The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-02-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

w ASH1NGTON, felruary >, 1874
Senator voorhees,, by virtue of his
position as chairman of the Senate
committee on Finance, has taken COM
mand of the Wilson tariff bill, which
COMPOUNDED its enemies by the large
majority it received in the House last
week. That no time will be wasted by
the committee in reporting the bill to
the Senate is made plain by these words
from Mr. VOORHEES,: "Ne realize that
what the country needs is repose, and
believing that the passage Of the bill
will be in the interest of the country
at large and will be soon followed by
revival of business activity, we shall
do all IN our power to have the bill
disposed of at the earliest moment. -
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is char
man Of the subcommittee Of the FL
nance committee that will have imme-
diate charge of the tariff bill. He
thinks the bill can be reported inside
of three weeks. There is one very
noticeable feature about tallff discus
sions here just now the know-it-alls
have ceased prophecying that the bill
will be torn to pieces in the Senate
Another thing that is exciting COM
ment is the strength of the income tax
in the Senate.
The House discussion of the Hawaii
an question, which will end tomorrow
with the adoption of a resolution salts
factory to the democrats, brushed a
way great many cobwebs and brought
the question down to a common sense
basis, to say nothing Of having brought
about the complete squelching of
the clown of the House, Boutelle, Of
Maine.
The bond issue is now an accomplish
ed fact, and the $5S 100000 which will
be paid for them will be in the Treas
ury as soon as the bonds can be signed
and delivered at the desi grated depos-
itories. The opposition in Congress is
quieted down so far as may be judged
by outward appearances, although
some of the populists are still bitter in
their denunciations.
Chairman Wilson, of the House Ways
aud Means committee, is also chairman
of the Executive committee of the
National Association of democratic
clubs, members of which have been no.
titled to attend a special meeting in
this city on the eighteenth of this
month. While it is not so stated in
the call, the principal object Of this
meeting is to help to push the Wilson
tariff bill through the Senate, by means
of organization of the association of
clubs. In other words, the democrat
ic clubs of the country will be asked
to let the democratic Senators know
that the Wilson bill meets their
approval and should be passed without
delay other than that which is abso-
lutely necessary. It is hoped that the
Finance committee will have reported
the bill to the Senate by the time the
Lefub committee meets.
The House committee on Rivers and
Harbors will grant no more hearings,
as the time Of the members will be full
ly taken up in preparing the bill. The
bill will probably carry smaller ap-
preparation than for long time, and
few Improvements except those already
under way will be provided for.
The House committee on Banking
and Currency decided by a vote of to
not to report bill for the repeal Of
the tax on state bank currency. That
Is supposed to end the matter for this
session so far as this committee is con-
cerned, but members of the House who
favor the repeal of the tax may try to
get 1t before the House as an amend
ment to some O her measure.
As specimen Of the lodges that are
being resorted to by those who are op-
posed to the governments printing its
own postage stamps that of bringing a
committee here with a petition from
the New York plate printers, setting
forth the distress that would fall upon
them should the government take this
work away from them, is about the
most transparent yet resorted to. The
lowest private bidder for the work is a
Philadelphia concern. So that the
New York company is bound to lose
the work, whether it comes to Wash
ington, where 1t really belongs, OR not
The committee on Coinage has favor
ably reported to the House Mr.. Bland's
bill for the coinage of the seigniorage
in the Treasury and the issuing OF sill
yer certificates against it. Mr., Bland
will endeavor to get the bill acted up
on at ouce. 1t is understood that Sec
rotary Carlisle favors the bill, and the
general impression is that it will pass.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
has been reported to the House. 1t
carries total of s32 291,382, which is
So, 4O9,92S, less than the same bill