The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-21
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GROSVHNOR'S HARD JOB
Te Fight in Committee for Re-
ductiOn of Taxes.
His Task to Overcome the Oppose
ton to sIr. McExinIey's PIans-De-
eIines to Talk About It-PIeased
TO see His Reputation as PoIit-
zeal Prophet Again indicated.


i An intimate friend of Representative
GrosYenor is responsible for the statement
that that gentleman IS preparing to lead
hard fight in the Ways and Means Com
nittee for considerable reduction Of the
war taxes. General Grosvenor is supposed
still to be the Administration mouth
piece in the House, and if this is so, it is
| evident that Mr.. Mckinley IS determined
| TO tighten the burden Of taxation at the
| forthcoming session Of Congress. and not
| TO wait, as he is being urged to do by
some OF the powerful Influences that re-
elected him, for the assembling Of the
f1fty-seventh Congress z year from now
before reducing taxation
Nhen seen this morning by a Times re-
porter General GFosyenor declined 10
speak about the reduction Of war taxes.
The Ways and Means Committee is deal
ing with that subject now he said, and
as nave no authority TO talk about the
committees business I shall not do So
General GrOsvenoT was willing TO talk
ABOUT the recent election. however DO
you remember" he euquired that way
back II July, prepared in London an esti-
mate Of President MeKinley's vote in the
Electoral College which was cabIed over
4AS Opposition press maze great
ceat OF tun OF that estimate and Of me- but
my figures came oft all right The only
mistake made was in putting Nebraska In
the doubtful column. The truth is that
when 1 left here for my summer vacation
IN Europe Nebraska was doubtful. and not
until October was It safe to take Mr. Rry-
ans State out Of the doubtful column and
put It in the Mckinley column 1 hit il On
Utah, though, didn't Il Even after had
placed Utah in the Republican column I
met ex-senator Frank Cannon in Paris and
ne told me that Utah was sure to be car
ried again by Bryan. So confident was he
OF this that he was hurrying away from Eu-
rope so as to get home in time TO take
the stump for Bryan in Utah and claim
some Of the credit for the victory. l tried
my best to keep him from going wild
knew what I was talking about when I
claimed Utah for Mckinley FIVE months be-
fore the election. I had been in CORES
pondence fo1' considerable time with some
OF the best-posted men II Utah and I
learned from them that the drift in that
State was toward Mckinley The Demo-
Gratis were counting too much on the effect
Of the Houses refusal to allow Polygamist
Roberts to take his seat And I under
stand that even Roberts himself supported
the Republican ticket this year That
ought 10 have shown the Bryan people the
Overwhelming strength CT Republican sen
timent in Utah"
What has become Of Web Davis7" said
General GTosyenOr. suddenly shif ing the
subject Il would like to see a Political
convention now made I'D OF Web Davis
Charlie ToBne Henry L. Johnson. t1zs
man Wellington OF Maryland, and few
others OF The boys who went wrong
| dare say they would adopt q set CT reso-
lutions and platform that would make
interesting reading, especially # they
would give vent 10 their real feelings.
scheme and the probable legislation On
that subject at the forthcoming session
Of Congress, he was silent for nonznt,
as II IN deep thought Then he said: a
newspaper pitched into me and gave ne
the devil few days ago for supporting
the Ship Subsidy bill, because as th=s
newspaper editor understands il, the b II
was framed for the sole purpose OF giving
| boGnties to the Standard Oil Company's
ships # this fool editor would study the
| bill he would learn that what he says We
are doing is the very thing We are
bound not to do The bill specifically
shuts out the Standard Oil Company from
any benefits Of the subsidies to be offered
1 There is q provision in the hill prescTib-
/ ing the character OF the ships that are
to participate in the subsidies. This pro-
/ vision was put in for the sole purpSss
| of preventing the Standard OIL Company
! from getting any of the bounties for its
| ships, as said before
DO you mean it was asked, that your
/ bill says in plain terms that the Standard
| Oil Company shall not get any of the subs
| sidy2'
| Il mean" replied General Crosyenor,
/ Gust what 1 have said. That is, when the
proper time comes the proper authority
win interpret the Ship Subsidy law that
we shall enact as not applying to the char
acter Of ships owned and operated by The
Standard Oil Company. This question viii
/ be one of construction Is that plain
| enough for you? Still. I suppose this fool
| editor who the other day made vicious
/ attack upon me for trying to put millions
| into the pockets OF the Standard Oil mag
| mates, as he put it in characteristic
/ Democratic phraseology, viii find some-
thing else in the bill upon which to hang
an excuse for abuse and villifeatien Of its
supporters"
| General Grosvenor talks as If he is con-
vinced there will be no occasion for an
extra session Of the new Congress. He
believes nearly all the legislation de-
manding immediate attention viii be en-
acted at the approaching session, and tat
the country will be perfectly content for
things to run along as they are now until
| the time comes for the assembling CT tho
Fifty-seventh Congress.