Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-04
THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME
Preparing a Coup dEtat For the
Democrats.
FIXING UP A TARIFF MEASURE
They Will Endeavor to Have 1t Sub
stituted For the Majority Bill
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Plans of the Minority.
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- A tariff bill will be introduced by the re-
publicans in the house, but it will not be un-
til q very short time before the vote is taken
ON the administration bill, which was pre-.
sented TO the committee on ways and means
on Thursday last The programme has been
partially agreed upon by the republican
members of the committee on ways and
means in the house and the senate committee
on finance, by which nothing is to be done
towards the compilation Of the tariff bill, till
the administration bill has been
reported to the house and placed
upon. the calendar. Then it will be
known Just exactly what this bill contains,
with the amendments which are made to it in
committee, together with,what action is to
be taken on the Randall bill, which Is to be
m ade public ON next Tuesday. When the ad-
ministration bill is ready for debate the
republicans will compile their own measure.
This they will hold in reserve and offer as a
substitute for the administration bill when
the question of final votes comes, or they
will send. it to the senate, where the repub-
licans will substitute it for the bill which
may pass the house, by striking all out but
the enacting clause of the latter This
procedure will enable the republicans
to act after they see all that the democratic
parity is going to do, and after the debate in
the house has developed the wishes of the
republicans there. Meanwhile the steering
committee of the house will obtain concensus
of the opinion of the republicans in the house
in such way as to know exactly what each
one wants in the way Of tariif. and internal
revenue reform, This information 1 get
through private sources and tits not public
property by any means. 1t shows that the
republicans are acting together and that they
are determined to take every advantage of
the situation. One of the best known and
most influential of them told me this evening
that they were determined that il u
tariff biir is passed at all to dictate, II pOssi-
ble what it shall be, and that there was no
disposition whatever upon the part of even
the foremost liberal tariff reformers to get
inte position where republicans would have
TO support democratic measure, but that on
the contrary th ey would endeavor to reverse
the order and secure the support of one or
the other wings of the democratic side OF
the house when it come TO the final question
on reform of the tariff,
- CoRNERING BENRDIcr
! Mr.. Gallinger, q republican member OF the
special house committees investigating the
management of the government printing
Office, continued, his cross-examinaton of
Public Printer Benedict'thi afternoon. The
Undergraduates and answers grew very tart
at times and q number Of questions pro-
pounded were objected to-. The objections
were sustained by the majority. The major
part of the Characterization related TO the
| dismissal of employees, who come within the
protection of the statutes which give
preference to soldiers and. sailors
and their widoWss and orphans.
y Mr.. Gallinger read a, letter written by Rep
resentatiye WILSON, OF West Virginia, who