The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-24
ITS LAST LEGS.
Congress Wants to Die as
Soon as it Gets
a Chance
The Errors In the Tarin Bill Proves No
to BE Very serious Aier AII-In-
ternaI Revenue Receipts.

WAsHISGToS, Aug. 23.-Before tele
graphing for the absentees to-day. the
democratic leaders made an especial ap
peal to the republicans to permit the bill
to correct the errors with reference to
alcohol to go through without objection
in the absence Of a quorum. II appears.
however. that when Senator Chandler
went away. he left behind him request
that the bill be not taken up in his alb
sence. and the republican senators are
guarding this request. The democratic
senators now threaten to retaliate by TAX
ing up the supplemental tariff bills and
trying to pass them in case they sue
ceed in getting quorum, but they rea-
I lie that there are many difficulties in
I the way Of putting such a programme
into effect and did not at the meeting
today resolve upon any definite action
| beyond exerting themselves TO the ut
most to secure the attendance Of a
quorum.
The Legislative and engrossing clerks
| Of the senate have bean comparing the
statement Of errors in the new tariff bill
made in various papers today and say
/ there are only three errors that need to
| give the officers Of the treasury any con
cern. These are the paragraphs relat
I ing 10 the free admission OF alcohol IN
the arts. the diamond schedule and per
! L. l,, Of N o.
( paragraph relating to stamping foreign
manufactures. Even in the case Of dia
monds they believe the construction
| placed will be that intended 10y congress.
and that they viii pay the duty imposed
on precious stones. As to the other er
rurs enumerated il II claimed by these
clerks that 10y no system Of construction
,can the alleged mistakes IN punctua-
duties or allow the free admission Of the
articles named The members OF the
finance committee are Of the same opin.
ION.
Receipts from internal revenue sources
continue to be abnormally large, with
every prospect OF continuing so until the
new tariff bill goes into effect. During
the last seven working days from Aug
IL the receipts have reached the unpre
ceient sum of sllOol22, and it is con
iidentaily expected that by next Satur
day night. at midnight. when the new
act becomes operative, the aggregate
receipts for the preceding ten days will
have reached sl5OU0OOO These large
receipts under the circumstances are
deprecated 10y the treasury officials. who
iiken the situation to that Of a poor mar
paying 10 per cent per month on none,
on which to live. The re lson for this j.
that the aid coming to the treasury il
this way is only temporary at best ano
will add to the deficit later on. for OF
every gallon Of whiskey now being with
drawn the government sooner or later II
bound to lose 20 cents. As soon as the
tariff bill goes into operation the receipts
from this source are expected to droI
down to merely nominal amount. ant
; 50 continue some months. until the new
supply now being laid 10 is exhausted
The abnormal receipts have swelled thu
cash balances Of the treasury to nearl!
: sl2l 100000. At the same time the golt
/ reserve is slowly increasing until IL ha
: now reached about s54 100000. This in
crease is due almost entirely to the west
ern demand for small Lotes with which
OF harvest crops. The demand 70
t small notes has not yet set in from tn
south. but the movement of cotton nov
: beginning is expected to bring in consid
erable sums of gold. so that. for the pres
ent at least. the embarrassment whicI
r have threatened the treasury hav
/ passed