The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-13
FORCE BILL CHANCES.
IT MAY NOT GET A HEARING IN
THE SENATE THIS SESSION.

The Tariff Men Elated Over the Taxing
Up of Their Bill Yesterday-Com-
binetions Of Republicans Working
Hard to Carry Out Their Own Prof.
gramme.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-Most of the work
done in the Senate to-day was very per-
functory, for the senators on both sides
were too busy with the situation to devote
attention to pending business. The three
parties on the republican side, first those
who want the for rce bill put through either
for itself or to defeat the tariff bill second,
those who want the tariff bill preferred to
the force bill, and third, those who are
against any change in the rules that will
limit debate either on the force bill, tariff
or any other bill, were busy doing mission-
ary work.
HOPES OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Senators Edmunds. Teller, Plumb, Blair
and Woolcott, who voted IN the caucus
against any change of the rules, have got
ten, so they say, several recruits, and are
very hopeful of getting more. However,
they claim enough votes now to prevent
any change of the rules, provided they all
stand out against the caucus. The tariff
bill men see in the violent support which
Senators Allison, Spoo er and other north
western men known to be dissatisfied with
the tariff are giving the force bill pur-
pose to kill the tariff bill with the force bill.
ATTITUDE OF THE TARIFF MEN.
Believing the passage of only one Of the
bills is passable at all this session, aud be-
iieving the tariff the most important, the
tariff men are working against the force
bill. They would be working against the
proposed change of the rules too did they
not think that, as matters stand, even the
tariff bill cannot be passed without chang
| ing the rules. If they would assure the
| democrats that the force bill would not be
tagen up, the democrats would let them
pass the tariff bill after two or three weeks
debate, but they fear Speaker Reed, and
the Republican party is pressed too much to
propose this to the democrats.
THE FORCE BILL CROWD DISCOURAGED
The extreme force bill people were some-
| what discouraged by their days ex xperience.
As one Of them said tonight: ''We do not
know yet that we could have a majority to
change the rules, and we do not know that
| IL we had we would have majority TO ia ke
up and pass the federal election BILL" The
| force bill people will spend Sunday in an
unchristian effort to stir up strife between
the sections, and hope, with Speaker Reeds
assistance, to get votes enough to warrant
another caucus Monday night.
THE TARIFF MEN ELATED.
Meanwhile the tariff bill men are con-
graduating themselves on their success in |
inducing the Senate to quietly take up the
| tariff bill this afternoon instead OF taking
| up the sundry civil appropriation bill, as
the force bill men desired They think this
indicates that the Senate will pass the tariff !
and river and harbor bills aud go home,
leaving the force bill till next session. II
THE CAUCUS COMMITTEE.
The Senate caucus committee met at /
1880 o'clock this morning and spent the
time up till noon in trying to devise plan
to carry out the absolute instruction of the
caucus to report rule, modification of the
existing rules or practicable method of pro-
cedure by which majority Of the Senate
may reach vote upon the national elec-
tion bill or any other pending measure
within reasonable space Of time.
CRITICALLY DISCUSSED.
The different propositions advanced in
the caucus were critic lily discussed, and
there was much speculation as to the feasi-
bility of securing continuous attendance of
the republican majority If it should be
found necessary to secure the desired end
through sheer endurance.
MAY HAVE TO BE REsoRTED TO.
This procedure, it was apprehended,
might have Co be resorted to in the event
that the caucus should decide to adopt the
plan Of having the senator in charge Of the
national election bill request the Senate to
proceed to vote on that measure upon a
specified date. The committee did not
reach conclusion to-day, but hopes to be
able to report to the caucus early next
| week