Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-06
WITH LITTLE TALK
Il Is Expected to Pass the
Tariff Bill.
C1OTURE TO BE USED IF NEEDED.

The Foregoing. or Course, arplyin: Only
to the House-Dclay in Reporting tie
EilI-senaie Committee Getting Ready
Dolph Begins the Oratory On Hawaii
Willis Rather DisaPPoints the Adminis-
tration by Talkins-National Notes.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-The gathering Of
the members Of congress offered an op-
portun;;y to get at the real sentiment
OF the Democratic members on the new
tariff bill which has been presented by the
majority OF the committee on and means.
There are of course members os the house
who are not satisfied with the bill and
who will TO 6oub: vote for some changes,
Yet it is apparent from the way they talk if
the bill should come 70 vote in its pres
ent form it would pass with few dissent
ing members among the Democrats.
1t seems to be not 40 much the question
of the rates as the settlement Of TIE whole
question that the majority of the Demo-
cratic members are mostinterested in. a
member Of the Democratic majority Of
the committee indicated that even if it
should be necessary to apply the cloture
rule it was very likely that the Democrats
would put :he bill through without very
much debate. 1t would, of course, he
necessary for the Democrats to have be-
hi nd them a quorum of the house in favo-
Of the bill. 1t now looks as though there
would not be much difficulty in securing
such a quorum.
No, in Such Hurry to Begin.
But the bill Will not be reported to she
house right away. The ways and means
committee has decided not 10 take it up in
the committee Until next Monday. When
the committee takes it up there will be a
general discussion Of its provisions and
the Republicans may decide to offer
amendments. The Democrats Of the
committee have been consulting. ard
| while no agreement has been reached
| .here seems TO be n tacit understanding
, tha; the bill. even ii reported before tie
holidays. will not now be called mp for
! consideration until after the holiday re-
cess. Tie Republicans feel that they
Lave won a victory in securing the time
asked to consider the bill. They have
, been furnished will all the tables and COM
pari. ons with the MCKINLEY law and will
| probably have several meetings between
| now and Monday 10 consider what action
| they will take.
More Estimates OF Deficit.
| The committee has made comparisons
and estimates which show that the de-
Eciencics created 10y the Wilson bill will
be about S6o, coo eco year. Iris is in at.-
| dition TO the deficiency now existing. but
the estimates are shat the differences in
the revenues under the new bill each year
will be $50, ,000,c00 and l. is to make IN
this amount that the committee will
direct itself in the preparation o: increases
o, internal revenue taxes. Between now
ard next Monday the majority mem.
bers cs the committee will prepare Il meas.
ure for making up the deficit. Parties
ct Chicago have wired their members of
congress that 10 cents tax ON a pack OF
playing cards will rel:Ece the consumptio,
90 per cent.
The Senate Will Ce. Ready
voorhees,. chairman of the senate finance
committee, proposes 10 begin forthwith &c
hold daily meetings OF the majority &c
discuss the trritf and get ready to con
slider the Wilson bill as soon as il come.
from the house. There was no opposition
to this course. The Republican member:
asked whether persons interested il
changes in the tariff, whether for ol
against, would be given an opportunity u
toe heard. The reply to this query wa.
that where there was good reason fol
granting n hearing il would be given; tha
while the committee desired to get the bl
ont of the way in the interest of busnes
rs soon as possible M interest should b
denied a hearing when there were evident
ly good grounds for the request
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