The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-03
OUT OF BONDAGE.
THE CONFERENCE TARIFF BILL
Reported to the House After Long Session Orth'
COmnIttss-Ths Senate Bill Adopted without
Important Changes Except In Regard to
Stssi-Gsnsral " ashinstOn News Notes,

From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2.-Witt
thirty.six hours only left Of the 47th Cong
ress, and two appropriation bills yet un
acted on by the Senate, and several Con
ference Committees still out at three O'Clock
tonight, the Senate undertook 10 consider
and pass upon the Conference report or
the Tariff bill, which is really new bill oi
ia pages. Neither Sherman, Mckinley
nor Carlisle signed the report
The two former because the WOO
interest was being sacrificed to crafty th,
New England manufacturers who were
being taken care oil by Morrill, and Aldrich
while Carlisle would not sign it becaus,
there were increases over the Senate bill IL
the leading articles. There are some wht
think the bill will get 10 the President, bu
it is difficult to see on what this belief il
based. There are atleast eight Republicans
who will not vote for 1t unless they change
their minds. 1t is not certain that any
Democrats will vote for 1t, though exsena
tor Barnum, who is tariff man, and who
is here watching it, says he knows Of six
Democrats who will vote for it. Mr.. Nor.
rill's speech was brief, lasting halt an hour.
Mr.. Beck has now been speaking over an
hour, attacking and criticising the bill,
His audience is very slim, indicating
that he Is talking for the outside and not
with any idea of affecting votes in the
chamber. The House will adjourn by
midnight. It has no intention OF staying
to await the action Of the Senate, or in any
event, taking 1t up before tomorrow.
Senator Mitchell does not think the bill
will ever get out OF the Senate, so the House
will not get an opportunity TO discuss or
act upon 1t. Sherman has not yet indicat.
ed whether he will attack the bill on de-
bate or not. He does not think 1t will ever
become law. The Ohio Republicans in
the House have decided to vote against the
bill. The Pennsylvania Republicans are
divided upon 1t with q tendency to turn
in against It. There was tacit under.
standing yesterday among the Republicans
that the Conference Committee should
prepare as good bill as was possible and
then let the Democrats take the responsi.
bility OF defeating a bill clearly and un,
mistakably made In the interest Of the man,
ufacturers and labor; but before they
were in session three hours they
abandoned this programme under the
lead OF Morrill,, who was more anxious to gel
up bill TO be called the Morrill, law here.
after, than to stand by the industries Of the
country. The result was a piece OF patch
wsrk which is satisfactory to only a few
specially interested.
The Tariff Commission bill had elaborate
sections revising and perfecting the Custom
House machinery, now complex and
doubtful in many important respects; all
this is left out, and when Henry Oliver, oi
the Tariff Commission, asked Morrill, why
he had omitted them he replied there was
no time to consider them. These sections
were prepared after a consultation with the
Custom House officers and lawyers TO pre-
vent frauds on the revenue and cheaper
collections OF customs, yet they are all
dropped out.
11P.M-Beck has just announced the
programme OF Democrats to be to non.con'
cur in the report now pending and send II
back to the House where, he said, they
would non concur in it and then agree tc
the bill, as it passed the Senate. In
this he Is mistaken. The Senate bill will
never be allowed to pass under any cir.
cumstances at this session. The chances
OF legislation, always uncertain, are largely
AGAINST H.