The Portland daily press., 1897-05-03
FEELING OF INSECURITY.
Republicans Worrying Little About
Tariff Bill.
MAJORITY IN SENATE IN FAVOR OF
BILL.

| That BY No Means Indicates That It VIII
| Go Through-A Portland Appointment
Recommendations For Appointments
AS Fourth Glass Postmasters.
| ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.J
Washington, May 1.-The Republican
subcommittee of the Senate committee
on finance have practically completed
the consideration of the tariff bill, and
it seems probable that-they may report it
to the full committee on Monday. or at
least some day the first of the week. The
changes which the subcommittee have
made in the bill in the month in which
| they have been considering it numher
about 500. This on the face Of it seems
| bill, especially when it its remembered
that the Senate made only about 400
amendments in the Mckinley bill. But
in reality the present bill has so far been
changed very slightly compared with the
| changes made in the Mckinley bill In
that bill whole schedules were stricken
out and new ones substituted, such ex-
tensivs changes counting only as one
| amendment. In the present bill the
amendments, while numerous, are gem
orally unimportant, and change very lit
tie the scope and purposeof the measure.
A largo NUN ber of them are simply chan
ges of wording, while many others ars
| fractional changes In rates which do not
have very important bearing even on
| the industries affected. The wool and
sugar schedules, which are of the great
est Importance and which are all i'm
portant in determining the character of
the bill have been changed very slightly.
Thessugar schedule has been changed not
at all. Neither has the duty upon wool;
and there is slight change in one only
of the classes Of manufactured goods.
This change is In the nature Of an in
| crease.
| What the fate of the bill will be when
it gets into the full com mittee on finance
| is now the great political puzzle Of the
| week. AS has been stated heretofore,
Senator Jones of Nevada holds the bal
ance OF power, and the Republicans Of
| the committee can report it, supposing
the Democrats to resist only with the
| help Of Mr.. Jones. Senators Allison an d
Aldrich, whose opinions are certainly
entitled to great weight, as they have
enjoyed an intimate acquaintance with
Mr.. Jones, profess to believe that he will
be perfectly reasonable and allow the
| bill to be reported without great delay.
1t is quite probable that they know
whereof they speak, and that trey have
already found out what Mr.. Jones wants
| in the way of protection for his region
and have arranged satisfactorily with
him.
| Yet in spite of their confidence there
are feelings Of Insecurity over the situ-
alton, and Repub blicans are hardly feel
ing SO confident OF satisfactory results
in the Senate as they were few weeks
ago. There is probably mHjority for
the bill in that body il the matter can
be steered pRrliam entaIily in such way
as to make that majority effective at the
proper time and place. But there are skill
scTupls to strain the traditions and
oourtesiesof the Senate to the last notch
in order to carry their points. ME- German
of Maryland, who was before this man
oeuvred majority of the Senate out of
their object, is still On the ground. 1t
is matter Of good Luck that David B.
II ill is not there will, him.
AN APPOINTMENT IN PORTLAND.
Mark II. Sawyer of Portland hts been
| reiDstated as transfer clerk In the rail-
way mail service at Portland. Mr.. Saw
yer being an old, soldier the civil service
rules enabled this reinstatement To be
| made.
Wallace Il. White. Esq, now of Utah,
and formerly of Winthrop, Me-, has been
in Washington pushing his candidacy
for one of the auditorships OF the treas-
ary.
City Physician Smith of Portland was
in Washington on Thursday for few
hours.
| The folio wing postmasters have been
recommended for appointments: Andrew
jackson Lord, at Acton; Charles G.
Churchill. lat North Parsonsfleld; Ruel
W. Norton nt Kennebunkport and Mrs.
Ada G. MoKenney at Bar Mills. Mrs.
McKenney had two brothers and other
relatives In the war, and had very strong
endorsemetits Her husband is mer-
chant in Bar Mills, but she is to keep the
office herself in a building of her own.
Mrs. MoKenney is daughter of the late
DR.. Cary and a sister Of Annie Louise
Cary. the great singer
JONES ALL RIGHT.
The silver senator Says He Is Still Pro-
tectionist.