The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-10
TARIFF IN NEXT CONGRESS-
CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY DOES NOT
 ANTICIPATE RECREATION.

His Views on the Proposed Passage of an
 Exigency Meqsure-PoIitical Complexion
 of the Senate Unfavorable to Such Ac-
 tion--A Revision of the Tariff Will Fol-
 low as Soon Possible.
 Lewiston, Me, Nov. 9.-The Journal prints an interview with Congressman Dingley as to the passage of an exi- gency tariff measure by the coming session of congress. He said
 While, of course, 1t is possible that the senate may take up the house bill and pass 1t in view of the recent ver- dict of the country, yet know of no change of opinion on the part of any senator who voted against the bill last winter with one possible exception. It will be remembered that the senate re- fused to take up the bill by eleven ma jority-fve senators who had been elected as republicans uniting with all the democrats in defeating it.
 TAo LWC IClLl~ grew mad Squire-who voted last win- ter to take up the bill, and four of the 1 five republican senators, who last win- ter voted against the bill went over to Bryan, there is a probability that the bill will be defeated in the senate.
 ''The suggestion has been made that perhaps some of the democratic sena- tors, particularly the sound money sen- ators, who voted against 1t last winter would not vote for it. It would prob- ably require the votes of at least six or seven democrats to pass the house bill and see no chance to obtain these indeed, I know of no democrats who would vote for it. It should be remem- bered there are only four or at most seven democratic sound money sena- tors-Palmer, Lindsay, Villas, Caffrey and Mitchell of Wisconsin, to whom perhaps under some circumstances Hill and Murphy of New York, may be ad- ded. Germans position is uncertain.
 My own opinion is that there is not the slightest ground for hope of the passage of the bill by the senate at the approaching short session, notwith- standing the need of additional revenue is as great as year ago. Indeed the deficiency already since the house pass ed the bill in December last has ex- ceeded the forty millions which it was expected it would yield"
 l In reply to an inquiry of the Journal reporter as to the probability of an ex- tra session after the administration of MT. Mckinley shall be inaugurated to ' provide revenue by some revision Of l the tariff, Mr. Dingley said: 50 far as know no decision has been reached ! and none will be made until congress meets and the republicans have an op- portunity to exchange views. I think there is very general feeling among republicans and I doubt not MT. Mc- Kinley shares in 1t that there must be secured through tariff legislation at the earliest possible time sufficient revenue to run the government and leave a reasonable surplus for an exigency, and i that the sooner whatever tariff legisla- tion proposed is accomplished the bet | ter.
 "The probable status of the senate on such tariff legislation after March 4 1 will have much to do in determining | the course. I cannot believe, how ever, that the majority of the senate as will be constituted after March 4 will refuse to concur with the republi- can house as to the legislation neces- sary."