Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-12

tance as he once was. This is the way the
New England msmbers talk tonight, and
they will be supported by the Pennsylva-
MIA men. The efforts of the extreme pro-
| tectionists appear now to be directed to
preventing any action upon the tariff. AS
one efficient agency to accomplish this
| purpose they will seek to prevent the re-
porting of the Kasssn rule. That
accomplished the rest will be
comparatively easy, for it will be almost
impossible 10 reach the senate bill on Che
speakers table, and of course, there is NO
chance to pass the hoRse bill on the speak
er's table. and, of eourse, there is no chance
to pass the house bill through both the SEN
ate and the house. Republican protec-
tionists seem to think shat they can make
it appear to the public that the Democrats
oppose tariff reform, while they themselves
at the same time are doing their best to
prevent it. This statement does not &C
curately represent the opinions of the ma
iority of the Western Republicans either
in the house OF the senate, but it
does represent the views of some Of the
whose influence will probably be control
iHg, so far as tho committee on rules go.
Towards that committee the eye of the
country may now be directed, as it holds
the key of the position. According as
that committee shall report, or not report,
the Kasson rule, the chances of any tariff
will depend. The Democrats have as
sumed that the Republicans would GER
tainly report that rule, and held a caucus
to attempt to agree upon some party
action. It was found, after three-quarter5
of an hours deliberation that
it would be quite impossi-
BILE for the Democrats to come to any
agreement, as the protectionist Democrats
from Connecticut, New Jersey, st. Louis
and Pennsylvania gave the caucus to un-
derstand that they would not be bound by
any action which would prevent them from
properly representing the tariff interests
of their constituents.
THE TARIFF BILL IN THE SENATE.
It looks as if the tariff bill will be de-
bated another week in the senate. After
getting through the committee of the
whole, Mr.. Morgan reserved vote on
every amendment. The internal revenue
clause will probably consume the whole of
Monday Then there are pig iron, lumber,
salt and numerous other contested para
graphs to draw forth the
verbosity of the senatorial So
Ions. Everything still depends upon
~. oo, eoroooo oorou,i+toa Tho Damo-
Gratis of the house will be willing to &C.
cept the senate bill. If it should be passed
as it comes from the committees the re-
ductions are sweeping enough to satisfy
the liberal tariff reformers for several
years to come. Two weeks have now been
spent by the committee of the whole On
the dutiable list, and 215 paragraphs Of
the 475 contained in that list have been
passed. At this rate the bill will not get
out OF the committee Of the whole the 4th
of next March. The slowness of progress
is largely due to the Indifference and dis
couragement of the Republicans. Absen-
teeism is becoming every day more of an
evil. Thursday evening 81 of the Isl Re-
publican members were absent, leaving
only 70 in attendance. Only "a
Democrats and Greenbackers were absent
at the same time, leaving eighty eight in
attendance. Of course the house was COM
PEELED to adjourn for want of quorum to
do business. The same thing happened
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 and the COM
mittee of the whole was compelled to sus-
pend operations and the house to adjourn
for the want of a quorum. Unfortunately
no record of the absentees was made. 1t
is impossible to find a member of the
house on either side who will say that he
believes the ways and means bill will pass
the house. The only hope of any general
tariff legislation rests upon getting the
senate bill into the hands Of a conference
committee, and it is very doubtful whether
majority of the house will be willing to
trust the revision of the tariff to confer
ence committee to be appointed by Keifer
and David Davis.
TOM OoHILTREE's DEBTS.
Tom Ochiltree who has been elected to
the Forty eighth congress from Texas,
was United States marshal under Grant.
and was short in his accounts about $10,-
600. Suit was brought by the government
to recover the money, and three years ago
Judgment was obtained for the full
amount, which with the interest amounts
to something like $4,000. This has never
been paid. Since his election to congress
the question has been raised relative to
the government levying upon his pay, and
about week ago Mr.. Ochiltree submitted
a proposition to the solicitor of the treas
ury to compromise this claim. In his state
ment Mr.. Ochiltree states that he is a
poor man; that the money was taken by
his subordinates through no fault of his,
and that he never enjoyed any benefit of
it, and on these grounds he offers to COM
promise by the payment of $500. The
proposition was sent to District Attorney
Goodrich at Galveston, Tex, for his re-
port of the facts of the case. In the event
of the solicitor of the treasury refusing to
compromise the matter, the first comp
troIler will be called upon to decide the
question as to whether Mr.. Ochiltree's pay
as member of congress can be attached.