Show WASHINGTON V NOTES What Congress Is Doing Doing Departmental Departmental and Social Gossip President and Mrs Cleveland assisted assisted assisted as as- by the members of the cabinet and their ladies gave the usual reception reception recep recep- tion on New Years The Senate sub-committee sub is diligently diU- diU gent gently y investigating the Hawaiian revolution It is possible that several persons at Honolulu will be bo asked to come and testify When Congress resumed its session on the tho 3rd the Democrats tried to take up the tariff bill hill at once but failed for lack of a quorum the Republicans refusing to vote The attendance in inthe inthe inthe the Senate was also small The secretary of state and the tIle British British British Brit Brit- ish ambassador are arc pursuing negotiations negotiations negotiations for an agreement upon regulations regulations regulations regula regula- to police Behring sea It is important important important im im- im- im that these regulations should i be agreed upon before the opening of oi the sealing scaling season The formalities es esto to be gone through between the two governments will inevitably consume much time The Th treasury department has pre prepared pared a statement of the amount of ol currency in various countries T The e I amounts per capita are as follows France Belgium 2670 Australia Australia Australia Aus Aus- 2605 2905 Un United States 25 2555 55 Netherlands e herlands 2434 2134 Great Britain 2044 Germany 1856 Mexico 5 Total gold money silver uncovered pa paper a aper a- a per money r Western senators and representatives tives who are arc strong advocates of congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional aid in irrigating the arid lands lands' in tl the e Western Vestern states and territories territories terri tern tories are arc going to renew their efforts during this session of Congress to s se secure secure se- se cure the passage of some measure that will result in bringing to their assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance the government a and d put these lands in such condition that they can either be bo used for agricultural or grazin grazing grazing graz graz- in ing purposes or b both th Mr Oates Gates has issued a currency bill bil that is attracting some attention H lie He would coin the in th the treasury or rather issue bonds agai against it t. t That would give us about Then he lie would issue notes note against the silver bullion in the treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury t to the amount of about This would make an ga e of between and with third one-third that amount in th the treasury as a redemption fund It can cai be easily seen how this would restore confidence in the use of the silver silve note which is the equivalent of sil silver silver sil- sil ver yen coin and force it into circulation where it is seldom seen now The public debt statement issued b by bythe bythe the treasury department on the 2nd shows the net increase in the he debt debtless less cash in the treasury for the month of December to have been The reduction in the cash balance balanc i during g the month was The interest-bearing interest debt is the debt on which interest ha has c ceased ased since maturity is and the debt bearing no interest i is a total debt of The gold reserve is and the net cash balance balanc a total available balance of a decrease during the month of or The total cash in the treasury tre is 73 The total number of in the thi January 1 1894 is The number number num num- ber of offices in the three presidential classes is There are in the first class where the receipts an are more than in the second class where the receipts range from fron to and 2599 in th the third class where the receipts range from 1000 to There are arc also fourth class offices where appointments appointments appointments ap ap- ap- ap of postmasters are not nol made by the president and where the compensation of the postmasters for foi each of last four quarters of the year amounted t to and the receipts 1900 or less Mr Bland has a new now bill for the coinage of the of f the silver bullion now in the treasury purchased under the provisions of the Sherman law and the issuing of treasury notes based on this would provide provide provide pro pro- vide over and the opponents opponents opponents of the bond issue believe that this would be sufficient to cover the deficit and give the tho new tariff bill a a chance to get into working order and provide ample revenue There is not much doubt that Mr Bland will be bo supported very generally by the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- of the tho t e South and West who hold that hat a bond issue of any kind would be very unpopular in their sections The Democratic members of the ways and me means ns committee have decided decided de de' decided de- de to recommend a tax of 2 per cent upon personal and corporation in incomes omes It is thought that this will amount to per year The committee decided not to put a tax on OD inheritances The tax on whiskey was increased from 90 cents to 1 It is quite possible that these recommendations recommends recommends- will be disregarded to some some extent ex extent ex- ex tent when tu the thu bill comes cornea up in the tho House louse jt 1 o. o 2 u. u I |