The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

view of ascertaining the views of TIL
leading men in congress as to the prob
ability of tariff legislation in the mex
session of congress, and as to the like
lihood of an extra session, the Wash
ington bureau of the United Asso
ciated Presses has sought the writer
opinions of number of prominent sen
ators and representatives. The re-
plies collected show quite a diversity
of views, and ere exceedingly interest
ing. 4 few of them are as follows:
BRICE.
Senator Calvin S. Brice of Ohio re-
spends frankly and fully in these
words:
In answer to your request for
my views as to the effect of the
| late national election, I answer:
''First-It is quite certain that
the Republican president-elect will,
after March 4, 1897, be sustained by
a large Republican majority in the
house of representatives. and by a
sufficient Republican majority in
the senate.
''Second-The free silver men will
be in the minority in the senate as
we'll as in the house of represent
atives.
'"Third-That while some of the
free silver senators. who have here
tofore prevented the passage of the
Dingley bill, with such amendments
as may make certain a sufficient
revenue, will, in view of the result
of the election probably vote with
their Republican brethren, it is i'm
material whether they do or not,
as, in my opinion, sufficient num-
Der of sound money Demo-
cratic senators will assist the Re
publicans to pass the necessary tar
if legislation in the Fifty-fourth
congress, to supply the existing de-
felt in the revenue. I, at least,
shall so vote, and I understand
that Senator German and a num- =
Der Of others occupy the same posi-
ton. Yours very truly,
CALVIN S. BRICE."
SHERMAN.
Senator Brice's colleague, Senator
Sherman, who has been quoted at great
length in two interviews, diametri-
cally contradicting each other. one as
sorting that the Dingley bill would
pass, the other saying that there was
no chance of its passage, and that an
extra session was inevitable, refuses
to affirm the correctness of either state
ment, but writes as follows:
In the present condition of af-
fairs, 1 do not care to express my
opinion as to the proper tariff and
financial legislation of this or the
next congress. Very truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN"
ALLISON.
Senator w. B. Allison of Iowa, chair
man of the senate committee on ap-
preparations, writes:
Il do not think it is practicable to
predict what will be done, or can
be done, as respects tariff and finan-
cial legislation during the last SEES
sion of the Fifty-fourth congress. 1
hope the Dingley bill will pass with
such notifications as may be neces-
carry on the government. If this
cannot be done during the Fifty
fourth, it seems to me an extra
session of the Fifty-fifth congress
is inevitable. Very truly yours,
wv. B. ALLISON"
HAWLEY.
Senator Joseph R. Hawley of Con-
los, 8
any desire to enter the field as
and a still more deprecatory
remark that anything he could say at
this time would be "the cheapest COM
adds these interesting re-
marks:
LAS to the financial legislation
to be expected from the coming
session, L should hope that we'll
guarded, careful bill, defining the
circumstances under which the ex-
ecutive might issue bonds, may be
passed. The possibility of adopting
a satisfactory revision of the tariff
(such as might be expected to re-
main undisturbed), at the last ses-
sion of the Fifty-fourth congress,
seems to me very doubtful. If the
revenues permit it the matter
ought to go over to the extra ses-
sion of the F'ifty-fifth congress, with
view to securing such revision as
1 refer to. If that could be had it
would probably give the country a
very desirable rest in the matter
for the next four years.
Yours truly,
~. R. HAWLEY."
WALTHALL.
Senator Walthall of Mississippi says: