The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-16
ESTABLISHED 1850.
~. H. ESTII.L. EDITOR AND PEoPRIEroR.
TO TACKLE THE TARIFF.
THE BIG FIGHT IN THE HOUSE TO
BEGIN MORROW.

Mr.. Mills Will Open the Debate-The
Five Minute Rule Will Be Applied
to the Measure-The Talking Ex-
nected to Consume About Two
Weeks.
WASHINGTON, April Is. - Chairman
Mills got back to-day from Fortress
Monroe looking as well as ever.
The other revenue reform leaders con-
ferred with him to-day about the order of
proceedings. 1t was determined that the
original programme should be adhered to-
Chairman Mills will accordingly on Tues
day call up the tariff bill, and proceed to
open the general debate upon it. Wednes-
dav has been set apart by order of the
House, for consideration of bills from the
Committee on Labor, but on Thursday the
general debate on the tariff bill will be re-
sumed and will be Kept up day and night,
evening sessions being ordered for the pur-
pose of debate.
TO TALK FOR TWO WEEKS.
The general debate is to run for two
weeks from next Tuesday, with possibly a
day or two out for appropriation or other
pressing bills. Many of the men who have
speeches prepared will never deliver them,
but will be given leave to print them. The
tariff bill will be taken up under the five
minutes rule, paragraph by paragraph. it
will take about two weeks more to go
through the bill in this way.
NOT TO BE MATERIALLY ALTERED.
The strength of the revenue reformers is
now such that it is probable the bill
will not be materially altered by amend
Inent 1t will probably be reported to the
House, from the committee of the whole,
very much as when it goes into committee
of the whole. Mr.. Randalfs contingent
of assistant Republicans grows constantly
smaller He is certain now only of Mr..
Mr.. Sowder, of Pennsylvania; Mr.. McAdoo,
of New Jersey; Mr.. Foran, of Ohio, and
Mr.. Merriman, of New York. Meanwhile
the number of Western Republicans who
are tending towards the position occupied
by Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, in support
of the bill, is constantly increasing under
pressure from home.
ORDERS FROM HOME,
The farmers from the Northwest especially
are writing their Republican representa-
tives in the House that they wish them to
support the bill. The publication several
weeks ago of an interview with Mr.. Laird,
of Nebraska, in which he was quoted as
saying that he would not support the Ways
and Means Committee in its effort to reform
the tariff and reduce the taxation, has
brought him large number of letters from
Republicans in his district telling him
that unless he changed his position and does
support the bill that his district will be rep
resented in the next Congress, like the First
district of Nebraska in this Congress. by q
Democrat who will support such move
ment. Mr. Dorsey, the other Republican
from Nebraska, is receiving letters of
similar tenor from the Republicans of his
district These are hut sample instances.
In the House tomorrow motions to
suspend the rules Will be in order under
the call of the committees. In this event
Mr.. Crisp,in behalf of the Commerce Com
mittee, will ask the House to pass, under a
suspension of the rules, the bill to ex-
tend the time for the completion of
the bridge across Staten Island Sound,
and Chairman Blanchard, of the River and
Harbor Committee, will seek to put the
river and harbOr appropriation bill through
in the same way. But in the rush for pre-
cedence a clash is possible among the differ
ent committees having the appropriation
bills in charge, and it is the intention of at
least one committee to endeavor to dis
place the regular committee suspension
day." with an appropriation bill to be
pushed to passage in single day.
MR.. MILLS NOT TO BE OPPOSED.
Nowhere is there any expressed intention
To prevent the carrying out of Mr.. Mills
announcement that he will ask the House
to enter upon consideration of the tariff bill
Tuesday. Mr.. Mills is said to have
improved in health, but some
doubt is felt as to whether he
has sufficiently recovered to undertake the
work he had reserved to himself of opening
the debate on the tariff bill, and as to
whether the Committee on Ways and
Means will assume the responsibility of en-
terlng upon the subject in his absence: but
the weight of opinion inclines to the belief
that the tariff bill will be taken up at the
time announced.
IN CASE OF A CHANGE.
Should there be any change in the pro-
Rramme concerning the tariff question, the
week will be consumed in the consideration
of appropriation bills, with possible inter
fuptlons in favor of special orders for the
consideration of labor bills and measures
reported by the Committee on Agriculture
saturday has been set apart for further
consideration of the general land bill.
he Senate will probably spend the entire
week upon the animal industry bill and the
Dakota bill. 1t is expected that in view of
the prospective tariff debate in the House,
the Senate will act in quite leisureiy man
Ier upon all matters coming before it for
some time.
representative Mills health is much i'm
proved, though he is not yet entirely well.
The Fund for Mrs. Waite.