Evening journal., 1894-08-15
PRESIDENT AND THE BILL
1t VIII Be All Ready For Ills
Signature Today.
coyJRoTCsEa AS TO Els COURSE

Ills Friends Arc Urging Him 70 Sign It and
End the susaensc-scnatc WIN Consider
the Supplemental Tariff Bn Today -sug-
ar Debate TO Bc iicopened.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15-The tariff bill
is expected 90 reach the president somo
timo today, after which he will have until
week from next Mondny-Aug 2s--if no
desires It, i'm which TO consider 10 before
returning it to the senate.
II can be stated with almost absolute
certainty that the bill will become a law
either by tho presidents signature or by
his retaining 1t 10 days without action,
the presumption being largely in favor Of
the lattor alternative.
The president has repeatedly told his
friends that he.could not sign the bill, htft
many of his closest personal and political
friends have urged him 60 sign the bill
without delay. Several veasons We're
urged, among them the fact that the open
ing of fan trade was close at hand and
that a delay of 40 days might ~lVult in so-
riOus loss of custom revenues.
Urged to Sign ~.
Another reason stated was that congress
q
the exception Of two months tho members
had been in constant attendance for over
year, and il was represented that now
that the work was practically accomplish
CO it would bo hardly fair to co6spel them
TO remain here in idleness whom no posi-
tive good could Do accomplished thereby.
lie was advised TO forget his scruples iR
the matter sign the bin 'and return it
with a message which would leave ne
room for doubt as TO his views thereon.
1t Is estimated that during the next 10
days the receipts from Internal rove-
nue. probably win amount to between
$4,000, 600 andS 10, 000 600, and the gov
ernment viii lose tho increased whisky
tax to this extent in view of the deplot-
ed condition of the treasury this argu-
ment probably will have weight with the
president
1t Is known, though, that up TO this
time the president has not changed his
determination to permit the bill 60 be-.
come a Law 10y retaining It the necessary
10 days without action.
The tari9 bill viii be carried TO tine
president by Representative Pearson ol
Ohio, chairman Of the house commfttec
ON enrolled bills, who has final charge OF
seeing that the bin is rigidly accurate.
As soon rs the bill passed, word was al
once sent to the government printing
Office to prepare the final print on parch
mont Before printing the parchment
sheets, proofs were taken and sent TO tho
! enrolling clerks of the house. They werr
prepared for all night work. and Two of
fhem, McssBs Parsons ana Kelly, lockoa
themselves in room and went at Tx
work determined to finish IL before tak
lag recess.
The Course OF tho snl.
Though the night they finished Tn,
proofs and found thom correct. Ihol
thcn took up tho parchment sheets. II
/ covers the most minute inspection of com
laas, periods and Typographical errors
/ No correction of errors made IN tho bin
as it passed are made, as they must stnne
as errors and nothing but concurrtn
! resolution of the senate and house cal
correct them. The clerks muroly see tha
She parchment bin is as the measEr
ssssed the house
When Mr. Pearson's committees reeaiVei
DE bill, tsiey prepared 10 sit up throus
tae night in revising and then certifying
to the work of the clerks. Mr.. FGarssi
said he hoped this will be completed b.
noon teday He will then take the bill
TO Speaker Crisp for his signature, afto
| which the house will transmit the signe
bill 20 tho senate with an official n0tll
cation of its passage.
After this it goes to the senate enrolling
clerks for further certifcation of aocurac
and then TO Vice President Stevenson fo
his signature Mr. Pearson says he ex
poets these formalities TO be over by
O'Clock this afternoon.
As the bin originated in the house. tn
latter body conveys IL through Mr.. Peai
son 20 the president. As "a rule, Mr. Peal
son does not take bills TO the White Hous
after official hours, but in "a bill of thi
moment, no says, he will endeayor TO g
80 there tonight unless some unforosec
delay is encountered
The Supplemental Tariff Bm.
The Democratic leader of tho senate o,
cupied a considerable portion OF the do
in trying TO determine what course TO pun
sue with reference 10 the supplements
tariff bills. The Democratic steering con
mittee was in session for two hours aftC
the senate adjourned trying to detosmiu
upon tho most advisable policy undor I'll
circumstances, and previous TO the NEE
ing the conservative senator's Had COZ
( sultatien on the Same subject
10 is uNQorstOuu' tnuU tne CONSERVATIVE
advocate the reference of the bills to q
finance committee, while the steering con
mittee is apparently somewhat divide
ON the question. Appearances indicat
however, that large majority of the Den
I ocratic senators would like to have q
b bills passed If they could feel assured thi
their passing will not reduce the govern
, mental revenues to too great an extent
Tho interest i'm these bills, as in the maj
! tariff bill, is i'm the sugar question, and
{ IL to the free sugar bin that they are gi
ing their principal attention. There is 0
evident tendency on the part of a maio
| ity Of Domocratic senators toward amen
| ing the sugar bill so as to make it a re
p onue bll pure and simple, and it is no
. the programme OF tho Democratic loado
TO amend the bill If there should pro
TO be prospect of its becoming la'
= reducing tho duty making it unifor
and striking off the diflcrontinl on refin
. sugar. The reduction would depend up'
the figures which the treasury departme
= will furnish as to the amount of reyen
II will be necessary to secure from sug
d, under the new tariff.
Secretary Carlisle was at the capt
while the conference was in progress al
= was asked 10 supply this estimate, viii