The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-25
SENATORS AND THE TARIFF.
The Outlook For the Wilson Bill in
the Upper House.
There the Enemies of the Measure
Will Form Combinations Against It.
No Bill, However, is in Danger
Of Being Greatly Delayed or De-
fonA..a n m. hioas-

feated By These Combinations.
| Washington, Jan. 4.-The Wilson bill
| is nearing the first hurdle. The second
! hurdle, guarded by a more selfish body
| than is found in theHouse, will be harder to
make. The enemies of the bill in the House
! on the democratic side have largely made
| their speeches against it for the benefit Of
| their constituents, and theirs has been no
! organized effort to defeat any portions Of
! it. Its treatment on the whole will not
| be of this nature when it comes unwel-
| come 10 the Senate, There the various
enemies of the bill will form their com
| binations, and having more time than the
| business branch of congress, will be able
| to effect compromises and change certain
| features before its passage. A large por-
| ton of the democrats in the Senate
viii undoubtedly favor the bill
| outright, believing that its
| passage will do the greatest good TO the
| greatest number. The senator's will re-
| fuse to enter into any combination with
| White, of Louisiana, PoscO, of Florida,
| and number of other senators who want
| certain schedules changed to suit special
| interests, because they are democrats.
They do not consider it either patriotic,
| statesmanlike or polite to unite with
| their opponents in antagonizing the plans
| of their own party. Some of the men who
| so bitterly fought the administration on
| the silver question now see the error they
made, and will seek during the tariff
| debate TO unite the party in its sup
| port of the administration on this ques-
| ton. The bill is in no danger of being de-
| feated, or action being delayed upon it,
| for any great length of time. There will
| be no celebra ted deadlocks; there will be
| glxtRnn hnlIP will
| be no great wrangling over it in part.
| But as the schedules are taken up sep
| arately, as for instance the sugar, White
will already have arranged his combina-
ton, and the vote will be the test Of
| strength on the schedule.
| AN EXAMPLE FOR THE SENATE.
The Senate has not been slow to realize
| that the business methods pursued by the
| House in its discussion has been far more
| popular than their slow, senatorial way,
| and that on the whole the country has ex-
| pressed its appreciation of Mr.. Wilson,
the committee and the bill, and that il
| will resent any prolonged discussion or
| unnecessary delay in its passage. There
has been great deal of talk
| about the anti-administration sena-
| tors opposing the bill on the ground
that the administration wants it
passed. But there is nothing in this The
anti-administration senators realize that
| the tariff question is backed by almost
| solid democracy and is the principle of
| the party, whereas the silver was merely
considered as policy, and that on this
| question there was great division. So the
| very men who believe themselves fully
ordained to defeat MIR. Cleveland's poll
cies will not attempt to cross swords with
| him in this matter. Any feeling of hos
tility will be entirely eliminated
from the discussion of the tariff and
| local interests alone will affect the
| democratic vote on the bill Among these
varying elements the bill is to make its
| way. Whether its creators will recognize
it as it energies from the labyrinth of the
| Senate chamber remains to be seen.
| Prognosticators of evil while predicting
direful results from the discussion in the
Senate, forget the fact that democratic
senator's, though wrapped in the seclusion
of the Senate chamber, are not beyond
the will of either their party or the peo-
pie, and that their hands are not too far
beneath the water to be hit by public
opinion.
SENATORIAL COURTESY.
1t is exceedingly doubtful as yet how
| far senatorial courtesy extends Mr.
| Cleveland has made a flank movement
| upon Mr.. Hill in his nomination of
Wheeler H. Peckham to be associate JUS
| tice on the supreme bench. When the
nomination was first sent in it was the
general impression that Judge Peckham,
of the court of appeals of New \ orlx
had been Mr.. Cleveland's choice. But
David Bennett Hill soon explained that
it was not Judge Peckham by any means,
but his brother Wheeler, who was equally
as objectionable to him as MIR. Horn
blower. There is nothing to be said of
Mr.. Peckham as n man Of high ability
and great judicial learning. There is no
doubt that he will pass muster and the
g1n CHI
of the Senate. But whether in executive
session Mr.. Hill will be able to rouse
senatorial courtesy to wrath and for a
second time thwart Mr.. Cleveland's
choice, is an open question.
The Hornblower struggle will undoubt-
eddy be repeated and there will be a
battle well worth the watching.
FIELD DAY.
Saturday will be the field day of the
discussion of the tariff question in the
| House. Wilson and Reed will be the
chief orators, while some of their time
will be divided among the best speakers
on both sides of the question. Bryan
Cochran, Springer and Champ Clark
will indulge in fight of eloquence in be-
half of the bill, while Burrows, Dalzell,
Cannon and johnson. of Indiana, will
have something to say in defense Of pro-
lection
The galleries will be crowded on Mon
day. for Speaker Crisp is advertised to
speak before the vote is taken He has
been importuned to do so by all the dem
ocratic leaders and the majority of the
ways and means committee He has
given his word to Chairman Wilson that
he will speak in support of the bill, and
the regular gallery attendance is ex-
pecting great treat on this day. This
will be an occasion for the diplomatic
corps TO turn out as a mark of respect to
the speaker. 1t will be his first prepared
speech on the floor since he was elected
speaker, and great deal of interest is
attending it. Among those who will be
in the diplomatic gallery will be Cardinal
Gibbons and his secretary, who have
written that they desire TO attend this
occasion. Admission tickets to the up
holstered seats have been secured for his
eminence and were sent to him yesterday.
CRIsP's BIRTHDAY.
BY a strange coincidence, the Goth,
the day on which Judge Crisp is booked
to speak, is his birthday, and little be-
fore noon, at the very time he will be
speaking, he will be 40 years old. 1t was
on Jan 30, 1890, that he made his cele-
brated speech against the arbitrary rul-
ings of Mr. Reed, when he appealed from