The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-10
The Probable Fate of ,he Tariff Bill.

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The Probable Fate of Ihe Tariff Bill.
TIE New York Tribune this morning contains
the following despatch in regard to the proba-
bihty of the adoption of the Tariff bill In the
House,
'.The consideration of the Tariff in Committee
of the Whole was finished this afternoon. To-
morrow the reading OF tue journal Will be DIS
pensed with, and the bill promptly moved at
the opening OF the session. This measure to save
the industry OF the nation has three gauntleIs to
run. The first an endeavOr to retain for Iowa,
Illinois, and Minnesota the very great advau
tages given to the woolgrowing States by the
large increase OF the duties on wool, and TO hold
on to the benefits of the increased duties on
linseed and other oil-producing seeds, and to get
rid Of the enhanced rates on iron and every
other article manufactured in the Middle States
and New England.
'aThe second gauntlet will be the attempt to
postpone the bill 10 December next, ostensiLly
10 avoid the political dangers that menace the
Western protectionl5t members, about whose
legs the driver of the Chicago Tribune has been
lashing his whip for weeks, IN reality to crafty
hostile iree-trade sentiment the legacy OF the
dead Rebellion OF the slave power and for
which, strange TO say, the Northern Miss ssippi
Valley States have greedily taken out letters
testamentary.
'The third gauntlet will be the yeas and
nays on the motion TO lay the bill on the table
that is, 10 Kill It outright.
demands of the tTee-traders-one on irou and
one on coal. The concession on IRON may be
limited to rails, ana may extend to the more
common forms of bars. The rallmakers have
generously rendered Il concession of 81 on ton.
Iowa demands OF them a surrender Of So. Coal
offers a concession OF 80 cents. An effort will
be made to put Nova Scotia coal into the tree
list.
"Many members, protectonists on principle,
are absent. Of those that are here, it looks to-
night as if Indiana would vote solid against the
bill, Illinois solid against it, Iowa four against
it, Minnesota two and Missouri five. Yet the
chances are tnat the Uill will pass.
John WENTWORTH, who voted all the wnlle
in the Wavs and Means Committee for the very
highest rates proposed while the bill was in pre-
paration, will lead off the debate to-morrog
again,t the bill. If THADDEUs STEVENS is well
enough 10 speak he win follow WENTWORTH,
and OF course, antldoie him. MIR. MORRILL,
will probably follow. TO be succeeded by Mr..
GARFIELD, MIR. GooDRICH, and one or two
Others.
'The sentiment in the House is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of tully protective tariff. Toe
British Free Trade League, whose headquarters
are 10 New York CITY, cunningly operating
upon the politics OF the Western States, and
exciting to extraordinary clamor and tasehood
its hired presses in New York city, has suti-
ciently demorallzed considerable portion of
the House to put IN peril the wisesC and iusLesJ
revenue measure ever introduced INTO the Con
gress of the United States.
Before the final vote Is reached, the yeas
and nays viii be taken on from fifteen to
twenty amendments An Iowa canvass OF the
House, roughly made, comedies the passage Of
the bill certain by about 10 majority"
When hopeful and good protective journal
like the ITi0nae begins to figure up majority
OF not more than Ten in favor of a measure OF
such vital importance as the Tariff bill, we
been to feel anxious. We know full well that
the enemies OF the measure have been moving
heaven and earth to secure its defeat. They
have sought to strangc it in its inception. They
have striven to induce Its friends to divide
over particular sections; they have partially
succeeded in alternating the West, and WILL now
endeavor not only to have 1t modified, but also
to secure its absolute and final rejection.
When we consider that our country is yet
prostrated from the effects Of war, and that, in
order to rise, every protection possible should
be given her. we are at loss to understand
the local partisanship which induces Western
members to endanger her prosperity for the
sab of petty jealousy. We are told that in
Older to concllate Iowa, Pennsylvania must
decrease her protection on iron some Sc, and
coal must lose fifty cents. The iron men have
consented with great magnanimity to yield ST.
but we hope they will stand firm in regard tC
any further diminuton. The whole interest o
our great State is being endangered, and it viii
need every vote of every lover of his country
to save her. The absence of so many member
from the capital, and the disafection of those ol
whom we had counted, may well cause fea
lest the bill will be Defeated. We do not, how
ever take go dark view as does our friend th
Tribune. We believe that the patriotism OF tn
Republican members will at the last not deser
them, and that although they may oppose Gel
tain provisions, on the final vote they will b
found ON the right side. The Democratic paper
have been predicting veto. We can see n
ground whatever for such suppos!tion Til
President was elected with the issue OF tari
before the country and on protective platform
and we can see no reason for anticipating h
refusal to affirm one of the principles OF hi
election.
The Real Contrast.