The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-03

the senate.
WASHINGTON. Dec 26-The pros
poets are that those persons who are
| opposing the free raw materials in the
Wilson bill, coal iron and lead ore. luln-
! Der, etc, will concentrate their efforts
| to secure changes in the bill in the
senate. Delegations representing these
various interests will be here during the
coming week to begin their work. Demo-
Gratis. as far as possible, are being dele
gated to make these protests. John NJ.
| Burke of Idaho. the advance guard Of
| the lead men, is here and viii be joined
in few days by others representing the
states Of Montana, Wyoming, Nevada
and the territory of Utah.
| Mr.. Burke was the democratic candi-
date for governor Of Idaho in the last
| campaign. If the duty of lead ore can
not be retained in part at least by the
| Wilson bill these lead miners will ask
] for the retention Of the duty Of cents
on pig lead reduced by the Wilson bill
| to 1 cent. An effort will be made on
the part Of the representatives of the
several interests to combine so as to
| secure concerted action, but whether a
| combination can be effected is very un-
| certain.
What VIII the Senate Do:
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
a month will elapse before the bill pro-
viding for its change shall reach the
| body. The democratic members of the
| finance committee appreciate that they
| will not be relieved Of responsibility by
! the action of the house. and are looking
| forward 10 the time when the house
| will have TO take it up and go to work
| on it as a live issue. They have al
/ ready gone far enough to know that 1t
is going to be very difficult for them to
| harmonic views which are in some re-
| spects widely conflicting. The meetings
| winch they held few weeks ago are
/ believed to have developed more in this
| respect than was given to the country.
| There will necessarily be vast differ
| enceS as to details, and it seems prob
/ able now that each member of the COM
/ mittee viii have many changes TO sug-
! gest If the bill is allowed to stand as a
! whole, but the principal contest will be
| over proposition to report a complete
/ substitute for the Wilson bill in the
] senate. me Ouiy ltlnB WnlCn VIII prob
/ ably prevent this radical treatment will
| be the impossibility Of agreement among
| the democratic members who do not &C
cept with favor the present bill.
| All shades of Opinion
| The democratic membership of the
senate committee on finance, composed
as 1t is Of senators from all sections of
the country, naturally represents all the
varying shades of sentiment on this
subject held in the party from a belief
| in protection to American labor and
| American industries TO an advocacy as
near an approach to free trade as the
| collection Of revenue to pay expenses of
| the government viii permit.
| Senator Mcpherson, representing an
/ eastern manufacturing constituency has
! been known for years as q Randall demo-
| crat and his friends intimate that he
finds so many Objectionable features in
/ the bill in the direction of a reduction
| or duties on manufactured goods that
/ he would prefer to amend it by the sub
| stitution Of a complete new measure.
| On the other hand, Senator Jones Of
| Arkansas believes absolutely IN a tariff
| for revenue and for no other purpose,
and does not consider that protection is
/ constitutional. He does not like the re-
! tention OF the sugar bounty and is in
clined to the opinion that a small duty
on this article for revenue purposes
would be far more strictly in accord with
/ democratic doctrine and would serve the
/ purposes Of the treasury better at this
time. He finds many traces Of the pro-
/ tective theory left in the Wilson bill and
would doubtless, If he had his WSy about
| the matter, report substitute for the
entire bill, which would look absolutely
/ TO the revenue feature and knock out
all semblance Of protection to whatever
interest.
Senators Harris, Vest and Vance would
be more inclined to coincide with Mr..
Jones than with Mr.. Mcpherson
| Senator Voorhees, Conservative.
Senator voorhees,, who, as chairman Of
! the committee, will have more than other
members to do in shaping its course.
may be denominated a conservative as
| between these conflicting theories. and il
| is safe TO say that he will advocate the
| retention of the Wilson bill He holds
| the opinion that the democratic men,
4 bers of the ways and means committee
/ have done a great deal of hard work in
preparing the bill and finds in it SO MANY
features that commend themselves to
| him that he thinks il ought to stand
with some changes. He accepts with
/ favor the ad valorem system, and also
/ the transfer Of a large number Of items
/ on the raw material list from the pro-
! tected to the free column. With the adj
] ministration holding the same view as
( the chairman of the committee it would
] seem probable at this time that the
| Wilson bill will hold its place as such
| when reported to the senate from the
| finance committee UnquestiOnably
there will be many changes, but If the
internal revenue bill should provide a
/ fairly satisfactory means of providing
! for the treasury deficit the Wilson bin,
after being tossed about, criticised and
J altered TO a greater or less degree will
! be reported to the senate by its commit
tee early in the spring months.
The Debate ia the House.
The program upon which the tariff de-
bate win be conducted, as outlined by a
member Of the ways and means COM
mittee today, does not include fixing
time for taking a vote as soon as the bill