St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-17
4 Belief that the Morrison
Bill Cannot Pass Tn
amended.
Seven Speeches Delivered and Il
Movement on Foot to
Limit Debate.
Anderson, OF Kansas, Believes the
House Will Pass Revenue
Bill This Session.
Emancipation Day Brings Out the CoIored
Population of the Capital City
en- MaSse.

Especial Telegram to the Globe
/ WASHINGTON, April 16.-The past twenty
four hours has been utilized to review the
I situation Of the contendiug factions ON he
tariff BILL and It large amount OF criticism
/ has been INDUCED in to-day at the capital.
I Seven speeches have been so far made three
! Yesterday and four to-day, which were main
! y repetition of the arguments pro and con,
/ delivered pending consideration by the For
/ ty-seventh congress OF the tariff commission
and little tariff bills. The developments of
to-day clearly indicate that whenever the
house shall decide to limit the debate in
committee of the whole, q motion will be
made to strike out the enacting clause,
/ but 1t cannot carry. There can be no doubt
thal Ar. Morrison is in a majority ON the
/ proposition Of horizontal reduction, and ii
he insists that his bill and no other shall be
taken it will he defeated by substantial
majority. This is not because the Morrison
| bill reduces revenue too much. but bocause
/ the measure is inharmonious i'm H., opera,iou.
( Under the present law duties collected ON Tin.
Morrison schedules amount to Sl6S. O00. GOO.
and under his proposed horizontal reduction
the secretary of the treasury estimates
the customs receipts at Sl37.-
200, being 81 reduction
of only fraction over IS per cent Twenty
| one millions is a very small reduction nf
revenue in view of the fact that the srIrpIrs
/ is now over 500. OOO. 600 annually. The
| five Republicans who voted With Morrison
are anxious that the bill should De amended
in many particulars. and in lieu of a STRAIGHT
] ..ttf oil h. L.
lumber and like necessities shall either be
freed or lowered in duty so A. +, maintain a
tax on whisky and tobacco, and vet reduce
the surplus amount to a reasonable amount
Congressman Anderson. of Kansas. .tatcy
to the GLOBE correspondent that the onr
way to adjust the tariff satisfactorily is ia
take up the schedules and accommodate the
duty on the items as they can be inquired
into and considered. He thinks finer. will
be no troubIe in nossipo 81 r,or. sotfsf,ct,r,,
hin +t,,,, NJ;
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n,l ~'-''' - ~ 1905
49,, 60 "u''
.'-I 'o,0oo'ooo - per cents maturing III
1911 VIII 'heh DC paiu' sixteen years must
elapse before S131 900, 900 per cents ma
turc in 1907, during which time at an csti-
mated surplus of 500, OOO. 900 annually the
treasury win then hold ou tb. o,,iI,IJ.
money in the country. The Governments
must either reduce revenues by paying bond
holders 80 per cent premium on their bonds
or pay out this money. through preparations.
1t cannot be boarded in the treasury for
sixteen years at any such annual surplus os
500. coo. 600.
ro LIMIT npp,rp
~, rro.,1o,, 1877
- No. NV ""9a anu "i'"ns
I''tl''i'''0 WIN inoeV u uclcIIhlhe "heh llir
tarln debate shall be closed, provided they
can be sustained by the house. 1t is likely
that Morrison will arrange to move in the
house the latter part of next week that oan-
eral debate in committee of the whole shall
be limited. Whether he will be able to uu
the tempest at so short q notice i rrobI.,,
atical.
MISSOURI RIVER IMPROVEMENT
C,,,.u,.,,,,,,, Co.,. 49,,
- 39ll'''i U,''' 80 C0'S' " - -Ai9Nanuer
anu DocheIE' VI Missouri ana PERKINS, oil
Kansas made arguments to-day before the
subcommittee Of the house committe in IA
vor oil the bill creating Missouri river i'm
proyement commission, on an equal footing
with the Mississippi river commission. The
subcommittee agreed to report layOrably To
1ull committee, which will undoubtedly
ratIiy the action taken.
EMANCIPATION DAY
was celebrated in IVasbinoto, will, o,r.,te,
junction tbo, o,,on I7ls...
- -, 49,,
If .''i' iloIulnS un'
s'Ieg'9 were Hheu WIN thousands
h"piVeu III Vhelr pest' eager TO witness the
procession coInneihorating the issuance OF
Aoralail Lincoln proclamation. Washing
ION Is Lhe Paradlse OF all negroes, Hooking in
from Maryland Vlrgnla, west Virginia and
Ihe Oaroihas, ana the resident colored pOpu-
l"uou amounting 10 lVO'Ooo received large
f,,,,iI,. Ii,,1 80, Ia - :; A.
their servants might particfpate in tbe frs-
.tivities. Every type of colorcd
population from the ragged small
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