The Helena independent., 1894-07-09
pusY MREK IN WASHINGTON
The House "a Take Up the TaFim Confer
ence Report When Ready.


The House 10 Take Up the TaFin Confer
ence Report when Ready.
WASHINGTON, July s.-Ths house OF rep
Iessntatives will be interesting daring thp
coming week, ready az all times TO lay aside
regular business aud take up the confer
enoO report ON ths ,atiG bill OF any Of ,hs
appropriation blla On Monday night the
ruIsa committee will meet TO arrange tbe
o. der Of businoas, hut whatever they agree
20 take up will bo conditioned on giving
way % the tariff or appropriation billa
whsnevor the conference report 10 pre-
ssnted. Tho rules committee will probably
give several days for tho bill 10 elect Uoited
statos senators by direct vote Of the people,
and also several days 10; numerous bills OF
a legal and Judiciary character reported by
the Judiciary committee.
The committee on appropriations viii
have right OF way In the senate during the
coming week aud au efor, will bo made TO
disposo OF number Of bills which have
been held up awaiting the disposition CT
the TAR n bill. 10 Is said Monday will DO
allotted to the COMMITTEES on foreign rela-
tions, as Senator Morgan IA very anxious to
have the Chinese treaty disposed OF. SEN
ator C0ckrell, chairman OF the oommittee
on appropriations, says the psnsion bill
will bo hrst taken up. Later IN the week
the smaller app opriaiion bills, foFtiioH-
tiona military soadsmy, postofhcs and
other bills that will not consume much
time will no doubt be disposed OF. ID said
that during the week bills Of local impo l.
anoo which may be passed without much
delay, will hs considered In the two hon .
set apAtt for mo ming business.
The resolution introduced last week by
Senator Kyle 10 Irsvsnt federal interfor-
ence in railroad st'ikss is still upon the
table and may be called up any morning.
The first effort to reconcile the differ
enoes between the senate and house on the
tariff bill will be made tomorrow. The
democratic oonferees meet at noon in the
senate finance conmittse room. The Ie-
IublioAn eonferees have not been asked to
resent IL 10 not AZ a committee, there.
fore. that the meeting will bs held, and IL
Is understood to be the purpose 60 hold no
meeting OF the full committee until the
four dsmoc attic senators aud the four
democratic representatives, have rsoonciled
oil their differences. The democratic mem
bers Of the committee say they can expe-
dite their work better among themselves
than they could IL constantly eIl osed TO
the harassmsnt of the minority Of the con-
ferees. With this programme in view
there may be no meeting OF the committee
as q whole for a week or ten days.
In the meantime the democrats will pro-
coed with The work. and whom agreements
have been reached in whole or in part. the
republicans will be called in and the com
mittse Sc a whole will act on what the dem
ocfatio members have previously agreed
upon. This is similar to the plan followed
by the ways and means committee In
framing the bill and by the demoo attic
members OF the finance committee when II
was before that body.
Chat man Wilson lefs for West Virginia
Immediately after his nppointmont az con-
feFee yesterday. 80 that there has been no
opportunity for consultation with him TO.
day. and the democratic conferess will
assemble withouta pTsarranged programme.