New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-09
SIGNS OF A COMING STORM.
ACTION OF WAYS AND MEANS DENOUNCED.
FAIR PLAY DENTED-EvERy PRECEpENr VIOLATE
ANOTHER SECTIONAL FKATURE
NY ruLEGnAPR TO THn TRI7UxAJ

4 WARRINGTON,
and hear indications that tho arbitrary rcinss''
a the majority of the Ways and Means Committee
a hear vorkingmen, manufacturers or others
those interests are affected by the Dark Lam
stern bill is likely to arouse such storm OF mug
nation as it will be difficult for Premier Mills
and his associates to weather. The denlau OF
hearings has no precedent in the history Oh Con-
rressional Committees Even Colonel morrsoh
and his colleagues did not deny this right which
!. had been granted by all other committees since
The foundation Of the Government. Today the
House Committee on Manufactures. Of which three
Of the reiaocrtic members Of Ways and Means
Breclxinridge, Of Arkansas Wilson, Of West Yer
sinia and Bynum, of Intiiana-are MEMBERS was
sitting to investigate trusts" with a view to
legislation thereon The Committee Rivers
and Harbors sits daily to hear persons interested
in appropriations for riNe and harbor improve
ncnts. IL needless further TO particuisri1e.
= Men who have served In congress ven. M IL
teen twenty years or more are most severe ~
. their denunciaiion OF The Dark Lantern proJ
grammc To cut oil every source Of Information ano
ignore the industrial interests OF the country
Among the business men who have come 10 WASH
ingJon to protest against the Dark lantern
hi, are several rept-> natives Of the pottery Ala
glass industries Of West Virginia, among whom ara
some prominent Democrats They declare tiiae
the reductions proposed IN the pottery anu sass
schedule would result IN surrender oil Tue mar
J ket to foreigners. They stand ready Win lacts
to prove their declaration, but the majority OF
the Ways and Means Commtiec has aeuDe en, ~
heard 1t is that they may be able TO SUI
nit their views to individual members OF the
committee but that will do no good, as Mr Lyaii'
the manufacturer of jute burisps, etc.. in New
York knows He came to washington ana ex-
planned the condition and needs OF the ihdnulacC
"a urers of jute goods to William H. Scott, ana o'hef
: members of the Dark Lantern cabal lie re-
ceived assurances that certain changes w9ulu pe
made 1t is even asserted that he carried away
with him a copy OF the proposed hax, hemp ana
iS,s Of Se"I the Dark Lantern confedsrases
When he saw and read the bill he WIS thunder
struck. for he found that it meant rum to nun
and TO every other ute manufacturer IN the Unlteu
States. Mr. lyall represents capital OF sio9,ouo
TO 81 900 900 employed in that business ana thcrc
fore may be said to have pecunlary interest
I'm the proposed legislation. So also have seVerai
hundred wage earners in his employ and the ma
jority OF Ways and Means has determined not 10
hear or consider objections from persons who have
such an interest Democratic m mher OF inc
committee said tn Tribune correspondent:
Why should we grant hearings ?-They amount
to nothing except TO give few men an oPi"r-
tinity to exploit themselves and their business
and dump a lot Of misin formation upon the com
mittee. In the next breath he said that the
trainers Of the Dark Lantern" bill had before
them the printed reports of the bearings In inc
last two three Congresses as well as the report
Of the Tariff Committee which is SIX years Ola
and the census OF $50.
INDIGNATION NORTH AND SOUTH.
REPRESENTATIVES. Of the Northern leaf tobacco
growers rs well as of the pottery and other in
dustries are in Washington vany demanding to
be- heard In no respect is the Dark Lantern
bill more sectional than in its treatment OF the
tobacco growers of the North In the tarlif schcd-
ule the duty on Sumatra wrappers is reduced 20
rs cents per pound-or more than 100 per cent
In the internal revenue annex to the Dill cigars
are eycentnd from the proposed repeal OF interfa
taxes The tax is abolished for the benefit o!
