Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-12-08
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CLEVELAND DID NOT EAT HIS 40
POUND TURKEY
But Dimes with the POstmastcr-
General, on Thanksg iving-The
Wilson Tariff BiIl-The Internal
Revenue bill - Change fn the
Civil Service COmmission.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. |, 1893.


WASHINGTON, Dec. |, 1893.
President Cleveland did not eat his
Thanksgiving dinner at the White
House, although the steward had Oh
tanned forty pound turkey for the
occasion. He and Mrs. Cleve land
dined with Postmaster-Gcneral and
Mrs. Bissell, as did Secretary and Mrs.
Gresham and Secretary and Mrs. Car
Isle, although it was an innovation for
the President and his wife to dine
with member of the cabiuet, except
at a regular cabinet dinner.
The new tariff bill is the principal
topic OF conversation among Congress
men, now quite plentiful in Wash
ington and becoming more so upon
the arrival of every train. There is
much less kicking" among Demo
Gratis than the members of the COM
mittee expected, and very much less
than existed among Republicans after
the publication of the Mckinley bill.
The fact is generally recognized by
Democrats that the Wilson bill is one
that will in the end be generally bene-
fetal to the entire country, although
like most great reforms it will neces-
sarily carry temporary hardship to
some individuals, and that is really
where the great strength of the bill
lies; it is a tariff bill for the many,
not for the few. The Democrats who
framed it are true believers in the
doctrine OF the greatest good to the
greatest number. The Republicans
who in disparagement of the bill said
it was built upon the lines of the
Walker tariff Of 1916, could hardly
have given the bill greater praise, as
the Walker tariff was one OF the best
the country ever had and the people
of all classes were never more pros
porous than while it was in existence.
President Cleveland has congratu-
lated the Democrats Of the Ways and
Means Committee upon the states
manlike manner in which they pre-
pared the taritfbill, in several instances
members voting to put articles on the
free list, such as iron ore, coal and
silver lead ore, that their constituents
would have preferred having kept on
the dutiable list and in his message to
Congress he will officially commend
their work and urge that the bill be
speedily passed.
The Democrats OF the Committee
on Ways and Means are now at work
on the internal revenue bill which is
to furnish the revenue that will be
lost by reforming the tariff. 1t is
estimated that this loss will be some
where between $50 100000 and $780,
100000 n year. The Democrats of
the committee have but Que thought
in preparing this bill, and that is, to
impose the taxes in such q manner
that they will bear the lighsest upon
those who have to work for their living
and as they are all men of wide ex-
perience and great ability they will
doubtless report satisfactory bill.
Postmaster General Bissrll has not
announced whether he considers it
proper and advisable to accept the bid
submitted by the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing for printing the post
age stamps that will be required next
year, but the other fellows are getting