said that he did not see why bank
money on good real estate security. The
money loaned was their own. and why its use
Was 20 greatly restricted he could not see. ex-
amount, and as real estate was not always |
convertible Into cash at short notice 1t might |
cause Temporary embarrassment and; perhaps.
vented hy good management The volume Of
circulation. he said. was diminished by the |
restrlctlon Congress placed on national bank
ihG associations. II the banks were allowed TO |
make loans on real estate. the volume Of cir |
0p!ntion would bo increased, as would the
YalQc of p! operty. Nh Oates said he did not
favor wild cat" schemes. but he thou ght this
plan safe and practicable.
The great crowd that assembled in the
ohamber OF the Supreme Court OF tho United
States to-day to hear Gen. benjamin f. Butler
deliver his argument 10 behalf OF tho Chicago