Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Reg ular CORRESPONDENT

isrom Our Reg ular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, JAN, 2sth, 1901.
1t an extra session of Congress has
to be called to pass the Ship Subsidy
bill, as now seems probable, the Re-
publicans are going TO make Philip
pine legislation the excuse for the
extra session.
Democrats are not worrying over
the extra session question. They
can stand it if the Republicans can +,
and neither the fear of it nor the
desire for it will influence a single
Democratic vote, or lessen Demo.
cratic opposition to single measure
which is opposed on principle.
Mr.. Mckinley has tried to lessen
the Republican scramble for Army
Commissions in the expanded regular
army, BY announcing that he intend
ed to give those commissions TO men
who had served in the Philippines
with the volunteers, as far as posi-
BILE to do so. A big Republican row
is probable over the distribution of
these places.
Senator Towne, whose successor is
expected to present his credentials
during the present week, made his
farewell Congressional bow in what
many of his admirers declare to have
been the best speech he ever made.
The speech was nominally made on
The following resolution, offered by
him: "That justice, the public well
fare, and the national honor, demand
the Immediate cessation of hostilities
IN the Philippine islands, upon
terms recognizing the independence
OF the Philippine people, and con-
serving and guaranteeing the inter
ests of the United States" but il wss
not confined to the Philippines. 1t
embraced the general political con-
dluons and the outlook for the i'm
mediate future, incidentally showing
how unwise Mr.. Mckinley and his
advisers have been in most Of their
policies.
The Brewers put the screws on
Senator Hanna, and he in turn put
them on the Senate Committee on
Finance, and the result is that the
amended bill for the reduction of
war taxes as reported to the Senate.
keeps iisnna's promise to the brewers
In exchange for their campaign con-
tribut:ons, aud reduces the tax on
beer to Sl.50 barrel. And it is
dollars to Grass buttons that the
House will agree TO this, although
when the bill was before the House.
an amendment fixing the tax at
those figures was voted down.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency has reported two finan9
cial bills, but whether either will oct
acted upon is not yet certain. The
committee has adopted a resolution,
making one of them, the Hill bill for
establishing the parity between.the
silver dollar and gold, special order
In the House with two DAYS for de-
bate, but that resolution will have TO
be o. KID. by the Committee Oh Rules
before it becomes effective. The
other measure reported is the Over |
street bill for maintaining at all
times the parity of the standard
silver dollar with gold. Two Demo. |
cratic members of the Committee,
briggs, of New York, and Thaver.
or Massachusetts, voted with the Re- |
puolicans in favor of reporting the
latter bill.
To judge from the talk of Sena-
tors, one would not know that such |
a measure as the Nicaragua Canal
bill was pending in the Senate. Since
the Republican caucus decided that
the bill should not be called up
until the British government acted
upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
many Senators have regarded the
bill as too dead to be talked about