The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-03-01
FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 1895.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Y WASHINGTON, Feb. 22nd.-
\AI President Cleveland has
N either fully made up his mind

\kS President Cleveland has
ny either fully made up his mind
to call an immediate extra session of
congress or he is making a big bluff to
prevent the present congress making
an extra session necessary by failure
to pass one Of the appropriation bills.
1t has become perfectly clear that the
republican leaders do not want an
extra session called, and the admins
tration senators took advantage of
that knowledge to prevent action upon
the bill for the unlimited coinage of
silver, by threatening to let all the ap-
preparation bills go and devote the re-
mainder of the session to talking
against the silver bill to prevent vote
thereon. The threat was good, the
silver bill was abandoned, as under
the present rules of the senate it would
have been impossible to have forced
a vote upon it, even if there had been
no appropriation bills in the way. In
fact, the bill would not not have been
brought up had there not been an i'm
piled agreement to allow vote to be
taken. President Cleveland and the
eastern republican senators had an
idea that the house might take up and
pass the bill in a rush if it were
allowed to go through the senate. ard
it was decided to kill it at all hazards.
There is reason for the belief that
the calling OF an extra session of
| congress will depend largely upon Il
canvas of the new members now being
quietly made by friends Of the admin
| istration and upon whether the bank
ers draw out the gold which came from
the last sale of bonds us quickely as
they did that which came in from the
other bond issues. The.president is very
sore over the criticism of his part i'll
the last bond deal; hence the bt lief that
lie will not issue more bonds should
the gold again get low without first
calling an extra session of Congress
and asking for action.
***
After somewhat sharp contest IN
conference, the income tax law was
amended to cover up the following
points: Extention Of time to make re-
turns for 1894 to April Is; that money
paid fer fire insurance and ordinary
repairs shall be deducted; that money
received as dividends from corpora
tions liable to the tax shall he deduc-
ted, and that employers Shall not be
required to furnish names aud salries
of employees, except TO verify returns
made by said employees. Senator Hill's
amendment to strike out Il number o1
the questions asked by blanks prepared
by the treasury department, whicl
was adopted by the senate, was strucl
out by the conference committee at TIL,
llC4uSSu VI Vic COlllllloSlOllCl VI lltCl
nal revenue, who said the questions
were considered necessary aids for Tx
= collection of the tax.
That friendship is stronger than th
ties Of partisan politics is Il fact wei
known in Washington. if Eot in al
sections of the country, An instanc
was given when Senator VOORHEES,
one of the most partisan of democrats
escorted Senator Wilson, Washington
new republican senator, to the vic
presidents desk, to be sworn in as
member of the senate, and it was mad
more impressive to many by the know
r, ledge that it was Senator Voorhet
j, who gave Senator Wilson his first stal
d. as politician, by getting him appoil
IN ted receiver of government land offit
b, of the then territory of Washington
Senator Voorhees, was about fort
n. ,e years ago defeated in congression
lie lie election by the father of Senator Wi
son. Senator Wilson cast his first vo
a in the senate the same way that
10 friend and political opponent, II
rs ,is VOORHEES, did-for silver.
na ***
Since Tuesday of this week the sena
ny has been for the first time in two yea
N full. Don't pnt wrong constructn
Oh on that word. 1t simply means th
ny each of the fourty-four states now h
its full complement of senators.
will be remembered that for the Ii
two years three of the states ha,
through failure of their legislatures
elect. been only half represented in I
Senate.
There is one man in Wash1ngt
who is still devout Morshipper al
S Cleveland Shrine, Notwithstanding |