Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-09

WASHINGTON, July s.-The House OF
Representatives will be resting during
the coming week, ready at all times TO
lay aside its regular business and take
up conference report on the tsrltf or
any appropriation bill. on Monday
night the rules committee will meet 10
arrange an order OF business. but what
ever they agree TO take up Will be con-
ditioned on giving way to the tarin or
appropriations whenever q conference
report Is presented.
District Of Columbia legislation will
occupy the House tomorrow. For the
rest Of the week the rules committee
will probably give several DAYS for the
bill to elect United States Senators by
direct vote OF the people, and also sew
eral DAYS for numerous bills OF legal
aud judicial character reported by the
judiciary committee.
The com mittes on appropriations will
have the right OF way In the Senate
during the coming week and an short
will be made TO dispose OF number OF
bills which have been held up awaiting
the disposition OF the tariff. There Is a
possibility that Monday or some other
day, early In the week, may be allotted
TO the committee on foreign relations.
as Senator Morgan is very anxious TO
have the Chinese treaty disposed OF.
He thinks that one day will be sum-
Client.
Senator Cockrell. chairman OF the
Committee on Appropriations, says that
the pension bill will probably DO the
first 10 be taken up. Later In the week
the smaller appropriation bills, for for
tifcations, military academy, post
Offices and other bills that will not
consume much time, will no douot be
disposed OF. IL Is expected that
during the week bills OF local import
ance which may be passed without
much delay will be considered In tho
two hours set apart for morning busi-
ness.
The resolution introduced last week
by Senator Kyle. to prevent federal
interference In railroad strikes, IL still
upon the table and may be called up
any morning.
THE TARIFF CONFERENCE.
The frst effort TO reconcile the differ
ences between the Senate and House on
the tariff will be made tomorrow The
Democratic conferences meet At noon ia
the Senate finance committee room.
The Republican conferees have not
been asked TO be present. 1t is not as
a committee, therefore, that the mesting
will be held, and IL is understood 20 be
the purpose OF holding no meetings OF
the full committee until the four Dem
ocratic Senators and tour Democratic
Representatives have reconciled sll
their differences. The Democratic NOM
bers OF the committee say they can sK.
pedlte their work better among them
selves than they could II constantly ex-
posed 10 the harsssmeht Of the minority
conierees.
With this programme In view, there
may be no meeting OF the committee as
a whole for week or ten days. 10 the
meantime the Democrats will proceed
with the work, and when agreements
have been reached 10 whole or in part
the Republicans will be called In and
the committee as q whole will act on
what the Democratic members OF IL have
previously agreed upon. This 10 similar
to the plan followed by the Ways and
Means Democrats in originally framing
the bill, and by the Democratic mem
bers OF the Finance Committee when IL
vas before that body.
Chairman Wilson left for West Vir-
ginla I'm mediately after his appointment
as a conteree yesterday, so that there
has been no opportunity for consulta.
ton with him to-day, and the Demo
cratic conieree, will assemble without
pre-arranged programme.