Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-03-15


plott.rs fl cure th at the republicans
aud populists will all vote tor
impeachment, that the silver
democrats will mostly do likewise
and that a considerable NUMBER
of other democrats Will join them
because they would like to see Mr.
Stevenson President. No names
are being mentioned in connection
with this plot, but my informant
lntimated that a prominent demo-
cratic Senator who bitterly and
openly antOgnized President dur
lug the late session of Congress
was pulling the wires. Tne whole
story sounds highly improbable,
but it's nature Is such as to make
its yerihcation at this stage I'M
possible; bence it is given for what
it is worth.
The administration has a tariH
problem on hand that may prove
very troublesome before 1t IS
solved. Certain European coun'
tries have, apparently by a precon'
certed arrangement, shut out
American meats and cattle, al
leging the existence of disease,
which is stoutly denied by officials
of the Department of Agriculture.
There Is a law under which the
Secretary of the Treasury can
order the collection of a ten per
cent additional duty upon every
thing brought to this country In
vessels flying the flag OF either OF
those nations. The administration
does not, for several reasons, wish
to take advantage of that law; but
something has evidently got to be
done, and soon.
There was no variation this year
in the usual contest between the
chairman of the House committee
on appropriations aud the ranking
member of the composition party
on that committee, over the amount
appropriated by the last aud sew
eral preceding Congresses. The
contestants were Chairman Sa, els
and Representative Henderson,
of Iowa, and although the disparity
Is not so great as 1t has been at the
close of other Congresses a glance
at the figures given below will be
sufficient to convince that it is
great enough TO raise a doubt as to
the accuracy OF the maxim,
''6gures do not lle." Following are
the totals gwen by these political
contestants ofappropriations made;
Sayers' fl cures.
Fiftv.first Congs S1,O35, $50, 1909 81
Fifty second L" 1927 ,1O4, 54S,72
Fifty third e." 99O,33 69l,O
HendersOn's figures
Fitty.6rst COngs. 9SS,417,1S3 81.
Fifty second 1927, 103, 547, 92,
Fitty.thild 99O,33S .694 Oh.
1t Will he noticed that their
figures agree as to the appropria'
tons made by the last two Con-
gresseF, both of which have been
democratic, but differ TO the ex
tent of fOrty.odd million dollars as
to the Fifty-frst Congress TO be
popularity known as the "billion
d ,llar Congress-" although the
republicans have always claimed
that the figures given by Mr..
Henderson above are the only
correct ones.
While there is absolutely moth
ing upon which to base prediction
as to which way the Supreme
Court will decid ethe pending case
involving the cOnstltutlonality of
tue income tax, there Is much
criticism among the lawyers as to
the poor showing the government
has made IN its arguments IN favor
of cOnstitutlOnality, when viewed
from a strictly legal standpoint.
The argument will be concluded
this week, but q decision moy not
be handed down for some time
the guesses vary from one to
three weeks.
The American Bi.Metallic party
more commonly known as the
silver party, has opened head
quarters and 10 now apparently
waiting to see how the announce
ment of the new party and the
suggestion that ex-representatiye
Sibley be made it's Presidential
candidate will be received by the
county. The silver men in tn
other parties have, as rule,
fought shy of prOnouDcing either
! tor or against the new party; they,
TOO, are evidently waiting to as
certain whether the new party
will develop the strength predict
ed by Its projectors before they
decide. The antl-sllver men speak
veIv slighsingly of the new party,