The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-16

senator Brfce, Though Democrat Will
 Vote for It-senator German and othep
 Democrats May Do Lilxewise-views of
 Senator Hawley and Congressman Rus-
 sell on the Deficit Question.
 Washington, Nov 15.-The Washing ton bureau of the United Press has sought the written opinions of a num- | Der of prominent senators and repre- sentatives to the probability of tariff legislation in the next congress and as to the likelihood of an extra session.
 Senator Calvin s. Brice of Ohio, re. spends as follows: First, 1t is quite certain that the republican president elect will after March 4, 1897, be sus- tafned by large republican majority in the house of representatives and by a sufficient republican majority in the senate. Second, that the free silver men will be in the minority in the sen- ate. Third, that while some of the free silver senators who have heretofore I prevented the passage of the Dingley bill with such amendments as may make certain sufficient revenue will, 1 in view of the result of the election. probably vote with their republican l brethren.
 l Tt is immaterial whether they do or not, as, in my opinion a sufficient | number of sound money democratic senators will assist the republicans to | pass the necessary tariff legislation i'll the Fifty-fourth congress to supply the existing deficit in the revenue. I, at least, shall SC vote, and understand | Senator German and number of others occupy the same position"
 Senator Sherman, who has been quot ed at length in two interviews, dia- metrically contradicting each other, one asserting that the Dingley bill would pass, the other saying that there was no chance of its passage and that an extra session was inevitable, refuses to affirm the correctness of either state ment. but writes as follows:
 Tn the present condition of affairs I do not care to exp1 ess my opinion as to tine proper tariff and finance legislation of this or the next congress"
 
 man of the senate committee on appro- l priations, writes: T do not think it practicable to predict as respects tariff and financial legislation during the last session of the Fifty-fourth congress. I hope the Dingley bill will pass with such notifications as may be necessary to secure revenue to carry on the gov ernment. If this cannot be done dur ing the Fifty fourth it seems to be an extra session of the Fifty-ffth congress is inevitable"
 Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Con- necticut, with a modest disclaimer of any desire to enter the financial field as prophet, and with the still more dep- recatory remark that anything he could say now would be "the cheapest com monplace," adds these remarks:
 AS to the financial legislation to be expected from the coming session, I should hope that a well graded, careful bill, defining the circumstances under which the executive might issue bonds. may be passed. The possibility of adopting satisfactory revision of the tariff such as might be expected to re- main undisturbed at the last session of the Fifty-fourth congress seems to me very doubtful. If the revenues permit it, the matter ought to go over to the extra session of the Fifty fifth congress with view to securing such revision as I refer to- If that could be had, 1t would probably give the country a very desirable rest in the matter for the next four years" e
 General Grosvenor writes: T do not believe it possible that any material l tI of +, try can be passed in the Fifty-fourth congress. The senators who have left the republican party in the interest of few mine owners will resent rather than obey the demands of an enormous majority of the people that the great est good shall be the rule of their ao- ton rather than the selfish greed of less than soulless corporations of the Rocky Mountains. Hence these men who have no future in the republicans party will resist all attempts to relieve the treasury by any legislation that does not recognize the paramount in- terest of the mine owner
 T believe that the republican party will be in position in the Fifty-f1fth congress to save the country from bankruptcy and the industries of the country from destruction. The line of action Is a matter which will have to be considered carefully in the future."
 Charles A. Russell of Connecticut, member of the committee on ways and means, says: "The pa '~iotic and busi- nesslike duty of the coming session of congress (the last session of the Fifty fourth congress) is to provide revenue for the needs of the government. That should be done by proper and reason able increase in customs duties. It could be effected by the adoption of the revenue measure (Dingley bilD which the house passed at the last session or some measure on the same lines. We have gone through successfully an election where partsanship was put aside and now congress should put aside its partisanship in providing for the necessities of the government and doing it immediately. If this be done business will be further benefited and possibly an extra session of the new congress will be unnecessary"
 Dropped Nine Honorary Members.
 Omaha, Nov. 15.-At meeting of the