Morris tribune., 1898-05-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From The Tribune's Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April %.


The HOUSE after a three days de-
bate passed the war revenue bill,
which will add about $1OO,OOO,OOO a
year to the government revenues by
internal revenue taxation, including
increases in the taxes on beer and
manufactured tobacco and system
of stamps similar to that used during
the civil war, and provides for the
issuing of $5OO,OOO,OOO in bonds, also
treasury certificates of indebtedness
for temporary exigences. 1t remains
to be ascertained whether Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, Teller and the
Populists can succeed in their threat
of Gripping the fighting power of the
government by striking out of the bill
in the senate the authority to issue
bonds, or rather whether they will
dare to arouse the indignation of the
country by seriously making the at
tempt. From utterances of members
of the senate finance committee, which
is dominated by radical silver men, it
is thought to be almost certain that
the committee will strike the bond
clause out of the bill before report
ing it to the senate, but it is equally |
certain that a majority of the senate,
composed of all the Republicans and
a few Democrats, will vote to put it |
back.
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PRESIDENT MCKINLEY is directing
the conduct of the war upon better
advice and knowledge than that of
editors of irresponsible yellow journals
and loud -mouthed corner loafers. He
knows what he is doing and that it
will be fully approved by the country |
when results shall make his policy ap- |
parent. The war news so far has been
satisfactory; the blockade of Cuba is
successful, and the capturing of a
number of prises pleasing. In good
time we shall hoist Old Glory in Cuba,
and our warships shall meet those of
Spain.
TX
CAPT. LEONARD WooD, =. S. A., cap
.tured the honor of being the first per-
son authorized by the war department
to raise one of the regiments at large
provided for in the act authorizing the
formation of volunteer army, and he
will be it's colonel, and Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt has resigned the position of
assistant secretary of the navy to be
it's lieutenant colonel. Capt. Wood
left Washington this week for the
West for the purpose of enksting
what men he wants. Phoenix, Ari-
iona; Boise City, Idaho; Carson City,
Santa Fe, N. M; Guthrie,
Oklahoma; Salt Lake City, Utah, and
Cheyenne, Wyoming, will be visited.
TX
UNDER the army reorganization bill,
which this week becomes a law, the
regular army will be increased to co.,
600 men; The additional men will be
recruited at once,
TX
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has personally
accepted the offer of John Jacob Astor
the New York multi-millionaire, to
raise, equip and maintain throughout
the war at his own expense regiment
of artillery, and to personally lead it
The equipment of this regiment, in
Guiding it's batteries, will be the very
best that money can buy. Previous to
this Mr.. Astor had given his fine steam
yacht to the government to be used
as torpedo boat.
TX
The House this week seated the
third Republican contestant from Vir-
ginia-Dr. Richard A.Wise, a nephew
of Henry A. Wise, Virginia's fighting
governor. DR.. Wise is from the Sec
ond district, and the man he ousted is
w. A, Young. AS in the other con-
tests, the Virginia election laws were
shown to be fraudulent all the way
through,
**T
The bill declaring state of war to
have existed between the United States
and Spain since and including April
Fl, was signed with the same pen by
Speaker Reed, Vice Presidedt Hobart
and President Mckinley, and the pen
is now in the possession of Represent
alive William Alden Smith, of Michi-
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