The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-09
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS-
The House Waiting for a Confer
enoe Report on the Tariff,
THE DEMOCRATIC OONFEREEs MEET

Endeavoring to Evolve Scheme That
VIII Reconcile the Differences Between
the Four Democratic Senators and the
-Four Democratic Representatives.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-The house Of
representatives will be resting during the
present week, ready at all times to lay
aside its regular business and take up q
conference report on the tariff or any ap-
preparation bill. Tonight the rules COM
mittee will meet to arrange an order of
business, but whatever they agree to take
up will be conditioned on giving way TO
the tariff or appropriations whenever a
conference report is presented. District
of Columbia legislation occupies the house
today 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 and
judicial character reported by the judiciary
committee.
The bill was sent to conference by the
house Saturday, after it had non-con-
Cured in all the senate amendments. The
house conferees are Messrs Wilson (W.
Va.), MoMillin (Tenn.), Turner (Ga.) and
Montgomery (Ky.), Democrats, and
Messrs. Reed (Me,), Burrows (Mich.) and
Payne IN. ", Republicans Chairman
Wilson left for West Virginia after his
appointment as a conferee.
The first effort to reconcile the differ
ences between the senate and house on the
tariff bill will be made today. The Dem
ocratic conferees met at noon in the
senate finance committee ROOM The Re
publican conferees were not asked to be
| present. 1t is not as a committee, there
! fore, that the meeting is held, and it is
understood to be the purpose of holding
no meetings of the full committee until
| the four Democratic senators and -four
Democratic representatives have recon
| ciled all their differences. The Demo
cratic members of the committee say they
/ can expedite their work better among
themselves than they could if constantly
| exposed to the harassment of the minority
| conferees.
With this program in view there may bC
no meeting of the committee as a whole
for week or ten days. In the meantime
| the Democrats will proceed with the work
| and when agreements have been reached
in whole or in part the Republicans viii
be called in, and the committee as a Who'll,
will act on what the Democratic members
of it have previously agreed This is sim
liar to the plan followed by the ways anC
means Democrats in originally framing
the bill and by the Democratic members
| of the finance committee when it was be
| fore that committee.
The committee on appropriations will
have the right of way in the senate during
the week, and an effort will be made t,
been held up awaiting the disposition o
the tariff There is possibility that SOM
day early in the week may be allotted Il
the committee on foreign relations, a
1 Senator Morgan is very anxious to hav
| the Chinese treaty disposed of. He think
that one day will be sufficient
Senator Cockrell, chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, says that tn
pension bill probably will be first takel
up. Later in the week the smaller apprC
priation bills for fortifications, militar.
academy, postoflice and other bills tina
will not consume much time will no doub
be disposed of. Itis expected that durinI
the week bills of local Importance whic
may be passed without much delay will
be considered in the two hours set apar
for morning business.
The resolution introduced last week b
Senator Kyle to prevent federal interfel
ence in railroad strikes is still upon tn
table and may be called up at any time