The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-12

ment providing for the coinage of seignorage
on the silver bullion now in the Treasury
The Democratic House caucus this afternoon
settled nothing, because it was agreed before
hand that it should take no action that
would be binding upon anybody, but it begins
to look as though the House would pass a
bill. No man is in a position, however, to
say exactly what its nature will be, or
whether it will be the Carlisle bill or one of
the several substitutes that will be offered in
the House.
The administration is beginning to realize
what serious mistake Secretary Gresham
made when he wrote that official letter say
ing that the difrerential duty imposed on
sugar from countries paying an export bounty
on sugar, was treaty violation. The re-
representatives. Of all the continental European
nations are using that letter as basis for
their protests and threats of retaliation, and
there is no hope from Congress.
| Complaints against the postage stamps
tnrned out by the Bureau of Engraving and
PRINTING continue to pour into the PostofIica
| Department. These complaints are now
mostly against the stamps of higher denomin-
alton than two cents, and include imperfect
perroration, poor finish and inferior designs.
| Millions OF the two cent stamp had to be
destroyed because of inferior cumming before
that denomination became even fairly salts
factory. Whether any of the stamps of
higher denomination, against which the pre-
sent complaints are directed will have to be
destroyed. is n question not yet decided by
the Department.
The promotion of Hon. j. c. Burrows to
the Senate by the Republican legislature of
Michigan, gave his friends in Congress much
personal pleasure, but when viewed from
strictly party point of view. the gap his
departure from the House will leave in the
front rank of the heaviest fighters, is not
specially pleasing to Republicans although
there are plenty of men more than anxious to
take his place.
The retirement of Representative Burrows
from the House will leave the contest for the
Craftsmanship of the ways Means committee
between the great States of New York and
Pennsylvania. it is customary, but not ohliga-
tory, for the Speaker of the House to name as
the chairman ofthat important committee. the
senior member of his party on that committee.
me custom was ignored by the present
Speaker who jumped Mr.. Wilson over the
head OF Mr.. Springer and made him chair
man. If Speaker Reed follows the custom
Representative Payne, of New York. will be
chairman of the committee if he desires to
be; but somehow the impression is strong
among Republicans in the House that Re-
preventative Dalzell of Pa. who is next to
MIR. Payne on the committee, stands ms good
il not Il better chance to become its chairman
1t would be highly improper for either Of
THESE gentlemen to attempt to influence
the choice of the Speaker, but their col
leagues are free to do what they can in that
direction, and the good-natured rivalry h"-
tween the States to secure the Craftsmanship
promises to be interesting to everybody, ex-
cept Mr.. Reed who will have to decide
Overturcs have been made by friends Of the
administration to republican Senators, to as
certain how much support can be obtained on
the republican side OF the Senate for the at
tempt to Kill the income tax by withholding
the appropriation to put it into effect. Near
ly all the republican Senators would vote to
repeal the incom" tax but unless there is
great change very few of them will vote to
withhold the appropriation. 1t is believed
that their mutual opposition to the income
tax was one of the factors which brought
about the recent reconciliation between Mr..
Cleveland and Senator Hill
"Uncle joe Cannon, of H., has a way of
stating things in n nutshell that has always
made his opinion valuable to his colleagues
in the House. He said of the present financial
situation: "All this talk about gold dis
appearance is merely IA cover for the fact
that the revenues of the government are not
sufficient to meet the expenditures. If Con-
gress will provide sufficient revenue there
will be no trouble about the currency"