The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-01
TO MAKE TWO new STATES.
Admission Of Arizona and New ht1lCo
Nay Give the Democrats The Senate.
PREPARING FOR The INCOME TAX
Mr.. Ryan Has Sc ectcd His Appointees as
Collectors for This District-The
Question 10 Will Congress Make
an Appropriation.
TIMES BUREAU, RAPLEY BUILDING.
WAsHIsGIos. Nov, mber 0. 1894.

| For the first time since the adjourn
ment In August. the House was occu-
| pied to-day by quite number OF con-
gressmen. All OF the preparations for
the coming session are completed, and
| the general appearance to-day was sim
| ply that of a day Of ordinary ADJOURN
| ment
Several of the subcommittee OF the
| regular Appropriations Committee are al
| ready at work, and numpeT oI tie
! thirteen appropriation bills VIII De Ieauy
| for the House when 1t conVenes. IL
seems to be pretty well agreed that the
! present session will do but nttle puSl-
/ ness aside from the appropriations. In
| fact, the members OF Congress seem 10
| fell that the country would be well sat
isfed to hear very little from this ses-
sion, aside from the absolutely necessary
| legislation. Most Of the legislation must
| come from the Senate side of the Cap
! itol this winter, where the five pop
gun" tariff bills are now resting, ana
! where the bankruptcy bill and the bllls
for the admission of Arizona and New
! Mexico are also awaiting action. EVEN
though with these measures which have
| alrel ldy passed the House there is no
| certainty Of final passage. The sugar
! bill will be taken up, as the Republicans
| will probably attempt to re-establlsh
! their bounty payments, and VIII tax the
| Louisiana senators for sufficient ald TO
| re-enact the old law, but they can hard
| ly succeed. The free coal and iron blllS
| will never be passed by the Senate this
| time. and barbed wire has also ABOUT
reached its final stage Of consideration;
| The fifth 'pop-gun" refers to alcohol
used In the arts, and will doubtless get
| through as the Treasury Department
wanted it so changed last summer.
ADMISSION OF NEW STATES.
The bills for the admission OF Ari-
zona and New Mexico. may unfortunate
! ly be made the subject of partisan legis-
! lation, as the selection of senators from
! them would surely have very I'M
portant bearing upon the organization
The Republicans in 1889 divided the
| splendid territory Of Dakota into two
States, In order that four, instead or
| two, Republican senators might De adq-
| ed TO their declining rolls. and shouid II
| be demonstrated that these two bllls
| would supply the Democratic dehciency
in the next Senate, 1T is certain that
! q very aggressive fight would be WdSeu
| by the Republicans.
NICARAGUA CANAL BILL
The Nicaragua Canal bill of which
| Hon. George ID. Wise Of Virginia, IS In
| charge, Will probably receive considera-
| Bile attention, and il is not unlikely that
! this measure will be pushed Ihroush
| both Houses at this session. The re-
peal of the ten per cent. tax on STATE
| banks will ;probably not engage the
| House to any extent. as the vigorous ef-
forts OF its friends last session We're not
| capable of rallying majority TO It's
! support.
The question of financial legislation is
| at present one of absolute speculation
The majority, Of the consfteiSsInen itisI nov nov
| Will be any at all unless the forthcoming
message OF the President shall open up
| a new and conservative situation 10
| the support of which the two elements
In the party could readily come.
THE INCOME TAX.
! The income tax is coming up for a good
| amount OF discu"siOn and consideration
| this winter. The last session OF Congress
! while passing the law made 40 appToprld-
| tion for its operation, and thus upon thiS
! session will deyolye the duty OF such an
/ appropriation.
| dred collectors TO be appointed BY the
| internal revenue collectors ana Jhe Iolai
! sum required will be about 100000.
| The appointments for the Eastern dis
| trict will be made by Mr.. William Ryan,
| who will probably have two appointees-
| one at Norfolk and one at Richmond
! both Of whom II Is said, Mr.. Ryan mas
| determined upon, and who are thorough
! ly capable and efficient gentlemen. Inc
| all absorbing question Is. WIN congress
| make the appropriation 1t would at
| first seem that il would assuredly be done,
| as the majority voting for the law would
naturally vote for funds 10 carry out aus
| provisions and the gap in the revenues
| ran only be filled as contemplated by
| this act unless it be superseded by other
| legislation now. There has, however,
| been an election since this income tax
| bill was passed, and the deep, prophetic
words of Senator Hill, who fought II
| sDlendidly have been verified. Now VIII
| he continue the fight and will the party
| stand by the unfortunate law. replete with
INEQUALITIES, pregnant with class require
ments and as faulty as any other OF the
| schemes that Populism has perpetrated,
| and as weak as almost any or the straWs
| 10 which Democracy has clung. The sur
rounding circumstances may save II this
| one time, but the income tax, as at pres
ent provided, is already doomed, and
| some OF its chickens have already come
home to roOst.
MALONE IN WASHINGTON.
General Malone is here. He has by
| no means abandoned his idea of replen-
! ishing his eXchequer through the agency
| of a Democratic Congress He still offers
! his lot at any figures for a new Gov
ernment printing office site and would
much rather have II accepted by this
| Congress than TO see the Government
| swindled by his own party friends, who
| will hold the majority in the next Con-
| gress. He called tonight at the Metro
politan, which is the headquarters Of
Chairman Bankh6ad, of the House com
| mittee Ito purchase new site for the
| Government printing Office but, as he
| had not arrived, Malone spent short
| time with General Shelly. of Alabama,
who is Mr.. Bankheads strong personal
| friend.
NFwsY NOTES.
None of the Virginia congressman have
vet arrived in the city, although a very
| respectable number Of their constituents
| are impatiently awaiting their coming.
AS soon as the preliminaries required
| by law in the case of contested elections
| are gone through with, Colonel James D.
| Brady attorney for Mr. Thorp will be-
| gin taking testimony in the Fourth con-
gressional district
Mr.. a. +. Berry and Miss r. Hag-
setter, OF Staunton, Va, were married
| here yesterday
Messrs. j. Il. Duke, John G.. Troby
and wife and r. A. Portu, OF Norfolk;
| Walter c. Brooks and l.. NJ. Palmer and
wife. of Portsmouth, are among the Fir-
ginia guests Of the st. James.
Messrs. William G. Darlington, oI
Lynchburg. and Camden Sommers, of
Norfolk. are at the National.
Messrs. =. II. Hatchell. of Danvile
and William II. Raber and wife, of
Staunton, are at the Howard