Southern planters whose product II. suitable oniy
or mainly for manufacture into smoking ana
chewing tobacco. while il is retained on the Nor n
ern product Of leaf which is suitable Tor cigis
y wranrers The Democrats from Connecticut ana
other Northern States have not been slow 10 DIS
cover this unjust discrimination. N would almost
seem to have been the deliberate purpose 81 me
Dark Lantern confcdcrates to compel North
ern farmers engaged In raising leaf TOBACCO 70
abandon the business.
Careful study Of the sugar schedule has made
the Louisiana men more ind gnant than ever. They
fnd thar the reduction is nearer 30 per cent than
20 per cent, and that on some grades " IS apout
As per cent. Represent tive Wilkinson mas gone
10 Louisiana TO confer with the sugar producers
m ascertain the precise effect Of the pronosed
change and how much il any. reduction or dufy
the industry can bear When he returns he VIII
find the doors of the committee room locked and
the ears Of the majority closed against any rer-
rcsontations which he may desire IN MAKE "
Is limited that the worhingmcn employed IN several
Industries will send representatives to washington
10 ask hearing IL they do so the Premier
and his colleagues may back down
THE SENATE PASSES THE PENSION BILL.
LIVELY DISCUSSIONS OVER THE AMfNDME rs
WISHES or THE g. A. P. RFsPrCTFD.
WASHINGTON March tSpeciaD.-1hc Senate
today passed by vote Of "A to 10 the bill grant
ing pension to ex-soldiers and sailors VINO are
incanacitatcd for the performance of manual labor
and providing for pensions to dependent relatives
of deceased soldiers and sailors. A hnal vote
was reached only after the Democratic side had
exhausted every means in order TO delay the pas
sage of the bill and cripple its provisions SO as
to make it obnoxious and Ineffective Inc 10
negative votes were all cast by Southern p Dein-
SGrn coeRr s Coke, Coquitt Daniel Eustis,
Gibson Harris, Psscoe, Reagan SALISBURY, Vance,
and Wilson, Of Maryland The two Demo cratic
Senators from West Virginia, and the Two R Dl,
Ocratic Senators from Indiana, with the TWO Dei-
ocratic Senators from New-Jersey t0I aah wa."
WalthalL of Mississippi. and Brown, vi neor3ia'
The amendment Cffercd by Mr. Plumb, OF kansa,
striking out the word toIa III re"st Of
members Of the Committee on Pensions VINO ieareu .
that the bill thus amended would be vetoed oy
the President. There was good deal OF mag
nation EXPRESSED by a number of Senators on the
Republican side, notably Platt and leiicr, WHO
thought IL sad commentary upon sno ,.,s
the possible action which the President might see
ft to take upon bill should interfere win tne
better Judgment Of Senators. On the other mana
IL is to he said that the bill as passed represents
the wishes of the c. A. II. men, and grants to them
substantially everything that they asked Tor
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS ON THE TARIFF
WASHINGTON March tSpeciaD. -Representa-
tive Hopkins, of Illinois, to-day returned from a
visit to Chicago where he attended the meeting OF
the Republican State Central Committee. TO
TRIBUNE correspondent, Mr.. Hopkins said:
II was one vi the most earnest and entlus as TIC
GATHERINGS ~ Illinois kcpubi.cans that eyor saw
fveryboSy was 10 high splits ard confident OF victory
Several hundred werc present and every CON
srsssunsl district most of the counties were rep
Tsented We listened TO one or more short speeines
from each Congressional ds ct, and every spcahcr
took accession 10 say that the Republicans In his as
tric arc solid In favor of the maintenance or inc pro
$50 t.rItf system This is true they sad, of tho
farmers "a well az tho manufacturers and worhngnei.
Imong the farmers unusual interest Is fell IN regard
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