The Progress., 1894-01-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Notes Of Interest Gathered from About
The National CAPITAL.

WA>m>rroN. u. e.. January s. 1904
Special Corr, >po'dyncc ,o The Progress.
The mau who enjoys turmoil and rx-
cit,mcut and Legislative cnrauglcm,nt-
that pulll" participants a. Wei a. on
lockers would have found Washington
a delightful place since Congress came
together again. and. unless all ~ign- arr
at fault. the complications hav" only
Just begun. Nobody was greatly sur
priscd when Tn" Democrats failed To-
get their tariff bill mp IN the first day
Of the session. because they did not
have quorum Of their own members.
but when the same failure came rig ht
along daily for tho next four days. with
more than a quorum Of Democrats
known to Dee in town, aye. even i'm tn
capitol building itself. then there wa-
a vrritablc sensation. and men began to
ask each other what docs il mean"
There wa- but one answer IL meant
that the opposition had grown more
Formidable amoug the Democrats than
any one had dreamed possible before
the rrC,~-.
Ou the third day Of tn" deadlock
Chairman Wilson offered todo what thr
Democrats had steadily refused 10 GO
heretofore recognize the populi-'~ a.
party i'm the division of time in the
tariff discussion, if the I'opuli-ie would
vote to make mp quorum. H. also of
fcrcd to guarantee that the income fax.
which is favored by the Popuii~t-.
should be included in the tariff bill.
The offer was declined. The Pupuii~i~
doubt Mr.. Wilson's ability to carry our
the last named promise. Mr.. Wilson
is still confident. or apparently 80, that
the resolution setting January - IL the
day upon which the final vote shall b"
taken will be adopted and the bill pass
ed ON that day, but that isn't the way il
looks to other people. If something j.
not done to placatc the Democratic OBJ
jcctOrs To the bill there is no tcllin"
when vote can be reached. as il will
he absolutely necessary 10 keep quo
rum Of the friends Of the bill ON the
floor all the time, and. unless Speaker
Crisp follows the example of his prcdc-
cessor and counts quorum, it will he
"A very difficult task. No one i'm Wash
ingtOn would be surprised at any time
To see the House rules amended 50 a. To
authorize the Speaker to count a quo
rum.
one result of the formidable Demo-
cratic opposition 20 the tariff bill is
that the ways aud means committee
has almost definitely decided that the
income tax shall be reported To the
iIousc a. a separate bill. instead of bc-
ing offered as an amendment To the
tariff bill. as originally intended. \
meitber Of the committee is authority
for the statement that the most Of the
Democratic opposition is, as ne express
ed it, "hiding behind the income tax
If that be true they will have to come
out if that measure he put in a separate
bill.
1t was not believed that there was an
other big sensation in the Hawaiian
business, but the supposed confirmation
Of the news that Minister Willis had
officially asked the provisional govern
ment 10 step down and out to make
room for the queen. and had been %
iicially refused. proved that there Wa.
When the official confirmation of thi,
news is given out there will be SON"
stirring times in Congress.
The House may pet an opportunity O.,
vote on the repeal Of the 10 per cent ;aN
on State hank currency, notwithstand
inl the deadlock which exists in thr
committee on banking sud currency.
That committee Las authorized favor
able report 10 b" made 10 the Ii.u,o cn
a bill introduced by R"urescntativc
Rawlcy, of south Carolina. cXcmpting
from the tax the clearing house ccrtiii-
cafes ana other circulating mediums
issued between August and October
IL. 1893. When thi, bill gets before the
House an amendment will be offered
which will repeal the law imposing the
currency tax and It's friends will en-
deavOr TO force it to a vote. More mem.
bera have expressed themselves in op-
position tO the repeal than have advo-
Gated il. but there are 80 many who
have not expressed themselves either
way that the result of a vote is doubtful.
Representative Pendleton. of Texas.
has introduced silver bill. # provides
for the keeping of record for sixty
days prior to January |. 1895. Of daily
relative market values Of gold and sill
yer bullion in the markets of New York
and London. and that the average value