Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-16
ONLY TALK NOW
The Tariff Incident Regarded as
Practically Closed.
SOME WANT TO CORRECT THEIR RECORD
The Republicans viii Not Help
Any Further Legislation.
L III L c A r L S L E L ETTER

The tariff incident of this Congress is re-
garded practically closed. While there
are some who still hold that Cleveland NAV
veto the tariff bill, the almost universal
opinion is that there is no possibility Of his
doing so. Just before the ten days time
limit has expired the bill will probably be
signed ana message announcing that fact,
with few Characteristic remarks on the
subject, will be sent to Congress.
Ii Is quite certain, however that he will
not do anything more than think over the
matter during his absence from the city, as
the bill was not taken with him.
a Large Number of Inconsfstcuctes
Inc treasury people are now examining
the bill. and the chances are thai IL win pe
reported to him on his return that there
are large number of contradictory. in
consistent ana conflicting provisions and
many crudities that viii require speedy
correction by legislation To save tha dtna r.
ment from complications and embsrr., ssroant
~ the enforcement OF the law. In some in
stances the Rates Of duty We're left blank
70 De nlled IN by the conference, ana the
way talngs turned out the blanKs and m
were concurred in. There are other csses
were the same item is handled in Two dff
Ierent ways-made dGtiable AT one rate ana
,'I .ileh al another, or dutiaDle in one clause
anu iree IN 2hother. 1t will therefore take
a great deal OF patching up TO fix Darts ~
the bill so as TO make IL possihis 10 ,,T,1l
efly execute the law.
Nothing but Talk Expected.
very Few who know anything about the
situation, expect anything more than talk
to come of the popgun bills The bills will
probably be sent to the committee or an
some other way effectually nut out Of ths
way. There are many democrats In the
Senate who are anxious to amend their
records for the session by voting for these
bills the provisions in which they refused
TO vote for as a part OF the general tariff
bill. This naturally leads To a demon :
ton as If to pass the bills and the ax+ta-
tion may be kept up for a day or two II
however anything more comes Of the mat
ter than mere agitation. IL will be a great
surprise TO every one. The situation in the
Senate is such that no matter how earnest
the democratic tariff reform Senator'S NAV
be, they cannot accomplish further leslsla-
tion as long as there are three or four con-
servatives ard the republicans to obstruct
the way with their amendments their
voices and their votes.
The Republican Policy.
The republicans are not going 10 give as
sistarce TO further legislation. They have
decided that the bills should take the usual
course through She committee and be SUBJ
ject to a variety OF amendments partic-
ularly TO an amendment repeating the act
just PASSED, and re-ei.acting the Mckinley
law. They have decided further that Al is
nc rart of their duty to remain here ali the
rest OF the summer and fall 10 help the
democrats keep a Quorum. Between pro-
posing amendments and breaking quorum
II is an easy matter TO prevent the bills
from passing. The Sci ate quorum is van
ishing rapiCly, and il is suggested that n
the adjournment resolution is not soon
adopted there will be no quorum TO act
upon IL.
While IL does not require a quorum for
either house TO adjourn from day to day
the final adjournment of the two houses Is
a legislative act requiring a majority either
actually present or assumed TO exist IL no
point is made. Should a quorum be broken
and that fact be developed by a roll call a.
would cause serious emba rrassment when N
came to an attempt to adjourn.
Cleveland Not Pleased With CARLISLE.
Letter.
II is said that the President knew nothing
about Carlisles letter until IL was made
public, and IL is asserted that he IS nor
pleased with it, There is a great deal of
whispering among democrats about Con-
gress 10 the effect that there is a great deal
OF coolness growing UP between Cleveland
and Carlisle.
Some OF the radical tariff refornars ana
administration men say that the Carlisle
letter, calculated IL was to defea, the
popsun blIls, broke an understanding had
pelore Nne House caucus would aaree
10 accept the Senate bill that the free list
oils should be put through the Senate no
matter how greatly the session had 10 he
prolonged.