Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-13
many CONFERENCES
Sunday Was a Busy One
For Tariff Leaders.
HOUSE Is NOT DISTURBED.
Belief Adjournment Will Be Reached
bv the End OF the Week.

wAsHINGroH, Aug. l3.-Yesterday was
q day of conferences at bhe White House,
40 the private residences of the tariff con-
ferrees and at the hotels. The senate and
house conferrees made no effort to get to-
gether, and they remain as wide apart as
when their meeting broke up on Friday
night.
The house conferrees were In consulta-
tion informally most Of tho day, although
at no time were they all together at once.
Chairman Wilson spent the day with Rep
resentative Breokinridge OF Arkansas at
the Normandie hotel, and was there called
upon by the other conferrees. Mr.. Wilson
did not see the president through the day.
The meeting of the house men brought
about thorough understanding among
them as 10 the line Of action 10 be taken at
the caucus today, and at the subsequent
proceedings OF the senate and house.
They reviewed tho situation from every
| possible standpoint and prepared them
| selves for all emergencies. As one OF them
said, IL was like going over the field OF
battle and learning the topography OF the
| ground on the night before the great fight.
| At the outset the house conferrees salts
ned themselves Of the parliamentary situa-
| tion of the bill. They had done this with
| the greatest care toward securing an 40
curate and authoritative decision.
Speaker Crisp has been asked to exam
Inc with care the presidents bearing on
| the case, and 10 was understood that he
had In turn consulted with Secretary Car
Isle, who, as ex-speaker OF the house of
representatives, Is regarded as one Of the
| best authorities on parliamentary pro-
| cedure From tho examinations which
| had been made, the oonferrees were fully
Satisfied that the house Of representatives
| had the right TO pass the senate bill now
or at any timo.
Power OF the House.
This determination went much further
| than has heretofore boon understood. IL
was that the house, having tho actual
| physical possession Of tho tariff bill, could
pass It with the senate amendments
before the Hill resolution passed.
| That is so confident were tho house
conferrees of their tight to pass the bin &C
any time, that thoy regarded their rights
as entirely unaffected by anything tho
senate could do with che Hill resolution
OF with any other resolution.
They recognized that there were somo
preoedents against this position, but they
regarded tho overwhelming force of au-
thohty with them, and they therefore 40
copied IL as settled that the house had su-
preine authority over the bill without ref
erenoe to what the senate might do today
or thereafter.
This conclusion was of the utmost I'M
portanoe in bearing on tho action OF the
caucus today. 10 assured them in the first
place that there was no need Of precipitate
| action toward accepting the senate bill
before Mr.. Hill's resolution had passed
This resolution could be taken up In the
at first that the house caucus would DO
compelled TO take hasty action in accept
Ing the senate bill IN order TO prevent tho
house from losing its opportunity 20 pass
the senate bill by tho adoption OF the Hill
resolution.
IL was agreed, however, that no such
haste was necessary. On the contrary, it
was felt that the house, In having pos
session of the bill and a parliamentary
right to pass it at any time, had every
thing TO gain and nothing to lose by de-
liberate action. Under the circumstances
II was thought advisable TO inform ne
house fully as to the situation and to OK
plain that precipitation in accepting che
senate bill would gain nothing.
While deliberate action in waiting 30 SEQ
what the senate would do might accom-.
plish much good, it was pointed out in
this connection that the house need be in
no fear Of the Hill resolution being rushed
through.