The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-06
HIGH TAXES UNDER FIRE
rHE NEW BILL TO BE TAKEN UP
IN THE COMMITTEE TO-DAY.

Mr.. Reed Will Ask in Vain That Public
Hearings be Given Those Affected
bv the Bill-Randalps Measure Will
soon be Ready to be Introduced.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-To-morrow
morning the tariff bill will be taken up in
the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr..
Reed will at once propose on behalf of the
Republicans that public hearing of those in
interested in the bill be had. This the reve-
me reformers will vote down after it has
been debated, as it is likely to be, with
more or less feeling. The consideration of
the bill will then be proceeded with.
RANDALL's BILL.
Meanwhile Mr.. Randall will introduce
his bill, which, he said this evening, he had
not vet finished 1t will cut down the in
ternal revenue about 100000, 900, abolishing
tobacco taxes, taxes on fruit spirits and on
alcohol used in the arts and reducing the
tax on spirits distilled from grain from 9Oc.
to Soc 1t will also contain some slight re-
ductions in the tariff, amounting in all to
about $40, 100000
WILL SUIT THE REPUBLICANS.
The Republicans and Mr. Randall will
agree pretty well upon this bill, except that
the Republicans want the tax on sugar re-
duced, and do not want the tax on whisky
reduced. Probably in this Mr. Randall
will finally yield openly or secretly to the
Republicans.
The revenue reformers will probably lay
their internal revenue reductions before the
Ways and Means Committee tomorrow.
They will aggregate about $50, ,000, 900,
taken off Of tobacco, except cigars ETC.,
and fruit spirits.
DINGLEY'S PREDICTION.
AS a result of his inquiries and observa-
tons on the floor, Representative Dingley,
of Maine, made the following predictions
about the tariff to-day:
1.-The tariff bill prepared by the majority
of the Ways and Means Committee will
never pass the House. 1t will not receive a
single Republican vote, and Mr.. Randall
will have more than his usual following
against it on the Democratic side. Free
wool, the most destructive feature in the
bill. will be voted out of it in the house by
at least 80 majority. The cut in the sugar
duties will be increased to 80 per cent. or
the duties will be taken off entirely, and a
provision made for bounty, and SO it will
be all through the bill.
TO BE DIsFIGURED.
"When the House gets through with it its
makers Will hardly be able to recognize it.
When it is brought out of the committee of
the whole Chairman Mills, on behalf of the
majority of the Committee Of Ways and
Means, will withdraw it, substituting for it
bill somewhat resembling the bill as it
now stands, with all its more prominent
features changed so as to conform with the
bill of the House, as expressed in its votes
in committee of the whole. That bill
may pass, but it will not be a
law. When it gets over to the Senate,
the Senate will substitute a new bill for it.
This will come back and the House will pass
it. 1t will te a very simple bill.
Mr.. Dingley would not say just what its
contents would be, but intimates that they
would repeal the tobacco tax and some
other minor interal taxes and cut down or
abolish the sugar duties, besides correcting G
some Irregularities in the tariff like that
between the duty on wOolen goods and the
duty on wOrsted goods.
VIRGINIA OPPOSITION
A special to the National Republican
from Richmond says: The Virginia SEN
ate to-day, without one dissenting vote,
adopted a resolution appointing a commit
tee to so to Washington and urge the pass
age Of the Blair educational bill. and the
repeal Of the internal revenue tax on tobac-
co and fruit brandies, and to oppose reduc-
ton OF the duties ON ores and wool'