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Show Chairman Wilson, of tho House Way and Means committee, Is, as tho s.iylnr is, "between tho devil and the deep sea so far as reaching n decision upon the coal and Iron schedule of tho new tariff bill is concerned, It tbo gotstp of Coil-groismen Coil-groismen Is true According to this gossip, Mr. Wilson's personal inclination, inclina-tion, as well as thai of President Glevtf land to whose infiuonce lie owes his position at the head of this important committer, is to put both coal and iron ou the free list. But he has been informed in-formed that a lare number of hit constituents con-stituents with tho duty retained upon those two products of West Virglnio, and that if lie allocs them logo on the freo list ho w ill nut bo again elected to Congrcrr. From tho beet obtainable evidence il is belicvd that the bill as reported will put coal and Iron on the frco list, but it is thoaghe to bo donbtful whether it can 1 pat ed in that shape. |