The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-07
DRAWN FROM CONGRESSMAN.

Representative McMillin or Tennessee ar
rived in Washington yesterday from New
YORK, where he has been for the past
ten days attending the sessions OF the
House Committee on Alcohol In the Arts,
which has been investigating this subject
preparatory to making its report.
Mr. McMllin has about decided To locate
in the Normandie for the winter. He lie
clined to talk politics beyond the hazard
OF Il conjecture that TO tariff legislation
could he gotten through both Houses or
Congress this winter. II e thinks the Ding
ley bill more satisfactory, In matter
or form, to the Republicans Of-the country
than to the Democrats
1T is not believed that the DinGiey
bill was everintendedto become law even
by It's Trainer. IL was formulated in
radically protective House, and sent TO
Senate known TO be opposed 10 such
measure 1t was announced from the
hOuSetOps last winter that there could be
no possible hope for such legislation In the
Senate as at present constituted Knowing
tnat II Could not pass, 1T was built up to
please theindustres touche d Thereby rather
than for actual use as revenue measure
Senator Bacon of Georgia thinks that
the mass OF the Republican party will APP
pose the passage OF the Dingley bill as
strenuuusly as the most pronounced low
tariff Democrats in Congress.
There will be no effort to pass any
revenue bill this winter, / feel certain"
he said. Indeed it would not surprise me
to see the Democrats take the Initiation
in the steps toward increased revenue.
The Republicans want 10 hold an extra SeS-
sion as soon after McKinIey's Inaugural
ton as possible With satisfactory rev.
enue measure passed by the E1fty-fOurth
Congress, there would remain no good rta-
son for calling such session. L his IS
W a
and before I believe that their opposition
to any bill that is an apparent solution
of the revenue question will be resisted not
only positively, but if the issue is forced,
actively"
The senator said further that he believed
the most feasible plan for increasing the
revenues was the proposition to increase
the tax on beer. He had not STUFFED the
question closely, as his duties on the
Claims NaTal, District and other commit
tees had largely monopoliZed his attention,
but he could see no good reason why the
measure proposed was not equitable and
eXpedient
prOpCSitio n recently outlined i'll The Times
to tax beer and all malt liquors on the
basis OF the alcohol contained as in the
case of distilled liquors, the Senator
seemed much interested, and said he would
take especial care 10 investigate this phase
he sad, that no favOritisn be shown To
any class in distributing the burdens of
taxation and if ii was a fact that beer
carries q larger proportion of alcohol than
the specific tax OF 81 a barrel Justified
no objection, he thought, could be made TO
an increase.
j. C. :. Blackburn. Jr., returned to Wash
ington yesterday and announced the coming
of his father the Kentucky Senator, today.
Senator Blackburn has by no means with
draw from the contest for the succession
of his seat in the Upper House, and, as
noted by well known attorney and poll
tician of the Blue Grass state, who is stop
ping at an uptown hotel. the case is tax
ing on all the complications OF the cele-
brated Montana case that involved the
seat of Senator Lee Mantle when he first
made his appearance in Senatorial life
"Blackburn's seat is not vacant until
the 4th of March next said this gentle
man." and no appointiye power lies in
the Governors hands until after there is
vancancy. There seems 10 be no posi-
bility of the legislature eleCting a sue
ceSSor OF our Joe even if Gov. Bradley calls
an extra session for that purpose. Hunter
holds the caucus nomination OF the Repub-
hcan party, and has practically destroyed
his chances by givingpledges TO suppOrtf free
coinage measures, To some OF his back
woods constituents. These pledges were
given when il was thought that Bryan was
going to sweep the country, and putthe willy
doctor in no end of hole.
.'Unless Gov. Bradley calls an extra SEES
sion, and even il such session is called
and fails to elect, he Will have no power to
fill vacancy that the legisi AZURE left I'M
filled, under the decision reached in the
case of Senator Mantle Ii must be pre-
supposed that the legislature, in declining
to meet the conditions and therefore fall
ing to elect, did not and could not, merely
shift the responsibility of appointing upon
the Governor, but by that action intended
to announce that it preferred to leave the
place vacant until q legislature was elected
that could and would fill it. 1t is quite
within the range OF possibilities that the
place will be held vacant until the election
OF the next legislature, which will in all
PROBABILITY be favorable to Blackburn