The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-06-19
" ashington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

| w VAbdlNGTON, II. ~. JUNE IL, lOJC
Ho for st. Louis! is the cry of ma
jority of the republican Senators an,
representatives. just now. Many o
them are delegates to the convention
and many more wish to be on hant
when the next President of the Unit
ed States is named, and just as soor
as the gavel falls for adjournment
which will be in very few hours-not
later than Wednesday-they will pacl
heir grips and start. The meeting O
ne National Committee, in ST. Louis
| his week, to make up the temporary
| roll Of the convention will be second
in Importance only to the meeti ng O
the convention itself, and many Con
gressmen. beside those who are mem
bers of the committee, will start from
Washington in time to be there at its
opening on Wednesday.
No surprise was caused by the veto
of the general deficiency appropria-
ton bill on account of the itemsmak-
ing an appropriation for the French
spoliation claims, which have been be-
fore Congress in one or another shape
f'r nearly one hundred years, and an
OF her appropriation for private claim.
The House promptly sustained the
veto and passed another deficiency
| bill with those and several other items
lett out. The Objectionable items
were placed in the bill by the Senate
and were virtually forced on the house
b. the insistance of the Senate con-
ferees.
The report of Chairman Dingley, of
the House Ways AMI Means commit
tee, against the Senate bill prohibiting
the issue of bonds without special
authority of Congress, which was
signed by all of the republican mem
bers of the Committee and by two
democrats-Turner, of Ga, and Cobb,
Of Mo.-is considered to be an able
and comprehensive document The
following extract from the report
| shows the committee to be in line
with the republican policy of preserv-
ing the credit of the country at all
hazards: zone excuse which has
been given for the passage of the Sen
| ate bill is that the Secretary of the
Treasury has sold bonds to syndicates
instead of offering them first as popu-
lar loans. While we sympathize with
this criticism, yet this affords substan-
tial ground for amending the Act of
1875 so as to require bonds issued un-
der it to be first offered to the Ameri-
can people, and not ground for the
absolute repeal of all authority to bor-
row in an exigency. Another excuse
is that the Secretary of the Treasury
has indirectly issued and sold bonds to
meet the deficiency of revenues, by
using the redeemed U. S. Legal Tender
ties for current expenses, and thus
Placing them in a position for second
redemption. This affords ground for
such legislation as will make it practi-
cally impossible to continue this prac-
tee, but not satisfactory ground for
taking the Secretary all power to bor-
row for the purpose of maintaining
the redemption fund.-" The report
raps the administration hard for refus-
'ng to officially recognize the deficit
the revenues, and the Senate for its
relusal to pass the emergency tariff
Ill and other relief measures passed
~ the House early in the Session.
Hon. G.. M. Barnett, Chairman of
he State Republican Committee of
KY who has been visiting Washing
ton, says of the outlook in that state !:
Kentucky will give majority for the
! republican ticket in November of from
2 900 to 10000 votes. / expect to
see IA republican elected in every Con-
gresslonal district save one,-the first
- nd it is doubtful whether the demo-
cats will carry that"
In summing up the work done at
this session of Congress republicans
fihd nothing to reproacb themselves
with, although they may regret that
the Senate did not pass several import
ant bills which the House passed.
The republicans of the House, the
only branch Of Congress controlled by
the party, can return to their con-
stituents. with the proud boast-if it
be boasting to state the literal truth
that so far as their votes are concern
ed they have filled every pledge made
by the party platforms upon which
they were elected. Needed appropria-
ti,ns have been made for internal inn
provements, although it involved the
overthrow of the Presidential veto to
do it; Harbor defenses and the con-
t.nued strengthening of our Navy
have been provided for; the pension
laws have been amended in the in