Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-01-05
No. "a.
AN EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE
The Deficiency Still drowing-Ineome
Tax Problem.
(From our regular correspondent.

hesitatiug Democrats into supporting
the Carlisle currency bill and to detel
Republicans from placing obstacles il
the way of any legislation approved
! by the Administration; but now, lik,
the geuii released from the bottle, tn,
bugaboo has grown so great that i
threatens to overshadow everything
else. The question of the calling
an extra session Of Congress, which
was first considered merely in might
have-to-be light. has now nearl,
reached the must-be stage. II some
thing is not done BY this Congress
stop the drain OF gold from the Treas
ury, and there isn't one chance in
thousand that anything will be done
It will not be matter Of choice wit
Mr.. Cleveland He will have to cal
the Republican Congress together il
order to get something done.
Very little hope is now entertaine,
by any Democrat that the Carlisle cur
rency bill will be passed by tie Hous,
in its present shape and not mucl
that it will be passed in any shape
and none whatever that it will be pass
ed by the Senate. But the ablest f
narciers in Congress agree in saying
that if the currency bill were TO be
come law tomorrow it would do tn,
Treasury more harm than good Ever
Secretary Carlisle, who is willing &c
pose as the author Of the bill. admits
that it would not help the Treasury
for sometime to come and that he is
not altogether certain that it ever
would. Meanwhile the drain on the
gold in the Treasury continues and the
receipts of the Government continu,
to be much less than its expenditure.
The facts have aroused the Republi-
cans to the necessity of formulating
plan for legislation at the extra session.
il one be called. They don't want an
extra session; would much prefer hav-
ing until next December to think
about legislation, but true to the ira.
ditions Of the party they will be found
ready to do their duty whenever call.
ed upon.
1t can be stated on high authority
that the Republicans in the Senate
have no idea of shielding the Demo
Gratis from any of the popular disap-
proval they have earned since they
controlled all branches of the Govern
meut. Several Republican Senators
may, when the urgency appropriation
bill gets before the Senate, seek to
have the appropriation for the collec-
tion Of the income tax struck out Of
that bill, but they will not be support
ed by any considerable number of Re /
publicans Nothing would please the
Democrats, who have realized what
mistake the income tax was, chief OF
whom is Mr. Cleveland, more than to
have Republican Senators defeat the
appropriation for the collection fthat
tax. That would enable the Democrat /
&c party to play its favorite and usual 4
double-faced role in another campaign
lin States where the income tax is 4
popular it would claim to have impos-
ed the tax and would charge the Re
publicans with having prevented its
being collected, and in States where
the tax was unpopular if would point
out the failure to appropriate money
to enforce the law as its own act.
Those are some OF the reasons why
Republicans will aid in getting that
appropriation through, rather than
join in putting distractions in its way.
= The troubles growing out OF the re-
peal Of the reciprocity clause of the
Mckinley tariff law have only Just be-
gun, as the Administration is now
finding out. France and Austria have
unofficially intimated their intention
to follow the example of Spain and re-
taliate upon the United States il some
modification Of the sugar schedule Of
the tariff law cannot be secured. AS
there isn't the slightest probability
that any modification can be gotten
through Congress at this session the
outlook for more retaliation is prom
ising-entirely too promising.
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
is being harshly criticized for having
said that no site should be purchased
for new Government Printing Office,
unless Congress would agree to buy
the Malone site. Senator Cameron is
understood to be financially interested
in the Malione lot
January 8 has been set for the hear
ing Of arguments on the demurrer FL
cd by the Department OF Justice in the
suit brought to test the constitution
ality Of the income tax. 1.-THE demur-
rer be sustained and the suit be thrown
out on the technicalities raised. steps
for the beginning Of new suit against
which those teehnicaiities will not
count, will at once be taken.
Representative Tom Johnson. of
Ohio, although himself a Democrat,
says that SO far as the financial system
Of the country is concerned, the DENT
ocrats in Congress are all eligible for
membership in club Of cranks. to
which he belongs. which makes the
only requisite for joining failure to
agree with any other member.
1t is being whispered around in in
side circles that Mfr. Cleveland has
lost faith in the Carlisle currency bill
and that he believes, and has so ex-
pressed himself TO personal friend,
that the Republicans would get up
bill that would he more satisfactory to