New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-30
TARIFF REVISION.


AMIYrp-Hls CoNCLu,IoNs RE'NhDiN0 me
Du11Fs ON WOODS AND woOLLENS Di'f
OTHER POINTS OF CONTROVERSY.
,r,.,, rur REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuSE'i
WASHINGTON. April 2S.-Senator MorIiil' cha'r-
man of the Senate Finance COMMITTEE has re
..,,,v returned from Trip IN the South. and con-
ssopeptly did not see Senator Shermans STRUCTURES
mon the senate Conference Committee and the
Tariff bill until some time after trey were pun
listed As Sena,or Morrill, III charge OF the
hill il necame of some interest TO know whether ne
had ANYTHING to Say in reply to Senator Sher"'ah.
The Vermont Senator usually prefers to say "hat
he mas to say from his place in the Senate and
rarely talks in the newspaper but on this occasion
he answered freely. First. however. he said re-
specting his "Trip: We had "a very charming trip 10
Tecumseh, Briariield Birmingham and seVerai
other places in Alabama. and came home ny Cha''
tanooga As farming country what we saw was
not very atractive but its richness ~ iron ore anu
coal il almost marve ous Already, furnaces roi'
ing mills and machine shops are spr'ngng up "s ny
magic. Those which are economically mauSeou
will return profits but it is mistake 10 supoo'o
that IRON will he produced SO cbeaply 'h''o .. "
work an immediate revolution in the trade MOST
likely. however. the Southwestern hSrAo'1
soon seek for heir supplies ia THE Quarter as me III
among the people, who seem resolved 10 puSf '"0''
good fortunes" -, os
How are our people accepting the revision OF
the Tariff r
@Tbe final passage OF the measure lot the TO
duc,iou of taxation and the revision oil the Iarn
appears to give great satisfaction IN all paris OF tho
country Public opinion Overwhelmingly indicates
its approval. The great industrial and commercial
interests no longer dread season o! oouos anu
idleness, but are getting ready to start WIN tho
hope of fair DAYS pay for a fair days WORK whep
the act goes uto operation and old STOCKS are ou' vi
the way. The measure was financial ana political
necessity The sui horzat on of the Tariff Commits
son TO anime and report upon the subject was IT.
self an acknowledgement that early action was I'M
portant The Commission had reported and It's report
was received with general favor until partisan
necessities bred something of hostile and unscrnpu-
Ions criticisms Not that the work was entirely fault
less but il was very excellent work for the time
allowed. If ANYTHING could be done, obviously IL
had to be done upon the basis of this report ana IL
was 50 done. Some of the changes made are import
ant, but the great bulk of the report was adopted.
REPUBLICAN RESPONSIBILITY.
sIhe Republicans with a nominal majority In the
House of Representatives, and one-haf vi The SEN
ate could not escape and did not seek to escape any
lust responsibility of the situation; and any post
ponement of their action would have stamped the
party with insncerity, II not with imbecllty. Too
much money flowing into the Treasury was an evil
scarcely less than would have been too little III
depleted every mans pocket. while at the same
time it engendered too lavish expenditure. Inc
surrender OF laws heretofore yielding seVenty-nve
millions of revenue was beyond dispute great
measure and of course excltes astDn'shment
abroad that il was attempted with 30 little OF
Sia unrir CouU nd
not cut and dried By Cabinet premier"
9You do not. of course, mean to say that the
Democrats are satisfied"
"Why no; they must either accept the law as a
fpality or present their fres-trade programme
and whichever way they turn they are likely
tn be sorry that they did not turn the OF her wav.'
Z" Have you seen the published inter' Jew of Sena-
tor Sherman upon the Tariff bill and the Conference
Committee ?"
eyes bnt not until long after its publication
vet do not know but duty requires me 20 give INV
version Of some portion of the history OF the case
must do this with great reluctance, as have
never yet consented to what is known as the mod
ern newspaper interview and if do 30 now, it rs not
to defend myself, but TO rescue some others and the
bill itself from what appear to me as undese7yed
1mputations. The distinguished Senator is re-
markedly cool ana sagacious man. but no was evi
some of his rather exaggerated and hasty siate.
meuts He criticisss the fact that two members OF
the Conference Committee were from New Eng
land and would seem TO indicate That this brought
70 heal magn sectional influence forgetting that
two of the members OF the Conference COMMITTED
were from the State of Ohio alone. and perhaps toe
ssnyitlvely remembering that the large increase OF
duties on plain white crcckery ware had never
been insisted upon in the Sensts by NewEngland
ale also declares that, instead OF one of the New
England members, Senator Jones, OF Nevada, OF
Senator Allison. of Iowa. should have been selected
as conlereo. Senator Jones ia man Of rare abiI
ity but be had not given to the details OF the tariff
much of his time or special attedt:On. Senator
Allison was selected and would have been ar
pointed as the President OF the Senate declared, bu
he absolutely declined to serve. because his duties
as chairman Of the Committee on Appropriation
demanded all of bis tine. and he recommends
Senator IIdrich of Rhode Isisnd, who had de
voted TO the subject his whole time, with marked
ability: and feel confident that neither the Jddg
ment Of the other members of the Committee OF
Finance nor of the Senate would support tn
charge oil grave fault or OF any inielcity III On
SELECTION of Senator Aldrich. If Senator AllIso
was not Oh the Committee Of Conference. bis col
league Senator McDill, OF Iowa, was there really
mu1h holding the controlling vote OF the Senat
Republican conferees any other member. ant
the votes of the Iowa Senators are well known q
have been nearly always in acc ord with each other
Again, usage required that the members of the Con
ference Committee representing the vote OF the ma
iorty of the Senate should all have been friendl!
to the tariff amendment and to the DsssaIe o. tn
bill or the Democratic members all hostile o
course by uniting with any other hostile member
would have il 10 their power TO defeat II and n
Senator Sherman confesses that he voted in III
Senate against this part of the Jill. publicly pro
claiming his hostility, some doubt arises whcthe
ne ought to have occupied a position As Repuo
lican member OF the conference. hot, however
meaning TO intimate that any one oil the Com
mttee desired his exclusion for that would not
true.