Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-02
ARTHUR'S TARIFF VIEWS.
DEMOCRATS PLEASED AND RE
PUBLICANS IRATE.

Secretary McCulIoch Also In DisfavOr
With Partisans of the Blaine Stripe
Tariff Legislation at This Session Still
Among the ImprObabilities-W the
Leaders Say.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The majority of
the Republicans are disgusted with Sec
retary McCulloch's tariff recommends
tiOns, and little less displeased with the
revenue recommendations of the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Reed, of Maine; expressed the
general opinion of this class tonight
when he said 'Is McCulloch anxious for
a place in Cleveland's Cabinet?'' "What
does he meanY 1t gals them to find in
the annual report of the Republican Sec
retary of the Treasury a complete answer
to Blaine's tariff sophisms. They are
dumb-founded by it. They have not as
yet been able to find utterance for the
wrath they feel. When it does get out it
will be bitterly expressed.
REVENUE REFORMERs PLEASED.
The revenue reformeTs in the two houses
like the revenue recommendations of the
message of the President and report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, except that
they do not want the tobacco tax re-
moved. Senator Beck said tonight that
tobacco was a luxury, that taxation
ought to be heaviest on luXuries and light
est on necessaries, and that it was wrong
to remove the tax on tobacco and leave
the tax on blankets. He thought that the
views expressed by Secretary McCullOch
in regard to tariff revision and reduction
were sound. 1t was refreshing to get
such good doctrine from a Republican
Secretary Of the Treasury.
CARLIsLE'S JOY.
Speaker Carlisle did not care to talk much
about the two documents since he knew
very little oftheir contents, not having yet
had time to read them. Generally speak
ing, he was glad to have revenue reform
recommended by Republican President
and a Republican Secretary of the Treas
ury, in accordance with the enlightened
sentiment of the country. He did moi
think that there would be any tariff legis-
lation this session, nor any tariff discus
sion, except incidentally. Circum-
stances had not changed in respect
to tariff legislation since the last session.
Any attempt at it would be as futile now
as then, especially as the session will be
so much shorter. He thought that the
whole question had better be referred to
the next Congress, when it could be ade-
quately dealt with, while Congress
should go on to pass such bills as can be
gotten through.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
Continuing, Mr.. Carlise said:
"There is not time, and from the fact
that the new administration is about to
come in, the Democrats and Republicans
| are alike disinclned to attempt anything
| like a general revision of the tariff now"
''There will be-" he said, ''some tariff
| legislation at this session because the
question of enacting the necessary legis-
lation to carry the Mexican treaty into et-
feet will come before the House, and
should the Senate ratiiy the treaty with
| Spain, the House will be called
| upon to enact legislation necessary to
| carry that treaty into effect. The discus
| sion of both treaties will, he thinks, open
up the general tariff question and lead to
| some talk upon it, but to nothing further.
He said that it was possible that some at
! tempts would be made at this session to
remedy certain inequalities in the present
tariff, but it was too early to predict the
result. With respect to any general re-
vision he said that sven should they all
| agree that such revision should be made,
when they came to settle upon
the details, they would find such
a difference of opinion that months
would be needed in which to complete the
work. He was equally well convinced
that nothing would be done in the matter
OF CuLJlD0 uOWu Internal revenue taxes,
| because, should such an attempt be made,
it would precipitate the whole question of
tax reduction. AS to Secretary McCul-
lough's recommendation that new Tar
if Commission should be appointed, MIR.
Carlisle said that the present House
would not consent that another commits
sion should be appointed by Republican
President"
Mr.. MORRISON IN DOUBT.
Representative Morrison, Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, was
asked if he thought there wGs any proba-
bility of the enactment OF any tariff
legislation during the present session.
He replied that that was matter about
which the general public were almost as
we'll informed as himself. He had only
arrived in the city last night, he said, and
had not bad an opportunity to find out
how the other members felt with regard
to a further effort at this session TO reduce
taxation. He said that under these
circumstances he could not tell whether
majority of the members of either
House thought that taxes should be re-
duced, how many favored the Republican
plan of reducing taxation, or how many
leaned to the Democratic view as to the
method of reduction. He said: sit is
impossible for me to say how Mr.. Eaton,
for instance, or Mr.. Randall, or the Ohio
UuGuOGTS IGGl VIII IcRdIu W LulS QuPS-
tion." And, he added, "that it might be
that there had been some modification of
opinion by the members since the last
session of Congress. 1t was certain, he
said, that if there had not been some
change of views by the Democratic men,
bers that no tax reduction could be had
except by the aid of the Republicans"
THE PARAMOUNT TOPIC.
1t was suggested that the question of
tax reduction seemed to be one of the
questions occupying large share of the
public attention at this time and to this
MIR. Morrison replied that it certainly
was the leading question in the public es-
timatiOn and that it would continue to
hold that place IN the minds of the people
until a substantial reduction was ac-
complished. He added: II do not propose
to attempt any experiments, but if upon
inquiry. l find that there is reason
to think that a bill proposing
moderate reduction could pass at this
session, l shall certainly bring in such u
bill" In answer to further questioning,
Mr.. Morrison said that it was not un-
likely that discussion of the legislation
necessary to carry the Mexican treaty
into effect would open up the general
tariff question. The new treaty with
Spain in relation to the commerce of the
United States with Cuba and Porto RICO
would, he said, be discussed in executive
session by the Senate, and would not be
likely to lead to any open dis
cussion of the tariff question. AS
to the other work of the session
Mr.. Morrison said that he understood
that it was proposed to push through the
appropriation bill at once. There might
also he some land grant legislation, he
SAID, and this would take up most of the
time Of the session.
TRIED no RTrRN HIS STORE