The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-13
IS END NEAR /?
May Be Brought About by the
Latter Part of the Week.
Busy Sunday at the CapitaI-Tariff
Leaders Preparing For Struggle.

will be the last week Of the session. This
is based upon the belief chat The tariff bill
will be disposed of In some way early In tho
week, and with the tariff out of the way
hnal adjournment can DO brought about
at almost any time.
None OF the appropriation bills, with
the exception Of the sundry civil and the
general deficiency, are yet to be acted
upon 10 any extent by either house, and
these two are In such an advanced stage
In conference that a day of jealous work
would probably suffice to put them both
In shape to be sent to the president.
The Chinese treaty Is the only other bust
ness that would hold Congress for day,
and this is also In condition 10 be taken
up and voted on at once. When the SEN
ate adjourned on Friday, otter giving the
greater part Of the day to the treaty there
was an understanding that the senate
should 90 into exeoutive session on Mon
day immediately after the reading of the
journal, for the purpose of taking the vote
upon the treaty. Ii was also agreed that
this should DO done without further de-
bate.
The order or business after The treaty
snail have been passed upon shall be Sen
ator Chambers resolution for the investi-
gation OF the Alabama election. After
that, all Is uncertain, but there is no pre-
arranged program for the entire week.
Almost everything will depend upon the
action OF the house on the tariff bill. but
whatever that action may be IL can be
counted upon as quite certain that the
two remaining appropriation bills will re-
ceive final attention somo time during the
week. The conference report on tho
sundry civil bill has already been largely
disposed OF, and it is not probable that
much more time will be spent upon it.
The conference committee on the general
deficiency bill was In session II days Sun
day, and ii wal be in shape for early pres.
entation to both houses
LII, therefore, the house should decide to
accept the senate amendments to the tar
IN bill, tho senate could be prepared TO
suspend proceedings ON almost any dsy |
after Tuesday. IL the house should decide |
upon the opposite course there Is no saying
what might happen in the senate. Tho |
tarin is engrossing the attention OF the
house, and 10 hsS 90 far no program what
Wer for the week
An Exciting Day.
Yesterday was anything but a day of
rest for the tariff leaders. They were on
the 60 from early morning until late last
night. 10 was day of conferences at tho
White House, at the private residences of
the conferrees and a the hotels Secre-
tary Carlisle was with President Cleye-
land throughout the afternoon. The sem
ato and house conferrees made no effort TO
get together, and they remain as wide
apart as when their meeting broke mn on
Friday night.
The house conferrees were in consultar
tion informally most Of the day, although
&C no time were they all together at once.
Chairman Wilson spent the day with Rep
resentativs Breckineidge of Arkansas at
the Normandie hotel, and was there called
upon by the other conferrees. Mr.. Wilson
did not SEQ the president through the day.
The meeting Of the house men brought
about thorough understanding among
them as TO the line of action TO be token at
the caucus today, and ut the subsequent
OF tho senate and house.
They reviewed the 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.
Az the outset the house conferrees salts
bed themselves of the parliamentary situa-
ton Of the bill They had done this with
The greatest care toward securing an ao.
,urate and authoritative decision
seeking Advice.
speaker Crisp has been asked to exam {
ne with care the presidents bearing ON I
ne case, and 1t was understood that he |
lad in turn consulted with Secretary Car q
isle, who, as ex-speaker Of the house of q
representatives, is regarded as one of the
'est authorities on parliamentary pro- v
edure. From the examinations which s
lad been made the conferrees were fully o
atlsiiod that the house Of representatives e
'ad the right To pass the senate bill now a
II at any time. q
ms determination went much further q
han has heretofore beon understood. It q
vas that tho house, having the actual q
hysical possession of the tariff bill could I,
ass Il with tho senate amendments
efore the Hill resolution passed
hat is, so confident were the house
onfcrrees Of their right TO pass the bin at
ny time, that they regarded their rights r,
S entirely unaffected by anything tho
ennte could do with the Hill resolution e
r with any other resolution -
They recognized that there were some
recedents against this position, but they
'garded tho overwhelming force of au-
lority with them, and they therefore ac. ci
'pted IL as settled that the house had su- ne
RENE authority over the bill without ref.
'ence TO what the senate might do today hi
: thereafter. In
This conclusion was of the utmost i'm.
)rtance In bearing on the action of the de
ucus today. 1t assured them in the first tn
ace that there was no need of prooipitate
tion toward accepting the senate bill fh
fore Mr. Hills resolution had passed. VI
his resolution could be taken up in the
nate at IL o'clock, and it had been feared re,
hrst that the house oauoss would be As
TO take hasty action in accept.
Y the senate bill Ia order to prevent the ,rs
'use from losing its opportunity 20 pass ga,
g senate bill by the adoption OF tho Hin
solution.
Deliberation tho Order of the Day. ,;o
lt was agreed however, that no such toe
ste was necessary. On the contrary. IL
IS felt that the house, in having pos. ma,
'sion OF the bill and parliamentary tor
Tn.