The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-25
RIGHT INTO THEIR HANDS.
Republicans Find Comfor In the Pres
fdent's stand.

Republicans Find Comfort in the Pres
ident'~ Stand.
Republicans are beginning to think the
Presidents two messages were not suchh
bad things after all.
The first, of course, aroused all the pa
triotism OF the country, which has not had
a chance to air itself for years. The sec
ond placed the President in u position
making it all most Impossible to refuse
any measure Congress may send TO him.
This is what is pleasing the Republicans.
They see an opportunity of getllnga tariff
bill through upon the first OF the year. They
expected TO PIT inmOnthso omit and then have
the President veto it,
CLEAR SAILING NOW.
Now all is clear sailing for them They
have the opportunityo of generation. Never
before did President find himself in sneh
position and with az hostile Congress
Congress sees rs cb1nSs and is going to put
the, burden on Mr.. Cleveland.
The Republie.ps1eSe coptended alFalong
WA, Was due due to NJ lacs5f revenue. Revenue
can only be collected by customs duties
or internal taxes. The Supreme Court de-
cided that the income tai, the chief hope
OF the lowrevenue men, was unc'nstitu-
llptdt. 81 II h'thtat> ~ 80 'NN 80
crease customs revenue ,sx-s-
The necessity for protecting the gold re
serve will be one OF tie strong arguments
used by financiers with the President.
They will tell him that he must agree TO
some plan by which the income must be
larger than the outgc. IL this is done his new
bond issue can be easily placed.
The Republicans started out The first or
last week all riaaitsb ut before il ended they
had been terribly. handicapped. The Pres
itent had called on Congress to uphold him
in his stand wssi England on the Monroe
doctrine, and Democratic stocks had gone
up nearly hundred points.
But the Republicans met II as best they
could. Without a dissenting voice the
Presidents request was granted his
Warmest supporters were found In hostile
ranks. Then came the Presidents finan-
cal message. aud with ii a big drop in
Democratic stock
'' REPUBLICANS LEAD.
Now the Republicans feel that they ire in
the lead. They can ina ucurate q protective
policy at once. II there are hariships, the
exigencies of the passage of the bill must
he the excuse. n,otler words, Trey can
simply try their experiment-et eficeSpense
of President Cleveland and his Democratic
friends.
The Senate is waiting for, the action of
the House. The House tomorrow takes up
and passes a tariff bill. which Chairman
Dingley of the Ways and Means Committee
has prepared. IT'S to passthat.body within
two days. Then it goes to the Senate,
where it will pass SO say tlfss1easlers. The
silver men have promised to stand by it..
The responsibility then lies with Mr.. Cieve-
land. and he cannot refuse 10 sign IL
The organiza ton Of the Senate will pass
into Republican hands next wees. -Iomor-
a rinp amt tap
prepare itsassigDments, whietr will go 10
caucus Friday. As soon as this is done the
list will be handed to the Republicans.
The Committee on Appropriations will
consist of the present menbers-Cockrell,
Cau, blackburn and Brice-with the addi-
ton of Mr.. Faulkner OF West Virginia, the
committee having been increased by the
Republicans from nine to thirteen.
The Committee on Foreign Relations,
which also was increased from niue to
eleven, will retain the present four Demo-
crats-Morgan, Gray, Turpie and Daniel.
For Mr. Butler, whose term has expired,
it has been decided to substitute Mr..
Mills of Texas.
Mfr. Pasco of Florida has been added to the
minority representation on the Committee on
Commerce. which handles the river aud har-
Dor BILL The other members will be Vest,
German, White, Murphy and Berry.
Mr.. Walthall of Mississippi goes to the
Committee on Finance, his Democratic
associates being Voorhees,, Harris, Vest,
Jones of Arkansas, and White. This com
mittee will consist of six Republicans, six
Democrats, and one Popuiist, Jones OF
Nevada The financial policy of the COM
mlttee can be foretold when it is known that
it stands as follows Six Democrats, one
Populist, and one Republican for free COIN
age, making a total of eight for the I'M
limited coinage of silver, to five against.
OTHER 'CHAIRMEN.
Mr.. Daniel. of Virginia, goes TO the Jul
dietary, his Democratic associates being
Pugh George, Villas, Hiliand Lindsay.
The eleven minorit 3hairrna nships, all of
them in small committees and now held by
Republicans, will be divided among the
Oldest Democrats in point of service. Mr..
/ Cockrell becomes chairman of the Committee
on Engrossed Bills; Mr.. Morgan, on the
Nicara qua Canal; Mr.. est on Transportation
and Sale of Meat Products; Mr.. Harris, on
Epidemic Diseases; Mr.. voorhees,. on Ad-
ditionaI Accommodations for the Library.
and MI German, OH Corporations in the
District Of Colufatia.
The other chafrnS nships will be divided
among Senators CAN Pugh, George, Jones
and Blackburn. Under this policy Mr.. Pasco,
who is the ranking member OF the Committee
on Private Land Claims, the best committee
and room given the minority, will be COM
PEELED to give way ii some one else, as his
entrance into the Senate dates back only to
1887.