The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-13
OF THE TARIFF
Fhe Clouds About the Pending Bill
Thicker Than Ever.
NO ONE CAN F0RETELL THE END
Tomorrow Morning House Members
Will Caucus---UpOn Their Ac-
tiOn Everything Depends

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-The tariff bill
is in cloud tonight, and there are as
many opinion as to its present status
and as TO it's future as there are political
groups. Surface developments today
showed the democrats of the senate were
willing to pull together again for time
in order to see if the caucus.o .of the house
democrats would offer any solution to
the perplexing problem. The call for a
caucus of the house, approved by the
speaker, and requested by the house
conferees, shows that the leaders in that
body have become greatly concerned
over the fate of the bill-an acknowl-
edgement that it is in a critical state. But
neither the action of the senate in de-
laying the Hill resolution nor the call of
the caucus by the house democrats in
sures the passage or defeat of the bill,
nor yet does it certainly mean the senate
bill or nothing. There are many who
believe the democratic caucus will re-
suit in the final success of the senate
bill, and that this action will be taken
because the democrats of the house, or a
majority of them, will not want to risk
any vote whatever in the senate for fear
OF killing all tariff legislation. This feel
ing, however, was stronger at 2 O'Clock
than at 6 today. It is quite probable
the time which has been gained will be
devoted towards reconciling the differ
ences, making a compromise bill hur-
IL f-so
tion and passing it as quickly as posi-
BILE, providing such action will be
acceptable to the house caucus.
The parliamentary tangle in which
the bill will be placed if no report is
made by the senate cenferees, has caused
considerable discussion, and opinion is
divided as to the course open to the
houses. All these tangles, however,
would all unravel at once if the wings
of the democratic party again tapped in
harmony and an agreement were
reached by the conferees. IF this be
found impossible, it is contended by
some that the house would concur in the
senate amendments and pass the bill at
once, whether the particular copy of the
bill on which the conferees are at work
is on the clerks desk or in the confer
ence room. 1t is also claimed that the
house can rescind the action by sending
the bill to conference, which would
bring it as amended by the senate
again to the house. The parliamentary
complications which have arisen, and
which may arise before the caucus Mon
day and before the senate meets again
to prevent an adjustment of differences.
At present the questions remaining un-
answered are: s
Will the house caucus decide to take
the senate bill, or will q decision be
reached to make one more effort to agree
on compromise bill?
It is conceded by almost all parties
now that fewer concessions are to be ex-
pected from the senate than could have
been obtained week ago; that the out
look now is between no bill, the senate
bill and the senate bill modified, but
not to great degree.
When Speaker Crisp and Chairman
Wilson determined, after a conference
at noon, that house caucus should be
called for Monday morning, another
new element was added to the tariff
situation. The house conferees had pre-
viously concluded that caucus was de-.
sirable, and Crisp quickly assented to
the plan, his name and that of Wilson'S
heading the petition to Chairman Hol-
mon that the caucus be called. With
this authoritative endorsement from the
house and tariff leaders, signatures were
secured as fast as the paper could be
passed about, and the number necessary
for the call was obtained within half an
hour. Crisp went over to the. senate
and told the senators what had been
done, and this was one of the main
causes for the postponing of the Hill
resolution until Monday, as the caucus
at 10 a. m. will give opportunity for the
Highest of all in I I,eayening Powe