The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-24
Unless Certain Changes Are Made They
SOlemnly Declare They Will Not
Vote for the Measure.
MEETING TO BE HELD MONDAY
When the Final Committee Fight
Over the Bill Will Occur.
Proposed Changes in Salaries of Post.
Office Employes-Country Roads
Other Washington News.
specIal to the INDIANAPOLIS journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-For the first
time since the ways and means COMMITTEES
completed the Wilson tariff bill the chances
are more than good for the final defeat
OF that measure knowledge OF this fact
is what has demanded a meeting OF the
finance committee on Monday morning
next. Efforts will be made TO harmonize
the differences over the free list affecting
sugar, coal, iron ore, wool and one or two
articles, but IL is believed the meeting VIII
fail TO result in any good. IL seems absurd
and impossible to nine-tenths OF the Demo-
Gratis to attempt TO take any prominent ar.
ticle from the free list without taking six
or eight OF them, and 10 do this is 70 re-
pudiate the cardinal principle Of the party
and especially the two last national plat.
forms. To leave the free list as IL Is means
certain defeat OF the bill on final passage
as there are from five 10 nine Democrats
and at least two Populists and all OF the
Republicans who will. they so1emnly de-
clare, and have so formally notified thu
finance committee, vote against the biIi
The Associated Press report says: Senator
VOORHEES, decided late to-day to call a meet.
ing of the Senate finance committee for
next Monday at 10 o'clock. The decision was
fnittee which Is shaping the tariff bill, by
which he was notified that the members
had agreed upon all the features OF the bill
as 1t is to be presented. and nothing re-
mained to be done except to put the bill
In shape The character OF the changes
made In the bill by the subcommittee can
only be surmised. 1t Is known that there
are many of them, and that every schedule
has received more or less attention. The
committee has from the beginning been very
reticent concerning the proposed changes.
and has grown more 50 every day they
have had the bill under consideration.
Senator Jones. chairman OF the subcom-
mittee, said tonight, when asked to indi-
cate some of the notifications: 81 can't do
that. II would not be safe. for the reason
that We are liable to make changes up 20
Monday morning. and IL we make one we
may have to make others. The whole thing
Is in the nature of an arch and IL we take
out one stone we may have TO pull the
would not be fair to the public at this time
to make any announcement OF the rates
agreed upon"
committee are absent from the city. They
are Senator'S Harris and Vance, Democrats
and Allison and Jones or Nevada, Repub.
licans. Senator Allison has been Informed
OF the committee meeting by wire and will
return in time to participate in IL.
Senator German said this afternoon that
caucus Of the Senate to convene Monday
morning. at 10 O'Clock. II cannot be ascer-
tanned whether the caucus will have other
subjects than the tariff under considera-
ton, and il is even asserted by some that
the tariff will not be considered at all. a
statement which is supported TO some ex-
tent by the fact that the finance committee
is called to meet at he same hour that the
caucus Will convene, for the purpose Of
considering the tariff bill. There Is no
doubt, however, that the original purpose
of requesting the issuance eof the call was
that Of comparing notes and trying to
reconcile differences on the subject Of the
tariff