The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-25
A TARIFF BILL READY.
THE FULL COMMITTEE WILL GET
IT THIS MORNING.

It's Contents Will Not Be Made Public
for at Least Two Weeks-The Demo
cratic Senators Ready to Act On It
at the Earliest Possible Moment.
WASHINGTON. Sept. A.-The republican
senators of the finance committee worked
most of Saturday night, all of Sunday and
Tar into Monday morning, and then worked
all through to-day, showing aside the pro-
posed investigation of the sugar
trust in the interval to do So
Tonight Mr.. Allison, chairman of
the subcommittee on the preparation
VI the bill, explained this activity by say
hg that in accordance with the conclusion
reached by the caucus on Saturday, the
sariff bill would be reported to the full COM
nittee on finance tomorrow, Mr.. Aldrich's
report and ALL He would not say positively
hat it would be submitted at the regular
meeting of the committee tomorrow, but
t would certainly be reported by Thursday.
ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATS.
The democrats on the committee have not
Teen either the report OF the bill. Senator
Harris of Tennessee, in the absence of Mr.
Beck, viii have to prepare the minority
report so the bill cannot come into the
Senate this week. But Mr.. Harris will not
delay ii a moment unnecessarily. He has
already collected his data in support of the
Mills bill, which will be pressed by the
minority, and only needs to see
Inc drift of the republican
argument to begin the actual writing of his
report. If he secs the republican bill and
report on Thursday, he will be ready on
Tuesday next No one will be able to say
that the democrats are responsible for
any delay in the tariff legislation
1t this session. They are as
Eager for il in the Senate
rs in the House, but all but sixteen of the
seventy-six senators have announced an in
tention to speak on the tariff bill when re-
b1rted, and as all senatorial speeches must
be delivered in the Senate SO, should the
debate go on, the election will be over be-
tore vote could be reached
READ BY ALL.
All the republican senators have now seen
the tariff bill and read the Aldrich tariff
report. Those wEo had not seen them be-
tore saw then to-day. Almost every
republican senator, not member of the sub
tCmmittee which prepared the bill and re-
report, was sharply critical of some feature
bf their report All know very well that
the bill is not to be passed, so they did not
waste much time on it. Senators
Henderson and Plumb grumbled a
great deal. AS yet free lumber
has not oeen Incorporated in the bill. There |
twas an understanding that it would be |
after the Maine election, but for some |
season it. has not been. If the bill was in |
Iended 10 pass, it would probably be put in |
1T once As it is, it may he kept out !
altogether. or else admitted as an amend |
ment in the Senate, but inasmuch as, &C
tording to Mr.. Allison, during the two
weeks TO be given the minority to prepare |
report on the bill, and the report will be
kapt from the public, it will be possible to
make any change that may be deemed
Necessary.
PARTY PROCLAMATION.
There is reason to believe that some
rhanges will be made in the report. This
Is the document upon which they propose
10 stand during tue rest of the campaign,
and seems far more important to the repub- |
lean senators than the bill they do not |
slean to pass. If some of the changes
suggested to day are not made, it will be
necessary to hold caucus 10 bring all the
republican senators to that state of har-
nony where the report will
ecure unanimous support. Only
,ne thing is certain in Mr. Alnson's official
announcing of the republican programme,
aud that is that no tariff bill will be passed |
1t this session. Two weeks are to be given
TO the minority to frame and report. 1t !
kill Inconvenience the majority. If they
! re ready sooner, as they will be, then a |
hionth or SIX weeks will be given to debates. |
} hen recess is to be taken until after the
,lection Then will come the final adjourn |
ment. The shallowness of the republi- |
Tau promises of the tariff reform which
hey admit to be necessary is made ap-
parent officially by the chairman of the re-
publican Subcommittee on the tariff 1t is
probable that the republican report and the
Till will be submitted to the democrats of
the finance committee tomorrow