New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-11
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OPTIONS AND PURE FOOD ElLL>
SURE TO BE REsURRECTED
(sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE]
u,o,h,neton July 1O.-Thc L1IId Congress viii as
,,,o ,our weeks from to-day and II IS the general
,,,nr.ssion that II will remain In continuous ssSloh'
,,th the exception Of short recess late In November
,d the usual holiday recess. until juno or July OF
-, vcar While there Is great uncertainty IN
lard 10 what Congress will accomplish. ana how
-, II will attempt TO do at the special session
..ron6 dealing with the financial emergency wihcn
,nneIled the President IN convene IT, there Is shg'I
nund III doubt that enough bills will he offered ana
,e.errcd 10 keep tho committees OF both brahcheS aS
v.l, as Congress itself. fully occupied during MANY
cc,bs-enough In number and variety clearly 10 out
une the Democratic programme for the regular aS
we'll a. the special session.
There IS good to believe that tho 'ommt'ec
an WAYS and Means soon after II Is appointed ana
-rs,zed will set about the preparation Of general
tariff hill with n view TO bring II before the honSc
=, representatives at as early date as practicable
and n Is believed that both the President and the
secretary Of tho Treasury will favor such course
,cdeed II is strongly asserted by prominent friends
a, IN. Administration that Mr.. Cleveland Will discuss
fiat subject and submit his recommendations In re-
card 10 It, we'll concerning the financial qu'S-
tan IN his message at The beginning Of the special
session Evervhcdy Is impatient 10 read his views
IN respect 10 tariff legislation and 10 know whether
be will rlant himself upon tho tariff plank that was
adoped b. the Chicago convention or cling TO the
Whitney Cleveland plank which was rejected by the
convention.
II Is rather important 10 the country. also to be
Informed as 10 what legislation the President VIII
recommend or favor means Of mailing good the
Inevitable loss Of revenu" from customs consequent
upon the repeal and reduction Ct existing rates OF
dutv inasmuch as his views expected To prevail
with the Democratic majority I'm Congress II ough
not he forgotten however. in this relation. that
the animal report Of he Secretary OF the Treasury to
Congress with his estimates of probable receipts and
expenditures during the next fiscal wear. upon which
revenue legislation will he likely to depend to con
siderahe extent will not h. due until the beginning
OF the regular session. and could not be got ready
much. II anv. before that time.
There will be lack Of plans and schemes 10
make good the deficit that will be caused by pro
posed tariff legislation. The proposition for tax
on incomes will find strong advocates in both branches
OF Congress. and n pushed may command the support
Of majority. 1t may be remembered that the present
Secretary Of the Treasury voted for II as often as
he had an opportunity when he was in Congress and
did so when the problem not how most easily
to increase. but how best 10 diminish, the already
superabundant revenues Of the Government. An
other member OF the present Cabinet, Mr. Herbert
did the same. The last chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee Mr.. Springer has always been opposed
10 q fax On incomes and when he was busy trimming
spopgn- tariff bills in the last Congress and his at
tenton was called to probable deficit In the revenue
In case those bills should become laws. he gayly re-
ied that could easily he made good by an Increase
OF 90 cents a gallon In the tax on whiSkey other
Democrats OF considerable prominence have more re
Gently declared in favor Of an increase In the TAX
on malt liquors as we'll whiskcy. still Others
demand a repeal OF the bounty domestic sugar and
the imposition OF "revenue duty" on imported sugar.
That the President will recommend the repeal OF
the reciprocity provision Of the existing Tarh law
c.cre seems n he no doubt. and that Congress VIII
repeal II is altogether probable
The repeal Of the act Of 1901. which authorizes the
Postmaster General TO into contracts for term
Of years. under certain conditions. for the transpor
tation OF the mails was recommended 10y inc
ma jority Of the House Postobce Committee In the
last Congress and is the Democratic programme
for the incoming Congress. II viii he supplemented
bv an effort 10 pass Free ship BILL which measure
was favorably reported by the Democratic majority
OF the House Committee on Merchant Marine III 'he
LID Congress.
The Election laws must CO." declare the son'herh
Democrats and the cry Is echoed by their Northern
associates and allies Senator Pugh Of Alabama.
Jaws that every Democratic senator and Represents
five In Congress, will for their repeal ana II Is
probable that his estimate Is correct II may re ~
memhered that in the last Congress Representative
Geissenhalner favorably reported bill IRON sPc'"i
committee TO repeal these laws 50 far as they pro
yided for National supervision OF elections OF hepre
sentatves in Congress from the city and comfy OF
New York The Democrats now determined TO
hreak down the last National safeguard OF iaIr ana
honest election, throughout the United states.
Another piece Of legislation upon which the South
ern Democrats have their hearts set Is Jaw 10
provide for the refundlng Of the cotton tax. Dill
Tor that purpose was favorably reported from the
Hons. Committee on the judiciary In the last Congress
and II will doubtless be revived before the special
session is a month old. SO Will the Ahu-opu'h piii'
which passed hoh branches of the last Congress, ana
failed only because IFS opponents In the House sue
&C. ded In preventing consideration Of III" sena" aheha
uents and the Pure Food BILL which passed the
Senate and died on the House calendar. Mr. lia'ch'
OF Missouri. who had charge Of both bills In the
House In the last Congress, Is q man OF intense
energy and who will fight TO the last. lie VIII
BE- heard from again soon as the House Is ORGANIZED
and the committees appointed.
In the last Congress House subcommittee was
appointed TO codify the pension laws and II reported
q 49, for that purpose. which was not acted upon
INT which will undoubtedly be- rcinrOduced at the
special session and pressed to passage IL VIII prooa
bly be tie only pen-ion legislation enacted by the
LID Congress, because the Democratic majority
lacks the courage to repeal existing laws. and may
no, consider IL necessary In view OF Iioke Smiths
energetic md determined efforts 10 evade emasctate
and virtually nullify those laws by means of hostile
rulings unjust decisions and the appointment OF
Southern Democrats 10 enforce them.
In the last Congress a subcommittee OF the House
Committee on Appropriations, with Mr.. breckenridge.
q, ,rhon.as a. chairman, devoted much time 10 the
s,ect of permanent appropriations, and an effort
an ha ,oad, I'm the incoming Congress to repeal
tain Of the appropriations n nat caesGy AND h r ht
concr.ss cannot well afford 70 deal In II partisan
spirit hut it will probably do So Among me o,iIr
ma sIrcs on the Democratic programme are me Ols
for The admission into the Union a. states o Nrzona
NewMcxco and Utah. whereby the Drmofra,ic P E
hones m increase and fory its strength III thc f-ec
Tori College As well in the United states iii~'
Mhich IL now holds BY a narrow hnalor.,N anu wv
certain tenure IL is also said that the "iol l" pass
a National bankruptcy law viii be renewed .A
Whether the sad and severe lesson taughs ny I'M
terrible disaster AT the FOrd's Theatre pliuns VIII
induce Economist" Holman ana ms lmtaIors an"
followers 10 consent 10 appropriation or SUI, s,u,
aAjc building IN which 10 house The puinc aro.n'S
and records whose enormous weight nah"S pan .c
buildings occupied by the Government III Mas i I'm
80, rnaI estate and the inlu