The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-02-10
TIE NATIONS CAPITAL.
WILL A1ARIFF RilI PASS OR Nor
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numter of large manufacturers worn hcr,
last week 10 confer with Mr.. Randall 4
To the prospects Of tariff bii. this s.asiori
NJ. Randall sent them home yer, nuel
encou ragged and With the assurancc tia
nothing detrimental 20 the business in
terests OF the ooantry would bc done. :
The manufacturers construed this rather
ambiguous sentence "a suit them ~elN -
aud departed with greater faith than eves
| N the able. magnetic. ba, stubborn Ar~~-
tie of the high tariff men.
| on the other side, this IL what = mem.
Der OF the Ways and Means Commifses
says 10 friend a mine:
| The Ways aud Means Committee a.
| pect TO report a tariff bill to the HOUSE
| that viii be 50 cautious and conservative
| III Its character that almost any man who
| Is really anxious To reduce the surplus in
the Treasury may vote for il. They are
endeavoring To subordinate everything 10
The prime necessity II n reduction @! the
accumulation OF surplus, and will go a.
far toward meeting the opposition in com.
promise a. they can without an absolute
sacrifice Of principle. They are trying 10
construct a bill that will pass between tho
TWO opposing economic policies without
much OF a jar To- either They believe
that they have got pretty nearly such
bill, and they are studying every day how
II may be further improved aud strength
ened They are endeaSoring To address
themselves TO the business interests OF the
country, and hope to overcome partisan
ship As far as may be. In this way. With.
out yielding their principles which point
toward free trade, they propose to recog-
nlze the fact that protection has by Il.
existence become, To "A degree, "A part of
the general business system. being por.
ton Of its texture They propose To pro
ceed by way of reform and not of rcvolu
ton. They are Keeping III their view this,
that the accumulation of surplus must be-
checked. and they propose 70 do II by re
ducng tAritf taxes where the reduction
Will promote business, aud to reduce or
take oil the tariff from those things of
everyday consumption 10y the mass OF
people which will be cheapened TO the con
SINNERS. They do not propose to destroy
any interest Of value in order TO enforce
their principles. They propose To apply
Constitutional treatment tn the physic-
Ians' sense) rather than 10 resort To an
heroic surgical operation. Approaching
the subject in this spirit. they expect 10
be able to pass bill through the House
which, though not doing All at once what
they hope III time to accomplish. will lead
to good results and advance the business
interests of the country.
The Republicans are talking the matter
over among themselves, but they are prac
tically inactive, because they do not know
Just what the Democratic members of the
committee are going to do The minority
OF the committee has not yet been called
into council, and there is nothing that
they can do but complete their party or
ganization so as to have it under the con
troll of the leaders. Should the Democrats
bring in Radical bill the Republicans
would have no difficulty III closing the
party lines. But if the bill brought forth
is of the character the majority of the
committee expect il to be, it will probably
get many Republican votes"
That last sentence sounds the key note
of what will be the outcome of the strug
gle. The low tariff wing of the party
counts on enough Republican votes to
carry the bill through the House, lii case
the Randall faction refuses to vote for il.
Henry George lectured here Saturday
night. He says if the Democrats will
make the tariff the issue of the campaign,
and will advocate a reduction boldly and
fearlessly. they will win. He strongly en-
uOrSeu Cleveland ana DIS message.
Considerable interest is manifested in
the contested election case Of White VS..
Lowry from Indiana. White. a Kepubl
can was elected by a plurality Of 2, 400
votes. 1t is claimed that he is not a ma
turalized citizen, and the Elections Com
mittee decided against him. Several Dem
ocrats oppose the report Of the Elections
Committee and have made speeches in
favor of seating White. Hon. Thos. -.
Johnston one of the ablest and most popu
lar members of our delegation iii the
House is a member of the Elections Com
mittee and | have n great deal OF conf
dence in what he decides about matter
of this kind. If it is clear that White Is
not naturalized citizen he is not entitled
to his seat and ought not to be allowed to
have it, 1t is easy enough to order new
election and decide the matter III that way.
LATER was seated. enough Demo
Gratis voting with the Republicans to give
him majority. y.-ED
You are not just TO me in saying show
partality to Mr.. Henderson in my CORE
spondence. | have had TO use his name
frequently in my letters this winter for
two reasons. First, as North Caro-
linian resented the falsehood telegraphed
from Michigan TO the New York Herald
about his alleged fight at the Morse ban
quet, and l took up your space in contra
dieting it. Secondly, the Ways and Means
Committee recognized him as the leader
of the House delegation in this Internal
Revenue matter and in giving your read
ers the news had to bring him forward
prominently. If the New York and Wash
ington papers can afford TO write in Zig
head lines
The Henderson Bill
in writing of the pending internal revenue
legislation, ! thought the papers in bis
own State would be pleased TO make him
equally prominent wish the CHRONICLE
and every quill-driver in the State could
have influence enough TO induce our peo-
pie to stop this constant change Of Con
gressmen. 1t initiates against the State
at every turn. Suppose your District had
General Cox here now in the seat occupied
by John Nichols, Your Congressman would
have the craftsmanship Of one Of the best
committees in the House Of which Gen.
Cox would give the clerkship to probably
one of your readers. You would have
the ear o.f the executive and through him,
of the Heads of the Departments At
least half dozen Democrats who now
read the HROSICLE would have stood
first class opportunity TO secure nice posi-
tions under the Government, during this
Administration. Men are different and
people have different opinions about them.
l merely wish to show that for reasons
that are apparent, TO me at least, think
you would have done better to have sent
Cox back. And when John Henderson's
revenue bill assumes national importance
On account Of its close connection with
tha el tn~ ~ Al