The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-01-19
Washington Correspondence.

WdSTbHE5eOu SOtsSSGOuOO OHSOA
Representative Philips, of Pa, is
30 certain that the labor commission
proposed by his bill would be bene-
fetal to the country that he has offer
ed to donate $3.50, 900 of his own
money to pay the necessary expenses
of the commission, if Congrss will pass
his bill providing for the commission.
The bill is in the hands of sp ecial
committee of the House, which will
grant public hearings for and against
it. if it decides that there is time to
act upon it at this session.
Senator Stewart had a somewhat
costly experience with Chinese diplo-
mates, who for number of years occu-
pied his house, locally known as
s'Stewart's Castle" and that may have
made him doubtful of statements made
by those who follow diplomacy as a
profession. At any rate he introduc-
ed resolution III thJn Senate inquir-
ing of the Secretary of State whether
Mr.. John w. Foster is i'll any way
officially connected with the United
States government while on his mis-
sion to China and Japan, and, not
withstanding the statement of Sen ator
Mora an, that Mr.. Foster had no of
fetal connection with the United
States government, he said that he
wished that statement to come official
ly from the Secretary of State. AS if
to accentuate his doubt Senator Stew
artsaid he was aware that Mr.. Foster
had publicly stated that he had no Of
fetal connection with the United States
government.
Realizing that the money estimated
to come in from the income tax will
BE- needed by the government this
year, those who are seeking to in
directly kill the income tax by strik-
ing out the appropriation to put it in
to effect, which is contained in the
emergency appropriation bill passed
by the House before the recess and now
in the hands of the Senate Committee
on Appropriations, are proposing that
81 barrell be added to the tax on
beer and that the old tax of 2 cents
on bank check be revived, in order to
replace the money that would be lost
to the Treasury by failure to provide
for the collection of the income tax.
This underground movement against
the income tax was at first treated as
insignificant, but opinions regarding it
are more serious since it is seen to
be tacitly, if not openly endorsed by
the administration. It is said by many
that it was this movement that brought
about a renewal of friendly relations
between President Cleveland and
Senator Hill.
There is likely to be short but lively
tight In the House over that portion of
the Naval appropriation bill providing
for the building of several battleships.
Although the ma ajority of the House
committee on Naval Affairs has decid-
ed in favor of the building of these
battle ships it is not certain that the
House will take the same view of the
matter These battle ships cost some
thing like 81, 100000 each, and there
are lots of men in the House who are
opposed to any such expenditure at
this time; and others who believe in
building new naval vessels, but not in
building battleships.
The currency debate since the re-
assembling of Congress has been tame
and in the main uninteresting. 1t is
PLAIN that the principal object is to
XIII TIME until it is decided what to
do.