The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-11-30
THE WORK OF CONGRESS,

and influence to Presidential
message.
Inc great senior senator from
Iowa in an interview in the Chica-
&c Times Herald Of last Wednes-
day says as follows:
"Some things must be done in
1.-THE short session in order to avoid
an extra session. The regular APP
preparation bills must first of all
be passed. In these is included
the river and harbor bill, which
did not pass the last congressional
session. | may assume that these
will all be passed.
ARMY BILL URGENT.
"Then an army bill must be
passed. Exactly what, of course,
do not know. But the condition
confronts us of the army reduced
by law to an extent not equal to
the national necessities. The first
OF July, 1901, by stroke reduces
the army to II, 500 men. Prudence
at least suggests that under exist
ing conditions some measure be
taken against that date Therefore
say the short session must pass
an army bill in order to avoid the
necessity of an extra session called
to make such provision. AS to the
size of the army, $4,000, as at
present, for instance, that is mat
ter of detail. These two necessary
things, then, must be done in the
short session ~ the passage of the
regular appropriations and the pas
sage of an army bill.
CUT IN WAR REVENUE.
"There are also measures which
will present themselves as exceed
lingly expedient. First of these is
THE consideration of the war reve-
nue. bill. Taxes imposed in war
time are not appropriate in time Of
peace. Neither is a large surplus
III the treasury desirable. The
house committee is alreacy consid-
ering reduction and the Secretary
of the Treasury has recommended
a reduction of $50, 900, 900. In
my opinion the stamp taxes gener-
ally should be removed. That in
cludes the tax on checks, notes,
bank paper and mortgages. Such
ajax is a duplicate tax on the debt
or, inasmuch as he is taxed on the
note he makes and the mortgage he
presents for security.
| TO LIFT OTHER BURDENS.
"Also included are taxes on ex-
press packages and kilograms,
which amount to burdens on the
public and not on the companies.
Proprietary medicines should like
wise be relieved, inasmuch as a
large majority of them are not pat
ents but only manufactured or put
| up remedies.
"To repeal the tax on beer alone
would mean a reduction of from
SIS, 900, 900 to $50, 900, 900. Such
a reduction is obviously too large a
bit of legislation to be considered
by the short session.
"The bill for the digging of the
Nicaragua Canal will be a foremost
proposition. The Hepburn bill
passed by the house will come be-
fore the senate.
TREATY NOT OBSOLETE.
Ono, ! do not believe the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty can be regarded
as obsolete. The negotiation Of
the Hay-Paunceforte treaty meant
that this government considered
the famous treaty to be in force.
Mr. Cleveland's secretary of state,
Mr.. Olney, was of the same opin-
ion; so was Mr.. Blaine when he
was secretary of state. The friends
of the Hepburn bill will urge that
we go ahead, and thenif difficulties
come up, if the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty be found not obsolete, that
we negotiate as they arise. The
whole subject will consume much
time in the short session.
TALKS OF SUBSIDY BILL.
'sThe ship subsidy bill will be
considered. ! believesthat it will
afford the democrats more pabu.
lum for opposition than any other
possible theme. Whether the sub.
sidy bill, when passed, will be prac-
tically the so-called Hanna Payne
| bill | do not know. | have seer
many bills passed by one house
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