The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-26
Senate to Send Tariff Bill Back
TO Conference.
TRUST SENATORS WON'T YIELD
Plain Statements That the House Bill
eannot Be Passed.
senator smith. of New Jersey. and the
Loafsiana Memb-ss VIII sazeiy Vote
Against Any Aeasars That Does Not
Give Pret.etiosa 10 Their states.


| viii aceeae - the request 81 the house for
another conference on the tariff bill, and
/ It's uoafevees wSal resnrn TO the meeting
sIfh those 81 the house untraalnieled hya
any spegssfir instruotions whatever. This
WAS the conclusion OF the Democratic
senatorial cancns which adjosrned sine die
. few uAiautes after 5o'clock today, after n
Two days sitting.
While the caucus did not commit itself
To any definite line of policy in so many
words. the eOnferees feel with their Demo-
cratic colleagues that they understand
what majority of them desira. and atheye
believe this 10 be that they shall stand
substantially for the senate Bill. This is
not the individual preference Of mznyoof
the Democratic senator's but itrepresents
the opinion of most of them rs ex-
pressed in the caucus as 10 the
only practicable coufse open TO the
Democrats, who think rhe present
congress must pass n tariff bill of
some kidd. whether il be what they prefer
or not. Ia other words, the result of the
caucus which has Just closed Is the re-
aseeftaining of what was known when the
three days caucus closed last March-that
| Il is impraeticahe 30 pass any tariff bill
through the senate which does not meet
| the demand of the so-cafed conservative
/ senator's and the Louisiana senator's.
II became evident soon after the caucus
met today that the resplution OF Mr.. JARVIS
10 send the bill back toconference wtfhont
instructions was the only course open 10
the caucns The other propositions pre-
sented were those of Senator Villas and his
friends. one of which provided Tor instruc-
tions 10 the senateconferees to recede from
the x cent differentiaI on refined sngar
without any other change in the sugar
schedule, another 20 substitute for the
present tariff schedule q duty of 45 peF
cent. ad valorefn without any differentiai,
and that OF the conservatives TO instruct
the COMMITTEES to staiid by the senate
amendments Ssaator Villas aud two OF
three others Supposed the latter course, and
the conservative senators declared abSo-
lutels that they would not accept the
Villas proposition 10 recede from the diff.
ferentia. even though the al valorem
should be increased To IS per cent or any
other sum within reason. Senator Smith
declared such clfan Rs meant the shutting
down Of the reflneries in MS state and the
throwing OF thiusands of men out OF em-s
ploymsnt. and 3 general disturbance Of
the Industrial conditions such as he erouid
not contemplate With pleasure and would
not accept. The LOUISIANA senatoss indf-
Gated a willingness, as they bad done yes
terday, TO accept sthe substitntioF OF IS
per cent. duty straight The proposition
did not meet gcnsraLfayor as the wisest
course to pursue IN view ofthe hostility
Of the New Jersey senator and those who
acted with him. ana IN view of The facte
thar several senators, who stated that they
agreed with Mr.. Villas In his opposteson to
the sugar trust as a Inatterof princiaie,
advised in tavor OF the cessation Of all
efforts TO give formal instructions.
There have been fev secret Conferences,
from which many conflicting reports
emanated. and IL was apparent that each
senator took away an understanding TO
suit himself IS to what implied instruc-
lions the cohferess we're under One
thing which every one fcsi assured Of was
that forty three votes could be counted on
10 send the bin back To conference. The
speeches today we're generally shorter
than those OF yesterday. and were as a
rule devoted 20 advising strenuous
effort to sernrc party harmony en- the
basis of bill whseh would receive the
support OF iorty-three mem bers of the
senate. e
the constitutional right Of the hoase 20
originate legislation, and. without deny
Ing tue concnrrent right OF the semate, he
suggested that the house privilege Ia this
respect eoasd not be ignored. lie eau
toned the caacus 20 avoid all appearance
of fasoring iDenopolies. in view OF the
present feeHna on the subject
Senators smith, Blanchard and Csf-
frey Alse made speeches of some
length. Senator 1iornan devoted himself
to verIsas statement on the parliamentary
status OF Tho bill Great earnestness was
exhibited in the speeches of tie Ness Jer-
sry and Louisiana senator's A majority
OF those who participated In the caucus
came out when it adjourned with their
faces wreathed in smiles, asld most OF
them indicated BY their scpo1s that they
believed that they had Instituted line Of
psllry which would secure the passage of
d tariff hia. Seme Of tkelr1. who aonld
say nothing rs TO the proceedings, an
nuaAFed themselves as confident Of the
nltsnsate SUCCESS Of the biil.
The vote on the resosnuon tosend she
bill to eenfereBce again was not unani-
moEs, Senatar Villas ard few Others op-
posing ID, and explicitly stifsnlaling that
their participation in the caucus shonfi
not fJa considered ~ binding shein to sup
pert the report Of s1fe ronssrenus eoumiIs
lee when again presented.
Daring ths proceedings the EstitFide OF
the populisi senators, Alien ahd Kyle.
sito have generally voted wlkh the Demo
esxts on the sakifY Sill. was alluded 10, and
enc Of the senators present stated that he
had been Authorised By allen 20 say taaa
ne though, the bo4nty on snkzr should re
continued fos the present Senator's Hill.
Murphy and IthY we're again absent from
the cankns today. g $50 q
T4ts unSierstood ant attempd VIII be made
sn the senste tsm6srow toscaSrysinto Effect
slie instrucFlagis IL the c4ussas to have sBlee
bill xesE back ca conferences. This sSasys ls
dssayef BY mors speses making, but the
sssasp naern5sss geths conference conlf1Itse
tee grs Of the opinion that fsls eonf@rencs
wsli be res pensd by Friday fnosaings
Ansx plsass w-As given 10 the rdiscisslolso
on eoas b = pFap ssisson that the se9Aie0
rate 81 % rengs q Con should staHd,: sxith a
Er4six3ofor aliTnittlng eeai free ffoss such
cssi nftiss ssse sh ins rectproeitge agreesnent
&, Adslft soal from shs rnited states tsee.
FE2ls brought olIto eonssderalSs Somment
Easogahle TO- ihe propositions andat wAs
yoEntsdoodx th4tfhls w0aia give CanadiaF
c0sE 9frese access 70 tbs Sountry and yss
eompel GanaaAso remit her prssent Guty
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