Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-12
A STEAL BY SILVERITES.
THEY PACK THE COMMITTEE IN
SPITE OF CARLISLE.


Hardly Chance for q Report Favorabie
to suspension--Fep Representative Nor-
wood Found Fighting the AdminIstra-
tiOn-The TariG BnI Started OH with
Good Long Free List-Edmunds
Badly FOoled.
WAsHNGToN, Feb. 11.-To.morrow
the House committee on coinage is ex-
pected to vote upon one Of the several
resolutions before it respecting silver.
The only one that will give an opportuni-
ty for direct decision on the question OF
auspendng the coinage Of the silver dol.
lar Is that offered yesterday in the com-
mlttee by MI. Fuller, Of Iowa, which de-
clares the suspension OF the coinage Of
the silver dollar inexpedient. The
opinions Of the members OF tho COM
mittee it as claimed by some OF the
members OF the H0use who are specially
Interested on both sides OF this question.
are now pretty well known. According TO
these gentlemen there Is only one member
OF the committee whose position Is not
known. He ls John Little, OF ONO. a Re-
| publican, who succeeded J. Warren
helfer in the House. He is claimed for
both sides.
HOW THEY STOOD.
lows; For suspensions: Messrs. Seymour
OF Connecticut, Hemphill OF South Caro-
lima, and Scott OF Pennsylvania, Demo-
Gratis; ard Messrs. James Of New York
and Rockwell Of Massachusetts, Republic
cans. Against the suspension ares
Messrs. Bland Of Missouri, Lanham OF
Texas, Norwood Of Georgia, McCreary of
Kentucky, and Bynum Of Indiana, Demo-
Gratis; and Messrs. FELTON, OF California
and Fuller of Iowa, Republicans.
II this statement Of their position is
correct the silver men have a majority OF
the committee. In that event 1t is evi.
dent either that Speaker Carlisle was de.
ceiyed as TO the attitude OF some members
OF the committee, or that the opinions OF
some Of them have changed, for it was
well understood at the time that his in-
tentiOn was 10 appoint a committee whose
policy would be on the line laid down In
the Presidents message.
THE TARIFF BILL.
! Mr.. Hewitt is quoted as saying to-day
that the bill which Chairman Morrison
| VIII submit TO the full committee, will be
the result of the joint labors OF Messrs.
Morrison, Carlisle and himself. The bill
is modelled on his theory. WhileI Will not
\ be Just what the more advanced revenue
reformers might desire, IL will still con.
| tain very considerable reductions in the
higher duties and long free list, which
VIII include all lumber, except dressed
lumber, iron ore, salt, hemp, jute and
other raw materials. Ordinarily the free
| list is put at the end OF a tariff bill,
as II is in the present tariff act, but
in the bill which Mr.. Morrison will sub
init to the committee it will come first, so
| that the fight will begin on the principle
that raw materials for American manu-
faeturers should be admitted free Of duty.
Mr.. Hewitt thinks the moderate tone OF
the bill will commend 1t to almost all the
Democrats. He expects to see it out OF
the Ways and Means Committee within
two weeks and to have it passed by the
House within four weeks more.
MR.. ocHILTREE OVER GENEROUS.
In the last session Of the last Congress
Thomas P. Ochiltree, then amember from
Texas, secured the appropriation Of $780,
| 600 for the purchase OF land BY the gov
ernment at Fort Brown, Tex. The money
has not been expended because Secretary
Endicott found that the land in question
could be bought for 5000. The House
! Committee on Military Affairs is quietly
investigating the case with view of as
certalning why such large appropriation
was made.
EDMUNDs IN A PRETTY FIX,
Mr.. Edmunds did not make his report
from the Judiciary Committee respecting
| the rlgnL OF the ffesAuenJ ana the senate
| in regard to suspensions from office TO.
day. The fact Is that Mr.. Edmunds Is In
u state Of mind because Mr.. Sherman an
tlcipated to some extent what he intended
to say. He thinks that Mr.. Sherman's
course was to say the least, very peculiar
in view of the fact that it was so well
known that MIR. Edmunds was about
to make a similar speech on the basis Of
his report. Then, too, Mr.. Edmunds is
annoyed at the conduct Of some OF the Re-
publican Senators who have reported IA
yOrably to the Senate the nominations Of
men who were appointed to
succeed men suspended by the President.l
These cases Mr.. Edmunds wanted all held
back until be had made his report and mis-
speech, and the matter had been finally
determined so far as the Senate could de-
termine it. Mr.. Edmunds has been pri.
vately lecturing these shaky Republicans
on their whole duty as good partisans.
In short, Mr.. Edmunds finds that the Res