Middletown transcript., 1895-01-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.

stacles in the way of any legislation
approved by the administration; but
now, like the genii released from The
bottle, the bugaboo has grown SO great
that it threatens to overshadow every
thing else. The question of a calling
of an extra session of Congress, which
was first considered merely in might
have-.c-be light, has now nearly
reached the must-be stage. If some
thing is not done by this Congress to
stop the drain of gold from the Treas
ury, and there isn't one chance in a
thousand that anything will be done,
it will not be a matter of choice with
Mr.. Cleveland. He will have to call
the Republican Congress tOgt ther in
order to get something done.
Very little hope is now entertained
by any Democrat that the Carlisle cur
rency bill will be passed by the House
in its present shape and not much
that it will be passed in any shape,
and none whatever that it will be pas
sed by the Senate. But the ablest fin
anciers in Congress agree in saying
that If the currency bill were to be-
come a l. w tomorrow it would do the
Treasury more harm than good. Even
Secretary Carlisle, who is willing to
pose an author of the bill, admits that
it would not help the Treasury for
sometime to come and that he is alto
gether certain that it ever would.
Meanwhile the drain on the gold in
Treasury continues and the receipts of
the government continue to be much
less than its expenditures. These
facts have aroused the Republicans to
the necessity of formulating plan for
legislation at the extra session, if one
be called. They don't want an extra
session; would much prefer having
until next Decemb Der to think about
but true to the traditions
of the party they will be found ready
to do their duty whenever called upon.
1t can be stated on high authority
that the Republicans in the Senate
have no idear of shielding the
Democrats from any of the popular
disapproval they have earned since
they controlled all branches of the
government. Several Republican SEN
ators may when the urgency appro.
priation bill gets before the Senate
seek to have the appropriation for the
income struck out Of that bill, but
they will not be supported by any con-
siderable number of Republicans.
Nothing would please the Democrats
who have realiZ d what mistake the
income tax was, chief of whom is Mr..
more than to have Repub-
ican Senat defeat the appropria-
ion for the collection of that tax.
That would enable the Democratic
party to pay it's favorite and usual
role in another campaign
n states where the income tax is pop
liar it would claim to have imposed
he tax and would charge the Republi-
,ans witt. having prevented its being
and in States were the tax
vas unpopular it would point out the
allure to appropriate money to en-
orce the law as its own act. Those |
ire some of the reasons why Republi-
'ans will aid in getting that appropria-
ion through, rather than join in put
ing distractions in its way.
Tie troubles growing out of the re-
zeal of the reciprocity clause of the
tariff law have onlyi just be-
.un, administration is now finding out.
France and Austria have unofficially
their int ntion to follow the |
of Spain and retaliats upon
he United States if some modification
# the sugar schedule of the tariff law
annot he secured. AS there isn't the
lightest probability that any modii-
alton can be g t en- through Congress
t this session the outlook for more
etaliation is promising--entirely too
Senator Cameron, of Pa, is being
larshly criticized for having said that
10 site should be purchased for new
government Printing Office, unless
would agree to buy the Malone site.
enator Cameron, is understood to be
financially interested in the Malone
OF.
January 9th, has been SIT for the
earring of arguments on the demurrer
e sustained and the suit be thrown
Mt on the technicalities raised, steps,
or the beginning of new suit against
which those technicalities will not
cunt, will at once be taken.
Representative Tom johnson, of
)hio, although himself Democrat,
ays that so far as the financial system
f the country is concerned, the
Democrats in Congress are all eligible
or membership in club of cranks, to
7hich he belongs, which makes the
My requisite for Joining a failure to
gree with any other member.
1t is being whispered around in in
lde circles that Mr.. Cleveland has
,st faith in the Carlisle currency bill
nd that he believes, and has so ex-
ressed himself to personal friend.
hat the Republicans would get up a
i'll that would be more satisfactory