New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-19
"DARK-LANTERN" DO1NGS.
HOW A MINORITY Is TREATED.
EVERYTHING ALREADY FIXED AND NO QUESTION:
AyswERED-GhG RULE TO DE- APPLIED
IN COMMITTEE.
;rr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrrUyE.I

;rr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIrUSEI
WASHINGTON March 1S.-Thc ploceedn-s.of the
Wavs and Means Committee last night were livery
and by no means harmonious Premier MILLS
and his " Dark Lantern" coniedcrates carried mat
ters with n high hand and made 1t clearly eVidchI
that they have determined completely to Ignore
the rights Of the minority OF the committee. The
colossal impudcncc OF such a determination VIII
be more fully realized when IL is known thao
the Dark Lantern bill obtain the support
~ only a minority of the House. The committee
was deliberately packed in the interest OF Cleye-
land and free trade and IL - expected tndJ inc
President will apply the screws to recaIcitrih'
Democrats and thus force the bill through the
Last Ii ghts session OF the c"hiinIttec lasIeu
until late hour From the hist moment IL was
evident that the majority was animated ny Single
and determined purpose-to force the DarS Ihi1
term bin through the committee at railroad speed
and there no apparent abdtemeHt OF u''t
purpose when adjournment took place near
midnight. The Republicans were ready TO coz
sidcr tho bill and the II ms were pc2uh. IN s .lie
first items, those which payc lumber on the free
list, Mr. Reed afte? reading from PETITIONS ron
the Pacific coast, one Of which appeared IN .ooay
TRIBUNE and after also reading = lettcr from
TonaWanda " y and one from PennNylNanla,
showing the competition with Canada ana cailln3
attention TO the fact that the duty on sawed
lnmb,r is only 81 n thousand feet-not tiou1 s ~
eoualilc the cost Of labor-aSked TOT tie ms
ascertaincd by the authors Of the oiil' "hch III
duccd their action. Nj, p,gr
Arkansas. rerlieG that they did rot propose 20
give any information that he ava not eNl'c.t ~
convince the minority, nor ga ne care ae rcadv 70
they were convinced or rot; but ne was IeIIS ~
hear what they had 10 say, although u "oH'" Ho'
change his vote. and he was ready to vote L.,
The Republicans insisted that the l9uSf hau
conGded to the Committee Of Ways anu ~ 10
f ,rhi,h they were members the task 81 uhtai..m'
facts and information, and framing f'Frlur p''I,
that whether the con'alttee WIS uHS'I,'',~' 20
nnt was OF little consequence; Tat wh2t was 81
consequence was that al TIE iartS shoI'u ~ ~
brought out and The House should nave thr pcil''s
of such facts under the light oi the conmcn' 81
different members Of the commltt,c' tl,ao W.
majority, contrary to every example anu r,aI1
custom and precedent, had point blank r. lHseu
hearings to those who we're i3mHar W .,n '. -.
business interests involved, ard hAi rciASru 70
hear road the written arguments and p'lltlpnS OF
ncrsons interested All that now remained was 20
ask for such facts as he'd hceh ueNriop'" III Wv
nriyatr hearings which had caused he action 10
BE- taken which WAS now sought ~ DC ia'iH'u.
The Democrats then began TO be- very angry
refusing 10 give any facts on when thrIr a'.,on
was based and declared through Mr. MINIS tha'
= the rolI-call would give all the Information
recJcd y This" saws Mr. Brcclinrdgc, Of
Arkansas who seems TO have TAKEN ne Ea'.er OF
leadership out Of tho hands OF MI MI!Isi -
party question. and there can be no heen 9d ~
formation or . discussion J. IS mere waste o.
time He declared that The minority WIS rs not
oriInr IN good faith" when IL asled for the IN
formation and facts. This aroused the in.iaha-
ton Of the Father Of the ilouse,' judge heHcy
who has been u member OF Ways ahn HI'.us TX
Of legislation none but q fiery e\-Coniederate
would ever question.
Ia,e in the evening Baron Scott. who bad
been busy with paper md pencil announced 'h@l
nj The rate Of progress already achieved " W"i'd
Tie thc committee about 100 days 10 iiH'h 10.
bill One element q big calculation was tha'
VII then. YOUR calculation Is all wronr.'
observed MIR Reed. " n we'vr been two hours
doing nothing how long will 1t take US to do
something was done however. GEmbeT salt
GlN, hemp. lurlaiS COZ 10 hi IT, N" p'-
in,5 ~. fr.c list Cement MAS stricken ont n"
nu,y ,Nulau4ilon given hc.aS that II ""nlI %,
dealt wi'h ln another place. IL - w., ', .'i"
L,nr on the I;s,yct Hrem."r and iii' q, ,', hlr'
rs ccucut manriAr. ticfs n hrni ~ "..' y ,.''-
e,l,rua who are DEMOCRATS or h'F' " P'"'-
Tho B,tuminous Baron" who IS ne di-rc'i
accredited ,.rr sentative y pios.l. NJ cleveland
IN lie W.vs and Mans .rAr..''.', is NOT rrt.-
g. N, in regard to The pcrno"rtic rcr',.1" pro
canine H. is Disguised with. me- Sont'rrn
Democrats who arc working with Randall on
account Of TIE reduction ~ sugar ana rice i'Nr,'
and thinks they should Doe thrown o.'iD'.' 90.
said Mr. Scott: IT had consult TIE intrr,
cs,, II my osn locality acl Mt looked N'LonI
my q strict | would hovc orf9r'r.t't the fr"r-
wool proposition. bout without ire wool there Is
uo u.c I'm having tariH refofm. Ih" Wool aur'-
lion has been the bono 81 contention for many
wears and h. Thought lfst 20 ih"'.' IT PIG 80
,tr rrrrirql features - he present tariff bill
"a
d,Lr a final vote on the tarin until aiier oar
convention. June >. We. on tie other hana,
viii try TO pass the measure ~ >'me FORM -
,.Iiy m May rs possible. 80 Is 10 give the senate
I'm, 10 tackle it. We Will then take action ln
a.. convention ON the party work Yn ~" tIH.
Sir Randall WIKI IFS Republican Protection
NAV he able 10 repeat his tactics ~ last session
irt lon'f think hc would dare delay final action
ON the bill H. is an open secret thht landau IS
in bad favor with Cleveland, WHO has regarded
him with moro or less suspicion for some time.
Tho President SAYS that Randall s actions ID 'ile
Ilonee did not coincide with the Professions he
made with his tongue do not believe HMh-
dan would hesitate to hack-cap his party at tho
81. Louis Convention in tho matter of preparing
a platform and making tara decaratlonS ne
il not in limo with Mr. Clcycland and he - tnc
leading protcc,ionist Of his party Our tarit OH
cuuucintcs the principles Of our party ana SctS
forth its platform II we have not enough strength
in the House to pass this measure In some form
and make "A reduction in the revenue OF the 10Y
eminent the only thing We can do IS to DO thc
very best we can and then go before the country
on our record"
The Baron" buys so, 900 or 100 900 slaves
cvrrv vcar and his views on economic subjects
carry great weight