Show PROGRESS OP THE DUTGLEY BILL The tariff bill has been reported to the senate very unexpectedly it seems u While in committee tne jjemocrauc members of the finance committee had no opportunity to discuss it or to offer amendments to it In some resoects this is not to be regretted for it is hardily probable that anything they would have suggested would have been favorably acted upon while the Republicans Repub-licans in the senate will be more aot lcans to stand by the bill as i comes from the committee than as though it had bEen modified by the Democratic members mem-bers As reported to the committee it is very radically modified from what it was when it came from the house and in the direction of lower duties The finance committee kills lihe retroactive re-troactive clause one of the most Infamous troactve cause famous things ever put in a bill I aiso abrogates the reciprocity treaty with the Hawaiian islands This is not done in terms but by implication in the sugar schedule This matter i is said will be acted upon later in a separate bill The matt rs that will be of most interest in-terest to the people of the west will be the duties on hides wool and lead Those on wool are reduced save in the f I r case of thirdclass wools and the duty r on lead is increased The bill i in the senate but no one can say ns io what extent it will be modified there from what it was 25 it came from the committee There will be a srreat clamor that i be passed very speedily The clamor should not be heeded so far as the Democrats are concerned They should debate it fully and completely and offer and insist upon such amendments as they think wise but pure filibustering should be r avoided I the senate passes the bill practically prac-tically as i comes from the committee so radical has been the modification of it that the house may feel quite hos I tile and insist upon radical remodifica tions But the thing that will prevent pre-vent the house being too insistent will be public sentiment which will approve ap-prove of the senate amendments I will probably be a month before the bill is sent over to the house Then will come a conference committee The bill will hardly be on the statute books before the end of the fiscal year |