Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-18
MORRISON IN THE LEAD.
pROTECrIONIsT RANDALL LOS
ING GROUND RAPIDLY.

r,a Influepoe OF the Administration
and Manufacturers Who Want Free
Raw Material Making Itseif Felt-The
Outco,ps StilI in DOubt-Mr. Willis
ENorts In Behalf of EducAtiOn.
WASHINGTON, April 11.--All predic-
tons as to the vote on the tariff bill are
IDLE At this time. Both sides are hopeful,
but neither side is certain. For TINS
reason both sides are working 10 make
converts among the Democrats, who have
not announced their intentions. Mr.
Randall has the active assistance OF the
renresentatiyes here of the various
monopolies, the Ohio wool men and the
Michigan and New York salt men being
particularly alive. All the insidiOus
Influences which the infant Industries
know so well how to bring to bear are
being applied. The great argument used
with the Democrats upon whom Mr.. Ran
daL has heretofore counted, but who are
now more or less inclined to vote with
MIR. Morrison, is that all the Representa-
lives of States having protected indus
tries must stand together and vote against
the Morrison bill whether its provisions
affect any of the industries represented
by any particular member or not.
RANDALL's PLAN.
BIr. Randall is actively at work him
lef devOting particular attention
to the Pennsylvania Democrats,
who are disposed to vote their
convictions aud support the Nor
rIson bill. His first point will be to
make as much OF a demonstration against
the bill as possible, in the hope that 1t
will thereupOn be abandoned. The
nf MAEarG
Reed is to move to strike out
all after the enacting clause, and then
should that motion be carried, to move to
insert the Hewitt administrative reforms,
which are now part of the Morrison bill.
IN his efforts with the Democrats, Mr.
Randall argues that the passage of bill
gmbodying Mr.. Hewitt's administrative
reforms would be a sufficient compliance
with the tariff pledges Of the Democratic
party to avert charge that they had not
been met.
MR.. RANDALL's BOAsTING.
RandalPs estimate of his prospective
Democratic following is Of little value
now. He claims 80 votes as certain, but
some of those he claims are uncertain.
On the other hand, Mr.. Morrison makes
no eXtraYagant predictions. de under
A estimates rather than Overestimates his
strength. He is aided by the influence of
4 tue administration and by the manufac-
tlrers who want free raw materials. Votes
have been changed by these influences al
4 ready, but the decisive struggle Tor the
doubtful votes will not come until the de-
4 bate is well under way. Mr.. Morrison is
. certainly stronger than Mr.. Randall now.
THE EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Senator Blair is still hopeful that his edu-
4 catiOnal bill will be brought before the
Il House in some form at this session, and
be is confident that if it is considered in
II the House it will be passed. Mr.. Willis, of
I Kentucky, saws he has the personal prom
ises of a majority of the members of the
81 Committee on Labor made before the
n Willis educational bill was referred to that
committee, that it shall be reported in
some way to the House. He says he does
not care how it is reported so
that it Is gotten before the
House, an that he feels confident that the
members Of the Committee on Labor will
report it in some way because they said
they would. He looks for report upon
1t from that committee next week. If 1t
is not reported he will attempt some other
way of getting it before the House. He
says the majority of the House showed
that it wanted to consider the educational
bill by It's vote sending the Willis bill to
the Committee on Labor, and that the ma
81 ority will get it before the House in
some way so that il can be acted upon.
81 Meanwhile the bill is constantly losing
NJ votes as the members of the House come
to appreciate it's true character and prob
able effects