The Portland daily press., 1896-11-10
EXTRA SESSION LIKELY.
Congressman Dingley Discusses Prob
able Tariff Legislation.
THINKS DINGLEY BILL UNLIKELY
TO PASS THIS WHITES.

ably Be Necessary, Depending In Great
Measure On Status of Senate-House
Will Propose Nothing This Winter.
Lewiston, Novem bar 9.-The Evening
Journal publishes the following inter-
view with Congressman Dinlgey as to
passing the exigency tariff bill. ME-.
Dingley, said "While of course it is pos
sible that the senate will take up the
house bill and pass it in view of the re-
cent verdict OF the country, YETI know
Of the change of opinion on the part of
any Senator who voted against the bill
last winter, with one possible exception.
1t will he remembered that the senate
refused to take up the bill by eleven
majority senators who had been
elected as Republicans uniting with Ill
the Demo Gratis in defeating it.
Z" AS two Republican senators-Mes
Pettigrew and Squire-who voted last
winter to take up the bill, and fourlof
| the five Republicans senators who last
| winter voted against the bill went over
| to Bryan, there is a probability that the
bill would be defeated in the senate, II
another attempt should BIZ made to bring
it up, by as large majority as then.
'The suggestion has been made that
perhaps some of the Democratic senators
| particularly the sound money senators
who voted against it last winter,
would now vote for 1t. 1t would proba-
bly, require the votes of at least six or
seven Democrats to pass the house bill.
and see no chance to obtain these !;
| indeed, know of no Democrat who
| would vote for it.
cit should be remembered that there
are only five or at most seven Democratic
sound money senators-Palmer, Lind
say, Villas, Caffrey and Mitchell of Wis
consin. to whom perhaps under some
circumstances Hill and Murphy of New
York may be added. Germans position
is uncertain.
my own opinion is that there is not
the slightest ground for hope of the pas
sage OIL the bill by the senate at the ap-
preaching short session, Notwithstanding
the need of additional revenue is as
great now as 1t was one year ago. In
deed, the deficiency already since the
House passed the bill in December last
has exceeded the forty millions which 1t
was expected it would.
| In reply to an inquiry as to the probs-
bility of an extra session of the new Con-
| gress after the administration of Mr..
Mckinley ssshall be inaugurated. to pr
vide revenue by some revision of the
tariff, Mr.. Dingley said:
$50 far as I know no decision has been
reached, and none probably will be made
until Congress meets and Republicans
have had an opportunity to exchange
views and confer with the President
elect. think there is very general
feeling among Republicans--andI doubt
not Mr.. Mckinley shares in it-that
there must be secured through tariff leg
cient revenue to run the government
and leave a reasonable surplus for an ex-
| ieency ;and that the sooner whatever tar
| if legislation proposed, is accomplished,
the better. The probable status of the
senate on such tariff legislation after
March 4th, will have much to do in de-
| termining the course to be pursued.
cannot believe, however, that majority
of the senate, as it will be oonatituted
after March 4th. will refuse to concur
with the Republican House in suoh
tariff legislation as may be necessary to
run the government without resort 70
the issue Of bonds, and to aid in restor-
ing prosperity to the country.
THE House will aot propose anything
further in this direction at the ap-
proaohing short session, as it passed a
revenue bill and sent it to the senate
last Deoem ber; and if the senate desires
to do anything in this line, it can take
this bill from the senate calendar, any
day, and pass it as it stands, or pass it
with an amendment
The Dingley bill provided that from
and after the passage of the act and until
August !, 1893, there should be imposed
upon clothing wool, hair Of the camel,
goat, alpacR, a nd othcr animals woolen
rags, etc., 60 per cent Of the duty i'm
posed by the tariff Of 1890, ana on carpet
woods the same duty provided by that
| act: that upon all wooden goods 90 pei
cent OF the specific pound or square-ysrd