The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-21
THE DAILY ARGUS.
Friday December 21, 1888.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
What a Correspondent Thinks of
Tariff Revision Prospects.
Lots OF VIII To Revise but Not
Enough Notes.-The Democratic
National COnventiOn---Taik
OF Its Location, Etc.

CINCINNATI, Dec 21.-The Enquirers
Washington City correspondent telegraphs:
Enough is known OF the complexion which is
to rule the ways and means committee
10 give unmistakable evidence that tariff
bill Of some kind will be reported.
II should not be accepted, because of this,
that any bill can be passed, and the danger
is that the presentation of low tariff bill to
the house may endanger the success of legis-
lation upon subjects OF the gravest impor-
tance 20 certain dropping industries.
On the Republican side of the house, all
told, there are not a dozen members who
favor tariff revision On the Democratic side
it is known there are forty, if not more,
members who will oppose any tariff agitation
at all A concentration Of these with the bulk
Of the Republicans will be sufficient to hold
the balance of power. The plan, although
not formulated as to Details of the opponents
Of tariff revision will be to antagonize the
bill with one to abolish the national tax
system. This proposition would be held to
be gerlnane to the tariff bill, and would bring
about a locking of horns Meanwhile, be
tween the two fires the important bill to ex-
tend the bonded period on distilled spirits
would be crucified
There is so much new material in the house
which is anxious to display hidden talent that
it is with difficulty buncombe and wild
schemes are sat down upon. The
leaders especially Randall, Holman
and others-are anxious that the
public business be 50 dispatched that
the final adjournment shall take
place net later than the middle Of June In
$50, when the Democrats had control of the
house OF representatives, the session was pro-
ionged into August, and great damage there
from was the result in the presidential cam
paign which followed in the fall
The purpose of the leading Democrats is to
avoid Il repetition of this Holman, who
viii be second on the appropriation commit
tee, says all the appropriation bills ought to
be sent to the senate not later than the 10Th of
April, if the adjournment is to be by the 18th
OF June If this be the policy of the major
ity it will simply be impossible to put
taiiH bill through and have an early ad-
j0urnment The presentation of tariff
oil means a long and tedious debate. 1t
means delay on appropriations bills and
long session.
i here is better reason to believe there will
be no tariff bill than that one will be passed.
. Under a suspension Of the rules on some Mon
daJ when such motion is permissible, the
effort will be made and it may succeed, to re-
store the wool tariff where it was year ago.
This because a great many Republicans know
TOW wh9t hurt them in Ohio. The Jealous
Cyysnue rafoTmcTS will have resolutions to
make sweeping reductions in the entire Gus
toms list They VIII get a record vote and
he lcaten, and this is about what will be the
outcome Of the session SO far as the tariff is
concerned.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
The Democratic senators and representa-
lives are beginning to anticipate the
rae ting of the national committee
which is to be in this city on the
III Of February. Representative Cobb,
of Indiana, thinks St, Louis will
get the Democratic convention. His reason
Tor thinking this selection would he made
was because the Democratic party looked to
the west and south for its success Naturally
81 Louis, as the great western centre, and be
ing wei suited TO the purpose, would be Sc
iectei. lie said, further, that he thought the
party would no longer LOOK to the east for
anything They depended upon the west
and their candidates would be most likely
western men. The southern and western men
would work together and let the east follow
if it Liked
Senator Slater, Of Oregon, thinks the ma.
ti0nal Democratic convention will be held
either in Cincinnati or Chicago. He believes
that Oregon will go Democratic next year. He
says the changes of political sentiment dur
ing the past year or two are favorable to the