Frederick citizen., 1895-01-04
FROM THE CAPITOL.
Our Correspond ent Talks in Sage
Manner of Things in General
About Washington.
From our Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1894.
President Cleveland is the only mau
who has the authority to call an extra
session of Congress, but that little fact,
important as it happens to be, is being
entirely overlooked by those who have
relieved the President of all trouble in
the matter and assumed his authority
without even saying, by your leave,
sir, and who are now busy arranging
all the details of the extra session.
President Cleveland has not said that
he would call an extra session, but
both he and Secretary Carlisle some
time ago pointed out t. leading DemC-
Gratis that some sort of relief must soon
he had for the Treasury, and that if
this Congress failed to provide it, ne
cessity might compel the calling OF an
extra session. The situation has not
changed. The calling of an extra ses-
sion depends largely upon the action
or nOn-action of the Democrats in the
present Congress.
The Republican leaders would regard
the calling of an extra session of Con-
gress as Il great misfortune for their
party, although some of the small fry
are staggering around talking about
"what we'd do" The leaders know
that just as soon as financial bill is
reported to the Republican House, IA
situation, not widely differing from
that existing in the present House,
will at once be developed; that the fl
nancial differences are quite as marked
in their own as in the Democratic par
ty; hence their dread of an extra ses-
sion the year before a Presidential
campaign.
Although a large proportion of the
Democratic members of the House have
returned to Washington, there is moth
ing in sight upon which to predict with
any degree of certainty what will be
done with the Carlisle currency re-
form bill. In order that there might
be no misunderstanding and that every
Democratic member might feel at lib
| erty 10 propose amendments, President
Cleveland has allowed it to be under
stood that he is not welded to any
particular plan of currency reform, bat
is ready to join hands with the Demo-
Gratis i'll Congreis upon any plan that
can be agreed upon. When the House
meets "Wednesday the discussion of the
Carlisle bill will be resu ned and con-
tinued for the rest of this week. Fur
ther than that no definite program has
been arranged. 1t is expected that a
Democratic caucus t, consider the bill
and proposed amendments will he
called this week and that something
will be decided upon.
Senator Cameron, of Pa has just
shown that man may have Presiden-
tlal neutrality-suspicious. are all
Cameron will ever have-and vet
guard his tongue. That Senator Cam
eron was pecuniarily interested in the
Malone lot, and that it was partly
through him that eX-Senatar Malone
has for four years been able to prevent
the purchase of any other lot as site
for u new Government Printing Office,
has long been known in Washington.
But that did not prevent general sur
prise when Senator Cameron made the
fiat-f0oted statement that the Senate
would agree to the purchase of the Ma
hone lot, and that only. Not very
complimentary to the Democratic ma
jority Of the Senate, eh?
Secretary Gresham presented the
new AustrO- Hungarian minister to the
Pre- 'ident Saturday afternoon. 1t hav-
ing been reported that the new minis
ter was under instructions to demand
on beholf of his government, certain
tariff concessions with notice that re-
taliation upon American products
would follow refusal on the part of
this government; he was seen and ask
ed if the report was true. He stated
positively that his government had
given him no such Instructions, and
and that it had taken no action what
ever concerning the new tariff. He
added that he did not anticipate any
commercial trouble between his gov
eminent and the United States on ac-
coudt of the new tariff.
Senator CockreII, of Missouri, Chair
man of the Senate Committee on Ap
preparations, takes no stock in there
being any serious attempt made to de-
feat the clause in the urgency apprc-
prlation bill, appropriating money to
meet the expenses of collecting the in
come tax, notwithstanding reports
which pretend to give the det Ills of
continuation organized to defeat that
in the Senate. M:
Cockrel II says h. intends to get the blll
before the Senate AS soon as possible
and that he anticipates no trouble in
getting it passed. Senator Quay is
said to be preparing an endless speech
which he prop 'ses to make against the
bill, and Senator Lodge is also credit
ed with desire to talk against it.
Senator Hill figures in all the rumors
about what is being done to try to de-
feat this appropriation, but those who
know him best do not believe he would
defeat the appropriation, if he could,
although he would gladly vote TO repeal
the income tax. But voting to repeal
a law and voting to withhold an an.
preparation necessary to enforce law
are two very different things. Attor-
Olney is confident that
the attempt to nave the income tax de-
;ared unconstitutional by the Courts
will fail.