Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-11-16
WASHINGTON.
Scattering Notes from the National
Capital
Tariff Snass Struck by the Ways and
Means Committee-The Gold Reserve
-Oiney on the Tenure OF
Office.

-OIney on the Tenure OF
Office.
Tariff Snags.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-It appears
the chief embarrassment Of the ways
and means committee is to come, not
from the articles upon which the speci-
fic ad valorem duties are to be reduced,
but from the articles that are to be put
on the free list. 1t had been generally
accepted up to quite recently that the
democratic party was united on the
proposition of putting coal, wool, iron
ore, salt and lumber on the free list,
but the latest developments have indi-
Gated that this is not the case. Mr..
Culberson and other Texas members
have already sounded their opposition
to free wool, and they are likely to re-
ceive substantial encouragen from
Ohio members and the represen tatives
of the grazing states of the west
Several of the Alabama representa-
tives are protesting against the propo-
sition to place iron ore and coal on the
free list. The extensive lumber states,
both of the south and west, are almost
a unit in opposing free lumber. The
Michigan members will probably OPP
pose free salt to man, as it is stated
that even Mr.. Whiting. of the ways
and means committee, will contend the
effect of placing salt on the free list
will be only to give the English salt
manufacturers monopoly of the
American markets and close up the
American works.
The question of an income tax is
rapidly coming to the fro as live
issue. he proposition which finds
most favor is to levy per centum tax
on all incomes of $4,000 per annum and
| over; but those of the committee who
are now giving the most study to the
matter are inclined to another plan,
which they think more practicable.
This is to impose an income or capital
| ization tax on corporations; that is to
collect fixed annual tax, either from
the earnings or the paid-up capital
stock OF corpora tionS.
This has led to still another PROPOSE
ton which contemplates the taxing of
all corporations a t the time of their or
ganization and incorporation, the tax
the amount of the tax to be attached
| to the license to depend upon the
amount of capital stock 1t seems like
| ly in the end the committee may adopt
some moderate plan.
The Gold Reserve.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-None Of the
officials of the treasury are willing to
| discuss the reports that the gold re-
serve is to be strengthened by the as
sistance of the New York banks, which,
| it is said, will release their gold to
| make payments for customs dues.
This reticence to talking applied also
to Secretary Carlisle, who, when shown
the public statements on the subject,
said he had nothing to make public,
but intimated if the New York bankers
saw fit to discuss the matter it was
their privilege to do so.
Such an arrangement as that contem-
/ plated, the officials say. could be entered
| into by Mr.. Jordan the assistant treas
urer at New York, who would not
necessarily feel it obligatory to COM
municate the fact to the treasury de-
partment. There are reasons for be-
lieving it is very probable Mr.. Jordan
has entered into some arrangement
like the one mentioned to keep the re-
serve up to a higher figure than that
at which it has stood for some time
past.
/ There was decrease in the reserve
yesterday of over $1,000, 600 as COM
pared with Saturday. The currency
balance, however. is almost 81. 500, 900
higher, consequently the net available
balance is greater than it was Satur-
day and has again overstepped the
500, 900, 900 mark. The movement of
standard silver dollars for the week
ended Saturday was s691 ,315, and for
the correspon ding period of last year
S466, $50. The shipments OF fractional
silver coin from November 1 to 11th
| was 1851. .763.
! OIney on the Tenure of Office.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Republican
officials who have so freely rendered
/ their resignat ations in response to re-
quests from democratic superiors may
wish they had not when tn ey hear of
the position the encouragement has
taken.
/ Mr. Olney was asked as the possibil-
ity of a change in the United States
district attorneys office at St Louis.
He replied that if Mr.. Reynolds would
tender his resignation he would take
| pleasure in recommending democratic
! successor, but unless Mr.. Reynolds re-
| signed he did not see how he could do
ANYTHING He said it was question of
| law whether the district attorney
could lie obliged to give up his office be-
! fore the expira ton of his commission
| except for cause. There was some
doubt, he said, whether politics con-
stituted cause One district attorney
| had resisted removal, and the case was
| pending in the courts So long as a
doubt existed in his mind as to- the
power to remove before the expiration
| of the commission, Mr.. Olney said he
! did not think it best to make any more
removals This opinion of the attor-
| ney-general applies to district attor'
neys and marsha1S-
| The Union Pacific.
/ OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 13.-Gen. John G
Gown, who is engaged by the depart
ment of justice to represent the United