TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1893-TWENTY PAGES , TARIFF BILL SEARLY READY Sweeping Concessions Made to Interests in Democratic Districts , MANIFEST UNFAIRNESS ON ALL SIDES I.Utle I'ruliiblllly < > r Ilio Mnature llocomlnc n I.-ur hi II * Present .Minio | Ulirro Itcvlftlun In dim- rnilly Doininilcil. WASHINGTON Itunnuror Tun BCE , ) 513 Kovnrnr.NTtiSriir.nT. > WASIIISIITOX , Nov. ' > . I The ways and means committee has been ji session all day over that egg which It finds so hard to match to the new tariff liantllrg , which , as soon an It cracks the thcll , will bo known as the WlUon bill. The committee will probably bo In session until xcrylato tonight and will consume all of foumlay In Us consideration of disputed sub jects In the schedule. Chairman Wilson has made a conditional promise to give the public some official In formation about the bill tomorrow afternoon. Hut whether he can do so depends upon the progress made by the committee tonight and tomorrow. It Is doubtful whether all of the schedules will ho completed In tlmo for the "reception" to which Chairman Wilson has Invited tlio republican minority members of the committee at 11 o'clock Monday morning. All this delay and confusion was caused chlclly by the question as to the tax on three nrttclcB , sugar , whisky and lead oro. Tlio tax on whisky belongs , of course , to the Intnrnal ro\onuu portion of the hill , but it has proved ono of the most embarrassing auhlects that the committee has hud to deal wilh. The proposition which has found most favor in tlio committee , although not n yet commanding n majority , and to which publicity has been given In thesodispatches , is to inctcisu the present tax of 00 cents a Kallon to Jl.'O. 1'cciillnr Coiniiltcnllonii. 1 This would give the distiller a profit of 30 cents a gallon upon all whisky in bond at the date of ttie passage of the act. This proposition is fiercely fought for by the Whisky trust , whoso efforts rcuclru aid from n curious source , namely , from temper ance orgnnl/.atloim of the country , who have deluged the committee with petition * for a higher tax on whisky. These temperance organl/ntlons do not seem to understand that this Is a question of economic policy and not of morals and that an increased tax would not stop tlio consumption of whisky , while it would put millions of dollars of profit into the pockets of the distillers. The temperance people , the democratic members of the committee sny , might much bcettcr olivet their attention to advocating nn increased tax on beer. The present tax on beer is regarded by them as very light , yet the democrats will notdaioto increase it because of the support given to their rom- mlttco in the last campaign by vho brewers. It is impossible tonight to predict with ab solute certainty what the outcome of this whisky fight in the wavs and means com mittee will be. It will probably not bo finally determined until tomorrow , and It may bo lolt for the house itself to settle by reporting the figure of the tax to bo left on whisky us ti blank in tlio bill. As to Sugar. The subject of sutrar is ono of special em barrassment to the committee because of tlfo political obligations in which the Sugar trust has enmeshed the democratic national committee , and consequently the adminis tration. It is embarrassing also because of the opposition which will bo manifested by tlio senators from at least six sugar produc ing states to the passage of any bill which will destroy the bounty on native sugar to place a protective duty upon the imported article , both raw and refined. The proposition to place an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent on nil sugars , raw and refined , without regard to quality , has to it nn attractive flavor in that the tax increases with the price of the article , but this theoretical proposition IB not likely to ap pear in the bill as reported. Members of the Louisiana delegation are especially furious in their onslaught on the ways and moans committee on this subject and they nro aided by members of congress nnJ others from every other state which produces cane sugar , beet sugar or sorghum. The bill as It will go to the house will not in all probability leave any duty on raw sugar and It la altogether probable that ihe present duty of ' cent n pound on refined augarwillbu very materially reduced and tha t there will probably bo a pro vision for the gradual extinguishment of the present sugar bounty , covering a period of perhaps ten years. years.AMU AMU Injure Homo Industry. The subject of duty on silver load