Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05
TARIEF REDUCTION.

The Probable Fight in ConerssS - Tho
Probable Tactics of the Majority Out
Iincsl-Thcy viii Indicate What They
want, and Take what They Can 6Eet Ant
ar Carefully Fighting tho Ground Over
The blair Educational Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2s.-The Star, CONF
menting on the probable tariff fight in the
House this winter, says: sit Is probably
as certain as any thing in the future can
be that a tariff bill will pass the House this
session. There Will be fight, which will
begin almost as soon as the holiday recess
is over The plan of campo 'gn' adopted
at Oak View will be carried out.
1t consists of series OF sharp
battles and retreats. 3he ma.
jority of the Democrats VIII STARE
out to get tariff reduction, and as little
protection as they can. But they are pre-
pared to retreat, sooner than take de-
feat. Whenever they find they can not
get what they would like, they will COM
promise, taking the best they can get.
They will follow this plan throughout,
compromising as to every detail until
they have secured a bill that can pass the
House. While starting with the avowal
of antaconism to protection as prln-
ciple, and maintaining that position to
the last, they will go SO Tar
in the concessions probably as to
accept a bill for which 0Ir. Randall aud
his followers can vote without doing vio-
lence to their protection theories. Yet it
is expected to get bill that will make g
considerable reduction in the revenue.
The proposition on going into the COM
mittee will be for pretty stiff backed tar III
reform, without any recognition of pro-
lection principles. It's management, it is
understood, will be directed by Mr.. Car
Isle as much as if he were the chairman
of the ways and means committee.
The committee go into their work with
their course already marked out for them.
Mr.. Cav will go on the committee to rep
resent Mr.. Randall, unless the Speaker
changes his mind, and the two factions OF
the party will probably come to an under
standing of what is to be done before
they get in to the House. The bill will be
taken up item by item, and an agrees
ment or compromise reached at eacn
step. Probably no one reduction will
be made just as at first proposed, but
each item will probably remain in the bill
in a modified form. A great effort will be
made to consider the matter disposition
ately and not to insist upon any thing
that would cause serious disagreement
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Randall have talked
the matter over very carefully, and they
both expect that an agreement VIII De
reached and that they can pass over their
differences of opinion without remark.
The bill will certainly not be all
that is desired, but the President
and the majority of the party can truth
fully assert that they have tried to go
further, and that they have done che best
they could. The important point will be
that the revenue will be reduced
AS to the surplus that is already in the
treas ury, it will be the Admins tration's
policy to let it stay as bank account
against necessary demands, and, as long
as it is not growing larger, it will not be
dangerous. The chances are, however,
that both houses of Congress will pass
bill making pretty heavy demands on 1t.
The Blair Educational bill is almost
certain to pass through both branches of
Congress and be sent to the President. 1t
was defeated in the last Congress through
being smothered in the committee and
buried in the calendar This plan can
hardly succeed again. 1t is almost
sure to pass. 1t is about as certain
of being vetoed by the President.
The President has ntimated as
much quite broadly, and some who ought
to know his views on the subject declare
that the bill can not get his signature.
The chances for a large expenditure for
Notifications are not promising.