The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-11-18
ALL MIXED UP.
The Election Has It's Effect on the
Ways and Means Committee.
A Stormy Meeting of Four of tho Members
Mt the Arlington-Poor Prospects of
Bill Being Reported Before tho
First Day of January Next.

First Day of January Next
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.--.lhe big four |
of the democratic majority on the ways |
exciting session Friday night at the |
Arlington hotel in the room of one of
the quartet. Chairman Wilson, of West
Virginia; Clifton r. Breckinridge, of
Arkansas, VIM. d. Bynum, of Indiana,
and Moses Il. Stevens, of Massachu-
setts were the four to put their heads
together and try to straighten out the
difficulties that have arisen in the path
way of the comnittee in the prepara-
ton of their new tariff bill.
The four members remained at the
Arlington until late hour Saturday
morning, and so great were the prob
lens they tried to solve that they were
finally obliged to give them up and adj
journ until another date
The trouble is that the elections have
had their effect upon the democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee, and they are all torn up and at
war with each other in regard to the
revision of the tariff.
It can be stated on the authority Of
one of the big four that the committee
will not have the tariff bill ready
by the 1st of December, as ex-
pected, and that congress will be in
session many days again before the
ways and means committee will be-
ready to report. In fact, it is said that
January will come and go before the
democratic tariff bill is in shape to be
presented to the country. Chairman
| Wilson before the elections thought
his committee in full accokd with him
and the bill drawn up and presented by
the administration.
Indeed, SO great was the discomfort
and positive refusal to accept the ultra
bill that the big four came together in
great haste Friday night to try and
smooth out things, but even in the
quartet there was difference of opinion
and little progress was made. 1t seems
to be the intention of Chairman Wilson
now to prepare an ultra bill which will
be forced through the house if pos
sible and go to the senate for final re-
vision. 1t is acknowledged that when
the tariff bill reaches the senate it
will be so changed and altered that
no one of its creators il the house will
| aSSss
by the free trade members of the com.
mittee to placate their opponents and
get them to agree to the administra-
ton bill
There is great doubt in the minds
of the democratic members of the ways
and means committee as to the fate OF
the bill in the house. A few members
of congress who have returned to Wash.
) ington are talking in an entirely differ
ent strain in regard to the tariff from
what they did before the elections
The revolt of some of the strongest
tariff revisors is making the committee
exceedingly uneasy, and what is fur
/ thermore strengthening the kickers j:
the appearance here just now of large
) delegations representing interests af
fected by the proposed bill They are
, here protesting and fighting agains
any reduction whatever. Each da.
: brings new delegations and new com
, plications. Senator Frye, of Maine
r who is one of the oldest and astutes
, statesmen in congress, does not be
lieve that the repeal of the sill
. ver-purchasing law will lastingly
benefit the financial conditions o
the country. He says the silver law
was scarecrow and only frightened
people, while in fact the commercial
disturbances lie deeper and are imbed
ded in our economic policies. The sen
Q ator believes that within a very few
years England will be driven to nego
: tiate with us for universal free coinag
of silver upon a.ratio which will insur
: a parity between the two metals. III
says we have now put England on tn
defensive and that she must take tn
{ initiative in self-preservaton.
The senator declares that if abou
L the time President Cleveland was inau
gurated he had announced his deter
Il mination to maintain the parity be
tween all moneys and fulfill our re
9 demption pledges, even if it becam
. = necessary to sell bonds, authority 70
u which he possesses, there would hay
II been no panic. The Maine statesma
- believes that Secretary Carlisle's vaci
= lating policies will prove him to be a
official disappointment to the country
: The senator says there will undoubted
ly be some financial legislation at tn
approaching session of congress intend
ed to guard against a stringency and t
meet the treasury deficiency, but h
70 will not venture to describe it.
- QUEE OF OUR NAVY,