The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1894-06-27
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE sESdrE's DISPOSE TI0s OF THE
TARIFF BILL NEAR ar HAND.

Final Vote Probably TO- Marrow-Then tho
House Tackles II Again-Big National
Convention of the knights of Pythias
NeHt sionth--Tha New Haven Collector
ship Middle.
Washington. June 2b.-That the tariff
bill will get out of the senate this week,
and that final adjournment OF congress
by the middle of August. Ia the settled
thing az far as the predictions of the
wise heads at the capital CO. The final
vote on the tariff bill In the senate will
not be taken later than Thursday. al
though the determination for further
debate by some of the republicans may
delay vote on the bill until Saturday,
but Senator Harris is determined that
the bill shall be passed this week. and
passed II will be.
AS soon as possible after the passage
OF the bill, II will be printed and sent
over to the house, which body 1t will
probably reach by next week Thurs
day, as 1t will take one or two days for
a comparison OF the changes made be-
fore II can be printed.
After the announcement by the
speaker that the bill has passed the
senate with certain amendments, and
that the house Is asked to concur with
the senate. the bill under the rules will
go to the committee on ways and
means, where 1t originated. The con-
sideration of the bill by the latter COM
mlttee may take some few days, and
will result without a doubt by a re-
quest that the bill be sent to a confer
ence committee. At this point some
debate in the house will most likely
occur so that when the bill gets to the
conference committee It will know pref
ty well what to do, and the bill will be
disposed of by them, 1t is said, in about
two days. and the bill finally disposed
Of by the middle Of July. 1t will then
take congress about thirty days to
finish up the business of the country
and get out.
The Post in speaking of the number
of conferees in the part Of each house
and who they will be says:
When the Mckinley bill was sent to
conference the number was increased
to seven. This was done chiefly to
crafty Senator Hiscock of New York,
who insisted on being on the confer
ence, and the only way to put him
there was by increasing the list. That
precedent may not be followed with the
present bill. The confcrees of 1890 were
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, chairman of the
ways and means committee; Mr.. Bur-
rows of Michigan, Mr.. Bayne of Penn
sylvania, Mr.. Dingley of Maine, repub-
licans; Mr.. Mills Of Texas, Mr.. McMil-
Ian of Tennessee, and Mr. Flower of
New York, democrats. The seven con-
ferees on the part of the senate were
Messrs. Aldrich Of Rhode Island, Sher-
man of Ohio, Allison of Iowa, Hiscock
of New York, republicans; Mcpherson
of New Jersey, Vance of North Caro-
lima, and Voorhees, of Indiana, demo-
Gratis. The bill was in conference only
two, days, as the matters in dispute
We're not material. If the number OF
corferees On fine pending bill be fixed
at five, those who represent the house
will probably consist Of Mr.. Wilson Of
West Virginia, chairman Of the ways
and means committee; Mr.. Breckin-
ridge of Arkansas, and either Mr.. By
nam Of Indiana or Mr.. Cochran of New
York, democrats; and Messrs. Reed Of
Maine and Burrows Of Michigan, re-
publicans. On the part of the senate
Mr.. Voorhees,, as chairman of the
finance committee, would undoubtedly
be entitled to the leading position on
the conference, but by reason of ill
health and his not having taken part in
the management of the bill, it is ex-
pected he will decline to serve, and his
place at the head Of the committee Of
conference will be taken by Mr.. Jones
of Arkansas, while Mr. Harris Of Ten
nessee, will supply the vacancy coca
stoned by his declination. The remain
ing democratic conferee will be Mr..
Vest of Missouri, and Messrs. Aldrich
of Rhode Island and Allison of Iowa,
will undoubtedly represent the .republi-
cans.
The Hatch anti-option bill having
been disposed of in the house, the latter,
body will act on district matters and
wait for the tariff bill to come before
them next week. The anti-option bill
which fought its way through the
house will, understand, meet with de-
feat in the senate, and the class of peo-
pie most affected by it do not seem to
let its possible passage worry them
much. W. -, E;
Outside of the doings Of congress, the
interest here seems to be in the COM
ing encampment of the knights of
Pythias during August, and prepara-
lions that are being made for visiting
knights are on a grand scale. 1t is ex-
pected that some fifty thousand visit
ing knights and their families will be
present during encampment week, and
they will be well taken care Of At
the same time the order of the Pythias
Sisters of the world will meet In this
city, and ask the supreme lodge X. of
P. for legislation making them COM
pare with the order, as the woman's
relief corps does to the G. A. r. -,
The Pythian sisters were organized
in 1885, and consist of the wives, moth
ers, sisters and daughters of X. of P.
members and they are many thousand
strong, with temples in various large
cities, and are valuable aid to the X.
of P.
The appointment Of collector of the
port of New Haven to succeed J. Rice
Winchell, is causing more trouble at
this end Of the line than did the APP
pointment of both postmaster and the
revenue collector and I understand
that Secretary Carlisle has made UP Ills