New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04
DELAYING ACTION on THE TARIFF BILL.

| REPUBLICANS AFRAID THE BILL WILL FAIL FOR
| WANT OF rIME-PROGRKss IMPEDRD BY THE
DFNoCRArs-sEYEN PARAGRAPHS OF SCHEDULE
u DISPOSED or.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBUNE.l
| WAsmNGrON, Feb. 3.--The Democratic free trade
"grlvc-dIgg,rs" were sent to the front again to-
day. and tariff legislation in the House was COM
pclicd to wait FOR hours in order that Mr. Town
shcnd OF Illinois, might make demagog'c
speeches on pucrile amendments which he
"a terward withdrew so that 5. s. Cox might
rial extracts from Bastat spout Shakespeare, or
to allow the idca-boUowmg Springer TO read about
Nincyeh Babylon and the glassware found en-
wrapped will Ger ain mummies.
The only an, ndmeu' adopted to-day one re-
due ng the pr posed du fin: and lime class bot
tie and walls from ? cents per pound to 80 per cent
al yalorcm change recommended BY the Ways
and Mean, Committee TO make the rate CORE
spond with that adopted yesterday on green and
co ored bottles, ylals. etc. The items imposing
duty of 30 per cent al va'orcm on all glassware,
,ut. engraved, etc. and various rates from I = to
cents per pound, according to size, on unpublished
cylinder crown and window glass provoked
Lrslk debate. which branchod ont into
\ discussion of the general principles
of tarih legislation and led 10 some
lively sparring in which Mes.r'. Horn, Reed AID 5.
$ COX took a prominent part. The New-fork
bumorist came Oft second best but he succeeded in
keeping in GOOD temper. The Ways and Means
Commit zee was sustained on every vote bnt owing
10 he Notwithstanding disposition OF the Democrats
only seven para -mphs were dispoed Of leaving
f,ur more 10 be- acted upon before schedule C.
r.a's-cau be reached
Aft,r the House adjourned tho Republican mem
her, of The Ways and Means Committee were found
to be less hopeful than ar any previous time, and
s,me of them privately expressed thu opinion that
the bill will faI for want of time 10 push 1t To ac5n-
cns,on. Somcthngof suppression may have been
communicated by Senator Morrill,, who remarked
70 member of the Ways and Means Comm ttee
thi, morning that he felt almost discouraged about
the Srnate bill. Probably, too the EXPIRE 'sions by
Mes,rs Carlisle and Morrison that the Ways and
Means bill Is bound fail have had dIscouraglng
effect upon the Republicans, who understand per-
tcctly well that the noisy, smalLbOre demagogues
who have been put forward TO impede the progress
NJ thc bill receive their inspiration and ali the
courogement and support they desire from the real
Leaders. like Carlisle, Tucker and Morrison, who
ore always ready TO vote for an amend
mont proposed by any of the buslwhackcrs on
their side. 1t may be that Mr. Randall Is
honest in his professions Of a desire to have the
tariff revised but 1t would be very difficult TO find
INV act of his during tho last week which would
SQUARE with his professions When no has not voted
ontrunt with the free-trade Democrats,
he has uniformly lodged" and the
same may be said of the other
so-called tariff Democrats" except where some
local interest has been attacked in which case, like
General Hancock, they found the tariff was " u
local issue"
It Is generally admitted that unless the Legtsla-
tive Appropriation bill can be passed next Monday
the Ways and Means bill must fail Chair
man Hiscock said to-day that he did not
know of a single Democrat who would vote to sus-
mend the rules aud pass the former bill although
there Is Il recent Democratic precedent Tor SUCH
action upon a general appropriation bill aud the
Democrats passed n dozen big River and
Unrbor bills under suspension of
the rules when thoy controlled tho House.
"The legislative bill shall not DO passed under
SUSPENSION Of the rules If can prevent it, said Mr.
Black burn To u TRIBUNE correspondent this after
noon in response to an inquiry.
the events of the last six days have clearly
have as party done all IN their power
TO press the Tariff bill, the Democrats have as
sturdlly and solidly opposed It, and opposed II III "a
manner and spirit which prove that IL they can pre-
vent # the burdens of taxation shall not be hght-
cnod nor the unnecessarily large revenues OF tue
Government be diminished by any action OF he
publican Congress. Their opposition Is not
To the pending measure alone, 1Or ii lnoiii
speeches aud amendments mean anything at all IL Is
hostility 30 any tariff which shall protect American
labor and American industry from rulnOus foreign
competition Hardly DAY passes that Messrs. ar.
Isle aud Tucker do not find t necessary 10 protest.
that they mean no harm TO American industry aho
American workingmenj and NOS al hour passes