The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-11

READY EARLY NEXT MARCH.
sEMI-oF'FICIAL CONFIRMATION OF
THE RUM0R OF AN EXTRA
SESSION.
DAY IN TEE HOUSE, AND SENATE.
Alien Land Law and the Immigra-
tfon Act the Fesfures In the
Two Houses.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The ways
and means committee of the house
will begin work before the holiday
recess of congress upon the tariff bill
which Is to be the chief feature In the
policy of the incoming administration
and will endeavor TO perfect the bill
so that 1t may be presented to the
house of the Fffty-f1fth congress early
In the special session which President
Mckinley will summon for revising the
tariff laws.
This programme was formally decid-
ed upon tonight by q conference of
the Republican members of the COM
nittee held in Gen. Grosvenor's rooms.
1t gives serni-oficfal confirmation to
the announcements made that the
an extra session and that the Repub-
Hcan leaders had abandoned the Ding
ley bill, the temporary measure which
was passed by the house in the last
session and amended with g free sill
yer substitute by the senate
All Republican ways and means men
attended the conference tonight. ex-
cept Mr.. Steele Qnd.), who was detain-
ed. They were: DingIey, Of Maine;
Payne On. "; DalzeIl Penn.); Hop
kfns Qll); Grosvenor (Ohiol; Russell
(Conn1;- Dolliver Qowa): Johnson On
Do; Evans Ry.). and Tawney (Minn.)
They decided that Chairman Dingley
shall call meeting of the full COM
yl7iffap do til,
formality OF giving the minority MEM
bcrs an opportunity 10 vote upon the
programme will be enacted. The prop
osition to be laid before the com
n1ittee is that all parties having an
interest in the tariff be invited to give
their views. these hearings to be com
nlenced within few days.
Apart from this official plan, the
Republicans determined to take UP tie
framing of the bill themselves-the
usual course pursued by a majority
party-soon after the hearings are un-
der way, and to work to that end In
formally at once. There will be no
subcommittee given charge Of the
measure. but the full Republican con-
tfngent will work together, although
attention to the particular schedules
with which they are most familiar
Dalzell and Hopkins will give most Of
their time to steel, Grosvenor will have
most to do with wool Russell with cot
ton and machinery, Evans with spirits
and wines, and Dolliver, Tawney and
Hopkins with reciprocity. According
! to the trend Of discussion, the reciproc-
1ty policy is to be made an important
feature Of the Republican tariff SYSTEM:
even more important than it was In
the Harrison administration, if a prac-
teal scheme can be devised.
MODERATE" TARIFF ACT.
Great difficulties have presented
themselves In the consideration Of re-
c1procity, some of which were apparent
during the investigation Of the subject
made by a subcommittee last session
and not a few Of which arise from
changed coEditions of the governments
foreign relations. The reciprocity fea-
lures Of the tariff will be woven into
the original bill. In the last Republ1-
can tariff they were mostly after
thoughts.
TOnight's conference was OF two hour
duration and the participants said they
had been unanimous upon the policy to
be pursued "a moderate tariff BILL"
they explained, was to be their object.
A moderate bill is understood to be
one whose average rates would be
somewhat lower than the rates Of the
Mckinley bill Of 1890, though con-
siderable average advance over the
Wilson-Gorman duties. and the commit
teen1en said that they would not hesi--
tate to advance rates beyond the Nc
Kinley bill in cases where experience
., c1, +1,ar ~ +r ba
BILE. Gen. Grosvenor and Mr.. Dingley,
it is understood, conveyed the views of
the president-elect upon the pro-
gramme, to their colleagues.
More than half of the two hours, 1t
was said, was given to discussion Of the
difficulties in the path OF the Republi-
can programme, the oversiladoWing one
being the possibility of an unfriendly
senate in the next congress. One of
the members said that they recognized
a distant possibility that the next SEN
ate might block tariff legislation, but
hoped that the free silver senators
who walked out Of the St. Louis con-
vention would be ready to cooperate
in re-esta ab1ishing a protective tariff.
Saturdays meeting of the committee
NAV be postponed until next week in
the event that Representative Turner.
Of Georgia, is unable to attend. No
appointment has been made to fill the
death of ex-Speaker Crisp, and with
Mr.. Turner, who Is one of the Demo-
cratic leaders, absent, the minority
might complain that it was not prop
erly represented.
Speaker Reed, 1t Is expected. will
designate Mr. Crisp's successor this
week. Mr.. Newland's, of Nevada, has
been discussed by Republican ways
and means men as one qualified to fH
the vacancy, whose selection might do
something to help the passage OF
tariff bill. Mr.. Newlands is a repre-
sentative of the Independent silver par
ty, 80 designating himself in the con-
gressional directory. having formerly
been a Republican. It Is thought by
some that if recognition were given the
independent silver men by such an
appointment it would tend to draw the
support of several senators belonging
to that faction.
Runor in political circles tonight
had it that Mr.. Hanna took part In
the tariff conference but this was
without basis The chairman OF the
national committee went to the house
this afternoon to talk with Speaker
Reed, but found the speaker in the
chair. and after talking with Gen.
Gresvenor, departed. Gen. Grosvenor
informed the speaker Of the CALL