The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-04-19
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


political erockery he Is d success lhe urst
week of the tariff debate brought the free
trade Democratic Senators three separate
and distinct defeats; small in themselves
but still defeats The free traders are be-
wildered. They are asking each other
'where are we att" in piteous tones, and no
one can give them definite answer. The
second week opened even more inouspicious
ly for them with Senator Hills bold decla.
ration OF war against the tariff bill as it now
stands. While Senator Hills heaviest ar
tillery is trained upon the income tax clause
of the bill he intimates very strongly that
the bill will not be satisfactory to him even
with the income tax struck out
1t is an open secret in Washington that
Mr.. Cleveland is in sympathy with Senator
Hills attack on the incom1 tax, indeed Mr.,
Brice is authority for the positive statement
that Mr.. Cleveland is strongly opposed to
the income tax. Mr. Brice does not hesi-
tate to say that he also is opposed to the
income tax but he says he has not yet de-
cided how he will vote if he fails to get it
struck out and also to get some other amend
ments he wishes adopted. Hill, Brice and
the other dissatisfied Democrats would glad
ly make combination with the Republican
Senators to strike out the income tax and
ID amend the bill in a number of schedules,
making the duties between those named In
the bill and those in the Mckinley law, but
Ala ,nf nipU
mood. They consider that the chances for
defeating the bill have steadily increased for
some time past AMI are not disposed to
accept anything LEES than its defeat, at least
not at this stage of the proceedings. 1t will
be time enough to talk about compromises
three or four months from now, il in the
meantime the bill has not been absolutely
beaten or side tracked.
Ex.Speaker Reed has had lots of things in
which he could take satisfaction brought out
on the floor of the House lately, but the &C.
acknowledgement he forced from Mr., Sayers
chairman of the House Appropriation Com
mittee, that the total deficiency caused by
insufficient appropriations by the 52nd Con-
gress will reach the enormous amount OF
about $4,000, 600, notwithstanding the
saving" made by hanging up of old sol
diers' applications for pensions, leaving them
8 to starve while the administration keeps
n the money appropriated for them by Con
Y gress to use for other purposes at the end o.
s the fiscal year when it can be covered bach
/. into the Treasury and be made available tt
e pay any existing claims against the govern
d ment, was probably the greatest satisfaction
# he has had 1t provided the appropriation
d made by the Sad Congress, controlled b.
n Democrats, to have been many million
d greater than those made by the much abuse'
"bilion dollar or Reed Congress Demo
se cratic economy is thing that plays b
to part in elections, but some how it has neve
al yet been put into practical operation,
1e The local protestations against Mr.. C!es;
Sc lands nomination of the Kansas colore
in man, c. H. J. Taylor, whom the Senate re
n. fused to confirm as Minister to Bolivia to
n. Recorder of Deeds for the District of O.
he lumbia, had been SO general that it is no
ad almost certain that the Senate will reje
US the nomination. Home rule has alwa.
been strong in the Senate.
eel The Republicans Of the House are makir
ch it plain to the Democrats in that body tn
". it is needless for them to attempt to do al
di. political business without quorum OF the
en- own. The Republicans are not disposed
sat make the point of ''no quorum against Il
he regular appropriation bills. Or 9th
necessary business but inasmuch as there a
rts 2lS Democrats in the House they will
OF sist that l79 of them shall vote when par'
oy san legislation is to be taken up or passe
1ut The Democrats in the House have be
ro quarreling among themselves ever since t
beginning of the extra session about t
Try repeal of the tax on state bank currene
lri, Springer, of Illinois, chairman of the co
mittee of banking and currency, is oppos
us to repeal, and he succeeded some wee
ers ago in killing it 80 far as that commit
vas was concerned Swanson OF Virginia, poll
me, the Democrats and claims that 1919 of th
on favor unconditional repeal The matter
ives to be submitted to Democratic caucus
the morrow night, but there is no more lik
'rth hood of its being definitely settled than II
Democratic caucus could agree on a sil
Mr.. bill.