The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-11

Ia. nar,a.l ,,rorIi Use. Mr.. Wilson e
st;Il confident, Of apparently So, 1 that
.shs resolution setting January 10th
IS the day upon which the final vote !,
=. sban he taken will Be adopted and
the bill passed an that day, but that
| isn,t the way it looks to other pco-
ME. II something is not done TO
placate the Democratic directors to
the bill there is no telling when q
vote vol can be reached. as it Will be abb
solutely necessary to keepa quorum
If the friends Of the bill on the floor
All the time, and, unless Speaker
| crisp follows the example of his pre-,
dcnessor and counts a quorum, 1t VIII
be a very difficult task. No one IN
Washington would be surprised at
lany time to see the House rules
amended So as authorize the Speaker
to count a quorum.
One result Of the formidable DEM
ocratic opposition to the tariff bill IS
that the Ways and Means Committee
have almost defnitelydecided that the
income tax should be reported to the
House as a separate bill, instead OF
being offered as an amendment to
the tariff bill, as originally intended
/ a member of the committee is author
itv for the statement that the most
ofthe Democratic opposition is, as he
expressed it, "hiding behind the in.
come tax" If that be true they Will
have to come out if that measure be
put in a separate bill.
It was not believed that there was
!. another big sensation in the Hawa-
| iian business, but the supposed con-
irmation of the news that Minister
Willis had officially asked the pro-
visional government to step down
and out to make room for the queen,
and had been officially refused, prov
cd that there was Wheu the Off
cial confirmation of this news is CIV
en- out there will be some stirring
times in Congress.
The House may get an opportunl-
ty to vote on the repeal of the ten
per cent. tax on state bank currency,
notwithstanding the deadlock which
exists in the committee on Banking
and Currency. That committee has
authorized fayorable report to DO
made to the House on bill intro.
dueed by Representative Rswley, OF
South Carolina, exempting from the
tax the clearing house certificates and
other circulating mediums issued he
tween August It's and October 10Th.
;, 1893. When this bill gets before
the House an amendment will be
offered which will repeal the law i'm
posing the currency tax, and Its
friends will endeavor to force it to a
vote. More members have expressed
themselves in opposition to the re-
peal than have advocated it, but
there are so many who have not eX-
pressed themselves either way the
result of a vote is doubtful.
I REPRESENTATIVE Pendleton, of lex
as, has Introduced a silver bill. 1t
proyides foT the keeping of record
for sixty days prior to JanHary Isl,
1895, of daily relative market values
of gold and silver bullion in the
markets of New Yotk and London.
and that the average value thus
shown shall BE- the legal ratio be-
tween gold and silver, and that afTer
the date mentioned the minis are to
be opened to the coinage OF all bull
lion presented in sums Of 800 OF
more.
The Senate, although Democratic
by small margin, has certainly not
shown any disposition to be dictated.
to by the administration, and it is
already certain that the few Senator's
who have announced their wiling
hess to champion irs Hawaii. : policy
| will find themselves With The ight III
their lives on their hands as soon as
the Senate comes together again.
The House may be willing to favor
the admin distraction by adopting the
McCreary resolution providing f9r On
Investigation Of the relations Of the
last administration with Hawaii.
without touching upon those of the
present administration, but it may
be ae. down among the certaintics
that an overwhelming majority Of
the Senate favors Senator Morgan's
resolution, providing for an investi.
cation of the whole subject right up
to date. This resolution has been
|apMoged by the Senate committee on
Foreign re Relations, Of which .lsssnattos
Morgan is Chairman, although it is
known that President Cleveland dis.
approves OF it. The Senate commit
tee will, in fact, begin this invcstiga-
tion this week.