The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
OUR WASHINGTON LEITE
WASHINGTON, Dee. IA,

Republicans have every reaE n to
feel gratitied at the OUTCOME NJ the
consultation Of Senators and IsaDre-
sentativas of the party, VIII. mhave
been a feature Of the iirstl n 3,ll OF
Congress. With the exceptI lI2sf the
few silverbolters, the party ketn both
branches Of Congress is a ulstBias to
what is TO be done in the neanjo,t
Without q majority in the SecH ,e the
party is pOWerless 10 force wgtiff OF
any other legislation at thiskF 1ssion
OF Congress, but the miseniey{Hs sill
yer element in the Senate, md by
Alien. the Nebraska PopuiisH have
already been taught that the bi,pub-
lean Senators do not intend 40 lose
any opportunities to pass thyIiingley
bill at the present sessioJH These
would-hs mischief-makeTsf IA ted out
with the mistaken idea ths vEhe Re
publicaus We're afraid of II c4f]ingley
bill and that they could Atlenon-
strate to the contrary; thesriSay find
themselves prepared to go C&e record
as the opponents of increast,ag the
revenues OF the government hefore
the short session closes, bNtrseing
forced to vote on the Dingley h d.
The Republican members II the
House Committee on Ways and Means
have once more demonstrated that
the Republican party never shrks its
responsibilities and always keeps
promises made to the people, by de
Gliding to begin at once the prepara-
ton OF q protective tariff bill, 10 be
passed at the extra session of thr next
Congress. No man in GSayo.lpss is
better fitted I uJoI5sitl,-. or,teT Gn Sc
preparations than is Chairman Din g-
ley of that committee, and no mann is
better fitted TO direct the department.
of the Government charged with the
administration of the tariff law should
President Mckinley see fit to make
him his Secretary of the Treasury, as
many believe he will. There are prob
ably not twenty men in the country
who are 50 we'll posted on the tariff
as Mr.. DinGlcy is, and this is espe-
cially fortunate both for the country
and the Republican party, as it is the
intention TO make the new tariff bill
the best we have ever had-no cater
ing to favOrite Industries, as the pres
ent law does, but equitable protection
for all, and at the same time revenue
enough TO meet the needs of the gov
eminent. 1t is in Il sense an lnnOVa-
! ton for the Ways and Means Com
| mittCC Of one House to prepare bill
, for the next House, but it happens to
| be all right i'll this case, as every Re
! publican member Of the present COM
luittcG has been reelected to the next
! House and viii be certain to retain
| their committee places because Speak
er Reed will be chosen Speaker Of
| the next House without Republican
opposition.
The Ways and Means committee
has already held a formal meeting
and assigned the work OF preparing
! the different schedules of the new
| tariff bill to the individual members
of the committee best fitted to handle
| them, and hearings Of the represent
! arivcs Of different industries Will at
| once be arranged for. One of the
| mistakes of the past which will be
avoided by the new bill will be the
heavy importations of foreign goods
and the consequent injury of our own
manufacturers and working men,
This will be done by providing that
dutiable goods in bonded warehouses
at the date upon which the new bill
/ 'JNtOliLtr q I'l " 9lltlll JclN Ndl olitACA
| the new and not the Old law -
No one was greatly surprised when
| certain Democratic SenatOrS-siXteen
of them-tried TO kill the bill forbid
| ding the landing CT any Immigrant
/ between the ages of sixteen and sixty
! years who is unable to read five
lines of the United States constitution
i'll some printed language, by post
! pOniLg its consideration until Janu-
airy. But the decisive manner in
which these Senators, working III the
! interest OF steamship companies
rather than raise the standard of our
| foreign born citizens, were sat upon
| BY tiirUy-seVen Senators. indicates
almost to a certainty that the bill will
be passed before the holiday recess.
The House during its first week
passed the regular Pension Appropri-
alton bill, several important postal
bills, a number of miscellaneous
measures and private pension bills,
and a bill prohibiting the sale of liq-
uor in the capitol building, and this
week another one of the appropria-
! ton bills will be reported and proba-
| bly, passed. 1t is strictly a business
body, as has been every House presi-
ded over by Speaker Reed.
Senator Sherman, chairman of the
! Republican Senatorial Caucus, lost
no time in complying with the unan-
| imOuS instruction of the caucus to
| appoint a committee OF five to devise
| legislation in the interests of inter
national bimetallism, and, although
he is often accused of being unfriendly
to silver, every man on the committee
is a bimetallist. They are Senators
WOicott, Hoar, Chandler, Carter and
Gear.
North Glade,