The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-17
INDICATIONS NOW POINT no own
WHEN MIR. M'KINLEY
STEPS IN.
HINGES ON DINGLEYs BILL.
IF 1T PASSES THIS WINTER. GOV
GRESs WELL NOT BE CON-
VENED,
PREsIDENT-ELEcT INDIFFERENT.
Except as Action Might Axotd
complication, He Is Not Very
Much Interested

WASHINGTON, Nov 16-WhiIe the
proprietors Of hotels and boarding
houses are busy preparing for the reas-
semol1ng Of the national lawmakers
the politicians are discussing the rumor
mat congress is to be convened in ex
traordlnary session soon after McKin-
leys inauguration as president. for the
purpose OF passing a new tariff law.
1t seems to be settled that there will
De an extra session Of congress early
next spring unless the present congress
passes the Qingley tariff bill. The
PROBABILITY that the Dingley bill will
become law at the approaching SEES
sion is very remote, because of the OBJ
stacles it is likely to encounter if a
serious effort is made to press it's pass
age. In the first place it is by no
means certain that all the Republican
silver senators, who blocked its way
last winter, have abandoned their op-
position to the measure 1t is true that
Wolcott, Of Colorado; Carter, Of Mon
tana, and possibly one or two others
nave expressed a willingness to vote
Tor 1T without the free coinage rider.
but the Republican managers are not
certain that they can secure enough
votes to pass the bill if the Democrats
are unanimous in opposition. So far
as known no Democrat will support it.
Ii majority can be obtained in the
senate it is not likely that the managers
VIII attempt to force the passage Of
the D1ngley bill, unless such action is
desired by the preSident-elect 1t has
oeen stated that Maj. Mckinley wants
the Dill passed, SO that he may be re-
heFed or the necessity of calling an
Of
after he is installed in office. This
statement is made apparently without
authority. The latest advices from
Canton indicate that Mckinley is in
dliferent as to the fate of the Dingley
Dill. 1t is said that the tariff barons.
who contributed enormous sums to the
Republican campaign fund, do not want
the bill to become a law. It's passage
mas been urged on the ground that it
ls revenue measure The mill owners
and other beneficiaries Of protection
prefer that the deficit in the revenue
snail continue until the new admins
tration comes in. Then they will use
the deflc1t as an excuse for demanding
compete revision Of the tariff sched-
ules. If they can have their way the
next congress will pass a general tar
III measure, with prohibitive rates of
duty on many articles.
. I16Alb NAL NIOA T. Him.
If Maj Mckinley calls on the party
leaders to press the passage of the
D1ngley bill, it will be because he is nm
willing to risk the chances Of wrecking
his administration at the outset by
cOnVenlnS congress in extra. session. No
president in the past who has brought
congress together in advance Of the
regular time of meeting, has been able
to make his administration success.
IF Mai M0Ki aIp &c oil
tious, he will do all he can to avoid
the necessity for calling an extra ses-
sion OF congress during the first year Of
his term in the presidency. Those Of
his advisers who are not personally in
tcrested in tariff schedules-if any such
there be-will, it is expected, urge him
to favor the passage of the DingIey bill
and thereby deprive the protected in
terests Of their chief excuse for de-
handing that the new congress be
called together before December Of next
year.
1t is not certain, however, that the
bill will become law, even though it
may receive the approval OF both
houses Of congress. President Cleve-
land may consider it his duty to veto
the measure. 1t is hardly to be ex-
pected that he would regard it with
favor, inaSmuch as it restores the tariff
on wool and lumber. These two items
dlpIc WOu1u make 1t pfdCtIcally lmp0S-
slble for him to approve the bill He
might let it become a law without his
signature, but he is much more likely
to veto it if the opportunity is pre-
scented. 1t is said by those who know
the presidents mind that he believes
the Wilson bill will supply sufficient
revenue to support the government as
soon as the revival Of business becomes
general.
On the whole, it is regarded as most
improbable that the Dingley bill will
become a law during President Cleve-
lands incumbency AS the chances Of
its success diminish the chances Of an
extra session Of congress next spring
increase in corresponding ratio. If the
Republicans are able to control both
houses Of the next congress, no such
tariff bill as the Dingley measure will
be considered. There will be a new
system Of schedules all along the line.
The men who supplied Mark Hanna
with money to carry on the Republican
campaign will flock to Washington to
demand their reward and they will get
what they ask for. The new tariff may
shock the business, to say nothing Of
the moral, sense Of the country, but
it will be operative for four years at
least, and it will be good picking for
the beneficiaries while it lasts.