Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-05
Democratic Senators Expect to Pass
the Bill Early in June.
REPUBLICANS WILL OBSTRUCT.
They Do Not Feel Like Giving In
Even Though the Democrats
Have Adjusted All Differences
and Have a Majority Of the
Body for the Bill-Senator Mills
Interviewed on the Proposed
Compromise.

ing the truce agreed upon Oet"oeu 'ho
Democratic and Republican Senators
whereby hostilities on the tariff should
cease until next Tuesday, there has not
been day when there has been bolder
talk and stronger protestations On the
respective sides of the chamber than to-
day. While the Republican Senators
have allowed the Democrats to infer
that when the amendments are
publicly announced and the assur-
ance OF a vote sufficient to pass
the bill is given, they will yield to the
majority, they assert privately that
they know that the necessary votes
cannot be obtained and declare that the
Democrats In the Senate are gradually
approaching more serious trouble than
they have yet encountered; and, In
making this statement they assert that
Senators Murphy and Smith are as
doubtful as is Senator Hill in the sup
port of the bill as it Is to be amended.
1t is asserted that Senator Smith cast
his vote for the German resolution in
the Democratic caucus yesterday upon
the assurance that the resolution was
not binding.
THE DEMOCRATS EXPRESS
the greatest confidence in the success
of the bill. Senator Faulkner said to-
day that the bill would become law
before June Is, and that Congress would
adjourn July 4.
Other Democratic Senators declared
the tariff bill would pass the Senate be-
fore the first OF June. More than one
asserted that Doth Senators Murphy and
Smith had given assurance OF support.
1t is noticeable, however, that some OF
the Democrats Senators are canvaSsing
the probabilities of securing the Popu-
list vote in the Senate, and they say
that Senators Allen and Kyle will vote
for the bill, so that they can lose Hill,
Murphy and Smith, If necessary, and
still have the requisite 43 votes.
The programme of the Democratic
managers is to introduce the tariff
amendments on Monday, have them
taken up in the full Committee on FL
nance on Tuesday and reported to the
Senate, so as to continue the debate
aft& that date. In the meantime, they
will proceed with their work OF clearing
up the executive calendar, while in the
committee rooms they will arrange for
the renewal Of the battle, which they
will try to carry by cavalry charge II
the Republicans do not make definite
terms.
Senator Mills, who was not at the
caucus, was asked II his absence had
any significance and
EMPHATICALLY SAID 1T HAD NONE.
IL did not know any thing about II, "
he said, "and il / had been there, l
would probably have talked against
concessions and then taken my medl-
cine like the rest Of them and agreed to
vote for the bill. / realize that We are
in the hands of half dozen Senators
who can defeat the bill II they do not
get what they want. Since the bill was
first made concessions have been going
on, and instead OF cutting down, as |
desired should be done, they have been
going up, up, and we can't tell where
they will end"
He was asked why they did not ar
range the differences and get down TO
work.
THAT is what they are trying to do.
They hope that this matter can be ar
ranged after q while and the discussion
Of the bill proceed. The country is i'm
patient OF delay. They were when the
silver repeal bill was pending. A great
many did not believe the repeal would
dc any good, but they wanted the mat
ter settled. know
SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION
and know that the people regard this
delay as unnecessary and are becoming
much disgusted.
Senator Jones has put in the entire
day in the committee room and has had
Senator Vest with him a part OF the
time. They have been engaged espe-
cially upon the wool and cotton sched-
ules, which il is believed are TO be still
further changed. Senator Murphy has
interested himself in these schedules,
and there is little doubt that he will
secure more liberal concessions than
have been granted.
A delegation of gentlemen consisting
OF Walter Stanton and George Bren-
ham, of New York, and Charles A.
Owen. all Of them influential Democrats,
have been at the Capitol to-day as rep
resentatives OF the wooden manufactur-
ing interests aud Mr.. Stanton said after
comforting with members OF the COM
mittee that be was very hopeful that
the wooden schedule would be material
ly changed.
Tariff Work Suspended.