The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-13
REPUBLICAN, TARIFF HOPES.
BASED on The Actions of David Bens
diet Arnold HILL

BASED ON The Actions of David Bene-
dict Arnold lHill.
WASHINGTON, April 13, 1S94-It seems to
be accepted that part of the programme of
Senators opposed to the Tariff bill is to
keep the income tax as an integral part
of the BILL It is said that every Demo-
cratic vote against the income tax will
be neutralized by a Republican vote for it,
The Republicans will make it their most
serious business to seek to amend the bill by
offering as amendments the rates now fixed
by the Mckinley law, and the majority Will,
perforce, be compelled to vote these down.
There are. perhaps, five or six Republic
can Senators who believe in the doctrine
of an income tax and will vote for 1t
because they believe it is right, but it is
Republicans will support the income
proposition. One of the prominent leaders
on the Republican side said this morning
that the Republicans would try to have
the bill amended as they believed it should
be, but failing in that they would not hesi-
tate to vote 10 make it as objectionable as
possible. Although there has been no eau
Gus ON this matter, this Senator thought the
minority were a unit upon the question of
how the bill should be dealt with.
In the same way it is said that the Repub-
ncanS will move to amend the rates fixed by
the committee SO as to increase the duty on
coal and iron ore to the rates now in the Nc
Kinley law, and this failing, they will join
with those democrats who want free coal
and iron and vote to put these articles on the
free list. Some republicans take very roseate
view of the situation and assert that it is
within their power to make the bill so
varied in its hue and so changeable in its
complexion that they will have it first as the
low tariff men want it, and then as the con-
servatives ask that it should be, all of which
they hope and trust will disconcert and frus-
trate the friends of tariff reform. 1t is said
that scheme has even been arranged
whereby the duty is to be stricken from
sugar and that article put upon the
free list, and those who have
engineered this matter say there can be no
doubt that such a proposition will carry if
the Republicans give it their votes The
populists, it appears, have not been modified
by the income tax only, and if the speeches
of Mr.. PETER and the criticisms of Mr.. Allen
are any criterion those gentlemen will insist
that the dutiable and the free list of the
pending bill be very materially altered be-
fore they give it their vote on the final roll
call.
1t was whispered about the Capitol yester-
day that the effort would be made after the
debate on the bill had proceeded some weeks.
to move to postpone it until after the fall
elections, while some of the more sanguine
republicans gave utterance to the belief that
the measure could be indefinitely postponed
In making all their calculations, the Re
publlcans, SO far as this bill is concerned,
count but two factions in the Senate, Demo
Gratis and Republicans, and they class PETER
and Stewart as republicans, and Messrs.
Allen ann Kyle as democrats. This system
of figuring should give the Democrats ma
jority of seven, and four of their votes being
cast against the bill would defeat it.