The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-15

Especial to The HERALD. The report
from the ways and means committee
being now before the House, attention
is, for the time, diverted from that
committee to the committee on appro-
priations.
GOOD DEAL DEPENDS
upon what the latter committee, of
which Mr.. Randall is chairman, will do.
Appropriation bills have the right OF
way over all other business in the
House. and it is possible to so handle
them as to interfere greatly with the
progress of the tariff bill, if not to
defeat it altogether. By holding back
the appropriation bills. and by other
wise maneuvring with them, Mr.. Ran
dali, who is dead set against the Mills
bill, can haze very decided advantage
in opposing that measure. Mr.. Rem
dali has
FREQUENTLY DEFEATED LEGISLATION
to which he was hostile, by clubbing it
on the head with appropriation bills.
Will he use such tactics toward the
tariff bill now that he knows he cannot
command sufficient number of Demo
cratic votes to kill by moving to strike
out all after its enacting CLAUSE, and
having that motion prevail? That is
very serious question. Some hold that
Mr.. Randall will not dare pursue such
8 course. But there is no warrant for
such an assurance. Mr.. Randall never
Lacked audacity. No one ever suspected
him of not taking every possible adven-
tage towards reaching an end which be
might desire. The majority members
of the ways and means committee are,
therefore, rather anxiously on the look
out for any developments of
MR. RANDALL's POLICY.
That they do not trust him is evident.
ana ne knows it. He must know it, for
Mr.. Mcmillan, OF Tennessee. one OF the
most active of the Democratic members
of the ways and means committee said
when he submitted the majority report
to the House, and gave notice that an
effort would be made to take it up for
consideration on the 18th instant:
I'VE have thus set the date forward for
the purpose of enabling the appropria-
tioa committee TO get their bills into
the Senate as far as may be possible;
and we trust that a. that date, the
business of the House, in this respect,
will be so disposed CT that we can have
an unobstructed way" Right thers is
the rub. Mr.. Randall will not say what
be gong to do.
HEIsAN ANGRY MAN,
made so by the constant detection FROM
what was once 8 band of Democrats
members known as Randall men. !"
HesEili, without eluch doubt. be found
in his familiar role OF an obstruCtionist
whenever any reform of the tariff Is
imminent. 1t isssid that actions speak
louder than words. Non-action is
equally vociferous, and non-act;on is
evidently Mr.. Randan's programme.
The appropriation bills are now much
furthe. behind hand than they were
ever known to be st similar stage of q
session. Mr.. Randall must be perfectly
wi,ling'that they should remain so, for
his committee is going very slowly. Ii
Mr.. MoMillsn expected that Mr.. Ran
dan would act upon the hint which he
threw out in presenting the tariff report
ne is evidently
DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
In this connection, q statement of
existing status Of the several regular
bills will be of interest.
But one Of them, the urgency deficiency
bill, has become a l2w, it having been
signed by the President on the seth of
last month. But oRe other, the mill,
tary academy bill, las passed the
House. II is now in the hands OF the
Senate. tDhe pension, the .consulor and
the Indian, the District of
Columbia. and the river and haraor
bills have been reported to the House.
Eut have not been considered by it. The
others of the thirteen regular appropri-
stion bills-the legislative, executive.
tie judicial. the army, the navy, the
general deficiency, the forti&eation, and
the agricultural bills-haye not been
some OF them not even con-
sIdered by Mr.. 2andall's committee.
With business SO backward, it can be
seen what vantage ground Mr.. Ran
dali occupies.
SHE DEADLOCK IL THE HOUSE
IS beginning to attract good degi of
attention. and the great majority of the
on the action of the lew
iIibusteEs in condemnasory. Many OF |
he members take advantage of the
eisure tiae thus given them, to look |
.fter their correspondence and tell |
tories. The press gallery enjoys the
un, when there is anything humorous |
q the proceedings, and the general pub
ic sits in the seats allotted to it, and is
The HERALD correspondent
Tas talking, yesterday, with states
nan whose reputation is national, snd
e was, to say the least of it, very much ,
isgusted. ITO sober, thoughtful