St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-22
TRYING TO MAKE PEACE.
SENATOR Villas ASKED TO WITHDRAW
HIS AMENDMENT,
BUT THE BADGER STANDS PAT

And viii Let the Chair Rule Upon
It-Probab;Iity That 1t Will BE
Declared Out of Order-Re-
pubIican Advisory Committee
Decides to Pursue the Policy
OF silence.
WASHINGTON, July 81. When the
Benate on Friday adjourned over until
Monday it was understood that this was
done with the hope of making peace i'll
the Democratic party by patching up
the differences on the tariff bill. Among
other plans which some of the Dem
pcratio senators had in view then was
pne of getting Senator Villas to with
draw his motion to have the senate
recede from SO much Of the sugar
amendment as provides duty
of one-eighth of cent a
pound on refined sugar. Accordingly,
Mr.. Villas was appealed to by large
number of Democratic senators to re-
lieve the senate of the embarrassment
which the Offering Of the motion has
caused by not insisting on the amend
ment. This he has declined to do. Hs
said late today that he had no Intention
of withdrawing 1t.
81 shall let the motion be decided
upon Its meritS,' he said. "or call the
chair to rule upon it, but l shall not
Withdraw it. L did not" lie continued,
'otfer the motion with a view of
throwing a bomb, AMI if 1t had that
effect it was not result of my purpose.
thought | saw
AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPROMISE
the differences existing between the
senate and the house, and made the
motion with that end In view. 1t has
seemed to :me that this ditferential
duty is the vital spot of the differences
between the two houses of congress,
and believe that if it could be gotten
rid OF the two bodies could easily COM
pose their differences and an agreement
be reached upon the bill"
The senator spent the entire after
noon i'll the office of the secretary of the
senate, looking up the parliamentary
law bearing upon the question OF the
admiSSibility of an amendment of this
character. and fOrtifying himself to
made against his resolution, that SEN
ate amendment to bill cannot be en-
tertained under the rules when bill is
in conference. There is very little
doubt that this point, when made, will
be sustained by the chair. Senator Har-
riS has said that If he is In the chair
when the point is made he will sustain
1t. In case of an appeal from the decis-
ion ii is understood that the ReDubli-
cans will vote with a majority of the
Democrats to sustain the decision.
They say that while they will vote for
the original motion. if put,
THEY WILL NOT OPPOSE
by their votes ruling of the chair
which they believe will be right. In
the event that the chair IS sustained, it
would appear that there would be moth
ing left for the senate to do but either
to give Instructions for a recession from
the entire amendments. or to instruct
its conferees to stand by the senate bill.
However, there are mysterious hints of
other means of getting Instructions to
thu conference on the subject of the
dlfferential duty on sugar. 1t is posi-
but what they may be no one has un-
drrtaken to say. AS TO the general sit.
uation in the senate with reference to
the tariff bill and the feeling caused
by the presidents letter, il does not
appear to haYt materially changed
since yesterday. A large majority of
the Democratic senators are working
hard 10 bring about an agreement. 1t
is even intimate1 that an effort has
been made to bring the president and
some of the conservative members to-
Eether. 1t does not appear, however,
that the men who are most largely re-
sp0nsible for the senate bill in its pres
ent shape have SO far shown any dis
position 10 change from their former
eXactiOns, and unless the peacemakers
make rapid headWay between this time
and Monday, the prospect is good for
another day of very animated speeches
in the senate.
The Republican advisory committee
of the senate held meeting today for
purpose of an exchange of views upon
the present situation in the senate with
regard to the tariff. The opinion was
generally expressed among senator's
present that the Democratic situation
was very delicate. and it is understood
that a decision was reached that it
would not be improved,
FROM A REPUBLICAN STANDPOINT.
BY the interference OF Republican sena-
tors; hence they will advise members of
their party to allow the Democratic
senators to continue to do the greater
part of the talking in the senate OH the
subject of the tariff so long as they. will
do so. 1t is also understood that the
committee discussed the policy OH the
part of the Republicans with reference
20 m In1 l,,tt, 4
concluded to advise that the Republican
senators should vote solidly to strike
it out, if they should have the oppor-
tunity 10 do so.
There has been a persistent rumor
about the capitol today that the coll
servative Democratic senators have
been iii conference and that they
adOpted plan under which steps were
TO be taken to defeat the tariff bill if by
5 o'clock Monday the senate did not
definitely instruct the tariff conference
to stand by the senate bill. Senator
Brce, who is regarded as the leader of
this element, pronounced the story as
without foundation. He said it was
true. however, that the conservatives
had been great deal together, two or
three at q time, and that they under
stood one another perfectly. He said
Furthermore that so far as he was con-
cerned he had decided to support MIR.
Villas in his effort to have the sugar dit-
ferential stricken out OF the bill. and
added that the sugar schedule, being an
administration measure. he saw no rea-
son why the administration should not
have its way about it now. Ho added
that if insistence upon this course
should result in the defeat of the bill,
as he thought it might. the conservative
Democrats would not be responsible for
that result. 1t does not now appear that
there is any prospect Of an early Demo-
cratic caucus i'll the senate.