The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-22
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The Republicans wni no doubt make an
attempt to reduce the war revenue saxes, y
/ said Representative j. p Shafroth of Colo
rado, at the Cochran. this morning. but it
viii, il my opinion, be merely a bluff The
reason the revenues will not be reduced
/ is because the money will be needed TO
maintain the large standing army which
the Republicans intend to saddle on the
country. Wig, If you viii look at the dali
: ly statenents Issued By The Treasury De-
| partment. continued Representative Shat
roth. you viii see that the country is still
| on war footing Just as much so as be-
fore the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty.
| The cost Of the war arm of the Govern
NEXT from the 1st of July which is the
beginning of the fiscal year, up to yester-
day, was over S7e, 600 0eG or s14 600 per
month. And as the President. so it is said
IN the public press, viii ask Congress for
permanent Army of leo, 600 men and will
also ask for large permanent increase in
the Marine Corps and Navy you viii see
that there can really be no reduction of
the war taxes for the revenue viii be need
ed to meet the growing cost Of the Army.
Now, / do not expect an extra session of
Congress unless, Of course, the bill to make
permanent increase in the Army fails. In
that event an extra session Of Congress, IN
my judgment, viii be convened Repre-
sentative Shafroth says it viii be many
day before the Filipinos viii yield. and
that present indications point TO the ne
cessity OF an Army of a. least 100. GOO men
| in the Philippines If the present policy Of
| the Administration is to continue.
Representative-eIect Spencer Blackburn
of the Eighth North Carolina district. is
at the National Mr. Blackburn is a Re-
publican, and succeeds Representative Ro-
mulus z. Linney.
Representative l. F. Livingston OF
Georgia, the ranking minority member of
the Appropriations Committee, is at the
Metropolitan. Mr.. Livingston says this
session OF Congress viii be crowded with
/ business and that a number of important
measures viii come up for consideration.
among which will be the Ship Subsidy
bill and the Army bill The ApproDria-
tons Committee, he says, will have sew
erai of the appropriation bills ready to
report before the holiday recess
Rural free delivery is no longer an
experiment" said Representative George
W. Smith of Illinois at Wizards. this
morning 1t has come to stay. Rural
free delivery has taken a strong hold on
the people and they are everywhere clam
oring for the service. I know that when
the experiment was first tried there were
many misgivings en- the part OF the men,
bers, but in little while the experiment
proved success and the service is being
extended every day. The farmers Of the
country wouldn't be without the service
ana doubt If you can find any member
who would oppose its further extension"
~TgNeH
mouse committee on Postof5ces ana Post
roads and IS Chairman of the Committee
on Private Land Claims
George winters, business man of Bal
tirnore. IS ct the 81. James. "The leading
Maryland distillers tell me- said Mr.. Win
tiers, that the export trade IL whisky. es-
pecially bottled goods. is rapidly growing.
This IS due 10 The law enacted several years
ago GLOWING distiIlers 10 bottle whisky in
bond under the Governments supervision
Al whisky thus bottled has an internal
REVENGE stamp affixed over the mouth of
the bottle. and the stamp gives the age of
me whisky and IS guarantee that it has
lot been tempered with II Is also a pro-
lection to the distiller who has esta bIished
& reputation at home and abroad for supe-
Tlor goods. l am told added BTr. Winters
that Americans travelling in Euro3e ex
peFieuee no difficulty in buying single bot
ties OF the leading brands Of whisky pro
dueed by our distillers. Before the pas
sage OF tie Stamp law the export trade in
bottled goods was very SMALL
Ex-senator II 6 Quay, of Pennsylvania
who IS making determined fight to be re-
turned TO the Senate, was at the Normaodie
last night, calling on friends. having Just
returned from trip to Philadelphia. Col
onei quay was in fine humJr. and seemed
&c have heard good news in the keystone
State
i have little to say said he. when
questioned, save that hive had encourag-
ing reports rom Senator Pearose Insurance
Commissioner J. ". Durham, State Senator
Andrews, and many others : am assured
that William T. Marshall will be the
Speaker of the new Assembly ard
Dr. Marshall will be elected President of
the Senate. Everything looks favorable
and I feel splendidly''
Do you think that you will be elected to
the Senate2"
have no reason to change my predic-
ton made. before went to Florida" was
the reply q viii be elected 20 the United
States Senate and by z good majority
am back in Washington because 1 am Ger
tain OF election. and my presence in Penn
sylva1ia is not needed There Is no truth
in this story Of my retiring in favor of
P A. B. Widener. That is all rubbish and
is too silly to even deny. Ny chances were
never better, and have 10 doubts as to