Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-29

OF dollar The committee on banking and
CURRENCY has agreed TO the bill providing for
the issue OF not more than $50, ,000.0W in de-
nominations of ., TO- IS, % and so cents and
1t is thought II will pass without any OBJ
lection
POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILLS.
l asked Representative Raynor to-day what
his subcommittee were going to do with the
several postal telegraph bills that they
have under consideration. 1--WE shall
do something one way or another.
The committee is about evenly divided in
sentiment, about half being in favor of u pos
tai telegraph system to be erected by the
government, and the rest favoring the pass
age Of a law for the regulation of telegraph
by the interstate commerce commission. /
am in favor OF a postal telegraph and shall
push the bill have prepared but whether /
can get IL through the committee or not is
question"
TARIFF DISCUSSION.
The ways and means committee did not
held meeting to-day and the republican
members have received no intimation from
Mr.. Mills as to when his tariff bill will be
ready for their inspection. The time fixed
for TIE next regular meeting is Thursday,
and it is expected that the tariff bill will be
ready for presentation on that day. The
democratic members will say nothing definite
about it, although they intimate that the bill
will be ready for publication this week. j
near lTOIl SOuTCtS tudt JUS ltiSu It-
vision has been completed and is now with
the public printer and that as soon as possible
printed copies will be made public. There is a
report that Mr.. Mills and his associates con
template separating internal revenue and
customs, the latter presenting an independent
measure proposing reductions of internal
taxes. This report is given for what it Is
worth If the bill is reported to the full
committee this week Mr.. Mills expects that
he will be able to have its consideration com
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by March 10, which would give the iepub-
lican members of the committee three weeks
to consider and digest its provisions.
The minority of the committee are incensed
at the manner in which they have been
traded by their colleagues of the majority
and are not disposed to proceed with the con
sideraton of the measure under the whip
and spur of Mr. Mills and his associates.
They will insist on the fullest time for ex.
animation of the several schedules and Will
also insist that they shall have an opportunity
to examine the evidence upon which tie ma
jority reached the conclusion Incorporated in
the bill. 1t is very likely, therefore, that be-
fore the consideration of the text of the
| bill is proceeded with there will be u
| sharp and acrimonious partisan debate that
| may be transferred from the committee room
| TO the floor of the house. 1t is now admitted
| on both sides that the bill to be reported by
the ways and means committee will be found
| lingering with the committee of the whole
| house when the national democratic conven-
| tion is in session next June and predictions
| are freely made by democrats as well as re-
| publicans that it will not get through the
| house this session. The democratic mem
| bers of the ways and means committee are
| believed to share this apprehension and
their alleged purpose to bring forward sep
| arate bill to secure reduction in internal
| taxes is attributed to this fear. In this con-
nection the fact shoulo not be over
looked that the present tariff law
| was talked to "A house internal revenue
| bill by the senate, and that the customs
| made by the senate was not formally con-
| sidered by the house in committee of the
whole. 1t is held in the house that the rules
| preclude an amendment to change internal
taxes from being placed on tariff bill and
| vice versa, and it is also held that the senate
| has no right to origininate revenue measures,
that being the constitutional prerogatlve Of
| the lower branch. The senate, however,
| make no distinction between tariff and in
| ternal revenue, and having the constitutional
| the house, the practice has been to deal with
both forms of revenue in the same measure.
If heretofore the house should
send to the senate bill con-
fined to internal revenue the senate
| might add provisions changing the tariff
| schedule, or add provisions to a tariff bill
| thus received, reducing internal taxes. The
reported disposition of the democratic mem.
| bers of ways and means to separate customs
| and internal taxes. is interpreted by repub-
| licans a tact admission that the house is
| not expected to deal successfully with the
! revenue question, and that an internal reve-
| nue. bill will be sent to the senate in full ex-
pcctation of Il disagreement between the two
| branches that will furnish the democrats
| ground for charging the responsibility for
| the failure of revenue legislation on the re-
| publican senate.
Personal.
| Hon. Guy G.. Barton, of the Omaha Smelt-
| ing works and j. II. Mcconnell, of Omaha,
| and their wives, were in the senate galleries
| to-day.
| j. II. N. Patrick and wife and their son
| Robert left this evening for Omaha.
PERRY 5. HEATH.
| Pensions Granted,