The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent }
WASHINGTON. Jan. | 1891.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 1891.
This is day in the year when every
body in Washington lays aside partisan
politics. Democrats, republicans and
Americans intent upon paying respects
to the president of the United States at
his New Year reception tue one event
OF the year which always brings ont the
entire diplomatic corps. in full court
costumes of the countries they represent
here. The gentleman who in the ab.
sence of Minister Thurston is in charge
OF the legation of the provisional gov.
eminent OF Hawaii was given us cordial
Q greeting by re,ident Cleveland as
was extended to Sir Julian Paunceioc te,
the British Ambassador, and if there
was any difference on either side when
the presidents hand was shaken by u
republican senator or representative
who may be criticising him and his poll
icy in the bitterest terms before the
week is out, and when the same opera.
ton was performed by democratic
senator or representative known to hold
himself in readiness at all times to de-
fend the president and his acts, it was
not apparent to the casual observer.
To have looked on the smiling faces of
the well dressed officials and private
citizens who took part i'll the White
House reception no one nnaquainted
with the facts would have dreamed that
there were any such disturbing elements
in existence rs the Hawiian policy, the
tariff bill and the financial situation.
However, they are all here, AS will be
apparent to The country as soon as the
congressional wheels commence to go
around again, this week.
Although the internal revenue bill is
expected to be ready when congress re-
convenes its main point-the income tax
is still in doubt. That is, it is still
doubtful whether it will be imposed
upon incomes derived from corporate
Investments, upon all incomes above
$4,000, or upon both. Two out of the
three members of the sub committee
which spent the holidays wrestling with
the problem Mcmillan of Tennessee
and Bryan, of Nebraska, reported in
favor of the personal income tax. The
matter will be settled by the democrats
of the full committee in day or two.
Next to the tariff the question which
is exciting the most congressional inter-
est is that of finance. Something has
got to be done to provide the money
necessary to meet obligations of the
government already incurred. and it is
BY no means certain that Secretary
Carlisles recommendations, either for
the issue of bonds, or OF interest bear
ing notes, will be followed by congress
unless 1t be done as the silver repeal
bill was passed, by IA combination of
administration democrats and republi.
cans. That there is difference of opin-
ion OIL this subject even among the DEM
ocrats of the ways and means committee
OF the house which will have to pass
upon any proposition on the subject
before it can get before the house, was
brought out in conversation partici-
pated in by Chairman Wilson and Rep
resentative Whiting of that committee
the subject being the serious condition
OF the treasury. Mr.. Gibson thought
the issue of bonds in small denomins-
tons was the proper remedy, but Mr..
Whiting did not agree with him, because
he thought the bonds no matter how
issued would eventually get into the
hands of the bankers. He stated his
belief that the deficiency should be met
by new issue of legal tender notes,
even il some people did call it imitation.
but he admitted that bond issue was
much more probable because IL had tho