ore has been equally embarrassing as the bill stands tonight. The efforts of the Missouri dele gation against free silver lead ere have boon defeated. The bill in its present condition iilaccs silver bearing lead ere on tlio Irco list and cuts the present duty on lead ere from } 4 cent per pound to cent per pound , a cut of exactly 50 per cent. The democratic majority of the committee has shown its contempt for the tremendous deus growth of the tin plato Industry in the United States , caused oy the fostering In- ilucnccs of the McKinley act , by cutting tin plate -10 per cent and by placing the block plates upon the frco list. Thcro was n party demand that tin plate should go upon the frco list absolutely and the committee atone ono tlmo voted to reduce the duty ( iO per cent , but there was finally a reconsideration anil the cut was fixed nt 40 per cent. The placing of block places upon the frco list is in accordance with tlio policy ot the treasury department In requiring that the total pro duction of tin plate in the United States ehould not Include tin plato made in this country out of imported block plates. ro.iturcn In thu Illll. Wool is placed upon the frco list , while the duties on manufactured woolens are cut from US to40 per cent , and are placed entirely upon nn ml valorem basis. The duty on coverings upon impel til goods Is to bo removed. This is n most important and dangerous feat lire of the hill , because it makes It possible to im port free of duty all sorts of valuable cases and textile coverings which can be used us fabrics on Uiu pretense that they are mere enclosures of Imported goods which p.iy duty. As n concession to Kentucky , the state from which Secretory Carlisle comes ( and it is understood nt the demand of the secretary of the treasury himself ) , the committee has retreated from its original intention of plac ing jute tlax and hemp upon the frco list , a sti > i > which would be ruinous to one of Ken tucky's chief industries , namely , the raising of Jinx , Protection will bo afforded to "old Kentucky homespun" to the extent of UO per cent of the present duty , Wlutt 1'rutootlun HUH Done , It looks as though the much. vaunted and long-sought free raw materials would have nn even harder tlmo to got into law than tno reductions of duties upon manufactured ar ticles. Andrew Carnegie , the great republican protectionist und advocate of steel and Iron industries , has almost paralyzed some of thu frco trudo members of the ways and means commltteo by coolly inlorming them that ho proposes lo make atoel rails and certain other heavy nrllcles of steel cheaper than they could be sunt into this country from Kuropo , oven wllh the entire duty rumored. He says that his establishment has ocen put into its present condition by republican protective laws , but he ailiiu another breath taking statement by saying that if certain important industries wfilch have not been developed as far as steel nro only protected n few years longer they will bo na independ ent an Is his industry , This statement has been freely made by drmocr&tlo members of the ways and means committee , that In the preparation of the till Iff bill revenue only has been sought. At the sumo time it Is known to an nbscluto certainty that tins committee has nuulo many concessions to democrats representing districts In which are located important interests which may bo materially uffuotod by tariff i evlslou , Ki ) > cui to See It SlniheU. So diverse are the interests of democratic districts and so frequent and imperative the demands of prominent democrats that the majority mumbeishlp of the ways and means committee \ \ \ \ \ submit ( heir bill to the house with a fccllut ; tuat it will bo matculaiod before It goes to the senate , anil that when It rc.ichcs the latter lx > ly it will ba torn limb from limb. It was stated that the McICInlov hill was almost unrccognlziblo nftcr it emerged from the senate committee on finance ; hut It H prodlctc.1 that them will be scarcely a feature of essential Impor tance left Intact In the Wilson bill when it comes before the aonato. The senate finance committee may not cut it so much , but OH the Moor of the senate every demand madu by the senators from the combined and reciprocal states of West Virginia , Alabama - bama , 1-o.iisiuna. and the Carolines will bo honoroil. H was not thoorlzlnal Intention to attempt to force the tariff bill through the house in advance of cci tain other linpjrtant legisla tion , notably deficiency bills , but It has been drcmcd wise to limit debate and push the bill lo the scn'ito