St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-23
Conferrees on the Tariff Bill
Said to Be Making Con-
ceSSiOns.
Debate on the Conference Re-
port Likely to Begin on
Thursday.
The House Further Removed
From a Quorum Than on
Saturday.
Talk Of Filming Members Who
Have Gone Off toFix Up
Fences.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-At a late
hour tonight it was the confident ex-
pectation of the Republican conferrees
Oh the tariff bill that on Wednesday or
Thursday at the latest would be wit
messed the opening debate on the adop-
ton OF the conference report and the
final passage of the bill by the house.
The Republican conferrees held meet
ing tonight lasting three hours, and
while the three disputed questions of
most Importance, viz, sugar. bind
Ing tWine and the steel duties were not
settled the senate and house wings
fapped near enough to warrant the con-
ferrees i'll saying that they had no doubt
but that both wings would be found
working in unison some time tomorrow
just Oh what basis this result would be
brought about he refused to state, say
ing that conclusions had not yet been
arrived at. A meeting of the full con-
ference committee will be called
for some time tomorrow to pass
formally upon the work done in
private by the majority members. This
meeting it is not expected will occur
the Republicans, in their meeting to-
morrow, accomplish the agreement
they confidently assert Ewill be reached
at to-morrow'S informal session. The
bonding period, about which there has
been SO much talk, has been definitely
settled-February l being the date
agreed upon. There is. it is thought,
good reason to predict that the
free sugar standard will be
placed at Is and and not at
16, as proposed by the house, that a
compromise generally favorable to the
house rates will be the outcome OF the
disputes over the various items in the
metal schedule, and that binding twine
also will be the subject of compro-
mise. The Southern Republican con-
gressmen held a meeting tonight and
adopted resolutions declaring that it
was very essential to the interests of
their constituents that the tax on to-
bacco should be left as fixed by the
house. Some of them were quite en-
phatic in expressing their determination
to carry their point on this matter.
STILL NO QUORUM,
So the House Adjourns to Tues
day.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-Mr. OFFER
rail-, of Virginia, and Mr.. Smith, of Ari-
zona, were the only Democrats III the
hall when the house was called to order
this morning. At the conclusion of the
prayer the clerk (under direction of the
speaker) proceeded to call the roll on
the approval of fridays journal. The
vote resulted: Yeas 153, nays Ono
quorum; and call of the house
was ordered. One hundred and
fifty-nine members responded to
their names-still no quorum. The Re-
publican absentees were Messrs. Bros
ius, Hansbrough, Mccormick, T. NJ.
Brown. of Indiana. and Butterworth,
Connell, Ewart, Finley, Milliken, Peters.
Sweeney and Wilson, of Kentucky. Nc
Kinley, of Ohio, moved an adjourn
ment, but there were number of Re-
publicans who were in favor of remain
ing in session Gt being understood that
Messrs. Brosius. Mccormick, Butter
worth and Sweeney will return this aft
ernoon), and who demanded and secured
the yeas and nays. The motion was
carried. yeas s., nays 70; and a Republi-
can caucus was announced to be held
Immediately.