The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-24
THE TARIFF TROUBLE.
80 MCKINLEY BILL CON.
= l1TtTION OR NOT

Ih' W.. u,itcr.-A Novel Feature of
In olI rmid.
EBv United Press
yaeE. oct 90 Senator Nc
.c very recently wrote as follows
o,mbcr Of prominent importing
IN tbis city 81 beg to call your
...t,n to the conference report and
alfl sent you about ten days or
49, ose i ago, a quarto pamphlet of 214
on page 175 you will find in
P.,lmeat 40 and section 30, the read
matter relating 10 draw backs on to-
.trekeu out. Turning over to
,f sixth line from the top, you
tod Inc following Conference le-
lore. .tctoa 30.
you in the tariff bill before you, you
III f,I; ,5gvtion 30, that on and after
n A.. day of January" &c, ending
six cents per pound leaving all
.rof tile original section 30 ont all
o.5.Lcr
r.. omission is fatal to the bill, and
4. opili1n of eminent lawyers here,
,ar Carlisle among them, it vitiates
~ ..g whole bill 1t is an internal revenue
but being part Of the tariff bill
i, stands and falls together.
.c,rdspce with this discovery pro-
mast Collector Erhardt's official
aoo under the Mckinley bill was last
...., forwarded to the leading impor-
.g1 mi. city for signature.
lfrthe law, protests against the
.arors assessments cannot be lodge d
eaa. NE hqudation of entry, and must
hdsl within ten days after that
.nn ln the importers business with the
government
g1,nyGroy d. c., Oct. 23.-Sen-
.ar carlisle, who was one of the con-
.aqo. on he tariff bill, was asked what
il III, opinion would be the effect of the
omission Of section thirty from the tar
g 5.II as signed by the President.
have uo.' bc said, examined the
4oHtes on the subject, but it seems
ot,ta aelr - mo chat the omission of
aas section IS u-t as fatal to the bill as
,tpI bat one aal been omitted. II the
President can ign part of bill passed
b,bab Houses. and make that law, OF
0ar, + makes no difference how small
ts
ha c5ustitutionality Of thi.
g5 in the courts, the question
(ta be determined by the
y two Houses because they
only legal evidence o1
The two Houses passed
- ! bu, in different forms
N.gu lt eane back from the confereuc;
0guittee there was nothing to act upor
except rs report, which | suppose was
e Iel upon the journals of the House!
a usual in sucu cases"
WASHINGTON, d. G., Oct. 23.-The al
gd luaI defects in the new tariff bill
/ iIm'l aa interesting topic of discus
toa l Official circles to day, and, Will,
.e.ectS We're not Thought to invali
dte 'he bill As a whole, sentiment wa:
most unanimous that section 30, of tn
toDeco paragraph, which was omit
4 l Its entirety, could not be enforced
Nh',e, by construction, referre,
y otherparagraphs it might impair thei
treng'h As to the law signed by th
fesdtnt not being the law passed b
toagess Private Secretary Halford sal
e bl.S signed by President Harrison wa
le same bill signed by the Speaker {
ie douse and the President of the Ser
lsese officers, by their signatures
'.Uad that the bill had passe
respective branches of Coz
and their attestation of ths
Was the usual mode of proceedur,
- We only official notification til
oeht ever received that bill Ia
.l whether the law was constit1
,aH OF not was question for IL
eart. 10 decide.
secretary Window, when QUESTION:
Y 'he subject, said it did not becon
= " loqlcstion the constitutionality
station passed by Congress. He W
-! aa executive officer to carry o
~ Will OF Congress, and when lay
~ paced upon statute books, all
70 Go was to execute them. If douh
s.ga a. toa given law being constit
-, those doubling it could ha
- douots removed or confirmed
n'AS liie matter to the proper judic
nbunal.
An interesting point bearing on t
yeVt was pointed out at the Treasu
pariment to day. Under the tai
VI july l4th, 1862, duties were
A ~ On all brown or bleached liner
-, canvass paddings, cot bottom
IA * dIlils, coatingS, brown Hollan,
4 Il Nuens, damasks, draperies, ct
per cent. advalorem. making
oa the articles named 35 per cen
1 otmer tariff having imposed dl
per cent advalorem. In IS,
im d, another tariff law was pass
ak, aa additional duty of 5 ]
y I'M ou al the articles named abo
al . clerical error, whole line '
n and drills, coatings, bro
'Sads, blay line.s, and damas
Y. o9S ~, ol the paragraph altogeth
ia. a 40 ,n 1ne treasury department
IA Pet cent. duty on the omit
'ue same as on the enumerat
,Aat such was the evident
49,. -, congress; but subSeqaer
~ 1uelt reversed itself and ref
se, eI i've per cent. increase in the
~ over the bill of 1862, and af
l. I'9ar8ed y duty on drills, coat
y ra, " per cent. ad valorem.
aisueu that the omission
bh ,n,"1.I z, etc" from the p