Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-01
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THE SENATE TARIFF BILL WILL
 BE DELAYED.
Hut Time Will Ultimately be saved-Com- mercial Relations With Canada-UnIon
 Pacific Funding Bill.

Pacific Funding Bill.
 WAsHINeTo Aug. 1.-The probability now is that the Republican Tariff Bill will not be reported to tke Senate for about two weeks. This Is much later than was expected The delay, however, may ultimately result in an economy of time, for it is understood that con- siderable portion of the intervening time will be devoted to canvassing the measure with the Republican Senators. The bill is now in fair state of progress, and could be presented much earlier than the time indicated but for two reasons. The members of the Committee desire to have the thirty-nine Repa ollcan Senators who are expected to vote Tor It thoroughly understand it's position, and agree to them prior to it's submission to the Senate, and it is also the purpose to mako an elaborate report upon the 0llk It will require considerable tune to prepare this report, which is not yet begun. Tho bill will not be ready for discussion in the Senate much before the 18th of August.
 The Democratic Senators are beginning to talk more freely as to their intentions with respect to the bill than the Repuo- licans. Mir. Beck is reported to have said that the Mills bill will be opposed section by section and paragraph by paragraph against the bill of the Finance Committee. II such policy shall be adopted, the de- bate must necessarily be greatly prolonged Senator Vance has intimated that both sides will have so much to say that an ad- Sournment may not be expected Iefors October, but the members of the Commit tee on Finance believe that the bill can be passed before that time.
 The House bill removing the political dis abilities of Elliott Johnston of ACcomec County, Virginia, was reported and passed (with verbal amendment).
 MT. Frye (Rep., Me.), from the Select Committee on tho Pacific Railroads, re- ported the Union Pacific Funding Bill, pro viding for settlement of claims growing out of tho issue of bonds and to secure pay ment of all indebtedness. The bill was placed on the calendar, and (Wlth tho re- port) ordered to be printed
 The resolution offered by Mir Hoar (Rep., Mass.) on the 24th instant was taken up and agreed to. It provides for the appolnt- ment of committee of seven Senators to report upon the relations of commerce and business existing between the United States and the British North American possessions, including the effect upon the commerce and carrying trade Of the United States of the Canadian system of railways and canals and the pros pect
  tries of the United States by industries es- tablished there. Also Wheth I the oblga- tions of existing treaties and of interna- tional law are, and have been, observed by such dependencies towards the people oi ] tue United States as to the number, ! amount, and character of existing claims against Great Britain by reason of the vio- lation of such obligations towards the pc O. pie of the United States i'll such ependen cies.
 MT. Mills (Dem., Tex.) sNed unanimous consent that the 7th of August be assigned for the consideration of bills reported from the Committee on Labor, with the exception of the Convict Labor Bill.
 The request was not granted.
 The House was in Committee of the Whole on the Senate amendments to the Army Appropriation bill yesterday. Mir, Savers of Texas, Mr Blouut of Georgia and others declared that the action of the Senate In adding large appropriations for Notifications and ordinance to the bill was an outrage upon the privileges ot the House, and demanded that the conference committee be instructed to say that the House would never yield those amend ments. Pending action the House ad-