Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-07-26
THE FATE OF THE TARIFF BILL

THE FATE OF THE TARIFF BILL
May be Decided During the Present Week
| by . Vote on the Conference Report Now
| Pending In the Senate-Each House Seem
| ingly Determined to Insist Upon Its own
| Bill-An Agreement Not Probable.
| WASHINGTON, July 23.-All interest IN
congress the coming week centers
about the senate, where the fate OF the
tariff bill may be decided by the vote
to be taken on the conference report
which is now before that body for ac-
| ton. BY tomorrow night history OF
| importance to the whole country Will
! proba bly, have been made, and events
fraught with grave results to the dem
ocratic party, will have TRANSFERRED.
There was nothing in the shape OF :
caucus Yesterday, although senators
charged with responsibility in connec-
| ton with the tariff bill called upon their
| colleagues and endeavored to get some
| light upon the situation. A prominent
democratic leader, chairman OF one OF
| the most important senate committees
and who does not belong to the so
called conservatives, told United
Press reporter last night that unless,
something altogether unexpected hap
pened before the senate met to-day
| something to which no one looked for
| ward-all hope of tariff legislation at
this session of congress will be doomed
| to disappointment. This view was ex-
pressed only after a consultation he
had last evening with some of the
members of the senate finance COM
mittee.
There will be no caucus to discuss
the situation, and it is known that thus
far the dissatisfied elements of the
partv-the men who insisted that the
compromise bill should be passed or
none-have kept clear of their col
leagues and have declined to talk the
situation over. They stand as firmly
| as ever where they have always stood
and declare that there is nothing to
discuss; it must be the senate bill or
nothing. The managers of the bill on
the part of the senate realize this, and,
as one of them said last night:
"What can we do? There is nothing
to compromise; we went to the extreme
of compromise when the bill was in COM
mittee and there is nothing further
that we can yield except immaterial
matters. The house asks us to do some
thing that is impossible, and the presi-
dent, who knew beforeha nd what we
| were compelled to do, has turned and
placed the responsibility upon the
shoulders of the senate
When the conference report comes
before the senate again to-day it will be
with four motions bearing upon its dis
posal pending. OF these the first
made were the two of Mr. Hill to in
struct the conferees to recede from the
senate amendment placing coal and
iron on the dutiable list. Then comes
Mr.. Villas motion that the senate re-
cede from the one-eighth of a cent diff
ferential duty which it had placed on
refined sugar, and fourth, Mr.. Gray's
motion that the senate insist upon its
amendments and agree to the request
of the house for further conference.
After all, however, it is none of these
motions that the managers of the bill
most fear. According to democratic in
formation, before Mr.. Villas gets
chance to put his motion striking at
refined sugar, or if he does make it, be-
fore the motion can be voted upon, one
of higher parliamentary standing will
be made. 1t will be a motion
that the conference report be indefi-
nitely postponed. This motion the
managers of the bill were warned
last night might be made early in the
day, and they have some reason to APP
prehend that it may secure five demo
cratic votes. OF course the repub licans
would vote solidly for it. A motion Of
this kind was about to be made Friday
when Mr.. Cockrell hurriedly moved tc
adjourn over.until Monday in the hope
that cessation of the debate for a
day or two might improve the situa-
ton.
Should the motion to indefinitely
postpone the conference report prevail
the tariff bill will be defeated SO far as
the senate is concerned, for it would
be a refusal on the part of the senate
to agree to a further conference
Mr.. German, Mr.. Mills and Mr.. Brice
are expected to speak to-day. Mr..
German will reply to some of the
statements made by the president in
his letter, and it is said will make
claim that Mr.. Cleveland knew before
the public did what concessions the
senate committee had to make. Mr..
German will also, it is said, quote from,
Mr.. Carlisle's interview about the
time the Jones amendments were pre-
pared, and use this as going to show
that the administration knew of the
difficulties in the pathway of the sem
ate and gave the committee its sup
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