The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-13
SUSPENDED IN SPACE.
Present Very Unsatisfactory Outlook
For the Tariff.

The Question Now No Longer Between
the House and Senate Bills, but Be-
tween the Senate Measure and the
Mckinley Law-What the House is
Expected to Accomplish - Little
Work Left for It to Do-Interesting
Summary of Late Events in Con-
Rress.
Washington, Aug. 12-The week Just
ended left the tariff bill hanging in mid
air What its condition will be by the
time the present week is ended the most
sanguine politician will not predict.
| There is a strong hope, however. that
the time for action has arrived and that
the long and exceedingly tiresome strug-
gle is about TO cease. The situation has
become clear TO certain extent, for il is
no longer a question of choice between
the Senate bill and the Wilson bill, but
between the Senate bill and the Me-
| Kinley law. The action of the Senate on
| Saturday in going into executive session
| to shut off tariff debate was accom-
| plished only by a tie vote, and that was
reached by the votes Of the two Louisiana
senators, who, the day before, voted on a
similar question in the opposite direction.
| Mr.. Stewart, on the republican side of
the chamber, despite the entrcaties Of
his colleagues, refused to remain, and, as
| the clerk began TO call the roll, left the
! chamber without pair being provided.
THE sENATE's POSSIBLE ACTION.
!. At the conference Of. the conservatives
! and the steering committee Of
the Democrats on Saturday the
opinion was general that the Hill
| resolution would pass by a good
majority If a vote is taken, and it was be-
! lieved then that vote would be reached
! tomorrow afternoon. A member of the
| conferees on the part Of the Senate said
| this afternoon If the Senate passed that
| resolution, the conferees would certainly
| bring in a disagreeing report and the
| Senate would hold that it had the bill
before it subject to its action. What
| that action will be there is no contrariety
! OF views, as the democrats and republi-
cans alike now admit that if the bill gets
J before the Senate again IL will be de-
| feated.
ACTION OF THE CAUCUS.
Democrats who want to see some sort
| OF tariff bill passed by this congress
| look to the House for their political sal
walton, and the situation now appeares to
! be race for time. The House, in caucus,
will be urged TO take up the Senate bill
ana accept it as IL came TO that body, and
| thus end the struggle, some of the demo-
cratic authorities on parliamentary law
maintaining that this can be done legally,
although the bill is now in conference;
| that at least its show of legality would
be as good as that contemplated by the
senators demanding a disagreeing report
on the bill so that they may kill II. The
| action OF the House caucus is, therefore,
fraught with much Importance to tho
| future Of the tariff bill.
CANNOT GET THE BOUNTY
No business Of any kind can be done in
the Senate until this tangle is unrav-
! elled, for there appears TO be enough
| votes to keep the matter in the Senate Il
certain number of hours each day. It Is
| said that by Monday it will be proved To
| the Louisiana senator's that they cannot
| get the bounty, which, it is asserted, that
the House conferees have promised them,
| and that as soon as they know this they
will again vote as they did before on all
motions intended TO defeat the bill. The
debate in the Senate on Mr. Hills reso-
| luton will begin promptly after some
| routine morning business on Monday, and
| when il will end cannot be foretold.
| Leading democrats who are leagued
with the administration in this issue say
that there will not be any effort at fill
clustering against it.
TO FIX A POLICY.
The only item of business arranged
| in the House this week is not strictly
/ speaking House business at all, but is of
! general Importance and value because of
| its possible effect upon the business of the
House. That is the caucus of democratic
memD Ders called for 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning TO determine on a policy to be-
! pursued with respect 10 the tariff bill.
| Upon the issue of that caucus may, and
! probably will. largely depend the subse-
! quent proceedings of the House. IL it
shall be determined that business is to be
| continued 10 will undoubtedly be pro-
ceeded with along the lines that have
been followed during the past few weeks.
THE HOUSE ACCOUNT CLOSED
| A few committees remain on the list of
| applicants which have not been awarded
| a day for the consideration Of business
| reported from them, and the committees
| on rules feel inclined, If the time remains,
/ to grant them the same privileges that
| other committees have enjoyed. Friends
| of the proposed new public buildings ia
| New York and Chicago are pressing for
a day in which those projects may be con-
| sidered and a vote reached on the
question of authorizing their construc-
ton, under the rules. The committee on
the District Of Columbia may ask for to-
| morrOw's session to consider its business,
and Chairman Heard says he will en-
deavor 10 secure the passage Of some bills
| Of pressing local interest. The calendar
contains but few measures Of general
| importance upon which favorable action
is not at all possible at this session, and
aside from clearing up the appropriation
bills and the passage Of private bills that
meet with no opposition, the account Of
the House for the second session Of the
Fifty-third congress may be considered as
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