The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-18

DC taken 10 so report 10 Doth houses anu
ask for more instructions. The chief
points of disagreement, according to
Washington advices, are that there are
wide differences between the conferrees
all along the lines of the bill, including
sugar. coal and iron, the metal, wooden,
cotton and glass schedules especially.
rhe Republican members of the COM
mittee do not know just what the diff
culties are, and remain still in the dark
as 10 the exact causes Of the disagree
ment.
In general. however, 1t is understood
that the House members are not in
clined to concede all that the
Senate conferrees demand, and
the latter are unwilling to yield
even in the smallest degree, claim
ing that any other bill than that
which left the Senate cannot by any
possibility pass the Senate. The Senate
will be first notified of the disagreement
as the law as to conference is that the
report is to be made to that body first
which has the custody of the papers,
irrespective of the House in which the
measure originated. And the papers
are assumed to follow the last mes
sage regarding the bill. The last
message came from the House to
the Senate, announcing that they had
accepted the proposition of the Senate to
appoint conferrees, aud appointed them.
So that the bill is now in the custody of
the Senate, and the report of the con-
ferrees should first be made to the SEN
ate, and acted upon there, before the
House can take it up. A conference re-
port under the rules and usage cannot
be made concurrently to the two bodies.
So that the Democratic protectionist
Senators must be given an opportunity
to determine what course they will pur-
sue before the House Democrats can
take action.
If an attempt is made to report an
agreement on part and disagreement
on the balance the Republicans in the
Senate will oppose the scheme,
and as a conference report can
be debated without limit, as though
it were an original proposition,
the debate thus opened will be limitless.
In the House debate can be cut off by the
reporting of rule by the committee on
rules fixing time when vote shall be
taken, and thanks to the adoption of the
quorum counting rule, filibustering
must end when cloture is adopted.
1t may be that a proposition will be
made to postpone action until after the
fall elections and the anxiety of the
Democratic Congressman to get home to
mend their fences lends color to this
theory. but 1t is doubtful if it will be
adopted, as that means eventual defeat
and the Democracy dares not face the
country without some kind of Q tariff
bill to point to.
Theoutlook today for the passage of the
bill is again growing dubious, and while
rumors as to agreements come from
time to time they can always be traced
to speculation sources, and are thrown
out solely for the purpose of influencing
speculation.
The Democracy stands with divided
ranks quarreling over measure that
does not represent single Democratic
principle and it is likely to pay dearly
for its attempt to rush through Sec
tional measure of hatred only devised
to deceive the public aud destroy North
ern industries.
The Republicans in Congress are
watching proceedings quietly and
carefully and If an opportunity is given
them they will crush this infamous bill
and put an end to Democratic tinkering
with the tariff. The bill is now trem-
bling in the balance, and the country
waits anxiously to see what the out
come will be.