Evening star., 1896-11-16

sees that the real question Is whether the
silver republicans will longer obstruct
tariff legislation unless it has the free sill
yer attachment. He thinks this may de-
pend largely upon the attitude of the in
coming administration on the subject of
bimetallism; whether it will see in the re-
cent election an acceptance of the gold
standard and either put forth no effort or
| informal and insincere ones to remonetize
silver.
1t will also have noted the classification
Of Senators in the next Senate as compiled
by the Senator. AS the next Senate will
convene December. 1897, the Senator is In
error in assuming that Senator Allen will
nave a successor. That Senator's term
will not expire until March. 1899.
1t is of infinitely more Importance to note
the complexion of the present Senate than
to speculate about the probability of the
political color of the next Senate, in view
of the condition of the treasury and the
deficit in revenue. -t..''''' '' 49,
prominent New York newspaper we'll
says:
When Congress shall meet in December
Its first duty will be to provide revenues
ment. It is still "a condition. not
theory, that confronts U.S." The condi-
ton is deficit. For the first quarter of
TINS IN fiscal seal year the deficiency was over
years. 1t still increases
Such condition of affairs Is disgracefui
ana dangerous. 1t exposes the treasury
10 RAIDS, 1t is constant peril to business,
bcnd fssue-an irregular increase of debt in
time of peace. '"s', s,.' 49,
The immediate questions therefore are,
will there be sufficient votes from, any
source. to pass an emergency revenue
Dill, and If so, will it be the 'Dingley or
some other bill? 1t is by no means GER
tam what will be the attitude Of the seven
so-called gold democrats, who have been
among the most violent opponents of posi-
tive protection in tariff measures. They
nave been the antipodes of everything that
stands for repubicanism or the issue of
protection. and the same is true of nearly
all the silver democrats. ----
On the 2ath of last February, when an
effort was made in the Senate to take up
the D1ngiey bill. the republicans mustered
only twenty-five affirmative votes, against
a fusion negative vote of thirty-three
which included Allen. Jones, Kyle, PETER
ana stewart. populists; Cannon, Dubois.
Mantle and Teller, silver republicans, AMI
Cafery. Gray, Lindsay ard Palmer, gold
oen ocrats, and there were seventeen pairs
which showed eighty-nine Senators, or a
full Senate recorded there being a va
cancy in Delaware.
II the recent public utterance of Mr.
Peifer can be accepted rejecting the
views OF his populistic colleagues, as it
probably does, no emergency tariff bill
without a free silver rider will obtain the
vote of populist, so that element can be
eliminated in the calculation. 1t neither
wants revenue to save the credit and
honor OF the nation nor bonds for revenue.
II simply wants 50-cent silver dollars In
order that the credit of the general gov
ernment may be brought as low as that of
Kansas, etc, is liable to be.
If revenue therefore is to be obtained re-
publicans can only hope for votes from
the silver republicans or from the democ-
racy.
republicans who have not strayed away
is thirty EIGHT, and they can probably all
be depended on to vote for revenue under
present conditions. They include Carter,
n ali,
brough.
Seven votes will be needed. The gold"
democrats have not spoken, but Senator
Morgan of the silver democracy is not only
plain in his speech on the chances for the
Dingley bill, If the republicans shall Sc
| riously desire it's passage, but he is not
able to see why democrats or even silver
| republicans should longer offer voting op-
| position In other words, the learned
| Senator intimates that the possible atti-
| tude of some of the silver democrats will
| be negative, to refrain from voting against
| the Dingley bill while not going on record
| in its favor. He seems to be anxious to
| have the bill reach Mr.. Cleveland.
While then there IS no sign from the
gold democrats nor from the silver repub-
Reconsideration Morsan's views may may
not reflect the attitude of silver demo-
Gratis, which if assumed, would enable the
| bill to pass.
But there may be objection to the pas
| sage of the Dingley bill in tine republican
ranks
While it is true that by the terms of the
Dingley bill it is not intended as a per-
manent tariff measure not reaching beyond
| August l, 1898. objections to it exist, es-
pecially among the wool men and"with the
domestic sugar people. both of whom fear
that if such a bill is passed the rates on
all articles except wool and sugar will be
found sufficiently high for both revenue
and protection as to make 1t unnecessary
to amend it, and those two interests, they
argue, could not hope alone 10 secure tariff
legislation in their aid, when all else had
been provided for and the country was in
| no mood to reopen the tariff question. And
this, they insist, would probably come to
pass. In spite of promises, or Of any
thing which might now be said to the
contrary, the conditions resulting from the
passage of the Dingley bill might be go
| satisfactory that public sentiment would
not only absolve, but prevent liquida-
ton of promises. In fact, the wool and
domestic sugar industries are very ap-
prehensive on this subject. They seem
to understand that while man is mighty
| uncertain and with the many professions
extended to wool and domestic sugar by re-
| publicans in and ous of convention they feel
| that there is no reason why wool Of class
l and class should be given 50 low a rate
while woolen manufactures and carpets
| are given very nearly the Mckinley ad
valorem rates.
Then too, it is claimed that while the
Wilson, German bill or preSen: law prom
| ised domestic sugar an ad- valore.n 'equiva-
| lent to a = 2-1O specific rate per pound 1t
| has been very far below that, and that
| the revenue from sugar has been at least
! s11 100000 below what It ~w.as estimated
| that it would be. And it is also claimed
| that the Dingley bill proposes % per
cent rate on the chemical schedule, or
| within per cent of the average Mckinley
| rate. That the proposed tobacco schedule
rate is above the Mckinley ad va1orem
That the same is true of the spirit sched-
| ule, while the proposed cotton schedule is
| within per cent of the Mckinley ad val
| orem; that the flax and hemp schedule
| proposed is beyong the Mckinley ad wall
| orem while the silk schedule is nearly
| equal to the ad valorem of 1890.
| 1t is claimed that these things account
| for the clause in the last section of the
Dingley bill, which provides that If the
] proposed horizontals operate to increase
the rates beyond those in the e>act of 1890
| the rate shall be that OF the present law.
The wool interest of Ohio and of other
| states vehemently protests, and the do
| mestic sugar interests Of California, Utah,
Nebraska, New Mexico and Wisconsin in
| sist that sugar, considering it's low price
| and the increase of German export bounty,
| should have, in this bill, at least the rate
| promised sugar by the existing law.
| This seems to be the situation as 1t looks
| at present. E. HAM.
| LAMENT OF A LONDON PAPER.