Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-01-11

will carry the bill through TIT
Senate. Senator Hill is very
Shrewd politician, and some O.
his predictions, including that o
tue late defeat of himself aud hi'
party, have been proven true, but
many think him rash IN predicting
what the Senate will do with q
bill when neither be nor any other
man knows what sort of bill the
House Is going to send to the
Senate, assuming that the HOnst
will pass a currency hill, which
The talk at tOday's democratic
caucus did not Hake a certainty,
1t il supposed, but is not yet GER.
tain, that the House will vote on
the Carlisle currency bill and the
substitutes the latter part of this
week or the first of. next, and the
general expectation is that some
kind OF currency bill will be pas
sed, but Senator Hill is the only
man who has yet predicted that
any sort Of a currency bill would
or could be passed by the Senate
at this session.
Representative Philips, of Pa,
is so certain that the labor com.
mission proposed by bis bill would
be beneficial to the country that
he has offered to donate $3.50, 900
OF his own money to pay the nee.
essary expenses of the commission,
if Congress will pass his bill
providing for the commission. The
bill is IN the hands of a special
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 $685.
ion.
Senator Stewart had q som Q.
what costly experience with Chi
nese dlplsmates, who for mum Der
of years occupied his house, lOc-
ally known az "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 In.
troduced a resolution in the Senate
enQulring Of the Secretary of State
whether Mr.. John w. Foster is
in any way officially connected
with the United States government
while on his mission to China and
Japan, and, notwithstanding the
statement of Senator Morgan,
that Mr.. Foster had no official
connection with the United States
government, be said that he wish.
ed that statement to come officially
from the Secretary Of State. AS if
to accentuate his doubt Senator
Stewart SAID he was aware that
Mr.. Foster had publicly stated
that he had no official connection
with the U. s. Government.
Realizing that the money cstima-
ted to cone in from the income
tax will be needed by the govern.
ment this year, those who are seek
ing to indirectly kill the income
tax by striking out the apprOpria.
ton to put it into effect, which is
contained IN the emergency ap.
preparation bill passed by the
House before the recess and now
in the hands of the Senate Com.
mittee on Appropriations, are
proposing that 81. a barrel be
added. to the tax on beer and that
the old tax OF 2 cents on bank
checks be revived, in order to re.
place 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 1t are more
serious since it is seen to be tscitly
if not openly endorsed by the al
mlnistration. 1t Is said by many
that 1t was this movement that
brought about renewal of friend
Ilv relations between President
Cleveland and Senator Hill.
There is likely TO be q short but
lively fight In the House over that
portion of the Naval appropriation
bull providing for the building of
several battleshlps. Although
the majority of the House COM
mittee on Naval Affairs has de-
cided in favor of the building of
those battleships it is not certain
that the House will take the same
view of the matter. These battle
ships cost something like - OOO..
900 each, and tbele are lots of
men in the House who are opposed
to any such expenditure at this
time; and others believe In build.
ing new naval vessels, bat not Ia