Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-30
THE POLITICIAN.

THE POLITICIAN.
While no formal action has been TAX
en- as to the date of adjournment it is
easy for old-timers to see that Senators
and Representatives are expecting ad-
journment in few days. Unless Mr..
Cleveland shall, in the veto message be
is now preparing on the River and Har-
bor bill, attempt to attack Congress in
such manner as to provoke reply,
it is probable that next week will be
garded as certain, no matter what
position Mr.. Cleveland may take, that
the River and Harbor bill will be pass
ed over his veto. If he contents him
self with vetoeing it without scolding
Congress the bill will merely be quiet
ly passed over the veto, without dis
cussion; but if he does otherwise there
will be discussion and plenty of it be-
fore the bill is passed.
The Senate voted down Senator Du-
bois' proposition for an additional tax
of IS cents on beer.
The Cleveland Democrats have about
abandoned open fighting against the
silver Democrats, and are row work
ing secret schemes by which they hope
to be able to control sufficient numb
er of the silver delegates to the Chicago
convention to prevent the adoption of
a free silver platform. The general
opinion in Washington is that there is
bound to be bolt at Chicago.
The Virginia Senators, neither of
whom was consulted before the nomi-
nation was sent in, succeeded in get
ting an adverse report from the Finance
committee on the nomination of w. Fl.
Fowle to succeed Gen. Fitz Lee as col
lector of internal revenue for the sixth
Virginia district AS the adverse re-
port was unanimous it indicates almost
to certainty that the Senate will re-
fight on Fowle by the Virginia Sena.
tors is merely an underhanded fight
on Fitz Lee, who is his father-in-law,
and whose name is so powerful among
Virginia Democrats that the Senate
did not dare strike him direct. The
charge against Fowle is incompetency.
1t may be perfectly true, but why was
it not brought during the time that he
was in charge of the collectors office
as Gen. Lees deputy? 1t is well known
that Gen. Lee was only the ornamental
collector and that .he work of the Office
was directed by Fowla; also that Lee
was named for collector without con-
sulting the Virginia Senators.
Chairman Pickler, of the House COM
mittee on invalid Pensions, has report
ed favorably to the House from that
committee a service pension bill. This
bill provides that every honorably dis
charged soldier and sailor who served
ninety days or longer during the late
~ar shall receive s3 a month, and one
cent month additional for each day
exceeding ninety that he served. Esti-
mates differ as to how much money
would be required to put &his bill into
effect, the most conservative putting it
in the neighborhooA of $4,000, 900 =
year The friends of the bill say thers
is no intention to push is at the present
session, and that it has been reported
SO as to allow the people a chance to
discuss it and express their views upon
1t before It comes up for final action.
at ale next session
One of tho interested listeners to tho
remarks made by Representative Dolli-
yer, of Iowa, showing up the turn coat
political record of ex-Gov Bois, of that
State, was Mr.. D. II. stuhr, of Dayen-
port. Afterwards Mr.. Stuhr said: "If
ex-Gov. Bois should be tho Democratic
nominee for the Presidency / think
Iowa would give Republican majority
not short of 100, 900. The Germans once
voted for Bois because of his stand