Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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gfess Is LOOKING forward as giee'uily 10
It's two weeks' Christmas holiday,
which ia 10 bepin next Thursday. as
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mouths, instead OF TWO weeks, and
every serious proposition looking to.
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NO" he' WIN o"' WAN ""''' "'e,
the recess" and after the recess II VIII
have lust two months 10 u dry 10 past
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anu 10 transact my other 'ousihess,
with q good prospect for an extended
perlod Of fiIIbusteripy In the House
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as ils friends now say mat u VIII d.
Several members OF tho House have
openlv said TINT thew wouId aIibus,,r
a,,ai,,st the m.asur, NJ long nv natur,
hsld Out. and that they would not
b,sltat, 10 hang IN APPROXIMATION or
ANY other bills 10 .revent its going
throuvh the House. Tbes, men are moi
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or eajul.d into changing their mind.
hui men who aIe conscipn,ibusly
opnos,d IN tho prInoIple iuvolye in
ti,.t lin ami aelermIned 10 n ,ht irwin
Mi IN. parliamentary veapons AT their
command. Those who favor tho extra
sespiou Of the next Congress aud fear
TINT MIR. Cleveland will not call A
Whatever they may think OF IN,
oyerwork themselyos 10 prevent the
fallur. OF one or NOR. REORGANIZATION
bills, which would make an extra
session n necessity. ''--
The opponents OF the an,i.option bill
are no W loudly claiming that the past
week in the Senate has demonstrated
that the bill Is as good as defeated.
They cInlm the failure OF Senator
Washburn to get day named 10 vote
on the bill before the holiday Tece,s is n
victory; also the deciding vote In favor
Of Adjournment cast BY ce.President
Morton when the Senate was tie on
the question OF a1journing from Thurs.
day TO Monday or citing ON Friday for
the consideration OF the Rnti.optlon
bill.
senator PETER says for Congress to
repeal that section Of the interstate
commerce law which prohibits pooling
by railroads. Ms the railroad men are
now asking, would be to undo the
whole law, ap, according to his under.
standing at the time, the prevention Of
railroad pooling was the principal OF.
jeot aimed ut In tho enactment OF the
law,
Representative Otis OF Kansas, tried
TO get unani nous consent for the
adoption OF q resolution by the House,
instructing the ways anu means com.
mitteo TO report a bill providing for an
Income tax, but objection was raised
by Representative Springer, chairman
OF that committee.
The commissioner of internal
revenue estimates that n the tax on
whisky be Increased from 90 cents
sl,2 "A gallon, an proposed by IA bill
Introduce by Repies nta,ivo Scott OF
Illinois. IL would add s35. COO 10 the
revenue Of the government for the fiscal
year beginning July l., 1898. IL Ia not
probabls, however, that Mr.. Scott's
bill will ever get reported TO the House,
M Chairman SptlnRef, of tho WAYS
aud means committee, which would
have 10 report n. ia on record as on.
posipp mn incrense of more than ten
cents a gallon In the tax on whisky.
REPRESENTATIVE Hatch, chairman OF
the House committee on agriculture,
predicts that the duty on sugar will DO
festored by the next Congress aud the
present bounty on domestic sugar
abolished.
Post ofiice department officials are
chuckling over having discovered ana
put a stop TO some thrifty tricks among
Tho fourth class posttnaeters. Just
after the result OF the election became
known Resignation OF republican post
masters accompanied by Recommend.
atoms for tho appointment of thoir
successots, began 10 pour into the de.
partment. AT frat Tue Tesigna,ions