with the grottos t passlblo speed. The plan for hurrying It inrough the house Is not nnly to prevent wholesale amendments and defeat much partis in debate - bate , but to give the senate , which Is < \ deliberate bo.ly and cannot bo rushed , as much time ns pissiblo In which to make modifications wlileli are Inevitable. I'crMimit Mention. S. F. Thonns of Nebraska was today ap pointed to a clerkship In the second auditor's ollUo of the Treasury department , worth II.iKWlaycar. It was stated nt the Postofllco depart ment today lint the changes In fourth-clans postmasters In Nebraska by removal had about all boon made and that the appoint ments for that state In the future would bo mostly made to fill vacancies created by resignations or deaths. Henry T. O\nard , the beet sugar manu- fnctiircrof Norfolk and Grand Island , Is In Washington for n few days. Ho Is not pleased \\lth the determination of tbo ways and means commltteo to' do away with the sugar bounty upon the plan of gradual ex tinguishment. Mr. Oxnnrd says the gov ernment made.tho moat solemn ind positive promise possible to give u bounty of 'J cents n pound upon domestic sugar until lU3.i and lie holds , us do all fair minded men , that the pledge should be carried out tnithfully , as it would bo money obtained under false pre tenses to abolish any part of the bounty at this time. Penny S. HEATH. .viNu TO WASHINGTON. Senator * ntul lonri"riitntlve ! < Settllnt : Dotra unit lldphiu lur : i short Scitlon , WAsiitrorox , Nov. 25. Senators and mem bers ot conurcss nave begun to return and arc to bo fo'ind nroauA the hotels , at the capltol and at all the depirtmcnt ofilcos. Many of the members are making arrange ments for the winter and settling their fam ilies in the hotels and residences they have selected. There is a great deal of interest mani fested among the congressmen about the tariff , but other matters of legislation are also frequently discussed. There is noxv a general impression that little will bo done before the holidays , although the wheels of legislation will bo going around all the tlmo. There are sev eral mutters pending in both houses which naii occupy the time , oven if the tariff bill docs not come up in thohousoatoncc. All the bills which the house passed during the senate silver debate can bo considered in the senate while the tarllt bill occupies thu house. There are a number of member ? of con- eress who would very much like to have the Hawaiian matter como up in congress early , and there arc others who would prefer that it , bo handled bv tlio State department and not brought before congress. It is expected that some resolutions of inquiry upon tins subject will be introduced , but they can bo easily held in committee until the adminis tration is ready to send in such cominuui''a- lions as it deems advisable Thcro Is the usual hope expressed among the arriving members that there may bo a short session , and that the important busi ness will bo transacted at once. COLD NDSNOW. Thermometer Ilolow Xaro at Northwestern 1'olnU. ST. PALT. , Nov. 23. The anticipated great drop of the mercury throughout the north west did not materialize last night , although it was cold enough to satisfy all demands. This morning tlio mercury is climbing and much milder weather la promised. At o'clock it was 10 = below , at 7 o'clock it was at zero and at 1U o'clock tlio thermometers in the different parts of the city ranged from 5 = to 10 = above. Similar reports are re ceived from nil over the northwest. The predicted snow was very light and widely distributed. Sno\r In Idaho. . BOISE , Idaho , Nov. 25. A severe storm has been racing throughout the southern part of Idaho. Several points report from six Indies to a foot of snow. I'lvu Incliet Deep at Cleveland. Ci.nvEHxo , O. , Nov. 25. The heavy snow storm which hovered over this vicinity for almost foity-sight hours finally subsided at a late hour last night , leaving about 11 vo five inches of snow on the level. Hallway tralllc cast is still Impeded to some extent by the big drifts and streetcar traffic is very uncertain. The.Morni on the l.nkc. ST. PAUL , Nov. 23. A Duluth special to the Dispatch says : Vessel men hero scout Urn report that several of the vessels now overdue here are wrecked. All are expected within a day or two , and most wore shel tered during the recent heavy storms. The nlcamcr Spokane arrived this morn ing , after battling five days with wind and sleet. She cairlcs a topload of fully 100 tons of Ice , formed by the washing of the seas on her sides and decks. The steamer followed the north