Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-08
Speaker Carlisle's Impartiality Pro-
motes Filibustering.
THE REPUBLICAN TARIFF BILL.
Prospects That il Will Not Get TO the
House For over a Month-Thc
Proposed Agricultural
Department..


put stop to flibustering by their arbitrary
action and it is necessary at times to do so,
or few men could prevent the TRANSACTION
of any business. from one end of the session
to the other. But Mr.. Carlisle never will
interfere, and therefore, since he has been
speaker, there has been more flibusterihg
than was ever known in the same length of
time before.
The present proceedings in the
house of representatives might be cited to
show how little influence the president has
with his party in congress, for one of the
bills that the tilibusterng is intended to de-
feat he has been extremely anxious TO have
become law before the expiration of his
term of Office That is the Union Pacific
funding bill, which was first proposed by
him three years ago, upon the recommends.
tion of the government directors of that
road, the commissioner of railroads, and the
secretary of the interior The appointment
of commissioner to investigate the affairs
of the road followed his earnest arguments
for an adjustment of the debts of
the road to the government, and
when their report fully endorsed the DILL
whose passage he had previously recon-
mendcd, he sent another message to congress
urging immediate action, nor has he con-
tented himself with official utterances. He
has talked to congressman who have called
at the white house, about the Importance of
the bill and has sent for men who are under
stood to be opposed to it, and labored
earnestly with them. 70 the speaker he
has repeatedly urged action, but the term of
his presidency will expire before he gets a
chance TO sign the measure.
THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE.
Major Mckinley, of Ohio, who represents
the republican members OF the committee on
ways and means when measures from or to
that committee are before the house, when
asked by your correspondent to-day whether
the republican substitute to the Mills bill
would be likely to be referred to the COM
mittee, when it comes over from the senate
said: ''We have made no agreement as
to the procedure which will be followed
when the senate substitute reaches us. |
presume motion will be made by a demo-
cratic member of the committee on ways
and means to refer the bill to that commit
tee, and then the question of consideration
will arise. 1t will be in order for repub-
lican to move an amendment to the motion,
referring the bill to another committee,
PROBABLY the committee OF the whole house
on the state of the union. Then will come a
contest which will show the full strength of
the friends of the measure.
"Do you believe the bill can be referred to
the committee of the Whole?n
II very much doubt IT." replied Major Nc
Kinley, ''because the lash is used with great |
effect upon the democrats in the house. | !
have no doubt that all of the democrats who |
voted with US against the Mills bill will stand
by us in our efforts to keep it low from the
committee on ways and means But there
were only four or five democrats who voted |
with us before-not enough to give us mai
ority.n |
'"rhen it is not likely that the republicans |
can drum up sufficient strength to control |
action on this bill3"
nI would not answer in the negative,u re- |
piled the major, "although am very much |
in doubt as to whether we can accomplish |
ANYTHING We are apt to overestimatc our |
influence with the tariff protection democrats |
before we engage in a contest with them |
You must remember that this house is |
strongly democratic, and the substitute to the |
Mills bin is n strong republican measures
When il was suggested to Major MCKINLEY
that the democrats in the senate are contend |
ing that their understanding of the agree
ment to vote on the tariff bill in two weeks |
from to-day was that there should be n COM
mencement of the voting on amendments |
and that they were not then to take final |
vote on the bill as a whole, he was
and considered the action of the |
democratic senators in DELAYING progress on
the bill by making long speeches and de-
manding the ayes and noes on all votes, he |
said that il was very probable they would |
hold out for that Interpretation of the agree
ment The prospects are that the house will |
not get the republican substitute TO the Mills |
tariff bill under month or six weeks.
PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Unless the president should interpose a
veto it is quite probable that General Harri-
son will have eight instead of seven men to
select for his cabinet as the members of the
house committee of conference upon the bill
creating the new department of agriculture |
and commerce, are willing to recede from
their position and accept the demands of the
senate The principal point at issue has
been the transfer of the signal service from
the war department to the agricultural de-
partment, which has been insisted upon by |
the house. but opposed by the senate Those |
in charge of the bill in the house are of the
opinion that it is better to surrender this
point than to lose the bill entirely but they
will expect in another congress to amend the
law so that not only the signal service but
the land Office, shall be added to the new de-
partment 1t is understood, however, that
the president is not entirely satisfied with
the bill and is likely to veto il.
CABINET GOSSIP.
The latest explanation of General Harri- l
sons neglect to announce his cabinet comes
from the Blaine men, and is to the effect
that he does not yet consider him
self presdent-elect, and will not until
the electoral college meets on next Monday
They say he does not think it would be good
m him IN an |