The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-20
Will be Reduced $4,000, GOO
by the Bill Passed by the
House Last Weak.
A Success Was the Centenniai OF
the ablishment OF the Car
itol at Washington--China
Needs Outside Support.

one entiIe legislative day, the Eouse
has made as good business record
as it did in It's first week. 1t has
passed one of the regular approrrta-
ton bills and the revenue reduction /
bill. The a'tcr was passed just aS |
reported 10y the committee, after the |
Democratic substitute directing that /
the bill be returned to the committee |
with instructions to increase the tC- |
tai of the reduc tiCns made from SO |
600 600 to $TO0CO.OO0 year, was voted /
down by the Republicans.
The Senate has made some progress
with the ship subsidy bill, and has
amended the Uay-Paur, Effort canal
treaty in d manner TO emphasize the
right Of this government TO protect
the Nicaragua Canal in its own W"
tier it. is constructed. There has /
been a lot of rot printed in connet-
zion with the attitude of President
/ Mckinley and Secretary Hay toward
this amendment. That they did not
consider the language Of the amend
ment necessary is. Of course. obvious
from the fact that the treaty was
sent to the Senate without it, but
that either OF them sought by threat
or otherwise to prevent Senators vot-
inc for the amendment is absolutely
false.
Senator Hanna gained such a repu-
! tation as a speaker by his campaign
talks that his excellent speech in the
Senate in favor of the ship subsidy
bill did not surprise those who heard
it. His idea of convincing oratory
is to talk only about what you know
and to ask others to believe in only
what YOU believe in yourself. That is
what he did on the stump with such
good effect. and that is what he has
done in the Senate. To increase the
American merchant marine is one of
his greatest desires, and his faith in
the ship subsidy bill as long step in
that direction is as strong as was his
faith in the reelection of President
Mckinley and the endorsement of
his policy by the American people.
The remarks of Chairman Payne,
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, on the Democratic substitute
proposed for the revenue reduction
bill. lust passed the House. etfectually
disposed of them. He said. "Some
members of the minority of the COM
mittee have proposed to abolish all
the war revenue and offer in place
thereof an income tax. OF course, it
is perfectly obvious to every thinking
man that this would cause an imme-
diate deficiency in our revenues. 1t
would mean loss of $l05, 1000. The
enactment of new income tax law
would not furnish dollar of addition
al revenue. We have already an in
come tax law upon the statute books
The Supreme Court has decided it un-
constitutional. What reason is there
! to suppose that new enactment of
: this kind would meet with any other
: fate? Another proposition has been
made by the minority to abolish the
: entire additional tax upon beer. This
f would result in an additional reduc-
| ton of 500. .000,0 ,000. 1t would produce
] the greatest injustice. What argu-
l ment in favor of reducing the entire
5 tax on beer which does not apply with
5 as great force to the reduC tion of the
: entire tax on tobacco, amounting to
SlS.OOO,OO or the tax on bankers and
: brokers, amounting to nearly $4,000
A 900, and the remaining taxes, amount.
y ing to $l5,O00,000? Certainly the tax
: upon beer should never be wiped out
!, until every other vestige of the wal
: tax is removed"
d The celebration of the centennial
e of the establishment of the capita
;, of the United States at Washington
: held this week. was big success, as
well as most interesting historical
event. 1t began with reception ir
G the White House, by the President, il
honor of the % governors of States
S who attended, followed by an address
o by Col. T. A. Bingham, Superintend
ent of Public Buildings and Grounds
who exhibited and explained mode
of the proposed additions to the White
$ House: an address of welcome b,
o Commissioner Mcfarland and repl,
I on behalf of the governors by Gov
IT Shaw, of Iowa. The out of door par
of the celebration consisted of mill
tary parade, under command of Gen
Nelson A. Miles, which was reviewe,
from the east front of the Capitol b.
President Mckinley. Later, com
IL memorative meeting was held in tn
Is hall of the House of Representative
N with Congress sitting in joint session
presided over by Senator Frye, and al
m tended by the President, the Cabine
+, and all the prominent visitors. At thi
= meeting addresses were delivered b
Senators Hoar, Daniel and McComa
- and Representatives Payne, of Ne
~ York, and Richardson, of Tennessee
!, The celebration closed with an evel
7 ing reception to the governors in I'll
h Cochran Gallery of Art.
A Gen. James Fl. Wilson, who has ju
returned from China, said of that u
:. fortunate country: "The trouble wit
ts China is the poverty of its peopl