shore of the lake all the way from thu S.iult in order to avoid the tcriibly northerly seas. The whulcback J. B. Colgate , Cap tain Smith , with three steel barges in tow , performed the nervy and un paralleled feat of bringing a string of ves sels n mile long up the southerly sldo of Lake Superior in throe days in such weather ns this week. Two do m vessels are now on the lake und it Is not boliovea any of them are lost. < > Three Mm Ho Mount to Kill SCATTI.K , Wash. , Nov. 23. Charles F. Blackburn , a mining expert , was arrested last night for sending threatening letters through the malls. Blackburn Is a crank on silver and religion. For the past three years ho has been writing abusive , scurrilous and threatening letters to preachers , edi tors , politicians' and prlvato citizens who disagreed with him on political or social questions. Ono hundred postal cards were written to the editor of the Post- Intelligencer , most of them threaten ing terrible death If the policy of the paper on the silver question were ad hered to. Ho also wrote letters to Presi dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle threatening to kill them. Ills favorite ex pression was : "I will kill the president , John O. Carlisle and the editor of the Post- Intelligencer. " When arrested ho did not deny writing the letters and said ho meant vhatthoy contained. WHIN l.mil.ed Up \vHliSii8iilcloii. . Nr.w YOIIK , Nov. S3. The World publishes a letter from Honolulu brought by the Australia , which arrived at San Francisco on the Iblh lust. It was written by liuvcily Thomas , who has been a resident of Hawaii for n number of years , to a friend in Now York. In part the letter reads : "Minister Stevens understood the situation. Ho is nn honest man und ills report is n truthful ono. If Harrison had remained president n few months longer we would have been annexed. Thu feeling here against President Cleveland - land is very bitter and Willis Is looked upon with suspicion , I think a permanent re public \\ill bo established in a few weeks and the queen forced to leave the islands , I hnvo just time to add a few lines. The mar shal has called a meeting of the citizens guard. Whi't is up I don't know. Every man bus a rlllo und is well supplied with ammunition.1' .Inhibition Train * Mutiny ICait. 'Ci BVEI.AXD , Nov. 25. The exhibition U'orld's fair trains , headed by locomotive No. wyjand the Queen Kmprcsswhlch , arrived In this city yesterday afternoon , departed for the east over the Like Shore at 040 ; this morning. A delegation of about fifty Clove- landers accompanied the trains to Palnes- vlllo as guests of the I.ako Shore company. All along the line vycit the trains werein - H > eeted by reat crowds and in this city they were visited In the uulou depot , where they were on exhibition. CHEAT INTERESTS INVOLVED f. Approaching Struggle \7nhiagtoa Is Bo Exciting in the Extrama. CLEVELAND CANNOT CONTROL HIS PARTY IiKllc.itlnns tlint tha I'rtsnlcnt Will Ilo ( IIveil n l'rn < ltc.il I > cmonitrnllnn of - llnw the Democratic ItunUa . " - - May lie i \VASIIIXQTON , Kov. 23. [ Special to Tun ' Unn.J Thcro Is to box perfect svslrl of com mercial excitement and party bitterness In Washington during the next six months. It Is Improbable that at any tlmo since the days of reconstruction thcro have been so many propositions of commercial or partisan Interests before congress ns HOW. At no tlmo dming the past naif century linvo thcro been near so many important questions before congress when the leelsla- tivo and executive branches of the govern ment were all under the controlof ono party. There can now be no excuse for inaction. The only thing \vhlch will prevent action In many important matters will bo n division of the predominant party. \Vhcn Samuel .1 , ILuulall led n Urge and Intelligent wing of the democratic : party out of free trade and Into the republican camp of protection thcro was n division in his partv which was probably laivur upon the tariff than thcro is at present ; but the democratic party did not then have absolute swuy In every direction : nnd it intent bo added that the support of the K.uulall fol lowing was not necessary in order to secure republican notion. The republicans at- lumotcd nothing without a clear majority within their own r.inUs. an ot tlio lctnocn\t . At present the divisions among the demo crnts in cither branch of congress are not confined to tarllt nroblcms : thev are unon ilnanclal questions , appropriations , foreign intercourse , imblic improvements , banking and oven the proposition to repeal the fed eral election