The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13
Jour WASHINGTON LETTER
Regular Weekly Correspondence From the Nations Capital
City,

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IL goes without saying that any bill
that secures the party trademark can
be passed at the coming long session
of congress. That fact forces the me-
cessity of caution, and none know
this better than the real Republican
party. They have no desire to dem
onstrate to the country what they can
do, with the excellent party discip-
line that now prevails, in the direc-
tion of subsidy legislation. They pre-
fer instead to devise a measure which
will be so generally acceptable in Re-
publican circles as to prevent any
break in the ranks, either in congress
or at the polls. That will be the
purpose Of the conference-pot to de-
eide what Republican majorisies are
able to pass, but to decide what it
would be wise and prudent to pass.
On this point there is a wide differ
ence Of opinion A group of Western
senators, whose views are entitled to
great weight, had made up their
minds before congress adjourned that
no ship subsidy bill like the one
which then failed to reach action
should again become Q part Of their
party policy. They were willing to
do something for the merchant ma
rine, preferably in the extension OF
the mail contracts, or in the authori-
zation of special subsidies for the es-
, tablishment of new lines for South
American and other ports which pri-
vate business would not Justify. But
general subsidy bill of the Hanna
Payne rye-Grosvenor variety they
did not believe would be expedient.
The reconciliation of the interests
of the East and West will be no slight
task. Each side will claim the sup
port of President Mckinley, although
he has heretofore declined to take
part in the controversy. It is main.
tanned, and probably with good rea-
son, that the American is much less
afraid of subsidies, or public aid to
private enterprise, than it used to be.
There was time, for example, when
it would have been necessary to do
something more, in providing q Fed
eral subsidy for few American fruit
exporters, than to have designated it
q genealogical investigation"-the
brand stamped on the latest under
taking Of the department Of agricul-
ture.
The Newport News ShipbuildIng
Company has informed the navy de-
partment that the battleship Illinois
will be delivered to the government |
at the company's yard on September |
10. She will be placed in commission |
at once with Captain George Con-
verse in command. Her crew is now
being assembled on board the receiv-
ing ship Franklin and the Norfolk |
navy yard.
The navy department has issued Or
ders for a recruiting party under |
Lieutenant Dewitt Elmer to make a
tour through the Middle West. Dur
ing September the party will visit
Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and |
Kansas City. The Alvarado, COM
manded by Lieutenant Junior grade)
W. T. Cluverius, has been ordered to |
cruise along the shores of the Chesa-
peake during September on recruit
ing duty, and q recruiting party is to
be sent during October and Move mber |
to North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama. Commander
II. g. o. Colby has been ordered to
open q recruiting Office in the custom
house, Boston, October 1, as head |
quarters for naval recruiting in the
Eastern states.
Instead Of a deficit Of $s.sA, 7ss, |
such as was shown by the books Of
the treasury department. on the last
day of August, 1900, for the first two
months of the last fiscal year, there
was the last day of August, 1901, q
surplus for the first two months Of
this fiscal year amounting to "a, 023,-
SASS. This showing is made in the
face. Of the fact that the receipts for
the first two months Of this year are
nearly $4,000, 600 less than for the
same period last year, due to the re-
duction in the internal revenue tax
alton, and is accounted for by 0 re-
duction Of expenditures. especially in
the war department. The reduction
as compared with last year amounts
to Ga, 7S9, 06a. Ths effect of the re-
duction in the war revenue taxes 10
beginning to be apparent in the treas
ury receipts. During July instead Of
any reduction in the internal revenue
receipts there was an actual increase
over July q year ago, but during An.
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