The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-23
THERE WILL BE NO CAUCUS.
ALI INTEREST IN CONGRESS CEN
 TIERS ABOUT THE SENATE.

Senators In Favor of the Compromise Stand
 Firm-It Must Bs tho Senate Bil or
 Sothins-It May Be That the Biil VIII Bo
 Defeated.
 Washington, July 22.-There Is now no measure on the house docket of such importance as to command the assign ment of a day for It's consideration The committee on rules will meet to- morrow to decide what committees shall be recognized during the week for presentation of business decided upon by them. It has finally been de- cided by the managers of the house that the Patterson bill to amend the interstate commerce law so as to permit the railroads upder regulations to be esta blished by the interstate com merce committees to pool their earnings shall go over to the next session for action. This decision was reached af- ter consultation with friends of the measure, although there was great pres sure brought to bear in favor of i'm mediate consideration It Is believed by friends of the bill that its passage. together with the recent demonstra- ton of the ability and determination of the government to protect and pre-. serve free and untrammelled move ment of commerce between the states will create a foreign demand for rail- road securities that will go far toward terminating the present business de- pression.
 All interest in congress the coming week centers about the senate, where the fate of the tariff bill may be de- cided by the vote to be taken on the conference report, which Is now before that body for action. Senators charged with responsibility In connection with the tariff bill called upon their col leagues to-day and endeavored to get some light upon the situation. prom inent democratic leader. chairman of one of the most important senate com mittees and who does not belong to the conservatives" said that unless something altogether unexpected hap pened before the senate met tomorrow all hope of tariff legislation at this session of congress would be doomed
 to disappointment. This view comes from a senator honest and earnest in his efforts to secure a bill of some sort, and was candidly expressed only after consultation he had this evening with some of the members of the senate finance committee.
 There will be no caucus to discuss the situation and it is known that thus far the senators who insisted that the compromise bill be passed or none have kept clear of their colleagues 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; 1t must be the senate bill or nothing. The managers of the bill on the part of the senate realize this and one says: We went to the extreme of comprom- ise when the bill was in committee and there is nothing further that we can yield except immaterial matters. The house asks us to do something that is impossible and the president, who knew beforehand what we were compelled to do, has turned and placed the responsibility upon the shoulders of the senate"
 When the conference report comes be- fore the senate again tomorrow it will be with four motions bearing upon it's disposal pending. These are the two motions of Mr. Hill to instruct the con- ferees to recede from the senate amend ment placing coal and iron ore on the dutiable list; MT. Villas motion that the senate recede from the one-eighth of a cent differential duty, which it has placed on refined sugar, and MT. Gray's motion that the senate insist upon it's amendments and agree to the houses request for a further conference. There Is thought to be no doubt that the oc- cupant of the chair tomorrow will rule MT. Villas motion out of order. If MT. Villas could secure votes upon his motion it is believed it would prevail If, as is expected, it should be ruled out it is said by parliamentarians that he can accomplish the same result by moving that the senate instruct its conference to recede from that part of the senate amendment which provides for differential on refined sugar.
 MT. Hills and MT. Gray's motions are in order and would be gladly voted upon by the senate. But 1t Is none of these motions that the managers of the bill most fear. According to democratic in- formation before MT Villas gets a chance put his motion striking at refined sugar or before the motion can be voted upon one of higher parliamentary standing will be made. It will be a motion that consideration of the measure from the house asking further conference be in- definitely postponed. The managers of the bill have some reason to appre- hend that this motion may secure five democratic votes. The republicans would vote solidly for 1t. Should the motion to indefinitely postpone the con- ference report prevail the tariff bill will be defeated so far as the senate is con- cerned, for it would be refusal on the part of the senate to agree to a further conference. -&
 MT. German, MT. Mills and MT. Brice are expected to speak tomorrow. MT. German will reply to some of the state ments made by the president in his let ter, and it is said will claim that MT. Cleveland knew before the public did what concessions the senate committee had to make. MT. German will also,. it is said, quote from MT. Cleveland,s in- terview about the time the Jones amendments were prepared, and this as going to show that the administra-