Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-15
PRESIDENT ANDTHEBILL
It Will Be All Ready For His
 Signature Today.
CoNJEoTUREs AS TO HIS COURSE.

His Friends Are Urging Him to Sign It and
 End the suspense-senate wnI consider the Supplemental rarin BIn Today-sug- Debate to He Reopened. WASHINGTON, Aug. I6-The tariff bill Is expected to reach tho president some time today. after which he will have until n week from next Monday-Aug. 2S-if he desires it in which to consider 1t before | returning 1t to the senate
 It can be stated with almost absolute certainty that the bill will become a law either by the presidents signature or by his retaining 1t 10 days without action. the presumption being largely in favor of | the latter alternative.
 The president has repeatedly told his friends that he could not sign the bill, but | many of his closest personal and political friends have urged him tO sign the bill without delay. Several reasons were urged, among them the fact that the open | ing of fall trade was close at hand and that delay of To days might result in se- riOus loss of custom revenues
 | Urged to Sign H.
 Another reason stated was that congress | was extremely anxious to adjourn. With the exception cf two months the members | had been in constant attendance for over II that the work was practically accomplish l cd 1t would Do hardly fair to compel them | to remain here in idleness when no posi- tive good could be accomplished thereby. He was advised to forget his scruples in l the matter, sign the bill and return it | with a message which would leave no | room for doubt as to his views thereon.
 It Is estimated that during the next 10 days the receipts from internal reve- nuo probably will amount to between | SlQ, 00n, 000 and$ l5, O00, GOO, and the gov ernmcnt will lose the increased whisky | tax to this extent In view of the depict ed condition of the treasury this argu- ment probably will have weight with tho president.
 It is known. though. that up to this time the president has not changed his determination to permit the bill tO be- | come n law hy retaining 1t the necessary | 10 days without action
 | The tariff bill will be carried to the president by Representative Pearson of | Ohio, chairman of the house committee on enrolled bills. who has final charge of seeing that the bill Is rigidly accurate. As soon the bill passed. word was at | once sent to the government printing office to prepare the final print on parch- mcnt. Before printing the parchment sheets, proofs were taken and sent to tho enrolling clerks of the house. They wcre prepared for all night work, and two of them. MesSrs Parsons and Kelly, locked themselves in a room and went at the work. determined to finish 1t bcforc talk ing n rcccss-
 The Course of the Hill.
 Through the night they finished the proofs and found them cOrrect- They then took mp the parchment sheets. It covers the most minute inspection of com mas, periods and typographical errors
 No correction of errors made in the bill as it passed arc made, they must stand as errurs, and nothing but n concurrent resolution of the senate and house can correct them. The clerks merely sec that the parchment bill Is as the measure | passed the house
 When MT. Pcarson's committee rCccived tho bill. they prepared to sit up through
 the night in rcvising and then certifying | to the work of the clerks Mir Pearson Inc hoped this will h. cumplrtcd by | noon today. Hc will then take the bill
 to speaker Crisp for his signature after
 which tho housr will transmit the signed
 bill to the senate. with mn official nUIiti- . cation Of its passage
 After this it asu--s tn the senate enrolling
 clerks for further qualification uf accuracy
 and then to Nicc President Stevenson for
 his signature. MT Pearson says hc CS- p,Cts these furmaIiticS tO bo over by | ! o'clock tsis afternoon
 As the bill originated in the house. the latter badly conveys it through Mir Fear
 son tO the president. As n rule MT. Pear son dos not takc bills tO the White House
 after official hours. but in a bill uf this
 moment. he says, he will cndravOr to g,t 1t thcrc tonight unless some unforeseen
 delay is CncOuntcrcd.
 The Supplemental TarIn BnI. The Democratic leader of the senate oc- cupicd a considerable portion Of the day . in trying to determine what course ro pur-
 sue with reference to the supplemental
 tariff bills. The Democratic steering cOm-
 mittcc was in session for two hours after
 the senate adjourned trying tO determine upon the most advisable policy under the circumstances. and previous to the meet ing the conservative senators haI a con , sultation On the SamC subject It Is understood that the conservatives , advocate the rcferrnCc uf the bills to the
 finance committee. while the steering cum
 mittee Is appIrCntly somewhat divided on the question. Appearances indicate, however. that a large majority of the Dem ocratic senators would like to have the bills passed If they could fc,'l assured that their passing will not reduce the govern s mental revenues to too Grcat m extent , The interest in these bills, as in the main
 tariff bill. Is in the sugar question. and it
 is to the frCc sugar bill that they are giy-
 
 ' evident tendency on the part of a major | ity uf Democratic scnatUrs toward amend
 ing tho sugar bill SO to make 1t n rev 3 | enue bill purc and simple, and it l. now , | the programme of the Democratic leaders , | to amend the bill if thcrc should prove , to be q prospect of its becoming a law. reducing the duty, making it uniform
 and strik ing of the diffCrentiaI on refined . sugar The reduction would depend upon the figures which the treasury department r vii, furnish as to the amount of revenue s 1t will he necessary to scCurc from sugar.
 under the new tariff.
 , Secretary Carlisle was at tho capitol while the confercnce was in progress and was asked to supply this estimate, which , he promised to do.
 \ leading member of the steering com 9 mittee expressed tho opinion that a duty of 25 or 30 per cent on sugar would afTorS all the revenue from that sOurce tha s would be needed
 I To Renew the Debate. x It would appear that sO far the only , definite arrangement is for tho discussion , of the bills at todny's session. IL would be impossible in the face of a single Ob jcction to force the bills to n third reading today. and 1t is probable that a large par . of the day will be given up to dehate on | v motion to refer to committee
 This will srrve to develop the real in
 tention towards the bills and also pOssibl!
 to develop what differences therc may be |. in tho Democratic party.
 Tho steering committee has not yet for
 mally taken the question of selecting 6
 successor to Senator Vance un the finance .Esam sN ta.-rW ksR