Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-16
FREE BILLS IN THE SENATE
Speculation AS to What Will
Be Done with Them.
MANY DEMOCRATS FAVOR THEM
The President Likely to Sign
the Tariff Bill.


WASHINGTON, d. G., Aug. 14.-The
Democratic leaders Of tho Senate have
occupied considerable portion OF the
day in trying to determine what course
to pursue with reference ia tho apple.
mental tariff bills. Tho Democratic
steering committee wGs ia session for
two houra after tic Senate adjourned,
trying to determine upon tia lnost ad.
yisablc policy under Tic circumstances,
and previous TO tho meeting the Con
servative" Senator'S had consultation
on the same subject, II is understood
that the conservatives advocate the
reference of the bills TO tho finance com
mittee, while tho steering committee is
apparently somewhat divided on the
question.
Appearances all indicate, however,
that large majority of the Democratic
Senators would like 10 have the bills
passed il they could feel assured that
their passage would not reduce the
governmental revenues to too great an
extent. The interest in these bills US in
the main Tariff bill is in the sugar ques.
ton, and IL is to the free Sugar bill that
they are giving their principal attention.
L
part of majority Of Democratic Senu-
tors toward amending the Sugar bill SO
as to make it d revenue bill pure and
simple, and il is now the programme Of
the Democratic Senators to amend the
bill, if there should prove to be a
prospect of its becoming law, re-
ducing the duty, making it uniform
and striking off the diiferential on 70.
fined sugar. The reduction would de-
pend upon the figures which the
Treasury Department will furnish as To
the amount of revenue il will DO neces-
sary to secure from sugar under the
new tariff.
Secretary Carlisle was at the Capitol
while to-day's conference was in prog
ress. and was asked ~ supply this esti.
mate, which he promises to do. A lead
ing member Of the steering committee
expressed the opinion that duty of 25
or 30 per cent on sugar would afford all
the revenue from that source that
would be needed. 1t would appear that
50 far the only definite arrangement is
| for the discussion of the bills at to-
morrow's session. II would be impos-
sible i'll the face of single objection to
| force the bills to a third reading to-
morrow, and it is probable that large
part Of the day will be given up to de-
bate on motion to refer to committee.
This will serve to develop the real in.
tentions Of the Republicans toward the
bills and also possibly to develop what
differences there may be in the Demo
cratic party.
The steering committee has not yet
formally taken up the question Of select,
ing successor to Senator Vance on the
finance committee, but the matter has
been informally discussed by the mem.
bers Of the committee, and II is believed
that the selection will be made during
the week. The names of several Sena.
tors are mentioned in this connection
those most frequently heard being Sena.
tors Blackburn and White.
WILL SIGN THE TARIFF BILL.
There are now vague and in most
cases unfourded rumors OF what the
President will do with the Tariff bill
Many statements are made with grea
directness and assurance that the Presi
dent will not attach his name to thu
parchment at all hut will allow til,
measure to become law at the expira
ton Of 10 days. There are some personI
who believe that the bill will be vetoed
but these are few. The majority arr
confident that the President has neye
contemplated returning the bill to til,
House with his views for dlsapprovin!
it. The most generally accepted belle
is that he will not dodge the issue b,
declining to sign the bill, but, within
| Ga, Il 1.
his signature to It, There is som
probability that the President, however
may send special message TO Congress
urging the passage Of the so.calle,
pop gun" measures which came owe
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