The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-04
THE TARIFF SITUATION
The Opinions of Newspaper
Representatives.
A GLOOMY VIEW Is TAKEN.
Quarrel between the President and His
Party Friends In the Senate HAS
Aroused the Bittsrest Feeling Among
Democratic Factions.

Democratic Factions.
New YORK, July 2s.-Presidsnt Cleve-
lands letter, Senator Gorman's bitter
attack upon the Chief Executive and
HiiPs reply have SO entirely changed the
aspect OF the tariff bills chances Of pas
sage that there 10 n diversity Of opinion
among the Washington correspondents
OF the more influential New York dailies
~ To the ultimate fate Of that measure.
The majority, however. take . gloomy
view oi the situation. The following are
some oil the expressions OF opinion:
The World: The quarrel between the
President aud his party friends in the
Senate has aroused the bitterest feeling
among the factions of the Democrats in
and out oil Congress, and il generally re-
garded as the greatest misfortune that
could have happened 10 the Democratic
party ~ this time. What lite effect " i'll
b- upon the tariff bill canno, lie deter.
mined Yet. Ii seems almost certain,
however, that, If any tariff bill is To be
passed at this session, the -ouse must
yield 10 the Senate. This must necesss-
MY be SO IN the Senate, for three or four
Democratic Senators can defeat any
measure which they do not care to sup
port. and IN view Of borman's announce.
mens that, ii the Senate amendments
are materially changed. the bill will be
defeated. there seems TO Ike no way in
which the differences between the two
Houees can l- fe,onciled. The failure.
moreover. Of the Presidents aiiemp, 70
concliiaie German and induce him 10
bring about peaceful settlement OF the
controversy on some other basic than
tina, OF the adoption OF the Senate bill
serves TO Indicate that the prospect for
harmony between the two Houses il not
bright.
The Times: II the sugar trust would
take i,s hands of OF this Congress and
release the Senators who are now diss-
bied 10y II from discharging their duties
n the constitution calls upon them 10 do
and as the people demand they shall, the
,sriif hall would lie agreed upon by the
conference committee in few DAYS, and
IL would liz n bill free from any suggee-
ton that lie leading schedules were
shaped lev corrupt Influences. IL is use
lees 10 cauCtIs. for. whatever the caucus
may do. thc potent few. Who are under
stood 10 he horelessly tied up and in
danger OF being utterly dlssraced il they
do not tetsis, in remaining bought, cam
no, accept any conclusions reached bv
the majority.
The Recorder: There il scsrcely q
member OF the House who IL not con.
Ninccd that the Senate means what il
save; that IL will arcsp; TO bill but the
compromise measure that WAS passed
there. In the lionse side there 10 die
cnuragcnent and a toret.oding OF defeat
The memhers say il will probably he n
short Eight nov. that the House will
yield. bu, the President IL not ready 10
give MP the struggle vet. !, looks to-day
80 though the House is almost willing to
Weld. ami that the contest may come To
an end sooner than hRs been expected.
There IN uncertainty atout the Senatc's
position. and Germans shres dness in
throwing upon the House the RESPONSE
hilts for no tariff legislation. il such IL
Tie outcome OF the struggle. IL hearing
fruit. The courage oi the members Of
the House has sadly weakened since last
week. They have all listened TO the
senate orators. and have been deeply
impressed toy II; and the Senators claim
tonight tina, the end is in sight, and
the end will he the Senate bill.
The Herald: Dangers from open foes
and pretended friends surround the con-
ference report on the tariff bill in tho
Senate on every hand. and il will require
cool brains and steady hands TO steer il
hack into the conference committee
again without total shipwrcck. The
friends OF the hill are very much alarmed
The tremendous racket the Senate has
stirred up over the conference report has
frightened some Of the members of the
other House who have heretofore been
In favor OF holding out. They are afraid
that the Senate NAV vote Ia indefinitely
Postpone the tariff hill and thus deal {
death blow 10 tariff reform by this Con.
gr-ss. There has been talk emana,inc
from high Democratic sources in favoi
Of calling the conference report 10 the
House, 80 that the Senaie's amendments
could he agreed 10 at once and the meas.
ure runld I've sent before the country
With at least the title OF A Bill to Re.
duoe Taxation" What these men are
afraid of IL that the Senate will aiop,
some sort OF motion TO instruct the
,onterrees TO yield on some pet item OF
protection that some individual Senator
es,eens more highly than party prin.
ciples. MANY members OF the House
are no, at all frightened by the noise In
the Senate. They say IL is simply the
last "bluH" of the Senatorial conspira.
tors. and IL the House stands firm, i,
can win a complete victory. 1t !,
scarcely probable that either side will
win complete victory under the cir
cumstances. and present indications seem
TO point Ia compromise. The compro
mise talked OF contemplates lower duties
on coal and iron ore and rcmodeling o.
the sugar schedule, with an al va'orem
duty only ranging from 42ie TO 45 pei
cent. II is probable that in return fol
the concessions the House would make
TO the Senate in these items the Houet
would he given an opportunity to ar,
range all the rest Of the bill substanti'
ally as it pleased. This would result in
large reductions in the textile schedules
The Tribune: To.day's development,
have made IT more apparent that ths
fate Of the tariff bill is held firmly in ths
hands Of little knot Of Democratic Sen
ators who are holding out for no sur
render to the House or President. With
the aid Of Republicans they can at an,
time defeat or postpone the pending
measure, and against their determined
will the edicts Of Democratic caucu,
or Of the Democratic President cannot
have the slightest avail. They have onl,
10 remain obstinate to bring the Housl
to their terms, or to force IL to 90 hacl
10 the country with a record Of Demo
cratic promises left lamentably unac
eomplished and Democratic pledge,
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