The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-13
TARIFF TRlBULATLONS.
Waiting for the Verdict on SEN
ator Hills Resolution.
UoUsE MEMBERS NOT ANXIOUS.
rhsy Feel That, Whatever tho Verdict
of the Senate, They Can Pass the
Amended Senate Bill and Rush IL
TIrouwh h, ths prasident,


Amended Senate Bill and Rush 1t
Through to tho President.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Yesterday was
anything but day of rest for the tariff
leaders. They were on the go from early
morning until late at night. 1t was day
bf conferences at the White House, ut
the private residences of the conferrees
aud at the hotels. Secretary Carlisle was
with President Cleveland throughout the
afternoon. The senate and house confer
rees made no effort to get together, and
they remain as wide apart as when their
meeting broke up on Friday night. The
house conferrees were in consultation in
formally most of the day, although Mt no
time were they all together at once.
Chairman Wilson spent the day with Rep
resentative Breckinridge, of Arkansas, at
the Normandie hotel, and was there called
upon by the other conferrees. 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
today, and in the subsequent proceedings
OF the senate and house. They reviewed
the situation from every possible stand
point and prepared themselves for all
Emergencies. As one of them said, it was
like going over the field of battle and
learning the topography of the ground on
the night before the great fight.
At the outset the house conferrees sat
isficd themselves of the parliamentary sit
aation of the bill. They had done this
with the greatest care toward securing an
hocurate and authoritative decisio n,
with care the pre-, .ents bearing on the
case, and it was understood that he had
in turn consulted with Secretary Car
iisle, who Us ex-speaker of the house Of
representatives, is regarded as one of the
best authorities on parliamentary pro
cedure
From the examination which had been
made the conferrees were fully satisfied
that the house of representatives had th'
right to pass the senate bill now or at any
time. This determination went mucl
further than has heretofore been under
stood. 1t was that the house, having thu
nctual physical possession of the tariii
bill, could pals 1t with the senate amend
ments before he Hill resolution passed ol
after the Hill resolution passed, or aftel
the Hill resolution was defeated. That
is, so confident were the house conferree
Of their right to pass the bill at any tim
that they regarded their rights us entirel.
unaffected by anything the senate couit
do with the Hill resolution or with an.
other resolution. They recognized tha
there were some precedents against th
position, but they regarded the over
whelming force of authority with them
nnd they therefore accepted it as settle'
that tho house had supreme authorit
over the bill without reference to wha
tao senate might do today or hereafter
! This conclusion was of the utmost in
portance in bearing on the action of tc
days caucus 1t assured them, in TIL
FIRST place, that there was no need Of prs
tpitate action toward accepting the sci
ste bill before Mr.. Hills resolution ha'
passed. 1t was agreed, however, that n
such haste was necessary. On tho ooI
trary, 1t was felt that the house,i in havin
possession of the bill and parliamenttr
right 70 pass it at any time, had ever
th.ng to gain and nothing to lose by d.
l. be ate action.
There is undoubtedly desire on I'll
5srt of q large ma jority of the Democrat
seuators, practically all of them, unless
may be the Louisiana senators, to hay
the house take possession of The bill I'll
Is due to the general belief in the sena
that the house will accept the senai
amendments and that the senate bill wi
thus become law, and to the fear that
tie Dill snoulu again 20 TO the SENATE
would be indefinitely postponed, while 4
the other hand it is believed that II IL
house should agree to the senate amen
ments the senate would acquiesce in th
action and waive the technical objection
which might be raised over the posse
sion of the bill. 1t is understood tn,
even Senator Hill, Notwithstanding h
opposition to the bill, would be dispose
te accept the favorable action of the hou
ms final and to permit the bill to go
gke president without raising any parli
nentary questions concerning it.
The hope is general about the sena
that the present will be the last week
the session. This is based upon the bell
That the tariff bill will be disposed of
some way early in the week, and with Il
tariff out of the way tiual adjourninel
ran be brought about at almost any tim