Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-07-28
THE FATE OF THE TARIFF BILL

May he Decided During the Present Week
by Vote on the Conference Report Now
Pending In the Scnate-Each House SEEM
ingly Determined to Insist Upon Its Own
Bii1-An Agreement Not Probable.
& WASHINGTON, July 2S.-All interest in
congress the coming week centers
about the senate, where the fate of the
tariff bill may be decided by the vote
70 be taken on the conference report
which is now before that body for ac-
tion. by tomorrow night history of
Importance to the whole country will
probably have been made, and events,
fraught with grave results to the dem
ocratic party, will have transpired.
There was nothing in the shape of
caucus yesterday, although senators
charged with responsibility in connec-
tion with the tariff bill called upon their
colleagues and endeavored to get some
light upon the situation. A prominent
democratic leader, chairman of one of
the most important senate committees,
and who does not belong to the So
called conservatives, told United
Press reporter last night that unless
something altogether unexpected hap
pened before the senate met to-day
something to which no one looked for
ward-all hope of tariff legislation at
this session of congress will be doomed
to disappointment. This view was ex-
| pressed only after a consultation he
had last evening with some of the
members of the senate finance COM
mittee.
There will be no caucus to discuss
the situation, and it is known that thus
far the dissatisfied elements of the
party--the men who insisted that the
compromise bill should be passed or
none-have kept clear of their col
leagues and have declined to talk the
situation over. They stand as firmly
as ever where they have always stood
and declare that there is nothing tC
discuss; it must be the senate bill or
nothing. The managers of the bill or
the part of the senate realize this, and
as one of them said last night:
"What can we do? There is nothing
to compromise; we went to the extreme
of compromise when the bill was in com
mittee and there is nothing further
that we can yield except immateria
matters. The house asks us to do some
thing that is impossible, and the presi
dent, who knew beforehand what W.
were compelled to do, has turned ant
placed the responsibility upon tn
shoulders of the senate
! When the conference report come
before the senate again to-day it will b
with four motions bearing upon its dis
: posal pending. Of these the frs
, made were the two of Mr.. Hill to in
] struct the conferees to recede from til
, senate amendment placing coal an
iron on the dutiable list. Then come
! Mr.. Villas motion that the senate II
cede from the one-eighth of cent di
ferential duty which it had placed o
refined sugar, and fourth, Mr.. Gray
$ motion that the senate insist upon il
. amendments and agree to the reques
J of the house for further conference
: After all, however, it is none of thes
. motions. that the managers Of the bi
: most fear. According to democratic il
formation, before Mr.. Villas gets
chance to put his motion striking /,
refined sugar, or if he does make it, b
fore the motion can be voted upon, or
of higher parliamentary standing wi
be made. 1t will be motto
s that the conference report be indet
0 nitely postponed. This motion IL
o managers of the bill were warnt
y last night might be made early in IL
: day, and they have some reason to a
Q prehend that it may secure five dem
! cratic votes. OF course the republican
I would vote solidly for it. A motion
this kind was about to be made Fridi
e when Mr.. CoclSrell hurriedly moved
= adjourn over,until Monday in the hol
/. that cessation of the debate for
d day or two might improve the stu
s. tion.
1 Should the motion to indefinite
II postpone the conference report preva
II the tariff bill will be defeated so far
IS the senate is concerned, for it wou
Is be refusal on the part of the sena
a to agree to further conference,
II Mr. German, Mr. Mills and Mr.. Bri
e are expected to speak to-day. NJ
Gorman will reply to some of t
e statements made by the president
n his letter, and it is said will ma
y claim that Mr.. Cleveland knew befo
!. the public did what concessions t
u senate committee had to make. N
'e German will also, it is said, quote frc
r Mr.. Carlisle's interview about t
" time the Jones amendments were pl
NJ pared, and use this as going to she
le that the administration knew of t
difficulties in the pathway of the sc
y nte and gave the committee its ST
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