Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-14
AEAAID OF rnr Yogos BILL.

SeEsr9 Republicans want to pass the
Tar. q bill and 60 home. The Tariff bill
Is he only item on The Harrison Reed
| programme which most of them seem to
care anything about. The folly of pass
Ing Force bill, and the uselessnoss Of
passing Reapportionment bill, are daily
becoming more apparent to the large
majority OF them. uoar and Spooner still
talk like Harrison and Heed about the
Force bill, but they do not win support
ers. Their colleagues generally do not
care what Harrison and Reed want. Some
OF them would oppose whatever Harrison
snd Reed proposed, for the reason That
Harrison end Reed proposed il, If for NO
ether. The large majority Of them would
gladly adjourn on September 1st, pro-
yided the Tariff bill had become law,
leaving the rest of the Harrison. Reed
programme hanging in the air.
IL they could only get the Democratic
mansgers to agree to help them to hurry
up the Tariff bill they say they would
wind up the session In three weeks. Their
representatives were over on the Demo-
CRATIC side of the Senate frequently this
afternoon, sounding the Democrats as to
the prospects Of making some arrange
ments which would enable them to do
this. The Democratic managers refused
to make any verbal contracts yhateyer.
and also r,fused to make any agreement
which wound curtail proper and reason-
able consideration of the Tariff bill,
which, thsy said, had received no such
consideration in the House. Tbs Demo-
Gratis were not taking any risks with the
Kep1biicnns. They knew that, much aa
the majority os the Senate Republicans
want to get way, they might be brought
70 stay hare long enough TO pass Force
bill, II rat Reapportionment bill, il
the Tariff bill was out Of the way. They
think, therefore, that unless the Repub.
lican managers will give them a binding
contract not to bring up the Force bill
or keapportlonment bill they must Just
hight 1t out on the line they have been
following Tney know that the Repub-
liosns, having the majority, can do any
thing they want to do, an,I they do not
propose to help them do wrong. The
Republicans may give the Democrats
promises that will hold water or they
may go on with the Harrison. Rsed pro-
gramme.
30 far they have not agreed upon any
ohsnge OF rules nor even o the Edmunds
Limitation OF debate on the Tariff bill.
which was as much of surprise to the
Republicans as to the Democrats, and
which some of the Republicans condemn
as being an Intellectual half step, designed
to stop party criticism OF Eimunds aud
keep his party record straight, and other
Republicans, chiefly western men, gay il
ls aimply intended to occupy time to
delay the River and Harbor bill.
In his own quiet way Quay presented
to the Senate this afternoon the key
which would set it frea in resolution
postponing the Force bill till next SIS.
sion. In doing this Quay acted for him
self and for those senators who, ike
himself, think 1t folly TO try to pass the
Force bill. He does not speak Tor the
managers on the Republican side. He
IS not their leader as German is the
leader or the Democrats, nor does he
speak for the caucus for no is not an
officer of the caucus, and has not, az q
matter of fact, attended its meetings. IA
speaks for the informal CAUCUS which
met in his library last week. 1t was
there that his resolution was formulated.
Quay says OF it,; "rhe country wants
the Tariff bill passed and the other
necessary public measures but there is
no such demand for the passage of the
Election law, aud, as matter OF fact.
whether 1t ID good or bad, it cannot be
passed in time for the elections rpxt
fall, and 1t is therefore iJio 70 stav
hoe with it. 1t is waste of time and
strength which is unoalled for. L am
tired Of ~
Quay's resolution, whose contents did
not become generally known until after
dinner, was the talk OF the evening. The
Republican managers in the Senate did
not like it, for it puts them in dilemma.
1t will have the support Of the Democrats
of course, and II it passes they will help
bring about adjournment. The Repub-
loan managers fcsr that Quay has Re-
publican votes enough with the Demo-
Gratis to carry it. This would put the
Republicans in an aIbRrrata ~ position.
On the other hand, IL they totn in and .
support, ss they are az rala personally {
not unwilling to do, they muat throw over
Harrison and all the convention utter
ances. They are asking tonight what ,
Quay's convention meant by it's indorae-
msnt Of the Force bill and how the Penn
sylvania senators had got so far away
from their constituents. They think they
soe signs OF an understanding betwesn
Quay and German, seeing especially that
their desires coincide.
Hoar and Sp0oner are in very unen-
viable frame of mind about Quay's reso-
luton. They think it was very fncon-
siderete in the chairman of the RepublI-
can national committee to thus formally
repudiate their Force bill. II takes the
strength out of all their arguments for
the bill, and leaves them gasping. Reed
is III much the same state, and 80 will
Harrison be wnen he shall have heard of
1t. The worst of it, from their point of
view, IS that the Quay resolution, or
something like 1t, will probably be
adopted, and the Force bill be formally
buried.
Hoar and Spooner and their followers
are partly right in thinking that there is
an understanding between Quay and
German, although the latter has made no
formal agreement. Quay submitted this
resolution to German, who communicated
its substance to the other Democrats.
They, of conrse, lad no hesitation in
saying that they would willingly vote for
80 excellent resolution, and German SO
informed Quay. Quay on his part said
that he thought he had votes enough en-
his side 10 carry it.
Quay represented really more than his
own ooterie. It might pain a. we'll az
surprise Hoar, for example, to know that
Aidrich, the leader Of the Republicans
on the Tariff bill, was Ia sympathy with
Quay. Sympathy IS not votes, but IL
helps to get and to keep votes, and so
Quay seems warranted ia the confidence
without which he would not have offered
his resolution.
The Democrats, elRted OF having been
relieved OF the responsibility OF burying
the Force bill by the chairman OF the
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