The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-18
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
DEMOCRATIC Leaders DISCUSSING
PLANS FOR PARTY ACTION.
Will Compromise the Silver Question by
Permitting State Banks to Issue Cur
rency Prospects Of an Extra ses-
sion in August.
PRosPECTIoE PARTY POLICY.

" AohlNUloNI h"J TO- AO Ce"l
has this: Democratic leaders in con-
gress and the administration are try
ing to come to an understanding as to
the policy of the next congress by
which they can avoid the danger OF a
split on the money question and Sc
cure united action on several impor.
tant questions which will present
themselves. 1t is believed by those
most active in the matter that an
agreement will be reached on the
much dreaded money question. In
fact the program of congress has been
laid out with considerable de-.
tail and great hopes are
entertained that the administration
and congress will dwell together in
harmony. 1t is the present under
Outstanding that compromise pro-
position to dispose of the silver ques
ton by accompanying the repeal of
the Sherman law with the repeal of
the ten per cent tax on state bank
currency will receive the sanction of
the administration and that the men
in congress fighting against any con-
traction of the currency will b9 salts
fed to let go of silver if they can get
state currency. 1t is designed also to
levy an income tax and it is believed
Cleveland will favor this. Briefly
there are four things which it is the
desire of party leaders the coming con-
gress should dispose OF as speedily as
Sc hal
land will dwell upon all
them in his first message.
They are the repeal of the federal
election laws, levy of an income tax,
repeal of the Sherman law and of the
tax on state bank currency, and a
complete revision of the tariff, making
a very decided reduction Of duties all
along the line.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Prominent Democratic members of
congress who have been In conference
with the president respecting the
probabilities of an early specia! ses-
sion of congress, left for home this
afternoon with the understanding
that they would not be called to
Washington before the end Of August.
REVISING RAUM's SYSTEM.
The following important order re-
voking the celebrated completed
files order of ex-Commissioner Raum
has been issued by Commissioner
Lochren: $50 much of order No. 149,
dated December %, 1889, as pertains
to the establishment of the completed
files system, and also order No. ISL,
dated January 6, $780, and order No.
1875, dated July |, 1890. bearing on the
same subject, are hereby revoked
Hereafter all pending claims in each
class will be taken up for considera'
ton in the order in which unconsider-
able evidence failed, the object aimed
at being a practical return to the
methods in vogue prior to 1889.
Whenever any evidence shall be re-
ceived in any case, such evidence be
strapped to the case and the file card
be at once placed at the top OF the lille
box of the examiner in whose charge
the case may be. Whenever any ex-
aminer shall have disposed of all cases
on his desk additional cases repre-.
sented by file cards at the bottom of
such examiners file box shall be
placed on his desk for consideration
and action and proper calls for evil
dence shall be made, or pending in.
uuiries answered for the case if found
to be complete shall at once be sub
mitted to board of review for final
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