Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-20
THE INTRODUCTION.
Mills Will This Week Introduce His
Tariff Bill With a Favorable
Report On l..
The Chances fer tho Passage OF The
Measure Summed Up and Ex-
pisiBed Clearly.
How the LouisiRna FACTION VIM Be p oI-
fl d-seventy Nemb'rs to spehk-Ran-
dnll's Path 10 V.ry d III cult.
TEE EIIUATION sIzEp Up.

! TEE SITUATION sIzED Up.
{ special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March l9-Mr. Mills
| will make the present week memorable
one by introducing the tariff oil in the
! House, with favorable report from the
ways and means committee. It will be
practically tie same bill that wss printed
several weeks ago. A few changes will
! be made, bu in no measure abrcgstive OF
the principle upon which the bill was
draw2. The bill will be On tbs table for
several days, until the members have IA
milisriZsd themselves With It. The dis
cussion Will probably consume whole
month. Seventy members have al
ready made known thsir intentions
to speak upcn 1t. The issue
is one on which the presidential and con-
gressioasl cleo ion will turu snd it Is
mr. Carlisle's Intention to give every one
who desires it
! CaANCE TO SPEAK.
The tariff rtformers feel confident.
! They axe fail OF hgat and the reports
from the country are encouraging and the
7itu.tion IS expected TO improve. Mr.
RInosl!'s path is more difficult than ever
bsiore. His opposition and that OF his
disciples is il p slp defiance OF the psrty's
express declarations. The President and
every memoeE # tas Cabinet endorse the
bill and the Democratic seal is
vass Of the situation made
under Democratic auspices and accepted
as substantially correct by the Dino
cratic leaders Is sc follows: Whole num-
Der Of Democratic votes l6S, number Of
votes necessary to pass the bill l6S, Dem
ocrats in favor OF the bill AS, iodepend-
ents who ere IN favor OF the bill: Ander-
son Of lows, chols Of North Carolina,
Hopkins of Virgins, snd Smith Of Wis
consin- Four Republicans are in favor
of the bill: Fitch Of New York, Lsird and
Nslson OF Minnesota, aud Dorsey OF Ne
brasks; four doubtful, Randsllites six.
Total number OF votes estimated for the
bill 1877. By this calculation 1t will be
deserved 'b.tOnly six more are necessary
TO INSURE TIE PASSAGE
OF the bill. That, as it happens, is the
number OF votes L0uislspH has in the
House, and they are counted against the
Mills bill because OF the proposed cut Of
% per cent. on sugar. The Louisiana
members have no quarrel with the bill
outside OF its effect on the leading in
dustry Of the state which, IS they de-
clare, is cut too deep by it. New lnfor-
nation from the planters at home
is that the IF. ct Of the pro-
posed cut will be nearer 10 per
cent than 20. This information has
| been laid before the ways and means
committee, and it is probable that re-
vision Of tras psrt of the bill will ne made
and the Fix at 10 per cent. That
| figure would D; acceptable to The Louis
lana members and would
| INSURE THEIR SUPPORT
OF the bill. Tney are real y sfraid Of the
Randall programme, for fear it may
lead directly into the Republican camp,
where no friendship Is felt for their in
0us,ry, but where putting it on the free
list Is frequently threatened. The Re-
pU0dcsus are seriously divided. The essts
ern men, led .oy Mr.. Reed and Judge
K Hey STe pllfpg one way while the
western mep, led by General Browne,
| Major Mckinley and Mr.. Burrows, are as
resoIutey pulling in the opposite diTec-
ton. Never Indeed Was minority more
poorly prepared 10 engage in even var
| fare Of hirdrsnCe. Their conferences
among themselves are not satisfactory,
and they are in daily danger OF an open
rupture.
ANOTHER CALCULATION
| Special 20 the Gazette.
| WASHINGTON, March 70 An estimate
as to the probable strength OF the Mills
bill has been made by some Of the most
ca-Eiul members of the Democratic side.
This estimate ie said to give every doubt
full nan to he opposition and to put Only
on the side of the bill those who
are positively known to be for
il. II will tske l63 votes to pass the bill.
Those claimed positively TO be in favor Of
it are l4S Democrats, four Independents,
including Hopkins of Virginia and Ei;l-
OLE Of North Carolina, and four Rapubli-
cans, Lind sid Ees9u OF MInnesots,
Fitch OF New Ycrk, and Dorsey Of Ne
brsska.
| TUE LTING DEMOCRATS
sre credited with strength OF nineteen
comprising ell the Oaio members Of that
party, tWu from California, one from lii
nois, two from New Jersey, four from
New York, Messrs. T llman Uf South Car
Olins, :nd Randall, Ermentrout and Sow
den Of Pennsylvania. This estimate is
said to he extremely liberal, and at least
six Of the nineteen are regarded as likely
o vote tor the bi,l 81 the 1ual moment.
The six members f;om Louisiana are not
Included on either side in this caIcula-
ton, but there are strong hopes
that & compromise can be effected which
Will secure their votes for the bill. TIE
compromise suggested which II Is thought
will be acceptable Wil!sbe general cut
OF IL per cent. on sugars. With this
effected and the gain from Louisiana as
sured, II would still require six
Of the nnet se1 doan as
boilers TO constitute nsjcrity.
The fstc OF the bill Is therefore some
what in doub'. Whatever ether com
promise rnsy be suggested or o9scred 1t
is said there ID no possibility of any
change in the wool schedule, IS the sup
porters OF the bill regard Il as involving
| s vital nrincinla