laws. It is absolutely impossi ble for the administration to make any proposition which docs not meet with more or less democratic opposition. The obnox ious nnti-pciibiou policy of Iluko Smith , which is of course the policy of President Cleveland , is also opposed by many individ ual democrats , although the party is cer tainly responsible for it. It is.of course the uncertainty as to when legislation will bo enacted as much as what it will bo th.it auitatcs the commercial in terests and makes trouble. The country has had the spectacle of great commercial de pression on account of a pron isud revision of the tariff , when the majority itself was unable - able to outline cither the period when the bill would be passed and the tlmo it would take effect or the text of the proposed new law itself. Clcvclnnil Know I1U Fnrt- . The [ .resident when ho called congress to gether to repeal the silver law was urged anil was anxious to Indicate In some way what would bo done about the tariff , but he knew that it would bo impossible to control his party representatives in congress , und he feared to attempt oven the slightest in dication as to when the bill would be re ported and acted upon or when the new law might take effect. lie has boon urged to outline in the annual message , which ho will send to congress within the next ten days , the intentions of his parly respecting the tariff and llna'.ice , and it is understood that he has promised to attempt the task , but if he does make the effort the public mind may as well bo made up to the fact now as later that auy expression which the president may make will only be his individual opinion. Chairman Wilson and other democratic members of tlio ways and means committee have frankly stated that the tariff pledges of the Chicago platform could not DO ful- illled , owing to divisions within the party , and Chairman Springer of the banking and currency committee is on record as saying positively that free state bank circulation is impossible. Inconsistencies In 1'olltlci. Commercial industries throughout the country are opening up their doors and re suming business after a closing of several months , with the understanding that the now tariff Dill , while it may propose radical and destructive changes , will , when it goes into law , be only mild in form. The anoma lous condition of legislation is presented for the llrst time in. the present generation , when a party with absolute control of every branch of the government is totally impo tent in its efforts to carry out its party pledges , and wo find some of the most prom inent members of the predominant party en gaging In business operations which are In direct contradistinction to their own politi cal adulations and prejudices and the promises of their party. This is commer cially giving the lie , not only to party prom ises , but to negativing individual opinions. It is saying and voting ono thing and leading a dally life In directly the opposite condi tion. What May Ilo Kxuectotl. The federal election bill , it is reported , is to be passed by the senate as soon as the question of seating appointive senators from the states of Washington , Montana and Wyoming is determined , either by seating the men who are appointed by the gov ernors or receiving men who may bo regu larly elected by the legislatures. The re publicans in the house submitted their pro tests against the bill and made the party argument against it. The republicans In the senate will enter their protest , but they declare they will not offer obstructory or filibustering tactics to defeat it. It is now generally understood that the bankruptcy bill , which has been before con gress almost steadily since the repeal of the law enacted in the ' 70s. will finally get through this congress. There has been a grout deal of opposition to the bankruptcy bill , because the old law cnaDled many scoundrels to carry on n regular bankrupt business and after swindling ono communitv and settling at a 1'cw cents on the dollar emigrating to another community and re peating the dose. The bill which has now met the favor of ono branch of this congress has been EO modified as to prevent system atic unfair advantages , and it is to become law. r.UeoMhp TiirllT 11111. It is now believed that the tariff bill , If it is not to bo filibustered against , in the sen ate , may become a law before the end of next May , It Is generally believed that , notwithstanding any limit fixed in the bill , the law will go into effect January 1 , 18'Jj. It is almost certain that the bill will bo re ceived by the