Show MORE TARIFF TALK TUB republicans WILL VOTE SOLIDLY FOR THEIR bill but it wih not succeed in Pass iii the of the senator blackburn owing to the wide advertisement of his recent misunderstanding with judge ricker has been the conter of attraction to the visitors in the senate gallery this week he positively refuses to talk about the matter but his friends regard it as ended at least that is what they say senator hams by a motion to lay the senate tariff bill on the table brought out the fact that the republican senators will vote solidly in favor of that measure notwithstanding the fact that several of them are known to be bitterly opposed to certain sections of the bill several explanations pla nations are given for this action by parties who profess to know one is that harrison has stated that he wants the bill passed at this session and that those republicans that aro opposed to it are afraid to vote against it lest they thereby lose their share of patronage under the new administration another is that they know the bill will not pass the house and only vote fer it to keep up an appearance pe arance of harmony in tho republican ranks until after harrison is inaugurated augu rated leaving the quarrel that is believed by many people to be inevitable over the tariff until tho next session when they will control both honse and senate the presidents message was an able statement of the position of the democratic party on the tariff and other matters f importance the ideas expressed therein could not have been improved statements like the following from the message are ponderous with statesmanlike wisdom he mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor any intermediary between the people and their government or the least dale of the care and protection the owes to the humblest citizen in the land makes the boast of fre institutions a glittering delusion and the pretended boon of american citizenship a shameless im of publio money with all their demoralizing consequences should not be tolerated either as a means of relieving the treasury or its present surplus or as a furnishing pretext for resisting a proper reduction in tariff rates it bo denied that the selfish and private interests which are so persistently heard when efforts are made to deal in a just and comprehensive manner with our tariff lawa are re to if they are sot largely responsible for the sentiment largely prevailing aling among the people that the general government is the fountain of individual and private aid that it ma 60 expected to relieve with paternal caro the distress of citizens and communities and that from the fullness of its treasury it should upon the slightly possible pretext of promoting the general good applying public funds to the benefit of localities cali ties and individuals nor can it be denied that there is a growing as that as against the government and io favor of private claims and interests the usual rules and limitations of business principles and just dealings should bo waived these ideas have been unhappily much encouraged by legislative acquiescence from contracts made with the government is too easily accorded in favor of the citizen the failure to support claims against the government by proof is often supplied by no better consideration than the wealth of the government aad the poverty of the claimant gratuities in the form of pensions are granted upon no other real ground than the needy condition of the applicant cant or for reasons less valid and large sums are expended for public buildings and other improvements upon representations scarcely claimed to be related to public needs and necessities by unanimous consent took up the direct tax bill which caused the long deadlock last spring it is it will be passed but hopes are expressed by its opponents that mr cleveland will veto it mr harrisons backbone is likely to suffer a severe strain between now and the fourth of march the ee publican leaders here have determined upon having an extra session of the fifty first congress called to meet late in march or early in april there is not the slightest necessity of anettra an extra session the acknowledge that their only object in having it called is to gain tho six Sana tors and as many represents tives as south dakota montana and Washington when admitted as states shall be entitled to they have decided that owing to theira very narrow margin m both houses this action is necessary in order to enable the new states to organize and send their senators and in timo for the beg inning of the regi ular december session it remains for mr harrison to decide iche will allow his party leaders to compell him to calla needless session for the sako of a few moro votes washington WASHiNG Toy dec |