Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-08-17
Very General Belief That the
Tariff Contest Is Near
ing the Close.
MANY CONFERENCES HELD.
Possibility That the House
Will Accept Senate
Amendments.


leaders. They have been on the go
from early morning until late at night.
1t has been day Of conferences at the
White House, at the private residences
of the conferoes and at the hotels.
Secretary Carlisle was with President
Cleveland throughout the afternoon.
The senate and house conferees made
no effort to get together and they re-
main as wide apart as when their meet
ing broke up on Friday night.
The house conferees were in consulta-
tion informally most of the day, al
though at no time were they all to-
gether at once. Chairman Wilson
spent the day with Representative
Breckinridge of Arkansas at the Nor
mandie hotel and was there called upon
by the other conferees. Mr.. Wilson did
not see the president through the day
The meetings of the house men brought
about
Thorough Understanding
among them as to the line of action at
the caucus and in the subsequent pro-
ceedings of the senate and house. They
revived the situation from every posi-
BILE standpoint and prepared themselves
for all emergencies. At the outset the
house cOnferees satisfied themselves of
the parliamentary situation of the bill.
They had done this with the greatest
care towards securing an accurate and
authoritative decision. Speaker Crisp
had been asked to examine with care
the precedents bearing on the case, and
it was understood that he had in turn
consulted with Secretary Carlisle, who,
as ex-speaker of the house of represen-
tatives, is regarded as one Of the best
authorities on parliamentary procedure.
From the examinations which have
been made the conferees were fully sat-
isfied that the house Of representatives
hand the right ,-
To Pass the Senate Bill z.... =.
now OF 1t any time. This determine
tion went much further than has here
tofore been understood. It was that
the house, having the actual physical
possession Of the tariff bill, could pass it
with the senate amendments before the
Hill resolution passed or after the Hill
resolution was defeated. That is, so
confident were the house conferees of
their right to pass the bill at any time
that they regarded their rights as en-
tirely unaffected by anything the SEN
ate could do with the Hill resolution or
with any other resolution. They recog-
nized that there were some precedents
against this position, but they regarded
the overwhelming force of authority
with them and they therefore accepted
it as settled that the house had supreme
authority over the bill without refer
ence to what the senate might to do.
Will Accept Senate Amendments.
There is general belief in the senate
that the house will accept the senate
amendments, and that the senate bill
will thus become law. Many sena-
tors also fear that if the bill should
again go to the senate itIwin be indef-
nitely postponed, while, on the other
hand, it is believed that if the house
should agree to the senate amendments
the senate would acquiescein this action
and waive the technical question which
might be raised over the disposition of
the bill. It is understood that Senator
Hill, Notwithstanding his opposition to
the bill, would be disposed to accept the
favorable action of the house as final
and to permit the bill to go to the presi.
dent without raising any parliamentary
questions concerning it.