The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-01-31
AME RlCAN AFFAIRS.


hardly infer from the record of Con-
gressional action and debate during
the past ten days that the most
pressing question in American poll
tics to-day is the question Of provid.
ing National revenue and maintain
ing the financial credit of the Gov
eminent. The ieverish haste man
ifested at the opening of the session
by the leaders of the dominant par
ty to reach some solution of the
problem has died away. True, the
urgent Importance of the matter is
still recognized both in the press
and in the desultory financial de-
bate in Congress, but the apparent
impossibility of getting early action
upon any adequate financial meas
ure is equally recognized. The
country has therefore seemingly
settled down to the conclusion that
the only thing to do is to let mat
ters drift along for the present as
they have drifted for two years
past. Senator Jones has not yet in
troduced his financial bill because.
it is said, he has been unable to get
a sufficient number of votes pledged
for his plan.
| Among the many financial bills
introduced in Congress, that of
Senator Sherman has commanded
most interest, both because he is
regarded by Democrats as well as
Republicans as an expert on mat
tiers of Government finance and be-
cause it has been hoped that he
might bring forward some plan thai
would via both Republican af1
Democratic support, as did NE bin
to repeal the silver--purchase law.
The ton Of the Senate upon the
item in the Urgent Deficiency bill
appropriating money for the ex
pense OF collecting the income tax
has been awaited with very genera
interest. All efflrts TO strike GU
that item failed, and the opponents
of the tax are now left no alter
native but to fight it in the courts
The past few weeks have witnessed
a decided "Hawaiian revival" il
f press and CongI essionai discussion
and the recent royalist uprising has
added fresh fuel to the anti Admin
istration flame.
TO the already long list of riotou
, conflicts growing out of wage dis
. putes must b added the strike o
the Brooklyn trolley street car EN-
ployes for higher wages or shorte
hours, inaugurated week age
The strikers number about 5000
The strike appears to be running
the usual course of such struggles
Public sympathy at the outset wa
: divided. All efforts at arbitration
have failed. MobS have taken DO
session of the railway lines, some Z,
! 900 State troops and 1900 policemen
are on the ground, but cannot, or a
least do not, restore order. A mum
= Der Of soldiers, policemen and riot
ers have been shot, beaten or other
wise wounded. At this writing tn,
conflicts still at its height.
The Lexow Committee has sub
, mitted its report to the Legislator,
, at Albany. Nearly 700 witnesse
. were examined, and the testimony
l makes 1886 printed pages. TIL
, committee recommends, anon,
other things, a radical reorganiza
ton of the police department, NOR,
t power and responsibility for tn
: chief of police, and the retent of tn,
e present plan of bipartisan polio
board. The report as a whole i
4 roundly denounced by large par
Q of the reform press. 1t is charge,
that the report was made up t
please "Boss Platt." DIR. Park
!, hurst enthusiastically reprobates
the bipartisan police board a
. "counter to the wish and deman,
b. of the people as making "partisan
5 ship a mandatory element" in cit,
politics, and as designed to furnish
, field for the arranging of politica
deals"
If anything were needed to insur
that the mayoralty contest in Phil
adelphia should become matte
! of National interest, the nomins
ton of EXC overnor Pattison TO
mayor by the Philadelphia Demo
. Gratis last week would supply tn