Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-22
REUNITED REPUBLICANS.
An Agreement Reached at the Confer.
cnce Last Night.

REUNITED REPUBLICANS.
An Agreement Reached ak the Confer.
ence Last Night.
THE ELECTION BILL GOES OVER Until TIRE rKxI
SESSION, WHEY TIE RrPuyLICAxs WILL sou
FoacEs 10 PASS TAN extra skssIox AFrx1
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. =
Mr.. Qusy's resolution did not come no in the
Senate this morning, nor lie it to come UP again
unless it is TO be formally laid aside. Yet Mr..
Quay won q victory at the conference last
night, and now the republican Senators will
put on the smooth front Of harmony.
1t was agreed at the conference last night to
put it in nut she'll, that nothing more should
be said about passing the federal election bill
at this session; that the bill should 80 over
until the next session. With the aefeemsnt that
all the republicans shall unite In an effort to
press it to vote at that time, but with no time
now fxed for a vote; and, finally, that the re-
publican Senators are to try to reach an agree
ment with the democrats for the prompt dis.
posal of other business and an early adjourn
meut This being accomplished the republicans
are to join in q request to the President that he
call an extra session OF Congress inme diately
after the November elections.
With this agreement, there is, Of course, no
reason for the passage Of the Quay resolution.
1t may be called up again for the purpose OF
referring it to the committee On rules, there to
let ii die, or it may be left on the calendar.
where it now is. without action.
THE ASSENT OF THE DEMOCRATS
to a Fastening to the close OF the session has
nat vof haa a. H.
trouble about that. as they are all anxious "a
get away, and the program as now drawn is
better for them than would have been the Quay
proposition, involving, as 1T does, the fixing oil
q date for a vote.
The result Of the conference is a complete
surrender OF the advocates of the election bill
but they conld not get vote On TINS biil thi,
session anyhow, and the agreement puts an
end to the open fight within the party.
THE OBJECT OF AN EXTRA SESSION
is to give more time for the consideration OF
the election bill, which will he necessary In TIT
absence OF any agreement with the democrat,
as to a time when the vote may be taken upon
it. The democrats will, of course, be as active
in the resistance of the effort to reach a vote
next session as they have been this, but the re-
publicans under the terms OF this agreement
are to act in harmony.
If adjournment can be reached by the 18th
OF September or soon after that date, ii will
give the members a chance to take part in the
campaign, and then il the President consents
to call an extra session, they can come back
and fight to a finish the battle over the cleo.
ton bill.
THE TARIFF BILL BLOCKS THE WAY.
1t is a question, however, whether they can
under the most favorable conditions. gel
through with the tariff bill in time for an ad
journment as early as they desire The tariff
bill is almost certain to come over to the
House bearing a reciprocity amendment, and
probably a retaliatory amendment also. Thi:
proposition is bound to cause a fight in confer
ence and in the House, and it will
take some time, perhaps, to reach
an agreement. The Committee on rules will
probably bring in a new rule when the bill
comes over, sending it at once to conference
without reference to the WAYS and means com
mittee. But there will be some hard nuts te
crack in confer ence, and after that Is done with
the Senate and House will yet have to pass upon
the conference report. This is apt 10 cause
the session TO drag out to near the end Of Sep.
TENDER. under favorable conditions. and an adj
journment is not apt to be reached before the
18th of September.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The committee appointed at the conference
last night met this morning in the room of the
Senate committee on the judiciary, but i,
failed to arrive at any real definite conclusion
TO when the final vote should be taken on
the tariff bill. Those present were Senators
Hoar, Allison, Evarts, Plumb, Spooner, Hale
and Allen.
Generally those who favor the election bill
feel victorious and are not at all concerned
because the debate on it will not commence
until next session. Democratic Senators have
nothing to say about the situation, but they
realize that things have not gone just as they
hoped they would.
TEE COMMITTEE AGREES.
Later in the afternoon it was developed that
the steering" committee had at last come to
an agreement Before this could be done the
members OF the committee desired to consult
with other Senators and the result is now ap.
parent The committee recommends. and the
recommendation is to be put on paper
for submittal to republican Senators
that after the end of this month the tariff bill
shall be discussed under the fve-minute rule
and disposed of with the utmost rapidity. As
to the federal election bill that will be taken
up as soon AS Congress convenes in December
and the 10th day OF December is fixed as the
day on which the previous question OF
that measure will be called for.
The other bills named in the Quay resolution
anti-lotterv, agriculture and forestry, pending
appropriation bills. concurrent resolutions
reorganization of United States courts and
public building and land bills--wll be consid.
cred and disposed of. As soon as the sigma
lures Of a majority of the republicans have
been secured the formal resolution will be
offered in open Senate.
DATE ron VOTE OF THE ELECTION BILL.
The friends of the election bill, not satisfied
that the matter should rest as agreed on at the
conference last night with no date next session
fixed for a vote on the election bin. circulated
a paper this afternoon tor the signature of