The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1893-12-29
THE sENArEs ACTION.
What the Upper House Will DO Becom-
ing a Question of Moment.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-What the
senate will do with the tariff is coming
to be a question of some moment now
that it is realized that probably only a
little more than Il month will elapse be-
fore the Till providing for its change
shall reach that body. The Democratic
members OF the finance committee ap-
preciate that they will not be relieved Of
responsibility by the action of the house
and are looking forward to the time
when the senate will have to take it up
and go to work upon it as live issue
and with complete sense of their duty
to their country and their party, regard
less of the action of the house. They
have already gone far enough to know
that it is going to be very difficult for
them to harmonic views which are in
some respects widely conflicting. The
meetings which they held a few weeks
ago are believed to have developed more
in this respect than was given to the
country.
Question of Substitute.
There will necessarily be vast differ
ences as to the details, and it seems prob
able now that each member Of the COM
mittee will have many changes to sug-
gest if the bill is allowed to stand as a
whole, hut the principal contest will be
over proposition to report a complete
substitute for the Wilson bill in the SEN
ate. The only thing which will prob
ably prevent this radical treatment will
be the ilnpossibility of agreement among
the Democratic members who do not ac-
cept with favor the present bill. The
Democratic membership Of the senate
committee on finance, composed as it is
of senators from all sections of the coun-
try, as far east as New Jersey and as far
west as Missouri, and includ-
ing representatives from lndl-
ana. Tennessee, North Carolina
and Arkansas. naturally presents all the
varying shades of sentiment ON the sub
iect held in the party, from a belief in
protection to American labor and Alneri.
can industries, to an advocacy OF as neal
an approach to free trade as the collec
ton OF revenue to pay the expenses ol
the government will permit.
Probably Report the Wilson Bili.
With the administration holding the
same views as the chairman of the com
mittee, ii would seem probable that a
this time the Wilson bill will hold it
place as such when reported to the sell
ate from the finance committee. Un
, questionally there will be many changes
but if the internal revenue bill shoult
provide fairly satisfactory means o
> providing for the treasury deficit tn
] Wilson bill after being tossed about
? criticized and altered to q greater or les
: degree, will be reported to the senate b
= its committee early in the sprin
months.
= Might Join the Republicans.
: Such thing might happen as Senate
:. Mcpherson joining with the Republican
8 and thus taking the question out of tn
hands of the Democratic majority of til
s. committee, but that is not probable Ill
d der all the circumstances. Strong pre-
a sure may be brought upon him from hi
own state to pursue this course, but tt
:, :, wishes of the president will be stron
u factor with the New Jersey senate
Furthermore, he is a man who alway
1t prefers to make his fight within the lin,
II OF his own party.
- Directors Meeting Postponed.
70 Boston, Dec. 27.-Up to the last no,
u the scheduled meeting of the Atchisc
IS directors had not convened, and it
a. now thought that it will be informal
postponed.