Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-07-14
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS TAKE
AN "OUTING."


Extra Session-President Will Ad.
wise Repeal of the Sherman Bill
Holman Favors an Income Tax
Reorganization of the Weather
Service-CrisP VIII he HIS own
Successor.
Secretary Gresham is probably the
only member OF the cabinet who will
remain continuously in Washington
until the opening Of the extra session
of Congress, on August Z. The remain
der will endeavor to get little rest
between now and then. Secretary
Lamont is now i'm Maine with his
family, and Secretaries Carlisle and
Herbert are at the Worlds Fair, while
the Attorney General is in Massa-
chusetts. Secretary Hoke Smith will
combine business with his vacation,
by making q trip through the West
and visiting various subordinates of
his department. President Cleveland
does not expect to return until just
before the assembling OF Congress, as
he wishes to prepare his message to
Congress, which will be in some re-
spects the most important he ever
wrote, free from interruption.
Notwithstanding all the newspaper
talk about an administration pro-
gramme for the extra session OF Con.
gress, it can be positively stated that
there will be no such thing as
an administration programme. Pres
ident Cleveland will in his mes.
sage endeavOr to make the necessity
for the repeal of the Sherman silver
law perfectly plain TO Congress, and
in that he will not overstep the bounds
of his constitutional rights, but he has
no idea of attempting to dictate a
programme to Congress. He will
merely point out what, in his Judge
ment, ought to be done, leaving Con-
gress to consider way and means of
how it shall be done, or whether it
shall be done at all.
The programme for the extra SEES
sion will be arranged by Congress
after it meets and not by any single
individual, and any attempt TO out.
line it before the members OF Congress
have had an opportunity TO consult
upon it is nothing more nor less than
guesswork.
Representative Holman, whose ideas
on economy in administering the
Government are widely known, says
nothing would be more conducive to
economy than the imposition of an
income tax by Congress. Speaking on
the subject this week he said: "The
possibilities for wealth in the United
States are beyond all calculation.
They are enormous. II we tried to
live up to them in our public expense
we would inaugurate an era OF extrav.
agance in the midst OF which free in.
situations could not live. Behind
Congress is the weather. clause of
citizens. 1t is to their interest that
the expenditures of the government
should lie lavish. They are the gamers
by building contracts, by river and
harbor contracts, and so on. You
see plenty OF Hobbies OF rich men or
their representatives here ut each ses-
sion Of Congress. You never see q
lobby OF poor men. You may not
know it, but there is not an evening
that member of Congress cannot
dine at one of the clubs in this city.
The men who support these clubs are
not men who contribute their fair
share to the support Of the govern.
ment. They are the people who
profit by the expenditure of large
sums of public money. That is the
strongest argument, think, in favor
OF the establishment Of an income tax.
II we make heavy appropriations now,
the weight of them falls with the
greatest force on the poor. If the
government was supported by an in
come tax, these same people who are
here urging us to spend money now,
would be here in the same forces urg-
ing us to economic. Their interests
then would be in economy" This
argument may be new to many but it
is none the less interesting on that
account.
The recent shake-up In the Weather
Bureau by which several of its highest
officials were retired to private life, is
believed tn be but the beginning of an
entire reorganization of that branch
Of the public service. Secretary Nor
ton thinks it has been to extravaganza
ly run.
Many unsuccessful attempts were
made while Speaker Crisp was in town
this week to get a hint from him as to
who would be chairman of the most
important House committees in the
new House, his own reelection to be
Speaker being taken for granted.
There has been lots of talk about
President Cleveland being opposed to
this or that chairman of the last
House being given the same place in
the new House, but a member of the
cabinet stated several days ago that
Mr.. Cleveland had never made any
request or even suggestion to Mr..
Crisp concerning who should be chair
man Of any House committee. 1t is
altogether probable that some of the
old chairman will fail to get back
their places, but it will be because the
judgment of Mr.. Crisp is in favor Of a
change and not becausesd any inter
ference on the part Of Mr.. Cleveland,
who, although wonderfully industri-
GUS man, could never find time to do
one-tenth OF the things he is credited
with doing. Dem.
THIN or gray hair and bald neads,