Show I Tim WAn o It WUI ho Hone II Iii Title ThiN N New York April 1 itA I special to the Tribune front from Washington IA says Information t as tb the ot of inquIries among monr leadIng end nd influential members of the In Congress In tilt the course ot of the last lut week does not Justify or encourage tb belief that any nf serious effort to reduce taxation will be made at the present session It is barely possible that uh such an effort might be made o as regards a few articles of taxation It It could be confined to them alone but that would l not be probable In view ot of the near IP ap preach of 01 a presIdential campaign and nd election and the grand desire of 01 tb the leade leaders of both the great political par U ties to bring the session eNion to an end as early all as practicable Statesmen and politicians of experience ence are nearly all sll inclined to fight shy hy of such legislation in a presidential year yar The year ear IllS was an eXception It I true tru but the leaders of the party part which h furred the tariff Issue to the front and passed a tarIff bill through one te of Congress then will 11 not loon turret forget the disaster which overtook the part party on that account and the lead era ent ot of the opposite party will long re n remain InRI main and profit b by It th the die dla position of the treasury surplus has hall not y become I in ur urgent n r a question and nd 0 otiS so 10 speedy solution a as It did twelve or fourteen n years ago 0 The secretary if the treasury In the state mont he be furnished S to the ot of Re Representatives Tuesday estimated the surplus for tor the current ear at and for I the he next year ar at 2 This did not contaIn any or suggestion for tor tora fora a present reduction of Ct revenue b by mn means ot of although such uth a suggestion would haw have been pertinent In A response ODIt to the InUit House calling fur for the As AI a mat matter r of tact It It I sId 14 on authority that the Iary I is of the opinion that auch legIslation I Ic not hili n necessary ry or expedient Rt at the The Th same me YI is III hell helt or JIrl III I the he nanee iii Ih nate un the he ways waya and of f the House who ho ha hac c given this their They estimate that the secretary ot of the will 11 be required to C f the estimated surplus Pr Cor this year ar In out the refunding operations to the lit of the bone bond for the n new I 2 per nl and 2 more In th the redemption ot of the theold old 01 bonds which were t at the I rat t ot of 1 per r c cent nt an err redeemable f 1 th Ih us It Is II also 1110 lit ut I tv t f that the iti r I t 1 ks war With rn nt f fl t f o UI 11 tI tie pro roo 1 tr tor to rome and ADd ADdI I I appropriatIons appropriation by Congress at this sea ea eaon on Ion will not fall tar far below the estimates even It IC none non should be made for lur river and harbor improvements or on ao ac count lunt ut of tb the merchant marine or all an canal nI or a Pacific cub marin cable abl or for a any oter other object not included In the estimates sent nt to Congress by th the secretary of the u tress u veT |