The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-11
THE CRITICAL DAY.
Plots and Counter Plots For the Safety
and Destruction of the Tariff Bill,

Washington, August 10.-ToInorrow is
royal in protracted struggle over the
tariff. Tonight there has been numerous
conferences on the part of both friends
and enemies of the bill. The air is full
of rumors of plots and counter plots
that have been organized for the pur-
pose of securing the safety or destruct-
ion of the tariff measure. One of these
conferences is said to have been held at
the White House. Another on the art
of those interested in the preservation
of the House bill, was held at the Arl-
ington Hotel, at which Chairman Will
son and Isidor Stauss, close friend,of
the President, were present. In the
upper room of the hotel another confer
ence was held byscertain Repu blicans,
aided by ex-Speaker Reed.
A certain Senator said tonight there is
a plot to kill the tariff bill. 1t is said
the House conferees have become pos-
sessed of information that leaves them
no room to doubt it is the intention of
the Senate to defeat any report it's con-
ferees may make, and then kill the ta-
riff bill. The House conferees, it is said,
are determined TO defeat this alleged
scheme, and have decided they must
take the bill back to the House and pre-
sent it to that body for action. regard
less of parliamentary standing or any
precedents. The senators were informed
of this alleged plot tonight, and said if
| the House attempted to pass the bill in
| this way. the Senate would pass reso-
| luton directing the presiding sofficer to
refrain from signing the enrolled bill,
| and thereby defeat the final official act
| that would send the bill to the Pres-
dent. The vote today, by which the
| Senate refusd to 90 into..executive session
and thereby shut out Mr.. Hill and his
| resolution, is looked upon as very sig
niicant. The resolution will come up
| tomorrow and the debate promises to
be very interesting. 1t is predicted the
| friends of the administration will fiji
| buster to prevent action on the resolu-
| tion. 1t is predicted by both Democrat
| ic and Repu blican senator's that Mr.
majority and if the final vote of the day
can be- reached the bill will. be killed.
When the Senate conferees left the
associates shortly before there was ey-
| idence of bad feeling. The House con-
| ferees today reused the indignation of
| their senatorial associates by sending for
| Messrs. Caffery and blanchard the Louis
| them, MIR. Caffery declined to discuss the
matter. The House conferees have set
on foot some movement looking to the
| pacifcation of the Louisiana senators
and their Populist colleagues, Kyle and
Allen. A prominent House conferee
stated after the conference adjourned
this afternoon that the House people
| knew of the existence of an agreement
| in white and black, signed by Senators
| Caffery, Blanchard, Kyle and Allen, in
which they pledged themselves to vote
| for no bill that id not contain provis-
ion for a bounty on sugar grown in 1894
This is denied by the senator's
1t is understood that that at a meeting of
| the conferees, Mr.. Vest told the House
they they wanted and he would sign it. He
is tired of the delay. A proposition to
| give the Louiiana Senators a bounty was
discussed this afternoon. Mr.. Mills is
Quoted as saying he is in tavor Of doing
so. Other senators put themselves on