ast tT: tna une net aetna teenie THE EVENING. STAR. WASHINGTON .December 4, 1582. — = = CROSBY S. NOYES... ‘The Evening Star has a reautar. perwanent Bona flee dally circulation more thar treble that of any other daily paper published in Washington. and eauni to that of ali the ther daily papers here ndided tegether. ‘The Hokdays—Double Sheets. In order to mect the demands upon its advor- ising space, Tue STax will be Issued tn double Sheet form nearly every day during the holiday Beason. Tue latter has begun early, and those ‘Who Intend to make purch ses will save time and Money by consulting the holiday colw Seas The Presidents Wessage. ‘The President's message will, ke his previous OMcial utterances, teke rank as a creditable state poper. He renews his recommenida- tions of Jast year for extensive reductions fm the annual revenues of the govern- ment to relieve the Industry and enterprise of the country from the pressure of unnecessary taxation. In view of the lessons taught by the Fecent elections itis Itkely that the republican Majority in Congress will pay more attention to Bis recommendations ti:ts year than they did last. ‘The republican party has pald pretty dearly for the rejection of his wise advice. Prestlent Arthur in his last message recommended the abolition of all Internal revenue taxes except those npon to- Daceo tn its various fe d upon distiled spirits and fermente 3 a step further now, and advises t * taxes save those whick rela He also urges a revision of include an enlarg of the fre cation of tie con auties upon cert those of cotton. iron, Feduction of th: goods, He take3 wholesome ground in re Tiver and harbor bil enormity, and suzge Grants of considerably sums of money f¢ udent Sof ment should be mid> the c :Orasan alternative prop’ adoption of the proviston in fo: Of the states that the e any Item, or items of a t Whereupon the part only of th be cutive may In Fecomy Presirtex Tegard tot ton also, the Pre: © rates of postage. tekes no backward steps it the star route thieve ns last year to the At- the staryroute cases | The Pre-ii nt, in treating the question o! | Teal © nilons, gives a quiet but eff be. i Istyb of lev . Such contributions, he ry and in his jud m should be | Prohibited by law. In concinding bts a age the President hag a 0d word to say Alf of District Interests and of the duty of gress, having exclusive ju- m here, toafford the people “the best ad- nan de This indt- that the President wilt himself cive thought. on of Mtness and | tment of D t oMi- | ———__<<«>— - The members of Congress of both parties seem Moved by a desire to proceed promptly with the | ¥ Dusiness of the session and to ms the limited tne cod use of | House will mm. 2 ts labors wit appropr and Will push them forward with all pra ble expe- | dition. The Indian bli! is already prepared and | WHE be firsttaken up. The subject of ta duc. | tion will not. probably, be brought before te House until the appropriation bilis are out of the | ‘Wsy. It ts with the view of obtaining all the time 7 Possible for the consideration of tax reduction and Of bis coming ow Propriations co! from last session, that the ap- itt “3 have determined to use every «fort to get the approprisiton bills throuch as expedient. With regard | to the remaining contested election cases, | the prevaiting opinion see be that they must to mutters of greater importance and it uprobable that the: cases Will not be touched at all As the Senate | Inust wait for appropriation bills to come from the House !t will e S$ first days in consider- ation of the tax recuction bill, unless this. ineas- Ure, which has pre or agr: Th ast se fin: placed by motion tax bIE comes ever from the 1 business, but considera- fon of it may be delayed in order to give each Party time for conferen:e and consult Fepublicans, having ecntrol of both Prefer to determine upon some prect ng the que to come ‘This is a question the treat- Tust e considerable influence Upon the polities of the country, and bh it Is not likely to be handle? with any undue haste. The democrats, though the minority party, oc- Cupy a position which devolves a greater degree Of respoasitulity upon the minority than com- Monly falls to I The republicans are scarcely More than nominally in control of the Senate. With the committ in thelr hands, the republi- Cans can direct le a, but they hi. not the power within t Ves to pass it through the Body. In the House the republicans have a real Majority, but it 1s not sufMictent to enable them to enact lezislition over the detern opposition Of the minority. Should the present Sion, there- fore, disappoint the country upon the important Question of tax reduction, neither party can es Cape its share of the responsibility. ———_—.« It is rot likely that anyboay would be entirely Satisfied with all the deta!ls of any award that could be made to the pi ans end attendants of the lent, but the general verdict on the Concinsions reached by the anditing commit: Will be that the several rded are sufl- Ctently itberal It ts quite to say that had | the p to at least some of | * they would have | and glid torendor such service as | they did in connection with the case in considera- tion of the professional and other prominence given them, asd without rezard to any pecuntary | Yemunegation whatever. But whether this be so or not, there is no doubt that in of the cases the amount awarded 13 as great a sum ag Would ordinarily have been earned by a year's Practice. the b ———__~>____ ‘Through the intervention and influence of the English government the care of Arab! Pacha has Deen disposed of without permitting the corre- Spondence and other compromising documents of the prisoner to become public. The Exyptlan , Sovernment was as much tnterested in the sup- Dression of Arabi’s papers as the Enlish, and Feadily complied with Lord Dufferin’s pion to send Arabi abroad without making any Inquiry ito his Past conduct. What inducements were offered to Arabi to make himself a seapegoat by pleading guilty toacharge he could not have been cone Vieted of, is among the diplomatic secrets of the British government. A trial, it ts generally ad- Mitted, would have shown the Khedive, and per- Baps the Sultan of Turkey, Im anything buta favorable Ught, with regard to thelr course con- cerning the Egyptian rebellion. ———_<-2—____ In order that the newly-appotnted marshal of the ‘District, Clayton McMichael, may enter upon the @ischarge of his duties with a full and complete Utle to the office it ts to be presumed the Senate ‘Will confirm him without delay. The opening of ‘the second star route trial now renders it of ‘the highest tmportance that a manof unquestioned’ loyalty to the government In its contest with the , ¥ipg should occupy the marshal's office at once. ’ ———_

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