The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-11
Discomfort WITH REED
EVEN THE REPUBLICANS THING
OF HIS CARBON.
Probable That the Tariff Bill Will Net
Get Through Congress This
Session.
Especial to Richmond Dispatch.)

| Especial to IGchmO1N Dlspalch)
Washington April S.-There is said to
be serious trouble over the tariff bill in
the Senate committee, and there is aDso-
lutte Indifference in that body to the ac-
ton of Mr.. Reed in rushing the bill
through the House and afterwards adj
journipg every three days. 1t is the in
PRESS on now that the tariff bill Will fail
to be PASSED by this extra session Of Con
gress. Senator Chandler is authority
for the statement that the demand for
Irch. bltive duties on various products is
So great and imperative, and the sentl-
ment of some epublicans so yielding to
this demand, that the defeat of the bill is
almost fOregOne conclusion. The state
ment appears in a morning paper to the
effect that the tariff bill would be report
ed to the Senate on April 26th. To-day
number of Republican Senators were
asked if this were true, and they all re-
piled that there was no possible chance
Of the tariff bills being reported by the
Senate Finance committee this month.
The Senators, the Republicans especial
ly, are in no hurry with the tariff bill,
and they are not at all frightened by the
attitude Of Mr.. Reed and his dO-nothing
policy Of adjourning from time to time
in order to demonstrate to the country
that all the delay in legislation is caused
by the Senate.
DISCONTENT WITH REED.
There is also growing discomfort in the
House against the Speaker and his des-
potic rulings. The vigorous kick" made
by Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, and the
applause he received, shows that there
is incipient rebellion in Mr.. Reeds own
ranks, and that it will break out before
long if the present policy is not mater
tally changed. The Democrats have so
far taken no part in regard to the do
nothing policy of the Speaker, and it is
not clear that they will do so. They will
neither advance nor obstruct his policy.
They will simply place the responsibility
where it rightfully belongs, and take
such a course as will most seriously en-
barrass their political opponents. They
can see now that the recent elections
throughout the North and West have had
a most alarming effect ON the Republican
leaders here. The latter realize that the
people are disappointed because the issue
in the last campaign has been utterly
ignored by their representatives in Con-
gress, and that they are attempting legis-
lation which will incease the incomes of
the trusts decrease those of the laborer
and mechanic, and make taxes and the
necessaries of life higher and dearer.
1t is the belief that the Speaker will
be forced to appoint the regular stand
ing committees of Congress, and pro-
coed with current legislation. There are
hundreds of bills on the calendar, in
troduced during this session, which many
Republican and Democratic members
wish to have acted upon, and it is be-
| lieved that any action taken by the
Republicans toward compelling the Spea k
er to appoint the regular committees
| would receive rather the support than
the opposition of the Democrats. There
| is some likelihood that some development
in this regard will take place when the
| House meets on Saturday.