The morning call., 1894-07-09
OTHER BUSINESS CAN WAIT.
House Is Ready for the Con-
ference Report.
EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION.
No Full Committee Meetings Can
Be Held Until Harmony
Prevails.

WASHINGTON, July S.-The House Of
Representatives will be interesting during
the coming week-ready at all times to lay
aside its regular business and take up the
conference report on the tariff or any
appropriation bill.
On Monday night the Committee on
Rules will meet to arrange an order of
business, but whatever they agree to take
up will be conditioned on giving away to
the tariff or appropriations whenever a
conference report is presented.
The District of Columbia legislation will
occupy the House tomorrow. 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 several days
for numerous bills Of legal and judiciary
character reported by the Judiciary Com
mittee.
The final effort to reconcile the differ
ences between the Senate and House on
the tariff will be made tomorrow. The
Democratic conferrees met at noon in the
Senate Finance Committee room. The
Republican conferrees have not been asked
to be present. 1t is not as a committee,
therefore. that the meeting will be held.
and it Is understood to be the purpose of
holding no m eetings of the full committee
until the four Democratic Senators and
four Democratic representatives have re-
conciled 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 minor
ity conferrees.
With this programme in view there may
be no meeting of the committee as whole
for week or ten days. In the meantime
the Democrats will proceed with the work.
and when arrangements have been
reached in whole or in part the Republi-
cans will be called in and the committee
as a whole will act on what the Demo-
cratic members of it have previously
agreed upon.
This is similar to the plan followed by
the Ways and Means Committee in franz
ing the bill, and by the Democratic men,
bers of the Finance Committee when it
was before that body.
Chairman Wilson left for West Virgin ia
Immediately after his appointment as a
conferree yesterday, so that there has been
no opportunity for consultation with him
today, and the Democratic conferences
will assemble without prearranged pro-
gramme.
The Committee on Appropriations will
have the right of way in the Senate during
the coming week. and an effort will be
made to dispose of number of bills which
have been held up awaiting the disposition
Of the tariff
1t is said that Monday will be allowed to
the Committee on Foreign Relations, as
Senator Morgan is very anxious to have
the Chinese treaty disposed of. He thinks
that one day will be sufficient.
Senator Cockrell. chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations. says that the
pension bill will be the first taken up
Later in the week the smaller appropria-
tion bills, fortitications, military academy,
postoffice and other bills. that will not con-
sumo much time, will no doubt be dis
posed of. 1t is said that during the week
bills of local Importance, which may be
passed without much delay, will be con-
sidered in the two hours set apart for
morning business. The resolution intro
duced last week by Senator Kyle to pre-
vent Federal interference In railroad
strikes is still upon the table, and may be
called up any morning.