New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-25
PREPARING REVENUE BILLS.
REPUBLICANS OF THE WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE HARD AT WORK.
THEY EXPECT TO SUBMIT THE RESULT OF THEIR
LABoRs TO THE HOUSE TOMORROW
NOTHING ATTEMPTED EXCEPT
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS
OF THE TREASURY.

OF THE TREASURY.
fBY TELEGRAPH To THE rRrBUNEl
Washington. Dec PA meeting Of the Ways
and Means Committee will be held tomorrow
and bills for the relief of the Treasury will be
submitted to the House of Representatives on
Thursday for immediate consideration and ac-
ton The emergency Is so urgent, in the opin-
ion of President Cleveland and the Secretary OF
the Treasury. that the majority Of the Ways and
Means Committee is stranng every nerve, and
will spare no effort to meet 1t at the earliest
practicable moment.
The Republican members have been In con-
sultation again to-day and this evening. and
expect to have their work completed in time 10
submit the result for the consideration of the
full committee at meeting which has peen
called for tomorrow. In conversation with
Tribune correspondent this evening Chairman
Dingley said:
1t would be unwse. we'll az premature, to at
now. because number Of details are stiil @ un-
settled and several important features may ,r un ~
derso cons.derah hle modca tons before the Dill or
bills submitted for the consideration OF the @ lusi
committee We are foreed ec 10 aci Or Tn hop - for is to
bring forward propositions for the increase OF me
tant Consultations the weight to which they are
they would undoubtedly receive
TeegramS are already arriving from soiiie VA
the 12O absentees OF the House announcing that
they will reach Washington in time to vote FOR
the bills to be reported on Thursday Among
the New-Yorkers who have responded to the tele-
grams of The sergeant-at-arms are Messrs
Fischer Lefever and Odell. There are other
New-York absentees, but considerable number
have remained in town. Fifty of the absentees
are members of the New-York Pennsylvania,
New-Jersey and Maryland delegations who made
arrangements to return Immediately aitei
Christmas If their services were needed
One of the unforturates was Mir Halner, on
Nebraska He hac apparently just reached MS
home when the telegraphic demand for his re-
turn arrived. He replied that he would be here
on time; but in order to do so he must nave lett
Nebraska few hours after his arrival
II must be said in justice to the absent mem
bers Of the House that when the majority LEFT
Washington on Saturday there was every mol
cation tina. the usual holiday recess would De
taken.
Let the country understand said a lead
Ing Republican member II the ways ana Means
Committee to-day that tn. bill we shall present
to the House on Thursday is pure revenue
measure hurriedly prepared to meet an eXlgehcy
In our National finances and in response 10 the
Presidents plea that measure for rei!ef
must be afforded by Congress. There has been
no attempt at tariff revision. Our measure is
purely revenue measure
The correctness Of this declaration was SHOWN
by the action of the committee to-day in de-
c,ining 70 hear Judge William Lawrence. or ONO.
president Of the National Wo0-Growers Asso-
ciation. who desired 10 be heard in support OF
a higher rate on wool than that previously
agreed on. Repeated applications have been made
to th., committee. in its collective and indlVlduai
capacity. from Eastern manufacturers who nave
deprecated hasty action in the preparation of
the bill that n postponement of ts preparations
be had until their arguments could be presented
To all these applications the committee nave
turned a deaf ear and the bill will have the
unusual distinction Of being presented TO the
House as the sole result Jt the committees Ia
bors urinnuenced by outside considerations.
The Treasury gold reservt at the close Of bust
ness to-day with all Withdrawals out. stood at
$50 44s 395 The amount withdrawn to-day at
New-Yorl. was sl,750,0OO. of which all but $3ooOo
was in gold bars for export.