New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-06

have the Tariff bill reported to the House at
an early day. Democratic Senators are
wasting time in making frivolous amend
ments to the Tariff bill and in talk Sen
ator Ferry was in his seat yesterday. He
has not abandoned hope of being reelected.
| The House Committee on Coinage, Weights and
| Measures yesterday decided that it is inexpe-
| dent to discontinue the coinage of silver under
existing laws and ordered report to that effect
to be made to the House.
OPENLY OPPOSING TARIFF REVISION
THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE PLAc-
ING THEIR PARTY ON RECoRD-A DAY OF WARM
DEBATES.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The Democratic party in
the House of Representatives twice placed itself on
record to-dayby an almost unanimous vote, against
any revision OF the tariff by this Congress- aud as
result there will all probability be no tariff legs-
lation, either by this Congress its successor No
one will believe that party which controlled the
House of Representatives for six years by large
maorities, without making serious effort to revise
the tariff, will do it within the next two years aud
on the eve of Presidential campaign.
The first proposition which the Democrats were
called upon to face to-day was to take the Leg
Islative Appropriation bill from the Committee of
the Whole and bring it before the House for imme-
diate consideration. In their speeches supporting
this motion Chairman Hisco ock and Mr.. Cannon
both explained that the bill contains no new legs-
lation, except the provision requiring Govern
ment clerks to work eight hours day. that i. vir-
tualy continues the civil list of the current year
without any addition except that made by the
pOrtionment of Representative statement which
Mr.. Atkins corroborated when he said, speaking
ot fba hat fa al,
counterpart of the one we passed at
the last session." that the bill was
favorably reported to the House without objection
from any Democratic member of the committee:
that the precedents for the proposed action were
established by the Democratic majority In the last
House, which had passed both the Legislative and
the Sundry Civil bills in the same manner; that tho
bill Of last year, Of which the one now pending is
substantially copy, was thoroughly considered
and discussed in Committee of the Whole, and that
only forty Democrats finally voted against it that
there is to be any tariff legislation by this Con-
gress the bill must be got out of the way.
Messrs. Atkins AMI Blackburn opposed the
motion in vigorous speeches. protesting against the
enforcement OF "gag rule" In such important
legislation, declaring their willingness to have
night sessions for the remaining appropriation bills
and protesting that their side was not obstructing
OI bctAi1b W OSsluSb youi ldilu piii. iuc uio-
ton was defeated-136 to 10S-two-thirds being
necessary. Only two Democrats-Messrs. Buckner
and Clarjy-voted in the affirmative. OF the 151
Republican Representatives twenty-one were alb
sent, although all except six of them are III
Washington, and were at the Capitol in the course
of the day Among these absentees were Messrs.
Barr, Errett and Bingham. of Pennsylvania.
good many of the so-called tariff" Democrats
dodgedD including, Of course, Samuel j. Randall
Some OF the Republican absenteeisn was undOubt-
edly due to the influence Of Government clerks who
have fathers uncles, etc., In Congress- and who cry
out against the eight-hour provision in the bill.
The other proposition a more direct one, In
volving no side whatever. Ii might have
been stated in SIX words: Shall tins Congress
revise the Tariff - As presented by Chairman kel-
ley. however, it provides that on any day after
February II the Committee OF the Whole, might, by
a majority vote, and report the Tariff bill and
the amendments thereto the House for it's action;
a motion to that effect to have precedence In the
Committee Of the Whole of a motion further to
amend the bill. The effect of this would have been,
of course, to bring the bill under the operation of
the previous question at any tlnle.when majority
of the Committee of the Whole should
so determine but the design of it was not, as the
Democrats tried to make the House believe, TO cut
)f substantial amendments or reasonable Oppor-
unity to discuss them. AS Chairman Kelley
phrasel it, the object was to enable tho House to
,scape from the leadership of like Springer,
who are bent on preventing any tariff legislation
whatever. In advocating the resolution, Judge
Kelley said II must be obvious 10 every cooheaded
observer that the same tactics OF obstruction which
20 long obstructed the Internal Revenue bill at the
asst session have been brought into play to defeat
he Tariff bill He criticised in scathing terms tho
ID NJ TaxnobpnI Whaaiqr and
thcrs, who have again and again proposed and de-
,lted silly amendments, which no man in the House
wanted to adopted
Mr. Morrison opposed the resolution, but pro-
essed the greatest anxiety to have the tariff re-
used. This bill, however, was a sham, and was
esigned by the protecionIsts TO forestall and pre-
ent real revision of the tariff. If Colonel Nor
sons speech meant any thing at all, 1t was PLAIN
hreat that the bill shall not pass. Mr.. Carlisle,
rho can defend almost Suy Democratic party dodge
18th the utmost apparent candor of manner and
ncerity of tone, Is usually put forward whenever
is side is IN strait for means TO disguise its in
any aud deceive the people. His speech to-day
as adroit, able aud eloquent, and his
outh was filled with professions OF
IS earnest desire for revision of the
lrif by this Congress. The burden of his song was,
course, the dear people" whom it was proposed
: this resolution 10 gag" in the persons of their
representatives.. He denied that the Democrats had
tered amendments merely to retard the progress Of
70 bill. For my part, have offered no amend
ent which did not deem meritorious," exclaimed
% Kentucky statesman, with an air of great SIM
rty. True enough, but if Mr.. Carlisle has not
given the wink and all his encouragement to
cry free trade demagogue who has filed The Reo-
d with ignorant and silly amendments and
eeches within the last week, he has voted dtorevefy
ch amendments and stood up on every demand for
llers, which was simply to impede the progress OF
g bill. Mr.. Carlisle's speech was loudly cheered
ID by no one more vigorously than by the bush
hackers who openly and above-board declare that
tariff bill shall pass the House.
). Ludwig, the Springer" claimed the floor at the
.nl,a,nn of Mr Carisle,s speech but il was