The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-23
DLOA ~ IDEA.
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An Interview with The Kentuckian.
What He Says of tho Mills Bill and
the Senate.
Adjournment Hardly Possible Be-
fore the let OF September.
The Probable Action of the Senate
Republicans Indicated.
II II Were Not Presidential Year the
Mills Bill Would be Passed
The Coming Weeks
Legislation.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The Mills bill
has been engrossed, and will be signed by
the clerk of the House tomorrow and sent
to the Senate. There it will be referred TO
the committee on finance, q sub-commit-
tee Of which has been busly engaged in
preparing substitute for the last two
months. The question OF greatest inter
est here now is when will the Senate be
prepared 10 take action in the matter, and
rs u corollary Of this, when will Congress
adjourn? Nearly all the Republican mem
beers OF the subcommittee on tariff are out
Of the city, but Senator Beck, who Is the
first of the Democratic minority on the
committee, is in town, and talked at con-
siderable length tonight with your cor.
respondent.
81 have given up guessing" said he,
las TO the probable date of adjournment.
| had hoped that we should have been able
TO get away from here about the middle OF
August, but il seems TO be impossible now.
| have made inquiries from the Republican
members who have this tariff matter in
charge in the Senate ~ 10 the time they
expected 10 report their substitute bill.
They tell me that il will he fully ten DAYS
before the subcommittee will have com
plctcd the preparation OF the bill. The
full committee on finance will then have
the measure in It's hands for several DAYS,
after which IL will belaid before n caucus OF
the northwestern men, such ~ Plumb,
Sabin, Davis and others, who may, in their
efforts 10 hold their farmers together
IN Kansas and Minnesota urge certain
changes in the hill, the debate upon which
will occupy more time. Then, when the
Republican caucus gets through, and the
bill Is finally placed In the calendar, and
the Democrats ascertain their policy, !
suppose !, as chairman OF the Democratic
caucus, will call II together and arrange
upon our plan Of procedure. That may
take ono or two days, 10 that altogether IL
looks vary certain that there will bc no
discussion Of this matter in the Senate
until about the middle Of August. How
long time will be then devoted 10 H.
Il Is impossible at present TO say. II n few
hot days come along they may result In q
disposition "a hurry matters up. but then
again, some little thing may arise which
will lengthcn out the debate 10 an indcH
mite period. My idea is that the Republi.
cans will try upon bill which they know
will not be accepted 10y the House, and
they will thus insure nothing being done
in the matter until next winter. | think
this because there Is 10 bo more politics
than business in the Scnatc's action in re-
gard 90 the tariff. II this were not prcsi-
dental election year, ! think could namc
over half dozen Republican senators who
would vote for the Mills bill. | believe
Ingalls,, Davis, Sabin, Cullom, Far.
well, Plumb and several Others
would vote with the Democrats in
passing bill which would approximate
tho Mills bill very closely. On our side
there are only two men who might vote
against McPhcrson and Brown. but
don't think even they would vote against
the party II the bill could be- brought mp
! could not even make u good guess ut
what the Republican I'LL will contain. |
attended the committee meetings IN long
a. the hearing Of delegations continued.
but ~ soon ~ the Republicans werc ready
10 commence the preparation Of their bill,
] told them, speaking for the Democratic
minority, that We did not expect them 10
let us know what they were going 10 put
In their measure and that they would pre-.
pare IL Alone