Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-05
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Special Telegram to the Globe
WASHINGTON, Feo 4. Great interest was
manifested by represen tatives in the Nor
rison tariff bill while it was being read to
the house to-day, yet when members were
afterwards asked for their opinions they
replied in guarded words and not for pub
lication, because as they said they had not
had time to consider the effect of the bill.
Prevalent opinion among tariff reformers
appeared to be that it was shrewdIy drawn
in a manner that would win votes from
the tariff men OF both parties, and enact
ed into law would effect q large reduction
IL revenues of the government and com
pei q continuance Of Internal revenue
taxes on whisky and tobacco. Low tariff
men whose interests il proposes to touch
hold that it does not make equitable re-
ductions and that no fair adjustment of
duties can be made by q bill that ap plies the
cast iron rule of horizontal cutting
of tariff rates. A just proportion of re-
duotion as between articles in different
schedules, and es between raw materials
termined by the plan adopted by Mr.. Nor
rison, but by considering each case with
the facts bearing upon it. Some Of the
wool men complain that he would make
matters worse for them instead of afford
ing even partial relief by lowering duties
on manufactures to point commensurate
with reductions made by the last congress-
on raw wool. Among protectionists
the bill is not we'll re-
ceived, nor was it expected that
it would be. They say it would ruin the
manufacturing interest of eastern and
middle states and throw thousands of
laboring men out of employment One
gentleman remarked tonight that he
wondered that Mr.. Morrison had incubated
SO long upon bill such as he has Matched
oct. He thought any man, who had &C.
cess to an old tariff bill, could get up a
new one on the Morrison plan in few
hours. He had managed to frame it SO
that in practice it would throw the Gus
toms laws into confusion
and keep The treasury department
busy rendering decisions. 1t may be
stated, however, that the view taken gen.
orally by the best informed men without
regard to their differences on the tariff
question is that Mr.. Morrison, as official
leader of tariff reforms, has drawn this
bill simply as basis for the ways and
means committee to operate upon, and
give the tariff reform movement a formal
inauguration in this congress. Crude
opinions as to its effect given without time
for reflection may be modified WHEN it
comes to be carefully considered.
"We knew that We could be shorn our
selves if we went for wool to day, so we
thought twould be prudent to wait awhile
before asking the house to restore duty
on WOOL" This was the reply of
a representative of the wool growing in
terest when asked why Mr.. Converse didn't
try to get his wool resolution considered
to-day by the house. In further explana-
tion he said that it had been found
Converse could not now depend
upon getting the two thirds vote necessary
to suspend the rules and pass the resolu-
tion, and as his name heads the list of in
vlduals whom the speaker has promised to
recognize for motions to suspend
the rules, it vas thought to be prudent to
wait until next suspension day. 1t hap
pened that the course of business in the
house to-day took a direction that occu-
pied the time until the hour of adjourn
ment, so that the motion for suspension
were not reached in the regular order of
business. At one time Mr.. Randall, having
control of the floor to make committee,
reported, offered to give way but nobody
appeared to take notice of it and the
chance wes lost for several weeks. In the
meantime efforts will be privately made TO
work up q settlement among members for
granting the relief desired by wool
growers.
Western Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The house COM
mittee on elections voted in the contested
election case of Garrison VS.. Mays (Va.),
| to give the seat to Mays on the prima-
facia evidence.
Favorable reports were made on the
bills for public buildings at Carson City,
Nevada, Waco, San Antonio, and on
Springer's bill for the purchase of addi-
tienal ground adjoining the public build
ing at Springfield, ILL, to cost $4,000.
THE SUPREME COURT
In the supreme court the case of the
Spring Valley water works VS.. the board
of supervisors, San Francisco, an appeal
from the supreme court of California, de-
Dying the application of the plaintiffs for
writ of mandamus to compel the board
of supervisors OF San Francisco, to ap-
point g comm issioner tc fill vacancy on
the board of commissioners, whose duty it
is to fix the rates to be charged by the
company for water supplied the consum
ers, the judgment of the lower court was
affirmed, Chief Justice Waite delivering
the opinion, and Justice Field dissenting.
Adecision was also rendered in the case of
| the United States, appellant, VS.. Frank FL.
| Behan, appeal from the court of claims. The
court of CLAIMS rendered a judgment in favor Of
appellant for $40, 1872, by reason of the disc n
| Iuance by the United Sta es of work which he
!, had undertaken, as surety for John Ray,
| contractor with the United States for certain
| improvements to the harbor of New Orleans,
| owing to the report of the board Of engineers,
| that the plan of improvement was failure, and
| withoutany fault On the part of the appellee.
The United States appealed from this decision.
H. I'D af fhn