The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-30

WASHINGTON, D. G., May 20.-Thc tar.
ilE leaders OF tho house do not expect to
havo another long tariff fight whom the
bill comes back from tho senate. On
tho contrary tho belief Ia that ten days
will 10 mplo TO settle all differences
between the house and senate. Tho
calculation Is that tho senate will cot
through with tho bill on tho 10Th or 10Th
OF juno, 90 that tho ten days would pct.
init the bill 10 90 10 the President for
his signature before Juno cloecs. The
programme Of action in tho house has
been pretty fully outlined, although no
formal action has boon taken by the
ways and means committee.
As soun ny tho bill comes bnck 10 the
house, Chairman Wilson will move d
disagreement to tho senate amendments
and a rCtCrcnCo to n conference COM
mittuo. This disagreement is 4 formal.
ity, and IL not indicative OF anv line Of
policy BY Mr.. Wilson or his associates.
In selecting the Confercs 1t is expected
that tho usual rule giving preference 10
ctiaIrmCn OF committees and sub.com.
mI,teos will DO observed. The princi.
pal subcommittee OF tho ways and
means OmmittGC arc those on customs,
on internal revenue and income tax,
The subcommittee on customs has MIR.
Wilson rs chairman and Mr.. DrucliIn.
ridge, Of Arkansas, next.
Mr.. Wilson will certainly be chosen.
and in Wow OF the Importance Of tho
customs branch OF the bill Mr.. Brcckin.
ridge Is also likely TO be named rs a
confcree. There is an additional reason
for this from tho fact that Mr.. Wilson's
Ill health aud recent absence from
Washington has mndo him rclv m,lcn
on tho close attention Mr.. Breckinridro
has given 10 tho bill during its senate
stages. Representative McA1illin, Of
Tennessee, Is chairman OF tho sub.com.
mittce on income tax, and Represent.
ative Turner, OF Georgia, is chairman Of
tho Subcommittee on internal revenue,
and both OF these sub-committees arc
likely TO DO represented as coufcrcs,
Mcssrs. Reed and Burrows will undoubt.
cdly DO tho Republican coniures, witt,
perhaps n additional Republican
member. Tho personnel OF tho com.
mittec may be changed by q limitation
of its mum Der Of members, although it
is usual on important tariff bills to have
q large conference committee.
After tho bill is before the confores II
Ia expected that q speedy report will be
mado on all subjects OF agreement, and
alao on such items MS the senate or
house confores may advise their rcspec-
tive houses to rccode. This will give
tho senate and house something to
work on and will also give tho conior-
enco committee a diminished num-
Der Of items to agree upon. This plan
OF making frequent reports and thus
gradually reducing the. disputed items
until alt arc agreed upon, will DO II
sued, and as has been said on the pu-
,hority Of n we'll posted tariff leader ten
days will probably suffice to reconcile
all differences and get tho bill to the
president.
Some OF the most radical FREQ traders
and advanced taril reformers OF the
house, however, arc disposed not to fol.
low tho programme OF compromise out.
lined BY the ways aud means committee
leaders. They have not determined
definitely upon their course, but thov
declare that it will be better for the
members Of the house to stand by tho
Wilson bill and make tholr tight in tho
next campaign upon that than to 20 be-
ioro tho country with n compromise bill
constructed by splitting the differences
between tho senate's compromise; and
aomc Of thcm saying that they are IN no
hurry to return to their constituents
under present conditions, think that il
would DO good policy for tho house to
hold out In q dead LOCK- with the senate
Ii necessary until tariff legislation Is do
clarcd of for the session. They admit
that such q course would not make par
ty harmony, but say that the De,no-
cratic party will simply court dcleat by
i0thcring n tariff measure but little less
protective than the committee bill. Dy
standing out against it they think they
might save their own political heads
from tho inevitable wreck.
No parties or politicians evcr won n
record OF compromises, they argued,
but mon who made tho fight for tho
principles upon which thoy wero elect.
cd aud wero beaten, emerge without 70.
proacll. They could say to their con.
s~t!tuents, that the Democratic house,
fresh from the people, voted for tariff
reform, but tho senators elected six or
four years ago dallicd with compromise,
betrayed the Causo. Thcscnato not being
particularly popular with tho people
this year the members who took that
stand would have no apologies to offer
to Democratic constituents. How many
will follow this course romans to be
seen.