The Progress., 1894-02-10
OOR WASHINGTON LETTER
No|eS Of Interest Gathered from About
The National CAPITAL.
"AsH'N'ToN, D. g. February :, 1901

""sh'N'ToS' D, g., February ). 1891
special correspondence 10 The prowress.
me senate Finance committee to.da
''c9"L Sthe'second and deciding half q
the great tariff battle. How looa :
Will 'aSI no man ever pretends to say
some members Of the Finance comm i
Tie say that the bill will be reported I,
'''V 'oeIlate III two weeks, but a )aroe
MAJORITY of the Senators do not avnoo,
u 10 oe reported inside of a month
ne very large majority by which the
o'Il passed the house has increased its
cha'lces Tor being reported Without bo-
ing materially eat in committee Tho
principal objections of democratic Son.
atoro - the bill a, it now stands is tba+
II Goes not provide enough rcvenuo
ano strong etfor.s will be made f.,
amend I'll" Dill to meet that objection
/ Representative BIand,s bill for tbe
coming Of the seignoriage in the Tr,a.-
"''y and III" immediate issue Of &, ooo
WV IN silver certificates has been favor.
ANY reported to the House and Mr.
'lano mas given notice that he will
oan II up as soon as possible, probably
''l'9 week. Secretary Carlisle is quot
ca a' iaVoring the pill. and its nassaoe
oH the House is regarded as reasonable
certain.
No'hlhS has been done by Congress-
concerning that issue Of bonds and a..
'o'loS Will be forwarded to the DIP
chasers as fast as they can be prenarod
tne bulk of them going to New v,rl,
bankers, This does not mean tbat
congress approves Of the bond issne
merely that nothing las been aoread
upon. me matter will be beoui e..,,
again. rom
o representative le Hatch of Missouri, s
~ I'm ~ 1'l ne" antl-option bill, which :
- "'il Introduce in the Hous, at o,co.
~ ''oinc'iS protects the legitimate
t'N' " nllc ,Slng those establishments J
mere lllegitimatc selling is done IT,
'heI words, if d sale is made and ,ba [
''cle SolQ Is not delivered in - .a. "
'i'l 'l'lle then the tax is imposed IN. !.
OF the country are now Il
'"'N 10 support the new bill and .o,,o ,
'ne,n nave gone so far as to suggest y;
"' 'hey are ready to pay a fax cav
t'0 d neaa' upon their membership r.
40 Will orlhg them into closer pa
lions with the government and ,r;1, OF
~ ~ 'he protection of their RIGHTS eh
u privileges, feel certain that tho hi
l VIII pass and equally sure that tbe nc
will sign it, if for no other an
'son than the one which inapa,o,,, &c
sls nature TO the Oleomarearine hi,
l, namely, that it was a revanua
assure. The anti-option bill will
hs revenue into the Treasury from ~
Gay it becomes law" fol
anator Quay's notice of an amend
III 10 The tariff bill providing for the o'o
coinage OF silver, the repeal of the
on state bank currency, the pur.
Sc OF The American product of cold ma
Ing therefor in bullion Treas,rr son
IS TO run forty years and to bear in ;ts
st at the rate of one tenth Of ona -,
c3i'C' ana for repeal of laws AN. :,
'zing the issue of interest bparino "
is, was purely a partisan political per-
ement, made for the purpo,e Of ses
ing confusion, but some of the iron
oas OF this voluminous amendmo,t eve,
'''ake lot of trouble for somebody caus
ey are not ruled out on poin,s Of ana,
l. mr. quay will not talk of his the
'tlohs concerning the amendment with
Z mouse committee on banking nr,t
have killed the bill for = r.
u u 'he TAX Oh state bank currency
clolhs nine to eight not TO ro ." e
it. " - dow,