The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-03
RumOrS as to the Action
Of the Committee
IN REGARD TO THE NEW BILL
Items Of Interest From the
Nations Capital
At the National Capital.

Ky Associated Press TO the News
WAsHINGroN, Nov. Many
stories have been in circulation
about the tariff, and what the ways
and means committee was doing,
and what it could dc if congress
should adjourn and let it alone after
the silver bill had passed the house.
Mr. Wilson, chairman Of the
committee on ways and means, ex.
pressed the opinion that an adjourn
ment would he preferable because
the committee would be unable to
report the bill by the 10Th of
November. 1t seems that he is
liable to be construed that the
majority members of the committee
would not be ready to report at that
time or to allow the Republican
majority to see the bill and prepare
report.
Subsequent events, ard especially
the desire of Nh Wilson that the
committee be empowered to sit and
file their report on the tariff bill
with the clerk of the house during
the interim of congress, indicates
that the bill is much nearer compile
ton than would be anticipated by
the declaration that the bill would
not be ready TO report before the
first of December.
1t is part of the plan of the ma
orlty that as soon as the bill is
completed by them to submit it TO
the Republicans, who will be given
about ten days in which to prepare
minority report. That woald
have made it possible for the ma
iority to complete the bill in about
twenty days, submit it to the mi
norlty, and report about the first OF
December or just before the re
assembling Of congress.
The members of the majority say
that many of the newspaper reports
that have been sent out about the
bill have been erroneous. 1t is true
that there have been many reduc-
tions and that the members of the
committee have discussed the means
of securing additional revenue
which the reductions and deficit in
the treasury will make nece ssary.
This has included all modes Of
internal taxation, including the in.
crease of the tax on whisky, beer
and tobacco, as well as the proposed
tax on incomes. 1t is in this con.
nection that nothing definite can be
said about internal taxation until
the estimates upon the customs re.
ceipts can be more closely made
than at present, in the crude con
dition Of the customs portion OF the
bill, the first draft Of which has
been completed.
1t is thought that this first draft
is now so near what will be approx.
ed by the remainder of the majority
that the internal revenue futures
can soon be incorporated, and the
probabilities are that there is pref
ty fair understanding among the
members as to what they will do
with the internal taxes, and that it
will not take very long to have the
bill ready to present to the Repub
licans during the vacation.
1t was for this privilege that Mr..
Wilson was contending in insisting
upon the resolution authorizing the
committee to set during the recess,
and giving it leave to file its report
with the clerk.
Congress will ad journ at 8 o'clock
this afternoon, the senate having
just passed the house joint resolu-
ton naming that hour for the ad-
journment of the extraordinary
session.
At 1855 O'Clock, the clerk of the
senate announced to the house that
the joint resolution for adjournment
at 8 O'Clock had been adopted. A
joint committee of three from the
house and two from the senate was
appointed to notify the president