The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-24

- 80 Increase u revenue. xrd Il wcssd
se better II the s-ra were So. 90 80: be-
Sides. the treasury reserve should not b
less than yl5A 20 90. instead ce the pres
srs accepted ssrnss q tsse. osa 80 Of gosd
TAss could be accomplished By exchzng-
ting paper TOW IL the treasury for geld.
ard IL oaent 70 be accepted by the begin
Mig az The next ascal rear.
After guly ! thNe must be moro rsve-
nue., Or serious difficulties win arse X
nsy assumption L. correct that the senate
VIII reject the house bin ~ the coming
session. ard that q measure will be pass
"a tia, Will restore the financial eQEinhrs-
UNA. there Il sne plan 20 be followed. that
L. for President Mckinley 20 call a. ex-
uaordfnary session.
If Is ny judgment that such . session
reed not De long one unless the senAte
parposeiy orcacngs the debate. Pyose-tios
Is principle. not . matter Of rates. AZ
the house o. Representatives Is the source
CT ali revenue legislation. and Is u Is Re-
publican 10 poltricai complexion. II w.h
maintain the principle OF proxsctlou, but
with Justice and moderation
"Wflls l have expressed myself thus
frankly as to the necessity OF such q re-
vision OF the tariff as wili cause Il 20 ygeid
sufficient revenue and ut the same time
encourage American industries, yet | be-
AsF- that whstsver steps are taken.
should De taken with care and moderation.
not giving Just occasion for criticism BY
sound money Democrats who have CO.
operated with Us In this campaign
No Chance for the Bill.
Washington. New 2s.-Men.bers OF the
senate are coming 70 Washington each
day. and from interviews with each Of
thu arrivals Il is apparent that the sena-
tors expec; little save routine legislation.
including the passage Of the annual ap-
preparation bills az the short session OF
congress Senators Cockre,l. OF Missouri.
and Hawiey. OF Connecticut. both gave
expression TO their opinion today and
both likewise agreed in the opinion that
nothing reed be expected al the coming
session in the way TO helping along an in-
ternatsonai bi-meralIie conference.
Senator Hawiey does not believe the
Dinghy blu VIII be enacted into law. He
added.
The Dingiey bill Is confessedIy a mere
nfakeshifI, with all the defects incident
10 horizontal increase or decrease of
duties. 1t IL should be passed as II Is
expected. IL seems TO me that II would be-
tne duty of the president to assemble
congress as soon as possible after the Attn
OF March for a diAgent consideration and
revision of the whole tariff in a consid-
crate and conservative spirit. to the end
that q bill might be paAsed that would
stand the test Of years. subject, OF course.
TO an occasional correction where new in-
venuons ana changes In trade may de-
mand IL. IL is TO be remembered. also.
that the Dingley bill expires by It's own
limitation in August, isss, and II 1T Is inn
possible 70 evade the question. the more
speedy action there is taken the better"
Democratic Claim 20 Kentucky.
Louisville Nov. 22.-Secretary Richard
son. of the Democratic state campaig
committee. gave out statement today
covering the grounds on which q contest
of the electoral vote of the state is to be
made. first before the contest board, and
II unsuccessful there, before the courts.
II is claimed that irregularities have been
discovered affecting enough votes to In
sure twelve of the Democratic electors. 1t
Is claimed that on great many ballots
the voters cross was placed only before
the name of the elector. that these bal
lots. in the case of the Republicans, were
counted for the electoral ticket, whereas
tho Democratic ballots OF this sort were
counted for only the first eiector. w. b.
Smith.