The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-05
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2, 1870.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 2, 1870.
ATTACK ON THE ways AND MEANS" COM
""a4 M1TTEE.
1t must be confessed that the proposition
made by Mr.. Judd on Saturday last was.-put-
ting aside all considerations of it's merits or
demerits,-a remarkable example of what is
tersely if not elegantly styled "cheek." 1t
was cool to the last degree. Its author ought
to have carefully canvassed the House before
venturing to take vote on what implied not
simply want of confidence, in the British
Parliamentary sense, in those who were lead
ing the business of the session, but also sur
rendered the leadership into the hands of the
mover. Mr. Judd's motion involved three
things:
LIST, Disapproval of the measures proposed
by the leading business committee, and there
tore of the general financial policy of the adj.
mlnlstratioo, which is known to in the main
ACCORD with the views embodied in the bill
now under consideration, aud others in charge
vi tne same committee. Iu that respect il
intended to be and would have been. if success.
lu,; triumph OF the revenue reformers"-so
"a, complete overslaughpr of all snec;ol
orders now on thai Calendar wb;at opooi ,,
have enclosed the navy Representatives ,'';.I
those Tor the restoration of America sb;nn;,'.
the internal revenue and some other measnres
Sd, 1t would have left Mr.. Judd master 81
OF the stuatlon,-a position which. tn toll AZ o
sober truth, he has not earned by either actirs
ity or ability displayed in behalf of the v;sws
his compromise proposition looked to sustain.
ing. Ii any man had the right to lead the
selfstyled revenue reformers," among west
ern Republicans, it is Mr.. Allison of Iowa, not
Mr. Judd of Chicago. r.
Of course the motion of the latter gentle.
man is generally understood. 1t was to lay
aside all special orders and proceed to the gen
eral lendar, which would in short time
nave brought up the brief but comprehensive
substitutes for both the tariff and internal rev.
enue bills, which he presented some days since.
mat bill reduced certain duties one-thrd, one
MIN ana one-tenth, left the free list as it
stands, OF as is proposed by the pending meas
not got Mr.. Judd's bill by mel and then it
made sweeping modification of internal tax
alton. Now l am not discussing the merits of
the plan, but only illustrating how "vaulting
ambition o'erleaps itself" to be fattened out
completely by crushing negative vote Mr..
Judd's bill recommended itself to many by
It's simplicity and directDess, and had he been
content to wait favorable moment, and not
IKE nf me greedy boy who got his hand so full
row Sn .nat ne could not get it out of the mar
low he'd jar, and would not let 90. he
might have had the credit of sbaninc a meas-
cra,;o pta9 T to the combined votes OF Demo-
clatlc ara Republican "reformerS .nd hv
The greedy bow be, a nat he wanted all or none.
good cry and srSssa s s lasa ct ss had
DEMOCRATIC. TACTICS.
The protectionists are elated a. q.
of Saturday, unduly as it seems to me- victory
defeat OF Mr.: Judd's motion has, bv ind;reoI,;he
of course, aided the pending tariffs chsnn .on
but it by no means insures that it will nsss'
What SATURDAYS vote means is that that the
House is not willing to vote a "want Of conf.
O60ce jfS and mad I'll
a H leaders Cool heads see this limitation.
Etners notice too that the Democrats general
~ toseo on IN the division against the pending
A"o'ion' Iney Of course took good care to vote