Morris tribune., 1897-05-05
CAPITAL ITEMS.

eon mittee of the senate willleport
4he lariff bill to the full committee
Saturday, May 1st, They have
practically revised all the schedules
and nov are deyoting their entire
agme to a. sting matters to secure
sbe adoptio Of the till There are
"a great many indictments who
have failed to secure the high duties
demanded by their constituents
sna these promise trouble tor the
bill when it is before the senate.
The western mel have been most
aersistant for higher duties, and
" hiie they have III some instances
succeeded in securing increased pro-
lection for western interests they
are not ss,i>fed and ope for more
favorable action in the senate,
One Of the problem of the sub
cpmn,tt,e has been to satisfy Sem
zator Jones Of Nevada, 4 silver Re-
rppblican, who holds the balance OF
the power il the finance committee.
He 1.a~ beeu made acquainted with
the work as they prog essed and
seems t., b. satisfied with the pres
eent schedules. The senate will
adjourn uatil May 3rd, to permit
the members Ia attend the Grant
Memoir ceren onies in New York,
and it is expected that when they
meet sgain important progress will
/ he m ade in the consideration of the
bin
C. gresham Norton's speech on
the Tariff as printed in the record
is a.ne of the strongest, from the
den. cratic stand point, printed
lRr,ng this session. 1t combines
fhr eloquence of Ingersol, the vitrol
ssS Carlisle, and word singing of
PIT Donan. The invective with
which he attacks the Dingley bill
is unparalleled in the history of
hease. He declares 1t is cove
nant with the devil and league
with hell" and according to DR..
Norton, ''would seek revenue IN
the throat of sick children and deny
TO the suffering the privilege of pro
curing life saving remedies. 7 His
hpal summing up of the measure is
"a follows; "Great in its monstrosi-.
., outrageous in character, deceit
81 as whole, despicable in detail,
Ealse to the government and the
peo1,le, cruel in It's application,
matl out mercy or humanity, vain
OF lts power, a serville, fawning
sgt,l liant to the rich and opulent,
and !. crushing and tyranical rob-
Der OF the poor and toiling classes. z
This remarkable sentence is fol
lowed by the words cloud APP
s,lanse y In other parts of his
spetch the DIR. speaks ofthe ''putrid
a-4nctrous excrescenceso contained
Is, the sche dulles, and ends by cal
lang the whole thing ''job lot Of
ksoaectlon insanity"
The passage Of the Nelson bank
JBptry bill by the senate makes
new problem for Speaker Reed. A
great many of the representatives
desire the passage of such bill
bs,t unless the speaker appoints the
eoB mittees the bill will lie on the
sable until the regular session in
December. The only other way
ahe bill could get before the house
Is by speciol order from the rules
aommittee to consider it il COM
zn5ttpe of the whole. The difficulty
Of this proceeding is that the
speaker is antagonistic to the bill
passed by the senate, but favor the
Torrey bill and Of course would
exert his influence against the Mel
son bill, while Bailey and his col
leagues favor the Nelson bill passed
1y the senate The speaker can
not bring tie bill he is in favor of
before the house without appoint
ing the judiciary committee, and this
wonld amount to an abandonment |
of his policy Of not appointing the
eysasnmittees during this extra SEES
p~isep. On the other hand if the
Judiciary committee is not APP
t,s.en4ed lhn Nnlson hill may he |