The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-27
The TARIFF CONFERENCE.
SpGCulaiOnS as TO the Composition Of
the Conference Committee.


try Will Be on Wilson-The Be
lief That He Will Make a Big
Fight to Reject the Senate Amend
ments-other Points of Interest.
Washington, June 26.-The interest in
the tariff bill viii soon shift from the
Senate to the House and the bill will soon
be out of the Senate. Chairman Wilson
will, of course, then occupy the most
prominent place in the eye of the country
until the bill is ready for the Presidents
signature
Can he hold out against the Senate
finance committee, and retain the mem
bers of the House in the aggressive atti-
tude they have assumed is what the
world is wondering at present. He is the
only member who can force the Senate
to surrender. He win be the leading
member of the conference committee on
the part of the House, and to him more
than to any other man depends the tariff
measure. The pressure to force him to
yield his free list, TO sacrifice many of
his schedules, and to finally accept the
compromise measure of the Senate is very
great, but he has never yielded to pres
sure in the past, and his friends claim
that he has demonstrated his ability to
cope with even greater powers in the
future In the face of the most violent
opposition from the farmers of his state
he put wool on the free list. He cast back
in.the very teeth of the political powers
of West Virginia the threat TO beat him
for reelection if he put the great staple
product of their state-coal-upo the
free list. Wilson is so small that people
imagine he must be weak Yet with the
exception of Crisp, he is the only man
who can keep the democrats of the House
in line and vote them almost solid
on party measure. He has said
nothing, done nothing in public since
the bill passed the body of which he
is member. Since his return, however,
he has worked steadfastly on the bill pre-
paratOry to the fight he will make in the
conference. 1t is unfortunate for him
that the House mem ers are growing
daily more anxious to adjourn. He real
ICES as much as anyone else the necessity
of the members getting before their
districts. He seems to be taking very
little interest in his own reelection.
The republicans have singled him out
as an object worthy of their best efforts.
They will put forth every endeavor to de-
feat him in the fall. But the very fact
that he seems Indifferent to his fate
almost insures him success. He has been
doing some quiet missionary work since
his return, There are many
ocrats for their quiet conferences
with Wilson. He believes it will be in
initely better TO stay here and fight for
the principal of tariff reform even
up to the day of election
rather than to surrender and go
home without the fulfllment of the
promises made TO the people two years
ago. In spite of all the elements waring
against his purposes, he will prove equal
to the task that will confront him when
the tariff comes back from the Senate.
The rumor which has been sent broad
cast that the ways and means committee
was disOrganiRed is untre, for Wilson has
the united support of the democrats, as
much so as Reed has that Of
the republican members of the COM
mittee. Just as soon as the Senate
bill undergoes comparison with the
one sent from the House it will be
sent to the speaker. If there are no OBJ
jections raised he will turn it over imme-
diately 10 the ways and means commit
tee. The committee will certainly be
swift in throwing it into the conference.
Then the clash between the two branches
of congress will begin, and the dissen-
sions of the various members will engen-
der much bitterness before final vote is
reached,
FRICTION THE TARIFF BILL HAS CREATED.
There viii be as,mucb antagonism dis
played by the opposing members Of the
conference as has been engendered in
the Senate while-the bill was nnder dis
cussion in that body. 1t is seldom that
any measure creates as much friction as
the tariff bill has done for the last six
weeks. During the silver fight in the OK
traordinary session there was q great
deal of wrangglinR but few abusive cpl
thets were used, and the debates
never assumed q personal aspect.
During the debate of the present
bill, senatorial courtesy has been
discarded, politeness has been at
premium and irreparable breaches have
been created between the members. Sena-
tors Chandler and Harris no longer speak,
while between Vest and Hale a strong
personal dislike has resulted. Harris
and Hoar have repeatedly wounded each
other deeply in the course of debate, and
at times their bitterness seemed to verge
closely on the irreconcilable antipathy
But both realized that they were too old
to quarrel and, after few apologies, in
which their mutual respect was reiter-
ated, their clash of words left only a lit
tie GOODNESS between them.
Aldrich has dealt some singing blows,
and Mills has several wounds deep enough
to tester in nature like his for another
country. Fred Dubois of Idaho has
overthrow all the traditions on the re-
publican side, while even Teller has
sneered more than once at republican
authority The young Idaho senator
pays no more respect to Sherman than he
does to Patton of Michigan. He refuses
to be bulldozed by Allison, and, in fact.
cares not fig what any repub-
lican thinks Of his actions. At
heart he is more of a democrat
than anything else and with boyish frank
ness he predicts freely that both he and
Teller will be in the democratic ranks be-
fore three years have passed. This
prophecy, however, is based on his belief
that the democratic party will, at its
next national convention, espouse more
than ever the cause of silver, if not to de-
clare for free coinage altogether. Du-
bois is liked by his republican compeers,
but he is feared. He is free lance and
no ropes hold him to worm-eaten ira
ditions
Hill, on the democratic side, is not
feared, but is exceedingly disliked. His
attitude in regard 10 the income tax has
made that feature the strongest in the
measure. The atmosphere which he has
brought into the Senate is of the most I'M
wholesome nature.