The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03
r CONFERENCE.

The Republican Senators Hold . CoaSss.
0nce ON the Tarin-A Bill to be P~rosentO4
and lts Passage Pressed.
WASuINGrON, July GA tarin confer.
ence Of the Republican Senators was held
at Senator Evarts' residence last night, at
which q decision was reached that the FL
nance Committee should prepare q Tarin
bill as q 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 q ~pOStpOnement Of the
tariff battle until December were sug.
gested. but the arguments advanced by
the advocates of the policy Of passing .
bill and making the direct issue as early
IS possible were so strong that the
~assembiaSe became emphatically unani-
nous in favor OF the course finally
adopted. 1t was urged that the Dcmocia attic
House had taken it's time and construed
many months in framing and debating the
measure il had put forth and that the ke-
publican Senate would not be cur:ai.ed OF
its full liberty OF action ON a question
which So vitality affected the interests os
the country and OF the Republican party.
III a. W.
20 continue its work and bring it tn a con-
clusion as speedily as il could consistently
with a careful performance Of the task nj
lOtted TO it.
The bill will be m outgrOwth of that all
ready sketched by the subcommittee,
but the views expressed by Senators
and approved by a majority of the Senate
will doubtless lead to some notifications
o,,l h.r,n IS r1.Nn1 Thx MT ruxl,tsf,nN
of revenue to be attained will probably be
between SG',OO,OU m SSD.Wp,tV. The
conference adjourned at midnight.
No one. not even members Of the Finance
Committee, ventures to guess now at the
length of the session. Among those who
advocated the p~OstpOnement of IN tariff
question vntil the next session was Sena-
tor Quay. He said, however, that it was
for the doubtful States to decide what
should be lone i'm 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 sub.
Finance Committee Of the Senate have
been very busy comforting with party
leaders in regard to tariff action. There
was a strong influence exerted tn prevent
the Senate from taking any positive action
OH the tariff. 1t cam 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 hat many Of its main
provisions were determined, and that be-
fore determining others some Of the Sena-
tors would have to he consulted. He re-
marked hat the plan was to get h bill
completed and agreed upon by Republic
ans before reporting it. h 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
IL being reported, but enough can be
learned to show that they can not say
themselves just what may be done.