Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1888 — THE SENATE TARIFF BILL. [ARTICLE]

THE SENATE TARIFF BILL.

At a conference of Republican Senators Thursday night it was decided to prepare a substitute for the Mills bill, and to report it and pass it, no matter how long it might take. The bill will be an outgrowth of that already sketched by the sub-committee, and the net reduction of revenue to be attained will probably be between $65,000,000 and $80,000,000. Senators Allison and Aldrich say the sub-committe. of the finance committee is working night and day on the Republican tariff bill, and that they believe the sub-committee will have the measure ready to report to the full committee early next week, and that not more than two weeks will be required by the full committee to have the bill ready to report to the Senate. This will put the bill on the calendar about the 10th or 15th of August. Senator Manderson, when asked whether the Senate would likely get a bill out of the committee at this session—or whether it would permit the question to remain pending until December; replied: “I have no doubt that the Republicans will insist upon reporting a bill so that the country will know exactly what our party proposes to do in the way of tariff reform. Of course it is not material that we should pass the bill at this session. I presume it will take six or eight weeks to debate the bill and that we could not adjourn before the Ist of October if we tried to pass a bill.