Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
WHAT CONGRESS WILL Do.
The Outlook For Legislation During
the Coming Session.
sourHENeRs WON'T ossrRuor.
They Promise to Work For the Inter-
cstof the Whole Country-Sing-
ing Another Tune-The
Nations Wards.
A Con cressionnl Horosconc.

WAsuINGroN, Oct. 5-fSpecial to The
BEE. l--Southcrn members of the house of
representatives deny thar they intend TO
make any specific demand for legislation on
the part of their section of the country.
With one voice they say it Is their purpose
to work for legislation Of equal Importance
TO every section. Thev are extremely anx-
ious TO have the tobacco tax abolished, but
they do not intend TO ask 1t rs a considera-
tion for voting in favor of any one for
speaker, for the one, il tor no other reason,
that they do not consider |, necessary. They
say the republican party ls pledged TO do
this, and all reports about demands they
will make IN the formation of committees
are fabricated.
Almost Immediately after the house is
organized and the committees are announced
surely on the first call of the states
for the Introduction of bills-a bill
will be introduced to abolish the
tobacco tax. The Committee on Ways and
Means will be expected to report this from
its first regular meeting, as the propriety of
doing so has long since been settled. Its
consideration py the House will be demanded
very early. AS this will be the basis of
fdture action on the revenues ami. will in u
large measure govern IA revision of the tariff
il is expected to consume much time: but it
is expected to pass bsfore any positive step
is taken on tariff bill Then Congress will
know exactly how much tariff revision the
revenue of the country can staud RepuD-
licans generally believe that the work of
reforming the tariff will proceed by piece
meal--that Is it will be done by specific pills,
affecting only one article at once. For
instance sugar will be worked upon by
Itself Then, If it is deemed advis-
able to go further into reduction of
the revenues, other articles will be
taken up by themselves. Bills will be intro
duced by the hundred Oh every phase of the
tariff, thus going around the old way of pro.
caedng with a general bill affecting almost
every article on the list. If the tobacco tax
is abolished there will not bs more than half
the present latitude for work on the customs
laws. If the sugar tax is removed the in-
comes will be reduced to about the minimum.
General Browne, of Indiana one of the old
est and most influential members of the
house, and an experienced member of the
committee on ways and means, was the first
TO az vance the idea of specific legislation on
the tariff, and the suggestion is being almost
universally endorsed. Be the work as it
may, there will be no mpfeziengthy commit
tee hearing, and long bliss
SINGING ANOTHER IUNs.
Politically speaking, it mrkes great DIFF
ference whose OK is gored. During the past
three congresses the democrats in the lower
house of congress have run r0ughshod over
the minority, There never WAS slch a
thing mentioned during the past Six years as
minority representation The republicans
took their medicine like brave men. Tney
simply warned the democrats that the lndis.
Greet aud unjust things which ware being
done would return to them like bread cast
upon the dead sea. The democrats snapped
their fingers and made wry faces at their
friends in tho minority on the other side of
the house, and run roughshod with all sorts
OF legislation intended to carry out demo-
cratic principles which would have worked
great injury TO the business interests of the
country. There was not q single instance
in which the interests Of the minority
were consulted. 1t us true that
Speaker Carlisle, in his efforts to be fair,
gave the republicans an opportunity; and
the late Sunset Cox ofteG appealed To the
majority to give the republicans an oppor-
tunity to present their side of case 10 the
country, although they would be defeated
when it came to vote.
This condition of affairs has changed
front Every democratic member who comes
to Washington now talks about the "rights
of the minority" ana threatens the aiority
in the Fifty congress with direful things
in event the minority is not given repre-
sentation. These democrats have wonderful
nerve. Colonel Oates, of Alabama, Is the
| only man VINO has the frankness to say that
| the republicans should conduct their affairs
| with partiZan intent but he has IN tho same
| breath announced that the democrats would
| fllibuster against any final legislation in
| tended to help the republican party.
The democrats 90 so far as to even suggest
| that the interests of the democratic party
| should be considered in the MAKE up the
| committees, and that in some instances dem
| ocrats should be placed at the head of unim-
| portant com nittees. There are number of
| democrats who ought to know better, and
| who have had experience to lead them to
| more profitable thinking, who even go so far
| as TO suggest that IL is time a regular
| minority representation should be established
in both branches of congress. There is
| going 10 be lively time when the house
meets in December and organization is begun.
| 1t is now evident that the democrats are
| fully determined to agree upon a do nothing
| policy WIN tnc Iutl intention Oh ueICatlnp al
| general Legislation of a partisan character,
ana especially to thwart the purposes Of the
republicans. Every republican who arrives
announces that the time has come for the re-
| publicans to take the buli by the horns, in
augurate system of rules which will enable
the majority to complete legislation. while
| giving due consideration 10 the minority
| yield no point which will interfere with the
work before the republican party.
| HOW TO HANDLE THE INDIANS.
"Place the Indians in huts and houses iu-
stead of tents and keep them there and you
will have very little trouble from Indian
depredations," said General Townsend, com-
mandant at the Fort Yates military post, ia
conversation with your correspondent the
| other day. General Townsend is one of the
Oldest and most successful Indian fighters
on the frontier. He Is thoroughly acquant.
ed With every phase OF Indian life, and
knows how to handle them. "fhe fight or
the Little Big Horn, IN the hills OF south
western Dakota, on June 25. 1876" con
tinued General Townssnd 'thoroughly
demonstrated that the disposition of the
government TO encourage immigration
among the Indians is one OF the greatest OBJ
stacIes in the way of our successfully locat
ing and subiugating them. At tna
| time there were very few Indians liyint