Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-04
Especial Telegram to the Globe ]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-The rotunde oi
The Ebbitt house tonight presents an an
mated appearance. Most of the Illinois
journalists together with the ladies of the
party are stopping there. They arrived
in a special Pullman train at 6:30 this
evening. Public Printer Rounds, Chief
Clerk Cadet Taylor and several other mem
bers of The reception committee vent out
as far as Sir Johns Run, Md, distance
of over 100 miles, TO meet them. Both
Rounds and Taylor are ex-presidents OF
the Is: cation, and the greeting they re-
oeived rom their old comrades wes
noisy at hearty one. The trip 10
this point, which was made via Cincinnati
was unmarried by accident or delay. The
members OF the party are all in good
health and the excursion complete sue
cess. Senator Logan was the first
among the early callers at the Ebbitt
Wherever he moved admiring crowds sur
rounded him. He had evidently deter
mined to make good impression, and
there is no doubt that he secceeded. He
INDUCED in army "reminiscences with one;
to another he paid the compliment of re-
membering trivial incident long since
forgotten, but which appeared as fresh in
his mind as if carefully rehearsed
for the occasion, and so on during the
entire evening. Mr., Burchard, director of
the mint, vas there, and so was General
Raum and Messrs. PaysoD, Rowell, Hen
derson, Hit and most of the other mem
ters of the Illinois delegation in congress.
Mr.. Rourds says that the programme
previously printed will be carriad out to
the letter. The reception tomorrow night,
it is expected, will be very swell affair,
and the distinguished men who will be
present will lend it an air of tone quite
unusual on such occasions.
a NEW PUBLIC BUILDING WANTED.
A committee of gentlemen from Quincy
now in the city as delegates to the Missis-
sippi river convention, will tomorrow call
on the supervising architect with reference
to new public building at that point.
The architects plans require that the face
of the limestone shall be rubbed smooth.
Objection is made that the particular
limestone to be used in its construction
will not look well dressed in this manner.
An effort wilI be made to have the plans
and specifications so modified as 10 adopt
themselves more perfectly TO the materials
to be used.
N0RRIsON's TARIFF BILL.
Col. Morrison's tariff bill will provide,
as has already been surmised, for q Ieduc-
tion generally of 20 per cent. But there are
several limitations on this general
horizontal reduction. The silk
and liquor schedules will not be
touched. No duties will be lowered be-
low the Merrill tariff of March 2, 1861
This tariff Col. Morrison regards as d pro
teetive tariff without being a war tariff
This definition suggests the plea on which
ne wants TO go to the country-abolitior
of war taxes without at present attacking
protection as q system. A majority OF
the congress elected in 1858 were in favor
of higher duties and the house adopted the
bill. Nothing could be done with it in the
senate while the southern senators we're in
but after they withdrew the Republicans
made amendments in it increasing it;
protective features, and sent it back
to the house where the senate amendments
we're adopted. The tariff lasted only five
months. In August congress began max
ing revenue tariff at time that revenue
tariff afforded the maximum of protection
While Col. Morrison has a minimum fixed
the Morrill, schedules, he has also minimum
rates fixed on some classes of goods. FoI
example,he will reduce the duty on woolea
fabrics to minimum of 60 per cent. and
make so per cent the highest duty On cot
ton goods. The maximum rate will neces-
state reduction Of 80 or 40 per cent. or
cheaper classes of wooden goods, for The
Rdvalorem equivalents of the present rates
of duty about 80 per cent. on the cheapest
kind of women's dress goods and from that
high rate there is a steady decrease to AZ
per cent. on the finest and most expensive
fabrics. So on cottons, the establishment
duce some Of the inequalities of the present
scale. On common window glass, the pres
ent Gdvalorem duty on which is very high
Col. Morrisn's bill will make large reduc-
tions beyond the general 20 per cent. re
ductions, Twenty per cent. reduction or
pig iron would make the duty $5,38 but az
the Morrill, tariff duty was Sc, full 20 pei
cent. will not be take1 OF. On the wool
schedule, the e1f5ca ot the 20 per cent
reduction, combined with the Morrill, mini
mum will be to reduce woolen fabrics more
than raw woods. This Is bad for manu-
facturers, but the reply is that the manu-
facturer has been unduly favored fol
many years. The truth is that Demo
cratic congressman would be glad to mas
discrimination in favor of the WOO
grower. He is abundant in Ohio anC
Texas, and the wool tarif
is generally recognized as the mos
delicate part of the entire tariff subject
AS the Morrill, duty on common grades ot
sugar vas only q of cent pound, there
is room here for reduction of the whole
20 per cent. 1t is not certain bat tha
Louisiana sugar interests might as well
have no reduction at all. Taking one
fifth from the present ratio would make
the lowest grade 12-1oO cents per pound
with an increase of 32-1,0OO of cent fo
each degree of poiarisoope above Is de