The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-03-16
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
THE TARIFF ISSUE PRESENTED
SQIARELY.
Mi. Nandail Has ini.oduced His RiII--
senator Wills il oniidcnt---InsaiIs,
Speech-- Nc.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE.

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Mills tarIf bill was introduced Monday
morning. 1t Is called bill to reduce and
equalize duties on imports, to reduce III
torEal revenue taxes and for other pur-
poses, repeals, after July /, 1883, .'au
laws now III force whereby farmers and
producers OF tobacco are restricted in the
sale ana disposition OF the same, by tax
oil the internal revenue tax on mauutaC-
tured tobacco, snuff, cigars, cheroots and
cigarettes, and the special taxes paid by
manufacturers and dealers and provides
rebates on all unbroken packages when
the amount Of claim exceeds live dollars
1t also repealS all internal revenue tax on
spirits distilled from apples, peaches or
other fruits. Special LAKES on manufac-
turers Of stills, wholesale and retail liquor
dealers are repealed, and the tax ou dis
titled spirits IS reduced from ninety to
fifty cents a gallon, and there is to be no
tax on weiss beer containing less than two
ana one-hali per cent OF alcoholic strength.
III is sad to embrace some of the best
features Of the Henderson bin
Among the articles ~ the free list are
anthracite coal, crude articles for dyeing,
undressed furs, guano coffee, uneurtd
hides, except sheep skins with dutiable
wool, crude India rubber, licoriuc root.
crude opium, gold and silver ores, phloso-
phical and scientific apparatus, works of
art-about 312 articles together Obscene
books Or pictures are prohibited from inn
pOrtatlun.
Tue reduction made amounts to about
S32, ,Ooo, 900 on Internal revenue aud SD,
| coo, 900 on imports.
MI. Randall claims that forty Democrats
will support his hil, and that, with the
Republican support he is certain TO have,
his bill win pass.
The Mills biz continues to grow in pop
nlaIity. Some Of the more ~anguire tariff
| reformera thinl. they viii b. able to get it
through the House. MIR Carlisle viii re-
turn GA Tuesday, aud y aeu Che tallti dis
| CussiOn wakes warm Will take the Aour and
make Il speech III behalf Of the Mills bill.
1t is thought probable thai several amend
ments now under consideration viii be
added to the tariff bill and grady strength
en- II. Among these are: Ligs, raisUns,
and other California fruit now on the
| free LIST are 10 continue 10 te taxed This
! alteration viii secure valuable aid from
| thaj State III support of the plI. Another
Item IS the fruIt brandy TX which it is
| hoped, will be abolished TAis provision
| will make the bill much nj o acceptable
| to our delegation. The ighl will begin in
earnest IN about two weeks, SO Mr. Mills
| told a prominent Congressn a yesterday.
| About that time, the bill is be reported
| to the house. This delay is oaused by the
| fact that it has been found lecessarv by
the friends of the measure o reconsider
some of its provisions. Sine. last Wednes-
day, the Secretary Of The Treasury and
| some Of his assistants have been carefully
| examining the bill with a view to suggest
| ing certain statistics and improvements.
| This VIII - laid before lie Ill committee
for consideration next week.
Senator Ingalls, speech Of last Monday
ostensibly in support Of th3 Dependent
Pensions bill, and which posed the Sen
aJe by a vote Of Al to 1G, ha, probably de
stroyed his chances as a Presidential prob
! ability. The Democrats of he North are
Of course indifferent to his abuse Of the
Confederaoy and her leaders, but when he
attempted to bring in Cleveland, Hancock
| and Mcclellan for a share Of vitupera-
ton nc oyer-atepped the bounds of plll-
dencc. The Republican organs wisely :
omitted this part of his speech when they
| reproduced it, but the Democratic organs
printed it in full and made editorial com
| ments on it, which aroused the indigna-
ton of a great number of Grand ARMY
organizations, by whom the soldierly Han
cock and gifted Mcclellan were greatly
beloved and cordially admired. The bet
ter elements in the K RepuDlican party re-
sent the insults hurled at these dead he
roes, and appreciate the utler falsity Of
the nnmanly and unfounded attacks on
the President OF the United States, to be
found in this speech. The speech is so III
popular that | am told it VIII be used as
| campaign document by the Democrats
Col. Dibble OF South Carolina yesterday
ordered $4,000 copies for distribution il
his district.
am told that since making the speech
Ingalls, applied for membership III TIA.
District Commandcry of the Loyal Legion
| and that he has been declared ineligible
by committee. The techneality wl
raised against him that the commission
held by him during the war was from tn,
State Of Kansas, aud that he never wa
properly in the service of the Untet
States. 1t is also said that Il very stron.
feeling exists in the Commandcry agains
his admission, on account of the criticism
| INDUCED in by him N his recent speech
upon Generals Mcclellan and Hancock
General Hancock, at the time of his death
was the Grand Commander Of tn LcglOl
of the United States. 1t is said that Mr
> Ingalls, Will apply for admission to th
third class Of the Legion, iut0 which civil
ians who have rendered important seryic
] to the Union cause are admitted, but 1t
thought that even this Application viii b
| withdrawn for fear thailriendo OF Genera
Hancock viii blackba. the Senator.
+ The dependent pensions bin whic
/ passed tho Senate last week wiz probabl
\ pass the House and VII certainly oe vetoe
r by the President. H5 has been deiiej I
q veto it a second time, and he Will accer
+ the challenge with his acclst omed courag,
! II is estimated that the surplus in tn
f. Treasury VIII, by the end OF this fsci
h year, June 30th, be about $155, ,000, 00t
5 The receipts for the last three month
:, have increased so largely that this alte
J. alton is made III the figures given by II
G Secreary's report 10 Congress in Decen
Der. This amount was Sl4o, 900, 900.
Sterling Rufdn, one Of The most credi
= able representatives our State has here
:; :; any vocation, has beel promoted. III
u compliment was richly Gcrserved. Refine'
: cultured, faithful and upright, he refec
>. ere Ill on,not only our good old commo
= wealth, but on the gifted stock from whiC
- he springs. His Christian name is a mo
:, appropriate one, aud his surname sugges
u to every North Carolinian, the honor,
l. !, memory Of his grand father, Justice Ru
y fin, than whom the State claims no abl
= jurist nor more incoTruptibe citizen.
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