THE ACTUAL THIEF REFORMERS
on that committee eem to have become
more disgusted the urther the committee
proceeds, and they have about mi le up
their minds that-lhe only possible chance
to secure any imprtaut reforms in the
tariff rates is to fiiat it out with the pro
tectionists on the flor of the house. This
means that the majirity will delay the re
port to the house. Che bill has so much
debatable matter thi it will be almost im
possible to pass anyplan for a general re
vision of the tariff'is time for the senate
to act upon it befort the close of the term
of the tony-seventl congress. The best
that the minority cai do is to make a de
termined fight in thl house with a view to
placing the count ir in possession of the
facts and were the responsibility for a
failure to revise th; tariff properly be
longs. If the committee had not under
taken to revise the evision except as to a
few items, and the ommissioners’ revis
ion had been pronntiy reported to the
house for consideraton, there might have
been time to get threngh with the whole
work. But only abott
FIFTY WORKING DAYS REMAIN,
and in that time tie speech-producing
question of civil-ser'ice reform must be
disposed of. And al of the most debat
able appropriation Hlis are yet to be con
sidered and passed by the senate. The
house has disposed of nearly half of the
thirteen general appropriation bills, but
those not yet reported are the ones that
usually take the most time to act on. For
some reason the naval bill is to be held
back this session, as it was last session,
aud there is a general suspicion that some
features betraying tie taint of Robeson’s
touch will again bo thrust into the bill.
