Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-05-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

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The Dingley tariff bill, which
was this week reported to the
senate and which will be taken
up by the senate on the 18th inst,
is the most absorbing topic of
conversation in congressional and
administration circles. The sem
ators who amended the bill kept
their secrets we'll and the amend
ed bill contained many absolute
surprises, not only for the public
but for senator's and representa-
t1ves. One who had never been
in Washington when an amended
tariff bill was reported to the
senate might suppose from the
cyclone of disapproval that has
met the bill from republicans that
it was in danger of an early death.
But the old stagers know that
these shouts of disappro. al from
members of the majority party
are regular accompaniments of
every amended tariff bill reported
to the senate. 1t is only when a
tariff bill has been reported to the
senate that the hardest tariff
fighting begins, and the hardest
fighters are always as a rule mem
bers of the party that will have
to be responsible for the tariff.
The gentlemen who are now talk
ing most against the Dingley bill
do not expect to vote against it;
only to get certain schedules
changed in the interests Of their
constituents. The New England
senators who are talking about
staying in Washington until Oc-
tober in order to get the duty of
IL cents 4 pound on hides struck
out, will wind up with compro-
missing on a little lower rate of
duty, and the SAFE thing will
hold good with nearly all the
other objectors. The retroactive
clause of the bill has been dropped
and one inserted making the new
duties take effect July 1. The
duty of 10 cents pound on
tea and the internal revenue tax
of a. cents a barrel on beer, ale,
porter, etc, in addition to the
existing tax of 81 barrel, are
only to be imposed from the date
the bill becomes a law until Jan
uary 1, 1900. Senator Allison
says these two items were put in
to raise revenue to offset the loss
of revenue caused by the large
: lmportat1onS known to have al
ready been made of goods upon
: which the duties will be increased,
No statement has yet been pre-
pared showing the estimated rev.
enue that the bill as it now stands
r will produce, but Senator Aldrich
t has promised to make one the day
the bill is taken UP.
: Senator's German and Foraker
had little talking scrap this
week that served to show how
much alive the old idea still is, in
the heads of veteran senators,
that new senator's must be seen
and not heard. Mr.. Foraker
offered an amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, which
was under consideration in the
senate, appropriating $500, 900 for
the improvement of the Tennessee
river below Chattanooga. Wheth-
er it was the appropriation itself
or because it was offered by a new
!, senator, is irnmaterial, but Sena-
tor German proceeded to lecture
Senator Foraker's party for its
: reckless extravaganza and other
things, including the newly re-
ported tariff bill. Senator Fora
ker promptly accepted the chal-
lenge and proceeded to defend his
party in vigorous fiye minute
speech. Then Mr.. German got
in a few sneering remarks about
Mr.. Foraker being new to the
senate, but the latter went back
: at him by assuring him sarcasti-
! |cally that the newcomers would
lcOk to him for tlair ,r,,;da ,,ca