The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-29
LAST FIGHT ON THE TARIFF.
The Great Battle Over the Income
Tax Now on the TapiS.

NO Danger That the Combination
Measure Will be Defeated-Bailey'
Attack on the Carlisle Bond Issue
to Come to the Point Next-Senator
Hill Making it Lively in the Sen
ate-The South Carolina Democrats.
Washington, Jan. 2S.-The tariff debate
is not so near the end as it looked week
ago. The special order to extend the de-
bate four days longer has taken some of
the income takers by surprise, as they
thought that if the feature could be an
nexed to the bill it could be hurried
through the House on Monday. But now
the opponents of the measure are polish
ing their guns for long fire, and the first
four days Of this week will possibly be
the liveliest which have occurred during
the entire debate. The income takers are
rabid for the income tax, and can see no
strength in the arguments of the other
side. 1t has taken the place of the silver
theory in the minds of many. and
those who favor it are as rampant for its
enactment as Bland ever was for free
coinage.
The opponents of the bill on the other
hand can see no good in it. believe it to be
inquisitorial, pronounce it as conducive
to all evils known in the category of false
testifying. and so there is no chance of
this element becoming pacific under the
arguments of their opponents. There is
middle class, represented largely by men,
bers who have so far been non-committal
in their votes. This represents the fight
ing ground. Whoever in this weeks de-
bate can get possession of the undecided
element will win the fight. There Is no
doubt whatever that if the vote was
taken tomorrow the income tax,
together with the rest of the
bill, would be adopted and by the
majority. But as seen in the
force bill fight In the Senate, a congress-
man is open to conviction, and it may yet
be that under the leadership of Bourke
Cochran, the orator opposed to the income
tax, may pour sufficient eloquence in the
House to defeat it. 1t would not be wise
however, to lay heavy money on such
result. / am inclined to think, however,
that the opponents of the bill have over
estimated their strength, and that when
the final vote comes, the bill win be
adopted along with the income tax
feature.
BAMEY's RESOLUTION.
AS soon as the tariff bill is disposed of
Representative Bailey will introduce the
resolution, as ordered by the judiciary
committee of the House. questioning the
right of Secretary Carlisle TO issue bonds.
Chairman Culberson did not vote, and
the other democratic members were
about evenly divided Bailey, Goodnight
and DeArmond sustaining the resolution,
while Layton, Stockdale and Wolverton
voting to lay it on the table. Six repub-
lican votes turned the scale in favor of
the resolution questioning the power of
the secretary for the proposed issue.
The democratic mem bers, who OPP
posed it, based their opposition on
the ground that the resolution was mex
pedient. This resolution, together with
the Bland bill, providing for coming the
silver seigniorage, will go hand in hand as
the policy of the silver men for supplying
the deficiencies in the treasury. The res
olution, as we'll as Mr.. Bland's bill, will
be successful in consuming several days
debate, at the end of which time both will
be defeated, and Mr.. Carlisle's order for
the bond issue will be sustained.
THE SENATE NOT PEACEFUL.
While the House is racked in the dis
cussion of the tariff bill, the Senate is by
no means peaceful 1t is paying little at
tention to the Republican invectives
against the President in regard to his
Hawaiian policy, as 1t turned that matter
over to the foreign affairs committee.
But Hill is the bird Of omen that is harass-
ing the guardians of the Senate. His
fight in the silver debate gained him con-
siderable stronghold in the Senate, and
now he is utilizing all influence he may
have secured to affect the defeat of any
one appointed from New York to the
supreme bench without his advice. He
is calling loudly upon senatorial courtesy,
knocking hard at the doors of friendship,
appealing to the preiudices of Republi-
cans, while not overlooking the result of
the silver fight as an argument to the
silver senators.
The confirmation Of Mr.. Peckham de-
pends upon the republicans. In spite of
the dignity of the upper chamber, there
are enough peanut politicians there to
oppose Mr.. Cleveland in his choice of Mr..
Peckham, because the latten gentleman
did not follow the lead OF the New York
senator's, and by them Is called mug
wump. Since there is nothing in the
character of Mr.. Peckham to justify re-
fusal of his confirmation, the democratic
senator's who will vote against him, will
be forced to hide behind the shield of
mugwumpery. The republicans, if they
vote to defeat Mr.. Peckham's conirma-
tion. will do so in the hope Of broadening
the breach between the democratic lead
ers. Hill, by his determined fight against
Cleveland and his apparent desire TO make
the supreme bench reward for political
iobbery is losing gradually the respect he
appeared TO gain during the extra session
OF congress There are sufficient repub-
licans, however, and a sufficient number
of democrats who argue upon higher
plane than Senator's Hill and Murphy,
TO vet frustrate the plans Of the New
York politicians TO defeat the second nom
inee of Mr.. Cleveland.
There is an undecided change of pro-
gramme as TO the notable speakers who
were TO close tine debate on the tariff
bill. Speaker Crisp, ex-Speaker Reed
and Mr.. Wilson have testified their in
tention Of speaking. But as the final de-
bate will not be reached until Thursday
their speeches will go over until that
day.
THE PALMETTO DEMOCRATS.
Palmetto democrats are anxiously
awaiting the results of the reform caucus
held here few days ago. McLaurin and
Irby nearly came to blows. There is a
rumor, but probably only rumor, that
these two erstwhile friends were to fight
a duel. The plan of the caucus, it seems
was cut and dried. BY this John Gary,
Evans was to be nominated for the gov
ernorship. This programme went astray
and the slate was dashed 10 pieces by
Representative McLaurin. He was not
consulted early in the game, and whentold
what Irby and Tillman had decided upon
refused to give his sanction and then
proceeded a stormy meeting. Mr.. Nc
Laurin was not called into the family
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