The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-05-03

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convention was equally well under
stood. 1t is said that Mr.. Storrs
has been rehearsing his speech in
his room at the Riggs House.
A LEGISLATIVE PoRCUPINE.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky, seems
to be developing as Legislative
porcupine. Because Speaker Carl
isle declined to allow him to deliver
an utterly irrelevant harangue in
the House he turned upon the
Speaker and charged him with be-
ing representative of the Kentucky
whisky monopolists. Mr.. Carlisle
declined to take any notice of the
insult. White is the individual
whose eccentricities were recently
excused by Gov. Murray, of Utah,
on the ground of his complete ire
onsibility-mental, physical and
otherwise.
CHANCES FOR TARIFF REFORM.
The tariff debate may run over
two or three weeks. AS soon as the
general debate closes it is the inten-
ton of the Republicans to move to
strike out the enacting clause and
thus kill the bill. They are conf
dent of Democratic help enough to
accomplish this.
Meantime Mr.. Bayne, of Pennsyl-
vania, will on the first opportunity
move to repeal the tobacco tax, in
accordance with the proposition
made by Speaker Carlisle in the
Democratic caucus. twill require
two-third vote on that day to sue
ceed in this, and there is an impress
sion that he may succeed in getting
such a vote. 1t will be a test vote
of the strength, intelligence and
sincerity of the tariff retormers, who
ought to muster their whole strength
to resent such a repeal of pure revc-
nue..
If the Morrison bill should be
defeated at the close of the general
debate it is understood that Mr..
Hewitt has a new Tariff Reform bill
prepared which the Committee on
Ways and Means will report very
soon afterward to the House. But
if the debate on the present bill
should not close before May 10 or
II, the opponents of tariff reform
believe the session will then be too
far gone and the House too impa-
tient to get through with appro-
priation bills and other necessary
business and 60 home to allow Of a
favorable consideration and debate
of second bill.
The great question to be decided
at this session seems to be whether
the tail can really wag the dog.
FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PoLYGAMY,
The House Committee on Terri.
ritories, by a vote Of seven to five,
adopted substitute offered by Mr..
Alexander to Mr.. Cassidy's bill pro-
viding for the appointment by the
President of a commission to govern
Utah. The provision relating tc
marriages requires that they shall
be solennizeI by minister, judge
or Justice of the peace, and that the
person so officiating shall file GER.
tificate of marriage with the county
recorder of lands within 80 days
after the ceremony. Failure to file
or record is punishable by fine o.
$500. The substitute makes the
solemnization Of a marriage wher
either party to be married has 6
husband or wife living q misdc
neanor, punishable by imprison
nent in Jail not less than six month:
nor more than II.
THE NEWSPAPER COPYRIGHT BILL.
The Newspaper Copyright Bill
has been reported adversely in tn {
Senate by Mr.. Sherman, from tht
Library Committee. Nevertheless:
the bill was ordered to be placed OF
the calender by vote of the Senate
WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF BLAINE L
NOMINATED.
Glow many tickets do you sup
pose will be in the field this sum
mer and fall?" an unofficial observ
er of politics here in Washington
asked your correspondent to-day.
"Do you believe there will b.
more than two?'. he was asked.
"There may not be more thai
two," he replied, "but there ma,
turn out to be three or even four
For instance, ,suppos, Mr.. Blaine i
nominated - which, though no
probable, | still think possible. Il
that case | believe 1t entirely Ger
tain that there will be a bolt iron
the Republican party, and a yer,
large and important one. Some 0
these independent Republicans ma,
go over to the Democrats but tina
Will depend largely upon what tn
Democrats will do in July. My be
, lief is that the great body of then
will organize an independent part,
with thoroughly good platform
and G sensible ticket, and ask tn
reform Democrats to join them
That would make three tickets il
field. What | am saying will no
, seem improbable to you," he con
tinued, ''if you will consider tn
peculiar political situation. Part
bonds are very much loosened.
great mass Of the quiet citizens ar
+, very deeply dissatisfied with bot
parties. The Republican party ha
been going down hill for sewers
years. Is it not an extraordinar
5 sight to see party which once wa
. honest, brave and patriotic, tolerat
3 ling the candidacp of a man lik
, Blaine, and raising no cry of indis
nation when they see stepping fort
unblushingly as Mr.. Blaine's chic