Morris tribune., 1896-04-08
CONGRESS NEWS
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the House and Senate Re
corded Weekly.

aShlngtOn, Aprll "a way
of McKimeyism struck Washing
ton this week, and for a little while
it looked like all the opponents OF
the popular Ohioan would be
swamped, but now things have
resumed their normal co dltlon-
that is, Republicans are standing
ND for their choice, just as they
were before that wave swept over.
Tt is admitted, however, by many
of the staunchest supporters of the
other candidates that few more
waves like that would make Gov.
Mckinley nomination a certain
ty. Of course his supporters insist
that his nomination is already as
sured, and some of them are even
saying that they wouldn't be sur
prised to see the thing made unanl-
nous by the withdrawal of all the
other candidates. The supporters
of the other candidates say that
Gov. McKinley's greatest danger
ARISES from his great strength; that
he is strong enough to lead the
field bat not strong enough to be
nominated on the first ballot.
The house added an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation
bill providing for the purchase Of
the Washington house in which
Lincoln died, and for the placing
of the house under the care of the
Memorial Society, organized sever
al years ago under special act of
congress.
Owing to the disagreement as to
which of the two competing COM
panies should be given the concess-
ION for laying and maintaining a
cable from California to Hawaii,
the senate committee on foreign
relations voted against reporting
the bill providing for that cable.
As IT. is known that seven out OF
the eleven mem bers of the commit
tee favor the cable it is believed
that bill will yet be reported.
The trouble was that the seven
members who favored the cable
disagreed as to which of the two
companies should lay it and the
four democrats who oppose the
cable took advantage of the dis
agreement to vote so as to hang the
whole business up, for time any
way
Senator Cullom, who is the auth
or of the Interstate Commerce Law,
will endedvor TO overcome the eff
feet of the supreme court decision
that no authority was conferred
upon the interstate commerce COM
mission by that law to compel rail
roads to regulate their prices for
freight so as not to charge more
for a short haul than for a long
enc, by introducing bill to amend
he law by specifically providing
that railroads shall not carry for
eign goods cheaper than they carry
domestic goods.
The third quarter of the fiscal
year ended this week, and the foot
ings of the treasury figures. for the
past nine months adds the very
strongest confirmation to the lack
OF sufficient revenue to run the
government, which Republicans,
ln and out of congress have been so
49ng 1mpresslng upon the country,
and which the house tried to rem
eay 10y passing a revenue tariff bill.
The deficit for the nine months
ending March 81, was $18, 819,7O
The increase in revenues which
Secretary Carlisle predicted in his
annual report to Congress has not
come and will not come so long as
The present tariff law continues in
force.
The sugar growers Of the country
presented a strong appeal-they
claim, an appeal for the life of the
1ndustry--to the house ways and
means committee, this week, for
Legislation to enable them to Gem
pete with the German producers
who are paid an export bounty by
their government, and who are
taking advantage of the war in