The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-01-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondents,

quit currency bill IN The House,
about given up hope of securing any
financial legislation at this session
without the aid of the Republicans.
Although they are running hlther
and thither and holding hourly
conferences, they are accomplishing
nothing, and they privately admit
it. A definite appeal has been
made by Democrats friendly to the
administration to Senators Sherman
and Allison, asking them to come
to the rescue Of the treasury and to
prepare compromise non-partisan
financial bill. II is not at all
probable that these Senators will
prepare a bill, but they, and other
Republicans, have told the Demo-
Gratis that, in their opinion, what
the treasury most needs is more
revenue, and that a bill to increase
the revenue of the government,
either by an increase in the tariff
on all dutiable articles, or by in
creasing the internal revenue tax
upon special articles - beer for
instance-would receive the votes
of the Republicans IN both House
and Senate.
For the Democrats to accept this
hint would be to confess to the
couutry-what is already plain to
all except those who refuse to see
that the Democratic tariff policy is
a failure and is at bottom RESPONSE
BILE for all the troubles of the treas
ury and of the country, but there
are Democrats who do not hesitate
to advocate that the confession be
made, and while such action can
hardly be said to be probable, it is
quite as much so as that any finan-
cial bill will become law at this
session.
Representative Hit, who was
chairman of the House committee
on Foreign Affairs in the last Re-
publican House and who will almost
certainly occupy the same position
in the next House, is strongly OPP
posed to the recommendation of
Mr.. Cleveland, that the United
States should agree to give up the
advantage it now holds under the
reciprocity treaty with Hawaii, and
agree to a modification of that
treaty which would allow Great
Britain to lease one of the smallest
Of the Hawaiian islands to be used
as a station for proposed subma-
rine cable between Canada and
Australia. While Mr.. Hit admits
that cable communication with
Hawaii would be very desirable,
both for that country and the Uni
ted States, he insists that this coun-
try should control such cable, not
only as q matter of business sagac-
stY, but as precaution in case of
WEI This Is no new position for
Mr., Hit. AS long ago as the
Fifty-frst Congress he tried to have
the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill amended so as to pro-
vide for the survey of a cable route
between San Francisco and Homo
lulu.
Mr.. James J. Hill, the north
western railroad man and financier
who is at present in Washington,
says of the financial situation:
"It's hard to say what should be
done by Congress in the way of
financial legislation. 1t seems to
me it would be a good idea to leave
it to a commission to frame a bill.
Take two Of the ablest Repu blicans
in Congress, two Democrats, and
then appoint John Sherman char
man of the commission. 1t would
be safe to wager ten thousand dol
lars against a cent that such a body
of mer would originate a plan of
currency relief that would settle
this vexatious question for the next
twenty years.
Senator Teller, IN replying to
Senator Hills attack on the income
tax, did some plain talking, as he
usually does when he speaks upon
any subject. He said that any