Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-12-28

IL seems there is nothing likely to pre-
vent them besiegipg Havana within the
| next few days, for the Spanish COM
msDders appear to have entirely lost
their heads, and unless General Campos
accomplished a miracle of daring STRAIT
egg in allowing Gomez and his forces to
slip by, in order that the Spanish troops
may be hurried after them, and by a
sortie from Havana catch them between
two hires, the insurgents are masters of
the situation.
The odds against the Spainards being
able to press on after the Triumphant in
surgent army are very heavy. Not only
have the insurgents destroyed ell rail-
roads behind thsm, thus burning their
ships as 1T were, but have in many other
ways done everything possible to i'm
pede the progress of the Spanish army,
and the friends Of the insurgents here
are confident the arrival of GolIez be-
fore Havana will be shortly announced.
AS 1t Is, insurgent cavalry has been
sighted within about fifty miles of Ia
vsna to the westward of Matspzas, aud
had apparently taken possession of rail
road lines joining that seaport to the
city.
Railroad and mail communication be-
tween Jovollanos, Colon and Mstsnzss
is interrupted, and it is believed it is
only question of a few hours when tel
egraphic communication with Matsn-
zas and the east will be cut out.
General Campos has ordered Spanish
commanders nearest to the insurgents,
Generals Valdez, Alroce and Navarro, to
do everything in their power to attack
the insurgents under Any and all circum-
htrf &c ,lxalx hoc
generals will be able to do what the cap
tain general himself has been unable to
do. A later dispatch says Campos man.
aged to get out of Colon and he placed
himself at the head of the Spanish forces
at Limonar, twenty miles east of Ma
tanzas, where he expects to be able to
strike at the insurgents.
Thousands of people from all parts of
the country around Matanz as are flock
ing in terror into the city, according to
official dispatches. But other reports
say they are being plentlfully supplied
with provisions by the inhabitants of all
towns along the route.
New YORK, Dec. 26.-The Evening
Post says: Several leading bankers
called on j. Pierpont Morgan and
August Belmont today. From one Of
them 1t was learned that probably by
tomorrow, or Saturday, The public |
would receive assurance that another |
government bond issue would be sue
cessfully foated to the amount of
s1O0OOO,OOO.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Chairmsn
Dingley of the ways and means CON-
mittee today reported to the house that
the tariff and bond bills had been agreed
upon by a majority ofcommittee. The
bills were accompanied by an elaborate
report which said: "Your committee
regard chronic deficiency of the revenue
for the past two years and half as most
potent cause in the difficulties the
treasurer hos encountered and an i'm
portant factor in the creation and pro-
motion of that serious distrust which
mas parallzed business and danderously
shaken confidence even in the financial
operation of the government. Another
serious fact we are called upon to con-
front is that in two and a half years that |
has elapsed since July l, 1898, this gov
eminent has had insufficient revenue |
to meet the current expenses, amount |
ing in an aggregate to about sl33, 0OO,- |
900. Insufficient revenue has made it |
necessary to use redeemed United |
States legal tender notes to pay cur
rent exper ditures and thus supply sd-
ditional means to draw gold from the
greenback redemption funds. In short
create tie the "eldless chain" of which |
the secretary of the treasury complains
and which hasmade it necs sssry to sell /
issue after issue of bonds to replenish
the treasury. Those who opposed the
the raising of more revenue in such |
situation whether they intend to do 80
or not, favor borrowing in preference to
paying as We 60 along.
While We have presented in a brief
measure q reported horizontal increase
of % per cent of existing duties on all
schedules but two, which is an addition
of less than eight per cent to the average
ad valorem rate, giving about ZIG, 0OO,
600 revenue from that source,) yet more
than $4,000, 900 of the $40 100000 which
was the estimate this bill could add
wool, which is taken from the free list,
and given moderate duty, and from
which manufacturers of wool,
are given compensatory duty equivalent
to the duty on wool, (Which is always
necessary when duty is placed on wooD,
in order to give wool growers the bene-
fit and make IL possible to manufacture
woolens at home. such number as was
placed on the free list by the act of 1890.
without the slightest justification, is
resterod to the dutiable list, bIt with the
duty only of 16 per cent of the duties
provided by the act of 1890, giving an
equivalent only of about Is per cent.
Ia anticipation of field day in the
house over the passage of the tariff bill,
as had been agreed on by the ways and
means committee, great crowds were at
tracted TO the capitol. Senators were
present. Immediately after the reading
of the journal Dingley, chairman of the
ways and means committee, reported
the revenue bill, which the speaker forth
with referred to a committee of the
whole house. Crisp, democrat Of Cor
sia, said the minority had had no OPP
portunity to prepare and file their views.
republican OF Iowa, from
the committee on rules, presented q
special order, under which the house
was to operate. 1t provided that imme-
iiately after the adoption of the order,