The Springdale news., 1888-09-07
THE POLITICAL WAR.
Rp blican Senators Afraid to FeHeh
 the Tariff Question.

WAsH1NGToN, D. C, August 3l.- The action of the caucus e the Republican Senators as given ont was very generally discussed today earound the Capitol, and although Mr. Allison and some of the other Western Rep blicans who have been promising for many months that tie Senate would bring forth a tariff bill, arc still telling those with whom they talk that the measure will be forthcoming in ! snort awhile, 1t will he noticed that Mr. Allison has been eivlne himself ample chance to escape from all re- sponsibilily Ill the event that Hoth- ing is done, or that no bill will be reported at all He says that the bill will .Probably' be reported to the full committee III ten days. but does not give much encouragement as to the dato wben the full commit tee will report the hlll to the Sen ate for discussion and acton by that body.
 Some of the Republicans in eX- blaming the situation say that of course they don't know what the Democrats or the fnanco commit tee will do. This k nonsese for the reason that it is generally known that the Democrats ot the finance committee, and indeed all of the Democrats of the Senate, with one possible exception. regard the Mills bill, which has already been passed may weeks by the House of Rep resontatiyes, as measure fully en- titled to Democratic support. IL would not take the Democratic members oi the finance committee one lodr to uultetn 2 report recon mendine to he Senate the passage the Mills bill.
 One significant fact about last nights caucus Is that neither of tie Kansas Senators were present. h deed, there has beon much com ment today over the failure of quite | number of Republican Seua tors to attend Mr Edmuuds' caucus. There are at prsent thirty five Re publican Senator's n Che ely, and although urgent appeals were mad 10 each and every one of them to be present, only twenty-two were on hand. This shows beyond q doubt that q large proportion of the Republican Senators are not worrying themselves very much about the tariff question. They have about made mp their minds that nothing can be done this ses- sion, and some of them have fom the very start teen opposed to any attempt on the part of the Senate to pass a tariff bill.
 MesSrs. Inealls and Plumb in view oftheir pastutteraneeS. and by the stand taken by other Rapub llean constituents fn Kansas cannot afford to go before their people ant say that they had consented to 50 per cent reduction on sugar, esptc- tally when the caucus refused in any way to interfere with the exist. Ing duties on lum Der. Kansas Re Fu6iieans want reduction on lam. berand they wantlt badly, and since the sorghum industry has become one of such importance in taeir State, they Lave been opposed al. so to this tremendous cut on sugar.
 The whole truth oftho matter is the Republicans haze not the re. motest idea of getting a b,ll through. They arc p!aylns the same old game of bluff winch they commenced two montbs ago. and their sole object is to hoodwinl and deceive the people cf the North, west They may report blll, but not one m"r in ten in this city who watches legislation believes for a moment that they will seriously at- tempt to pass the measure. Boss Quay IS agalust ii, anu so Is Boss blaine, and the poor olI Ropubli- can party Is torn up and divided over the tariff issue that the would Do leaders in the Senate will be compelled to waste time and tall, upon irrelevant subjects until a short periol before tho Novembcr clection.-St. Lous Republic
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