senate finance committee be fore February and reported from that body and taken up In the senate by the middle of March. It is important 10 know whether the finance committee will so modify certain radical features which the house bill will possess as to make it not too offensive to the republican senators and lead them to at tempt the most extreme filibuster move ments against the entire measure. The republicans hare not yet determined their course In the senate , and will not know until the tariff bill emerges from the finance committee Just what they will do. The chances for defeat of the tariff bill by fili bustering have been reduced by the an nouncement that Vice President Stevenson is willing to take arbitrary action and sum marily close debate upon specific cloture , so that a provision may bo adopted for bring ing tlio tarllt debate to a close In the senate und securing a vote. J'niors nn JCurly Adjournment. A commendable ambition of Speaker Crisp is to adjourn conzrcss before the middle of next summer. Ho says adjournment should uo had by the middle of Juno , If the tariff bill is to bo forged to the front the chances for adjournment in Juno are not favorable , as it would bo easier to force the tariff bill through in a hurry at a Into day by caucus action than to secure speedy action upon the many Important appropriation bills. With the tarllt out of the way , however , the ma jority can afford to use more of brute force in clearing up necessary legislation than If the leading party measure had not yet been adopted. PJJHUV B. HEATH. Mtulo an Akiliciiment. BOSTOX , Nov. 25. Tuo firm of Laly & Col- llns this morning assigned to E. P , Wilbur , J , H. Aiuslco , of the firm of Drown. Durrell & Co. , and I-awyur O. F , Donnelly. Liabll- itiei , about { 200,003 ; assets , uukuowu. s S as i x- xm co * as * * m Thc greatest shipment of all. Making another immense sale of Jluto racoats and Ulsters tom ON SALE MONDAY sa And all the week. You will never again get such bargains in Ov er coats and Ulsters * Last week's stupendous sale almost cleared our tables , but we have received from our Boston House , 2,000 more ulsters from the Thompson , Willis & Newgent stock , and will have them on our tables Monday morning. This'will be the greatest money saving chance that clothing buyers have ever had in Omaha. The prices for men's ulsters it at this sale will not average over 60c on the dollar of regular retail price. T. , w. & NS USUAL OUR PRICE. RETAIL PRICE. PRICE , LOT NO. i Light Tan Irish Freize Ulstors , elegantly made Q ! O ( \ . ' * $28 $18- and trimmed JT > x-i V / 'i LOT NO. 2 Extra Fine Blue Chinchilla Storm Coats with G ) G ) 26 165-2 , . i , bhawl collars ' . ft f > " ' LOT NO. 3- ' " Extra'quality Heavy Black Frieze , shawl collar G ) f \ 2B " . . . and wool lining / i v 1 -'LOT ' NO. 4- V- Extra Heavy Groy Shetland 'Beaver , n regular H 3 12oo 18 -i. , , . btorm roslstor Ji Qj * 9 rf LOT NO. 5- . . _ BlncU Freizo Storm Coat with shawl collar and " 1 p < 2O plaid worsted lining -L * > - sLOT LOT NO. C OO Extra Heavy Black Frieze Ulstors , woolen Hn- * 1 v3 16 10 iupr cut extra long1. JL C-J LOT NO. 7 oo Oxford Elysian Storm Coat , shawl collar , extra -1 CLJ 18 8 heavy woolen trimmings JL C- ) 5fe V C $ LOT NO. 8 . _ .2 ? All Wool Blue ChinchillaUlstcrs.oxtralength , H G ) 14 522 ' fl'lv w' ° collars JL * i < ' LOT NO. 0 ? S.'IS " Extra Heavy Blue Diagonal Chinchilla Ulsters , ( IO 5- Aj wool lined , extra wide collars / -i -55 LOT NO-1 ( ) ' 'i-IriV ' Tnilor-mndo Brown Kersey Overcoats , farmers'1 Mi 2O satin body linings and silk sleeve linings JL QJ LOT NO. 11 ' Extra Quality Oxford Mixed Beaver Over- -1 vJ .IB IO22 coats JL Q-J . LOT NO. 12-- . . _ Stylish 13ack ! Melton Wool Lined Overcoats , H KJ 18 IO2-0 ' . elegantly made JL CJ Airp' rOT NO. 12 . _ ri ; double Bresatcd Oxford Mixed Beaver , plain l u ' 14 8- J > dl T > j worsted linings JL -i 8roo t OT NO. H _ . roe Gray Mixed Melton Overcoats , velvet collar , S 2 IO plaid linings ' . LOT NO. Ifl Blue Diagonal Chinchilla Overcoats. , ' / 9 JL i LOT NO. 10 ' Boys' Black Frie/.o Ulstors , shawl collar , sizes -n A 1 8 IO22 Htol ! ) JL Jl LOT NO. 17 -4 f \ 9 oo 11't ' JL Y X 13 i - -t OJJ i , Plaid Frlezo Ulstors , heavy wool linings ; ' ' / LOT NO. 18 OBO 12 p I " / H MM fi- Grey Melton Wool-lined Ulstors , bizes M to 19 S ' \JTi , ' 'i LOT NO. 10- RSO Sri ' ' ' ' liluo Diagonal Cliinchilla Ulbtors , plaid wool _ _ _ ) . 852 linings , extra long and wide collars ri - t CONTINENTAL & Si I'M i H. . E. . Corner Is 15th CLOTHING % . - & and Douglas , EO- i ! m $3ifS :