Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-02
HOUSE PREPARED
To Tackle the Tariff When
Senate Finishes II.
SENATORS MANIFEST HASTE
And the Bill Will Probably Be Dispo, led
Of Before Independence Day.


seeing that the decks are kept clear for
the return OF the tariff bill. This accounts
for the failure OF the rules committee TO
agree upon any definite program II bills
10 be considered daring the coming week.
The legislative business Is merely drift
ing. as there is no desire TO tie the hands
of the house by set speeches, which might
interfere with this body In consideration
of the tariff bill when 10 comes over from
the senate.
and other ways and means members Ia
that the tariff hill will pass the senate to-
morrow, but il IL not believed the Official
notification will come to the house before
Thursday The first move when the bill
In reported back will be formal motion
by Mr.. Wilson that 1t be referred to the
ways and means committee II Is ex.
pscted that this reference will he made
without delay.
The tariff bill will then be retired to
the secrecy of the committee for soms
days, but Representative Bryan states that
two days ought to saffice for such work
a. the committee would do. In that case
the disagreement OF the house and the
submission Of the bill to conference may
occur Friday or Saturday Of this week.
although this would be exceptional dis
patch.
Owing to the lack OF a program the
time of the house during the week will
be taken up by such bills as manage to
secure recognition. After the Fourth,
the important pooling bill would stand
the best chance of consideration, but
Representative Patterson. who has Il In
charge. says he will not trust such an i'm
portant bill to the consideration Of the
handful of members present after q holi-
day. He says the bill will require three
or four days, so shat he will let ID 20 over
until week after next
This will probably make way for the
bill for the election Of United States sena-
tors by direct vote of the people. Mr..
Crisp and other house leaders are anxious
to have this bill considered, and one of
the mem bers Of the rules committee said
that there was such a general sentiment
favorable to It that II might come up any
moment.
Fourteenth Week Of the Tariff
The senate today entered upon the 14th
week of the tariff debate.
1t Is expected that the final vote, prsvi.
Gus to returning the bill to the house,
will be taken before adjournment Tues
day night. There IL no agreement to this
effect, but Democratic and Republican
senators generally express the opinion
that this can be accomplished. They say
that the end could have been reached last
week, but for the loss OF two days-Mon-
day and Saturday.
The Democrats made an effort to secure
an agreement to fix Tuesday as the day
for the vote, when the arSv ngement was
FOR ha Satn nrda hnl
day. and would have succeeded but for
the fact that the Republiosns did not
wish to put themselves in any way con-
niving at the passage Of a bill which they
have strenuously opposed. There is,
however, no disposition To longer post
pone final action on the bill, and Repu bli-
can senators generally appear as anxious
as the Democrats to have the bill dis
posed Of in time to permit an adjourn
ment over the Fourth.
There is STILL however, a good deal of
work to be accomplished before this stage
can be reached, and il lies within the
power of any senator who may feel 80
disposed to delay action indefinitely.
Some of the amendments yet to be in
troduced by the finance committee will
provoke more or less discussion The
sugar duty and the free wool question are
expected to be made the object of speech
making by the Republicans and Popu-
lista Much curiosity Is felt over the
attitude Of the Populists on the sugar
schedule. They say that whatever they
may do they will 40 nothing to prolong
debate 10 any extent.
II the bill 10 not voted upon a. q whole
before the senate sdjourns tomorrow the
Democrats will try to secure . Fourth Of
July session. They will probably also
ask the senate to hold night sessions To-
night and Tuesday night, II necessary to
secure action. When the tariff bill is dis
posed of the appropriation bills on the
calendar will be taken up