St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-04
The Nations Revenue Now
the Center Of Attraction.
ALL EYES ARE ON THE HOUSE.
Wilson Bill to Be introduced
Late This Week.
A BIG SHORTAGE rs CERTAlA
To Be Partly Made UP by a
Tax Upon Incomes.
WEEKS FORECAST OF THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-lnterest IN the |
regular session of congress, which con- |
yenes at high noon tomorrow, Will CEN
ter at the house wing OF the capltol, |
where the new tariff bill is on the way.
An enormous pressure for legislation OF !
all kinds, public and private, benehclal
and otherwise, will exist from the nrSt,
but as soon as the desks can be cleared
the tariff bill will have the rightot way.
The extraordinary session showed the
purpose not only of eliminating the
silver question, but advancing the tariff
problem four months on the road OF So
luton. The Wilson bill will be intro
duced in the house the latter part OF the
week, probably Thursday. On that day
the ten days allowed by the rule under
which the tariff bill was filed during
the reces, will expire. The Mckinley
bill was not reported to the house
until April Is. Ii the Republicans
attempt to prevent the reporting OF
the bill this week on the ground
that the ten days allowed them should
not be deemed to have begun until the
Democrats of the committee furnish
rived from the bill, these estimates as
vet not having been completed, the
claim can and probably will be set upln
opposition that the order under which
the Republicans were allowed the ten
days in which to make their report was
A RECESS ORDER,
and. its terms having been complied
with. the order fails at the opening OF
the regular session and the status quo Is
restored. The estimates of the revenue
to be derived from tue tariff Oil ase
completed, and will be submitted to-
morrow. They show that the deficit III
the revenues on the basis of govern
mental expenditure of $3.50, 600, 600 year
will be raised to SG5, 00O,0 900, which might
be raised from increased internal rev.
enue taxes or an income tax. 1t is not
probable that the tax on whisky Will
be increased more than 10 cents
per gallon, which will increase the rev.
enue from this source $4,000 600. Al
though it was at one time last week
practically decided in an informal way
to impose a tax on the incomes of corpo-
rations and legacies, there has been a
change of sentiment, and it is almost
certain that straight tax on individual
incomes over $1,000 will De recommend
ed. Even if the Wilson bill is reported
this week, it is not expected debate can
begin until next week. The proceedings
in the house for that week cannot be
accurately forecast. 1t is expected that
the death of Representative ONeil, of
PennSyvania-the father of the house
will be announced Immediately after
the convening of congress, and that an
adjournment of both houses will follow,
out of respect 10 his memory. 1t may
be. however, that the announcement
will be withheld until after the recep-
tion and reading of
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
If not, the message will be read on
Tuesday. The Terry bankruptcy bill
has the right of way as soon as the pre-
iminaries are over. BY the terms of
the order adopted Oct. 10 this measure
must be considered after the morning
hour each legislative day until disposed
Of General debate on this measuel
lasted two weeks, and Repres entativt
Oates will ask that the debate be con
tinued under the five-minute rule. The
bill was fought with persistence during
son to doubt that the fight will con-
tlnue. The general belief is that it vii
hold the right of way until the tariff
bill or something else of more urgen
Importance appears to antagOnize it. L
may be that the Hawaiian affair will
cut some figure in the proceedings dur
ing the week. A resolution calling fo
the papers in the case is almost sure tt
be introduced, and 1t might come up il
still another way if the news from
Hawaii, which is expected via AUCKLAND
on the 18th. should be of a sensational
nature. In addition to the tariff, man,
other matters will crowd forward at tht
first possible moment for consideration
Chairman Springer, of the banking ant
currency committee, has under cOnsid
Grafton bill to repeal the
10 PER CENT ON STATE BANKS
and depose the national banking svs
TEN. He has not yet worked out ali O
1t, but he and his friends seek to fin
some other basis OF bank circulatfo
than national bonds. Mr. Bland, VIII
has a majority of the coinage commit
tee at his back, will bring forward
free coinage bill, not with the hope thf
it will become law, but merely wit
the intention of placing congressme
on record, as all sensible men in the 81
yer ranks recognize that the free coi1
age measure cannot become a law
long as Mr.. Cleveland is in the Whit
house unless they can command a two
thirds majority in each house, and th
is admitted to be out of the question
The bill making more stringent tt
naturalization of foreigners, which w;
discussed three days during the ext
session, is also pending, and it is consi
cred among the members that it wi
surely pass both houses. Although Il
extra session succeeded in getting Il
Chinese question out of the way for S
months at least by extending the perit
of registration for that length of tim
it promises to bob up again. 1t is pro
able that the Chinese do not intend
register now any more than they d
before.
ALL READY FOR BUSINESS.
No Preliminary Work t0 Re DOy