The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-08

CHAIRMAN WILSON TALKS
Doubtful Whether Republicans
would Cooperate With Demo
Gratis in Remedial Legislation
senator Ransom Made President
of the senate Pro Tem--M ItebeIi,
of Oregon, Speaks on the Nica-
raguun Canai Bill. a

Washington, Jan. What action
Congress win take TO end the growing
tariff complications between this gov
eminent and European powers or
whether any measures will be adopted
for that purpose. are questions clouded
in uncertainty. Considering the i'm
portance of the tariff war to CONNER
cial interests. attention given it by
members of Congress is noticeably
slight
Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and
Means committee, recently introduced
a bill. in accordance with the recon-
naendation in the Presidents message.
to repeal the one tenth of L per cent die-
ferenltial on sugar, which evoked pro-
tests from Germany and Austria and
which, it is stated, inspired retaliatory
action by the former government in
the form of prohibition of American
beef. But it is not altcgether certain
that the Ways and Means committee
, will report this bill to the House. nor
is it at all assured that the House will
pass it in case it energes from the
committee and is given a nearing Mr..
Wilson was asked about the prospects
of the BILL. but did mot speak entnusi-
Iiastically of them. He said, in answer
to a. question, that its claims for con-
Isideration might be brought to the at
ltention of the Rules committee after
the currency bill had been q lspgsed Of,
but added that the. renla time OF
this. Congress was. sf3ost and
there would be great fessf1re on
the COMMITTEES for a 1StIne nts or time
for Various bills.
Illinois being tie ssfro5g h0i OF the
most business, the 4epres Is t5Hes from
that state have been app to to dc
something for their c0nsti fgla5ts. Rep.
Tesentatiye Aldrich, of Chicago, IS re
ceiying many communications on the
subject, and intends to talk with his
| colleagues. not to suggest legislation
but to ascertain what viii be tleil
attitude towards whatever the Demo.
Gratis may propose,
Whether the Republicans will co,
operate with the Democrats in remedia
! Legislation becomes an open question
since ii is known that the Democrats
are not agreed upon their course,
fraction of them thinking with Mr.
Whiting that any tariff legislation vii
be upwise. Mr.. Cannon said that the
affirmative or negative OF the Repub
| licanS might hinge upon whether, ii
, StiSiAs SSbaiiodO4ls lllS -Supp-eHlenldTy &C
proposed would entail greater disad
vantases than the existing sugar SEIZED
ule, and particularly whether it would
| reduce the revenue of the government
which was now insufficient to meet it.
expenses. If the Ways and Means com
mittee would propose to re-enact til,
reciprocity system which Congress has
obliterated with marked discourtesy Il
the foreign governments, parties there
10 as well as to the detriment of Amer
lean business, he said, sarcasticaIly, TIT
Republicans would cooperate Will
them heartily. He did not see how Mr.
! wilson could be expected to becom,
| the leader OF a movement to repair
features which the Senate had impose
on his bill against his opposition.