The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-27
VIEW AT WASHINGTON

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leans are already In hot water. The pres
ident took them 40 squarely on the hip
that they have scarcely had time to re-
gain their breath.
The action of the house in bringing
up tariff bill to increase the taxes on
the necessaries Of life under the protoxt
Of assisting the government out of rs
financial trouble is regarded here by all
thinking men who are not biased by par
tisan feeling to be q eowardly evasion OF
the question SO plainly presented In the
presidents financial message. The re-
publican house knows that should the
proposed bill become law 1t would not
remedy the existing financial condition.
But the bill could not pass the senate,
and, even If 1t did. the president would
veto 1t. The republicans know this. and
therefore their action Is waste Of time
at critical period. and. instead OF i'm
proving the financial situation, makes 1t
great deal worse. 1t is hardly conce vable
tnat thus ouncomb grand ,'..ni
play on the part OF the house repub-
leans will deceive the business men OF
the country or produce the effect desired
party capital.
If the republicans In the house would
politicians they could soon find a way
10 help the president TO protect the treas
ury from the dangerous raids of the
The president is said to be dlsappointe
at the action OF the house republicans
because he fully believed that his earnest
appeal for help would meet with an ef-
ieCtiNe response and that prompt leyls-
lative action would follow for the good
Of the treasury and the whole people II
the president expected any such mag
ndmity and patriotism from the house
republicans he Is perhaps the only u1-
servant man in Washington who enter
Since the republican leaders in con-
gross have decided to dodge the Issue
and TO befog the situation with u tariff
measure which 1t will be absolutely ina
possible for them to pass. they may a.
well 20 home and let the country get
along the best It can
AS for congress doing any thing to re-
lieve existing troubles. there is not a
shadow of a prospect. This congress will
do nothing but turn out democrats whose
seats have been contested. fire off bum
combe speeches and sqrander what little
money the people have left In the treas
Try.
In addition to this they will spend thdl-
spare time in passing high tariff pCps1Il
hluS, increasing taxes upon the tie lplc,
WIN view OF ounVinciTg mauulac urc. :
that they are their friends ami desire to
SUBS die them SO they will come dowh
handsomely with campaign funds to man
ipuiate voters tn blocks OF five" a. the
mo Of the &. o. =. patriots for fbe fist rs.
rossion Of the Fifty-fourth congress.
The repu6licans,' said Representatives
hands Under the preteuse Of helping
the people they propose to rob the tax
Naver by increasing the tax on the neres-
stiles of life. II rs very clear that they
VIII make this session a fat-frying one
u st as they did In the, Fitiy-lirst { H.
Einsss Wien they passed the McK!nllsy
purpose of the majority to couple several
rcp-run tariff bills with n measure au-
thorizlng the secretary Of the treasury
TO Issue shorttimc bonds If this Is done
II VIII be the first time IN the history Of
the government. The scheme viii not
fool the people, and Its contamination
will, in my opinion do much toward re
storing the house to the democrats next
year"
There is an uncomfortable feeling here
that the Venezucans may have concealed
some facts relating to their evidence or
that they have not investigated their title
as carefully as they should have dcne
There Is also Just bare suspicion that
Lord Salisbury has some surprises In store
/ for this government concerning some evil
dence which his agents found at Madrid.
| 1t is remembered that In his note Lord
Salisbury mentioned briefly the records
found at the Spanish capital, but did not
give copies of them or do more than to
say in Il general way that they upheld the
/ British contention. II is surmised that he
/ mas by this time carefully examined those
! records ana from them adduced "A pretty
( strong support of the claim that the
! western limits of the Dutch possessions
is at the Orinoco and not at the Esse-
4 guido. If Lord Salisbury is now at work
upon a second communication to this gov
! eminent. as Is limited in the dispatches
| from London 1t is believed the new evil
dence forms the topic Of his note. The
state department, 1T is learned here has
| not received an intimation of the intcn-
ton of Lord Salisbury to send a second
| note to this government, but he might
easily intend doing so, or be already at
work on the document without any knowl-
edge thereof reaching this government.
! Concerning the statemen mt that Secretary
Olncy intends sending another note to Lon
don. an emphatic denial is made AT the
state department. As the case now stands
[ is L V, rnino mt deems the discussion at an
end. The contention Of the president and
Secretary olney Is that all Of Great Brit
submitted to a board Of arbitration That
haVirG been refused the evidence should
be submitted to the commission which the
president is about to appoint. and ar in
vtation to Lord Salisbury to do 50 will
| be sent through the state department as
soon AS the commission has organized for
work.
The statement is positively made by re-
sronsible members Of the government that
If the commission finds evidence support
ing Great Britaln's claim It viii so report
II Venezuela has no rights within tho
disputed territory tho commission WIN
certify TO that fac; and thereby bring the
entire subject 50 far as this government
is concerned to an end.
The presidents advisers DO not thinl,
this result probable, but they declare tnat
II it should occur It will tie IN no sense
humiliating to this government. but, ON
the contrary. the best possible evidence
Of The uprghiness Of the position taken
10y the president To have the facts ascrr.
iNned by competent tribunal ~ all that
the United States has contended for. ami
the method ana result viii be the same
as II the Investigation wcrc made by n
! board Of arbitration TO witch Great Brit-
am had ass~ntcd II all the territory be-
longs 10 Grca Britain. Great Britain shall
nave IT, II any mart OF II belongs -
Nencz,ieia no foreign power shall take /;
cut trouble with the United states
Instead Of heing q humiliation To the ae
mniSirator II Is conteudcd th4t tie rrro~t
OF the commission in favor Of Great i,Y..