Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-04-09

lore regard TINS provision or q mere
threat intended to intimidate import
ers.
As passed. the Dingley bill embrac
es 20 per cent more articles than the
old Mckinley bill did, while the du
ties imposed average per cent. high
er.
The bill now goes to the Senate,
where it will be promptly referred to
the Finance Committee of that body.
But, as a matter of fact, the commit
tee has already had the measure un
der consideration informally. With
a copy of the House bill in hand
it has been going over the various
schedules aud has been noting the
objections Of members.
Republican aud Democratic au
thorities alike agree that the Dingley
bill will be pulled to pieces in the
Senate. In the House the Dingley
Hanna influence was all powerful.
Little attention was given to the
| copies interests; the sole aim seems
to have been to satisfy those manu-
features who placed the Republican
party under obligations to them dur
lug the last campaign. Thus with
out request from anybody-thst is
without any request publicly made
the committee increased the rates up
on numerous articles of foreign man
ufacture that come into competition
with American monopolies.
So excessively outrageous are many
of the duties nantd i'm the House
bill that numerous New England and
New York Republican papers have
solemnly warned Mr.. Dingley that
he has been making a mistake-has
been setting bis coulter too deep.
The Mugwump press also is very We
hement in denouncing the Dingley
bill. They would have the public
believe they never expected anything
like this from the Mckinley admins
tration. But we must say fer Nc
Kinley that be did not gain the
Mugwumpian votes upon false pre-
fences. In every one Of the many
speeches that he made at Canton, he
said, in substaI ce, The tariffs the
thing" He harped upon the tariff
continually. He let all the world
know that high tariff would be the
chief object of his administration.
And 80 the Mugwumps have no sort
Of light to be either surprised or
angered at the outcome of the Nc
Kinley victory.
But in the Senate the Republican
majority is so narrow and so uncer
tain, the party bosses cannot possib
ly push the bill through as they have
done III the House. They will be
compelled to hear argumeut-which
they will not do in the House-and
1t is confidently expected that the
bill will be completely revised there.
The general opinion in Washing
ton seems to be that the Senate will
make so many changes in the bill
that Mr.. Dingley himself will scarce
ly recognize it when ii leaves the
Senate. Our expectations, however,
do not run quite so far. We take
into consideration the power OF Pres.
idential patronage. Mr. Mckinley
is giving out appointments in drib
lets only, and it is we'll understood
that he is going to stand by the Sen
! ators who stand by him. Already he
has sent away from the White House
personal friends of his, with the in
formation that he could not consider
their applications until these yer,
endorsed by the applicants Senators
In this way he will be able to exer
else powerful influence. Still, W,
may confidently count upon grea
changes being made in the bill b,
the Senate. In the end the bill vii
go to committee of conference, anC
we may presume that after mutua
concessions it will pass.
We say we presume, because it il
a thing almost too horrible to thinl
of that the houses may SO disagree
as to make the passage of any tariff
bill impossible at this session.
So long lave our people beer
troubled with tariff agitation they
would prefer that bill should pass
rather than have the country contin
ne upset until the Republican.
strengthen their forces in the Senate
From the best information scces
slble to us, we conclude that If fin.