The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-23

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very efficient in dom gthat kind Of work,
and work very cheap. This man who I
said got his so for an acre OF beets paid
sl4co.
'.The war revenue bill ard what might
have happened-but did not This would
make the title 10 an interesting piece. It
apropos Just now that the bill has pass
! ed the house TO repeal the entire war
|, revenue bill which viii cut out . million
dollars now levied annually upon the
people Of the United States. imposed dur
| ing the war with Spain, and now no
longer needed.
L is long but interesting story To
| begin with, the Republican party il con-
gress believed that the time had come,
under prosperous Republican rule. when
| the tax for war purposes could safely be
/ done away with In the last congress a
! portion of these taxes were abolished;
now they viii go completely, If the senate
acts as the house.
But while the Republican party was
! united on the general proposition that all
these taxes should go. there was some
question as 10 whether OF not certain
other tariff schedules should be changed
For instance, for over a year. Represen-
tative J. ". Babcock Of Wisconsin has
! believed that it would be a good thing TO
repeal OF reduce the duty on steel and
steel products so that the steel trust could
be reached. Quite a respectable number
of Republicans in the house believed with
him.
But the committee on ways and means
and the Republican leaders. While they did
not all condemn the policy Of Mr.. Bah
cocks proposed move yet doubted its
propriety at this time They considered
that If the bars would be let down by re-
ducing the duty on steel it would call for
a general revision Of the tariff and prob
ably making a new tariff law altogether.
TO take the place of the Dingley law. Il
was thought to be extremely inadvisable
at this time to attempt a revision of the
tariff 1t would plunge The country into
more or less of a period OF depression
It would unsettle BUSINESS conditions, and
render impossible much of the work out
lined for the present session Of congress.
But Mr. Babcock was determined 10
force matters. He is an influential mem
Der, and is chairman OF the Republican
congressional committee. having charge
of the general campaign fer election OF
Republican candidates to congress every
two years He is also chairman of the
house committee on District Of ColuEl-
bia. He had his friends. He had also
those who believed with him in tho tariff
proposition involved So he set u work
20 organize his forces
There are several delegations N the
house and portions of state delegations,
coming from beet sugar producing
regions who believe that TO tariff con-
cessions should be made TO Cuba on
sugar. fearing serious effect on the beet
sugar industry in this country. These
men wished 10 defeat the committee on
ways and means. which viii shortly re-
port a bill granting some sort Of conccs-
sion to cuba. So these beet-susar rep
reseutstives were wiling to 90 with Mr..
Babcock and clean out the comuittee
on ways and means as they expressed
it. OF course Mr.. Babcock was willing.
The committee on ways and means de-
cided TO repeal all the war-revenua act
and to bring in bin 70 do SO. just about
this time. the scheme Of the Babcock
beet-sugar people began TO be hoised
around quietly II was 70 wait until the
consideration OF the var-revenue bill
came up. and then an amendment would
be made TO revise the steel schedule Of
the DiaEley law. OF course this would
be a rap at. and obnoxious 70 the COM
mittee on ways and means The vote
would be taken 50 the Insurgents figured
It. and with the Babcock people. the
sugar people and the Democrats. they
thought the committee on ways and
means would be defeated. the war reve-
nue. bill would BE- amended. the Babcock
provision put in. and the great commit
tee Of the house Inundated.
The committee on WAYS and means
awakened TO the situation early in the
game il saw what was up II ascer-
tanned that there were alleged 10 oe =
Republicans in the iusurgent canI-be-
levers in t. tariff reform; followers Of
Babcock. and jealous beet-susar people
The situation had reached q crisis The
members Of the committee on WAYS and
means went to work. The thing was
likely 10 become far-reaching in effect
II the committee or WAYS and means lost
out. its prestige would be gone The loor
leader. 4Ir. Payne. chairman Of ways and
means WOULD De nLlllll1 2eL- Llc com
nlittee discredited. the speaker himself
embarrassed. So the work was portioned
our 70 the Republican members Of ways
and means - lire W the waverine Re-
publicans and get them into line Oh this
proposition That II e rule SHOULD be
brought in from the committee on rules.
providing that no amendment % The war
revenue bin should be made or consid-
cred save those bv the committee on
ways and means, such rule wouid Be
adopted
Here IS where the Kansas member q
WAYS and means shovel his skill II
VS. Ike into the days Of tire Porto Elcau f
fgat. When Nh Long acted as a Pep biz s
car whip. and LIKED up TIE parte vote
for the bfll ana secured -he ma 5orirv
which later passed x. AR Long was
again given his WORK 70 60. Daizel and
Grosvenor and Payne had theirs-erea .
the speaker vas pursuing certain I
eourse-but Ar Lons vas told IL lire &
Up TIE doubtful states, even THE sugar i