Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-02
TARIFF CONFERENCE.
The Republican Senators Hold Q Confer.
enee on the TariD-A Bill to be Presented
and It's Passage Pressed.

The Republican Senators Hold . Confer.
enee on the TariG-A Bill to be Presented
and Its Passage Pressed.
WASHINGTON, July IA tariff confer.
snce of the Republican Senators was held
at Senator EVarts' residence last night, at
which decision was reached that the FL
nance Committee should prepare Tariff
bill as a substitute to the Mills bill and
that it should then be reported to the Sem
ate and taken up and passed regardless of
the length of time this might require.
Various propositions looking to an early
adjournment and a postponement of the
tariff battle until December were sug.
gested, but the arguments advanced by
the advocates of the policy of passing q
bill and making the direct issue as early
as possible were SO strong that the
assemblage became emphatically unani-
nous in favor of the course finally
adopted. 1t was urged that the Democratic
House had taken its time and consumed
many months in framing and debating the
measure If had put forth and that the Re-
publican Senate would not be curtailed of
its full liberty of action on a question
which so vitality affected the interests of
the country and of the Republican party.
The Finance Committee was instructed
to continue its work and bring it to a con-
clusion as speedily as it could consistently
with careful performance of the task al
lotted to it.
The bill will be an outgrowth of that al.
ready sketched by the subcommittee,
but the views expressed by Senators
and approved by majority of the Senate
will doubtless lead to some notifications
and changes of detail. The net reduction
of revenue TO be attained will probably be
between Sc, 200, 900 and $4,000, 600. The
conference adjourned at midnight.
No one not even members of the Finance
Committee, ventures to guess now at the
length c. the session. Among those who
advocated the pOstponement of the tariff
question until the next session was Sena-
tor Quay. He said, however, that it was
for the doubtful States to decide what
should be done in the matter. 1t is, there
fore, evident that those States which are
regarded as pivotal in the next election
favored the course decided upon last
night.
The Republican members of the SUBJ
Finance Committee of the Senate have
been very busy comforting with party
leaders in regard to tariff action. There
was a strong influence exerted to prevent
the Senate from taking any positive action
on the tariff. 1t came largely from Re-
publican leaders of the House, but was
supported by some of the Senators. Dur
ing the entire day Republican Senators
were earnestly talking, sometimes in pairs
and sometimes in groups. Little knots
would gather in the cloak rooms and cor
ridors, and the earnestness of their
manner made it manifest that some
important subject was on hand.
One Republican member of the Finance
Committee said that the Tariff bill was
not complete, but that many of its main
provisions were determined, and that be-
fore determining others some of the Sena-
tors would have to be consulted. He re-
marked that the plan was TO get the bill
completed and agreed upon by Republic
ans before reporting it. The Republicans
are very reticent in regard to their plans.
They do not want any of the provisions of
their bill to be made public in advance Of
its being reported, but enough can be
learned TO show that they can not say
themselves just what may be done.