New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-17
-FOUR REVENUE BILLS.
AZ EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES IN THE
HOUSE
nMrLLIN. BREcKINRIDeE. RANDALL AND Fur
NEY PREPARED TO FILL THE BREAOh-A
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CALLED.
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.pv rytrGRIPH TO THE rRIBUNE-1
washington, Feb. 1e.-Tho House now mas iour
strings to Its revenue bill -Four bills 10 reduce 'no
surplus were reported to the House to-day Twelve Gays
hesoyc the expiration of the Lth Congress TWO OF
them came from the Ways and Means, which look al
vantage of its privilege to report at any uno' anu
thereby succeeded in placing its measures eneSN VI
Chairman Rasdall's the caieno&. INC uaiis to
ported by B~ckinride, of Kentucky anu "''inn' 10
spectively from Ways and Means are siinpS 'opoS
of the Dark Lantern BILL mutiiateo III uinef' uc
erees Each OF them Is approvn oy lour DVin0ofsu0
members of the committee. McM.ins pfoPoSsS
,.Ho t,vo inches from the dogs tail. while breckin
-. 80. hr,anoy offers to cut off only one inch
,rs at a. aha q Dark Lantern" BILL minus the cnem
cal COTTON and ncta schedules, except that the pro-
vsIons NJ the latter retained as 10 steel rails anu
s,uct,,ra iron and transfers tin plates to the rec
ust This BILL It is thought, would reduce the rove
WAC about $4,000, 900. The Breckenridge BILL pro
eves the Internal Revenue sections and the woohen
schedule of the Dark lantern bill and transfers Wool
and tin plates to the FREQ list 1t Is estimated 10 eeo'
reduction OF some s44 o00, 900. The bill reported oy
randall from the Appropriations Committee repeals
the internal taxes on tobacco in all its forms ana "ou
reduce revenues s3O.6cOo00 The minority bill from
Appropriatons presented by Forney In behalf OF MN
self and Savers Rice and Foran, repeats al n'efhi
taxes ON tobacco except the taxes on cigars ana cigar
sttos and would reduce the revenue about
prcrners Mills ana MS CoiliVuofaSS 'o-1os SVb@n
90 s,bue.er 10 prevent the Appropriations Commit
,eo from reporting its bills, but Speaker Carlisle
,r,vate,v advised them TO abandon that policy, and
ronted out that with two bills on the calendar they
had Il in their power to prevent the consideration OF
,hs Randall and Torney bills. The report accompany
inc the Randall bill was drafted by him and sets
forth tho evident impracticability of passing any
general revision and reduction bill at this stage Oh
Congress. and that the proposed measure VIII re
duce the revenues s30,ooo,ooo. and the estimated
sunlps of next wear from 900 to S23, 100000
The McNiinin bill from the Ways and Means Is &C
COMMANDED by crude report in the never surren-
ders vein of a man who thinks he is anxious 10 ole
In the last free trade ditch.
All the bils are to be dumped into the hopper
NJ n Democratic caucus which has been called Tor
Monday night Mr. Randall declined to sign the
call for the caucus and will not attend IL or De
bound by its action. It is expected that MS eA-
ample will DO followed pretty generally by Demo
cratic members who are anxious for the repeal
of the tobacco taxes than they are 10 die IN the last
ditch with Mills, McAIinin Breckenridge o. 90.
while II cannot be said that the probability OF
revenue legislation is stronger than ~ was "eeh
ago, It is easily apparent that the prospect OF
lively family quarrel among the Democrats IN ue
House has improved and must now DO regaiueu az
excellent. AS II four bills were not enough IN one
day, Mr., Breckenridge, OF Arkansas, by permission
Of the majority OF the Ways and Means, snPpeu IN
another little late in the day repeating the du-
ties lumber The House really seems 20 DC
suffering from an embarrassment OF riches SO iar as
iniSrnal revenue legislation is concerned