Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-07-31
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The democratic cOnIerfetS on iue
part of both houses met this morning
and devoted upwards of two hours to a
careful discussion Of the whole situa-
ton. When they had finished their
work it was evident that hope was re-
newed in the democratic breast and the
Senate members of the committee ap-
reared more cheerful than at any time
during the past two weeks. 1t was
stated By one member of the committee
that the sugar schedule now stood alone
ia the way and there was every indica-
ton of a speedy agreement on that, the
House conferrees this morning giving,
it is said, unmistalable symptoms of q
weakening on their part. One promi-
nent member Of the conference made
the unqualified statement that report
would be ready TO submit to the whole
conference by Thursday, and that it
would be an agreement on every item,
on the lines of the Senate bill
in all the essentials upon which
there have been a vital disagreement.
The call for the caucus Thursday con-
tanned at noon to-day forty signatures.
Mr.. Springer of Illinois, who has been
circulating the paper, says the PROPOSE
ton is meeting with general favor, and
that members are now coming TO him
and requesting that their names may
be added to the list of those signing the
call. He believes from present appear
ances that fully 100 members will be
present at the caucus. "The House
will remain in session until the fourth
day of next March before we accept
the Senate BILL" said Representative
Isador Straus of New York to-day. Mr..
Straus belongs to the ranks of the adj
vanced tariff reformers. He is in hearty
accord with President Cleveland and
Mr.. Wilson, the chairman of the ways
and means committee, in their approval
of the House bill, and his utterances on
the subject of the deadlock between
the two houses are significant, mas.
much as he reflects the sentiment Of
many of the most influential democrats
ia the House. Dir. Holman, chairman
of the House caucus, said to-day there
would certainly be q meeting of that
caucus next Thursday. Mr. AIontgom-
cry, one Of the House conferrees, said
he did not think the Senate conferrees
were as stiff.necked as they had been
Mr.. Jones, of the Senate conferrees,
said the Senate hoped for the passage
of bill, but that he feared no bill could
pass that differed TO any considerable
extent from the Senate bill Secretary
Lamont said "the President will win. >
The fate OF the bill is as much in doubt
as ever. The day has showed one
thing, however, from which there can
be no escape, and that is that the bill,
if it becomes law, will be the bill the
Senate agrees to accept and not the bill
the House wants.
A number of changes were made in
the general deficiency appropriation
bill, which was reported to the Senate
to-day from the appropriations commit
tee, but they were mostly small and the
aggregate of the measure is not largely
increased.
1t is understood to-day that the COM
mittee investigating the fraudulent
armor plates affair will report to the
effect that the hands who did the work
were paid by the piece, and as the more
pieces they completed the more money
they got, it was to their profit to turn
out as many as possible, and that there
fore they were not a. particular as they
might have been, and that Mr.. Carnegie
is not to blame.
Senator Voorhees, rested fairly well
last night and at his house this morn
ing his condition was reported to be
slightly improved. The Senator is
suffering from Inflammation Of the blad
der. Yesterday Mr.. Voorhees, at
tending physician, DR.. Acker, called
in DIR. Ford Thompson for consultation,
and it was their opinion that Mr.. Voor-
hees was not in necessarily danger
Gus condition, though unquestionably
quite ILL., The Senator receives all his
friends in his room and it was not until
yesterday that he was compelled to
take to his bed. DR.. Acker said this
morning that the Senator might be out
again in about ten days at the earliest.
The rumor that au operation would be
necessary, he said, was entirely mac
curate.
The tariff bill is not the only meas
ure over which there is deadlock be-
tween the two houses of Congress.
The river and harbor bill, which is
now in conference, is not only dead
locked, but it was intimated this morn
ing that it may either fail altogether or
its further consideration be postponed
until next winter.
The sundry civil bill as reported to
the Senate appropriates S75, 200 for re-
building the light house at Lower &C.
dar Point, on the Potomac river, that
was destroyed by fire last winter. The
bill also provides for the reimburse
ment of Briscoe B. Bouldin of Virginia,
q deputy collector Of internal revenue,
on account of wounds received in the
discharge of his official duties. 1t also
$50 each to r. +. Latham,
John L. Edwards, Robert Cox, w. i.
Lewis, M. B. Hancock, Thomas Y.
Mosby, Robert L. Dudley, r. B. Dam
eron, James NJ. Harris and w. C. Left
witch, of Lynchburg, for services as SUI
pervisors of the election held Nov. 5th,
1890.
The sundry civil bill which was re-
ported in the Senate yesterday evening
provides for the purchase of the Wind
sor-Mahone lot for the site of the new
public printing Office at a cost not to
exceed the sum of $4,000. This was
the amendment proposed by Senator
Quay short time ago, and shows that
General Malone is as smart as ever,
and that he hasn't been here so long
for nothing. 1t may be of interest to
some of his friends to know that he has
fok nnpnid q rn Ill. &c 1ntn