The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Onr Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. 1898,

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sqeezex Just like the rest of us. Instead
Of the prosperous business year he ex'
pected il is now certain, unless there is
radical improvement, or legislation oil
some sort to add TO his revenues, that
at the end OF the present fiscal year
June 80, 1894-his balance sheet will
show q deficit Of from $1,000, 900 to
800. 900, 900. The administration had
hoped to keep this matter away from
congress until after the silver bill was
disposed OF by the senate, because OF a
desire not to add any new compiled
tons TO those already existing in the
senate, but the regular monthly treasury
statement contained enough to show
those familiar with national finances
Just how things stood, and now the
matter is talked Of everywhere that
congressman congregate. There is no
probability of any increase in the
revenue from custum duties until after
the new tariff is ready to go into effect
and il shall seem probable from the
tariff bill which will be reported to the
house that the cuts will be many and
deep, there will be still further fall
ing off, as importers will all wait for
the new tariff. 1t is not possible that
N, -, mil ha taG ~. -
help the treasury, until after the presi-
dent shall have made known his wishes
either 10y special message or through
the leaders of his party, although
several propositions have already been
made in both house and senate with
that end in view.
The house has adjourned until We'll
nesday, when it will resume the debate
on the proposed new rules. AS whole
this talk has been dry and uninterest-
ing, but there have been several ex-
citing episodes and the majority of the
house has shown its independence by
changing several OF the rules proposed
by the committee. 1t is expected that
the rules as finally adopted will differ
little from those of the last house, and
that the debate will end this week, but
congressional expectation are oftener
disappointed than realized.
What will the house committee on
coinage do with the newly acquired
right to report bills at any time? That
question has been asked many times
since the rules of the house were
amended, giving it and the banking
and currency committee that right,
which has heretofore been vested in ONLY
two committees-appropriations aud
ways and means,-and your cores
pondent asked it OF a member of the
committee "We will use it," was his
reply, "to report free silver bill, in
order to give those members who talk
ed so nice about what they would be
willing to do for silver in the future,
when declaring their intentions to vote
for the Wilson repeal bill, a chance to
vote as they talked; but we do not pro-
pose to add to existing financial unrest
by reporting such a bill at this time
We will wait awhile" As this commit
tee is controlled by oliver men it can,
under its new authority, report bill
whenever so disposed.
Everybody now seems to be agreed
that congress will keep right along at
work, with possibility of short re-
cess OF couple of weeks in October to
give the members chance to visit the
Worlds Fair before it's close, but some.
how the manner in which the committee
on the senate side are acting. or rather,
not acting, indicates that the senators
have donbt about it. At any rate the
senate committees are dong nothing.
Those of the house. with the exception
OF why's and means and banking and
currency, have had nothing to act upon
yet, but will be overrun with bills as
soon as the rules of the house are adopt
ed and the regular introduction of bills
begins. The ways and means commit
techs already heels over head in the
of the tariff bill. Two
weeks, beginning today, are to be given
up to public hearings by the committee.
The banking and currency committee
has been considering the johnson in
bond bill, and proposition
to repeal the tax on state bank currency
but has arrived at no definite conclusio
either.
The silver situation in the senate has
changed in the last three or
four days. For the first time there is
wavering in the heretofore
solid line OF the silver senator's and
several of them have practically admit.
ted in their speeches that the repeal