The times., 1897-05-09

made very curious Admission Just after
the Republican national convention. he said
that the battle was won, and he continued
TO say that with more or less buster until
the campaign closed. He said the other
day ON very good authority that IL the
national election had been held in October
instead of November, Bryan would have
been elected. This Is an Interesting ad-
mission, because at that time the Repuhi-
cans had crawIed out OF their illogical
position OF the tariff being the sole issue
and We're practically running a campaign
on the financial question.
People have noticed that there is not
gushing lot OF friendly sentiment In the
SeEate chamber or elsewhere between
Mr.. Hanna and the fire-aiarn Senator
from the same State Mr. Foraker, in
the opinion of the Republicans of the
Senate, was lucky TN being able to have
his first tilt With Senator German, and
they claim that he came out ahead in the
contest.
Mr.. llama has not distinguished him
self. and there are other things which
are tending to magnify Foraker at the
expense of Mr.. Hanna.
y
that the violent contention now en- be-
tween tie Hannaites and the fire alarm
lists at Columbus will cause all the wounds
that Mr. Mckinley thought he had healed
TO spout blood again With all Hanna's
chances for alien ating the Forakerites
on the matter of the State convention
he was able TO score point the other
day by majority of only one Some
int -
that there are candidates against Hanna
in reserve in whom delegates have con-
siderable faith, and that they are count
ing on Federal patronage from another
than Hanna for the next six years
The Republican tariff experts are taking
1t easy since the reporting OF their bill
to the Senate. Senator Aldrich, as soon
as he could get ava y, left for Rhode Island,
where he said he intended to remain until
the time for calling the bin up for dis
cussion Senator Allison, who has been
very much engaged with the tariff and the
appropriation measures left over from the
last Congress, started for Dubuque Friday,
and will not return until week haseiapsed.
Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, is enjoying
in absolute quiet the honeymoon which
was denied him b reason of the necessity
OF his return TO vote to report the bull, and
Senator Wolcott arranged his affairs inIme-
diateIy upon the reporting of the measure
SO that he could go abroad and labor in
the interest of international bimetallism.
Thus it happens that the Republican tariff
''tinkers' are out or the city, and business
in that line has fallen off several points.
1t Begins to look as If the tariff bill
would not be taken up in the Senate for
general discussion on May IS, the day
Mr. Aldrich designated as the time when
he would call the bin up in the Senate. The
Democrats say they cannot get ready in
time on account of the failure of the Re
publicans to give them the comparative
statement that was promised last Wednes-
day.
1t is probable that when the subject
comes up Monday the Democrats viii in
sist that the discussion OF the bill be post
poned until Tuesday, May % This con-
parative statement was Laid before the
Senate Committe on Finance yesterday In
proof sheets in order to fulfill the promise
made that it should be ready on Saturday.
A cflfsOIy t4ic1LS dt tlliS
statement shows how wofully the bureau
of statistics has ndscalculated what the
committee wanted. The bureau OF sta tistics
OF the Treasury Department is not, how
ever, to be blamed. for this bureau seldom
gets up its statistics in an intelligent nl6n-
ner The latestSproduction is full of errors
and inaccuracies, and compiled in the form
of an unwieldy volume that will be diff
cult to handle, and totally wanting in
salient facts and figures. 1t bears the
evidence OF having been compiled in haste.
Frequently the estimated revenue to be de-
rived from the Senate provisions has been
omitted altogether, and III some cases
tn equivalent az valorem ra te has beenleft
out There are no totals to the various
schedules In short, this compilation, for
which so much was promised, affords alb
solutely nothing beyond maze of figures
that is unintelligible, and worse than con-
fusng.
Several Democratic Senators intend to
call tn e attention OF the Senate to this mass
of stuff that pretends to enligiaen, but
which only cenfuses- In 1890, when the
Mckinley act was passed, and in 1894,
when the Wilson act was in the Senate,
the committee prepared comparative
statement that was a thing OF beauty
IL TIL ere can be any beauty a attacha1 to cold,