The herald., 1894-07-09
TlMtWORN TARIFF QUESTION
Final Efforts to Reconcile
Differences.
Democratic Conferees to Meet at
Noon Today.
1t May Take a Week or Ten Days to
Reach an Aerss msnt-Housc and
Senate Forecast fer tho
Present Week.
Rrthe Associatad Press.

By the Associated Press
WAsHINGToN, July S.-The final effort
to reconcile the differences between the
senate and the house on the tariff will
be made tomorrow. The Democratic
conierees will meet at noon in the sen.
ate finance committee room. The Re
publican conferees have not been asked
to be present. IL is not as committee,
therefore. that the meeting will be held.
and it is understood to be the purpose OF
holding no meetings Of the full commit
tee until the four Democratic senators
and four Democratic representatives
have reconciled all their differences.
Tho Democratic members OF the COM
mittee say they can expedite their
WORK better among themselves than
they could il constantly exposed
20 the harrassment OF the minority con-
ferees. With this programme in view,
there may be no meeting OF the COM
mittee as a whole for q week or ten days.
In the meantime the Democrats will pro-
ceed with the work, and when agree
ments have been reached in whole or in
part. the Republicans will be called in
and the com mittee as a whole will act on
what the Democratic me bers OF 1t have
previously agreed This is similar to
the plan followed by the ways aud
means committee in framing the bill,
and by the Democratic members OF the
finance committee when it was before
that body.
Chairman Wilson left for West Virginia
i'm mediately after his appointment as a
conferee Yesterday, so there has been no
r.
today and the Democratic conferences
will assemble without pre-arranged
programme.
HOUSE FORECAST.
The house proceedings will be inter-
estpg during the coming week. The
house will be ready at ali times to lay
aside it's regular business and take up
the conference report on the tariff or
any appropriation bill. On Monday
night the rules committee meet to ar
range an ORDER of business, but what
ever they agree to take up will be con-
ditioned on giving way to the tariff or
appropriations whenever a conference
report is presented.
District CT Columbia legislation will
occupy the house tomorrow. For the
rest oi the week the rules committee
will probably give eevoral days to the
bill to elect United States senators by
direct vote of the people, and also eeveral
DAYS for numerous bills OF legal and
judiciary character reported by the
judiciary committee.
THE sENATE's PROGRAMME.
The committee on appropriations will
have the right-of-way in the senate dur
ing the coming week, and an effort will
be made to dispose OF number OF bills
which have been held up awaiting the
disposition of the tariff. 1t is said that
Monday will be allowed to the commltt, Q
on foreign relations, as Senator Morgan
is very anxious to have the Chinese
treaty disposed Of. He thinks that one
day will be sufficient.
Senator Cockrell, chairman of the
committee on appropriations, Gays that
the pension bill will be- first taken up.
Later in the week the smaller appropri-
alton bills. Notifications, military acad-
envy, postoffice and other bills that will
not consume much time, will no doubt
be- disposed Of. 1t is said that during
the week bills of local Importance which
may be passed without much delay will
be considered in the two hours set apart
for morning business.
The resolution introduced last week
by Senator Kyle to prevent federal in
reference in railroad strikes, is still
upon the table and may ba called up
any morning.