The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
He Says the Senate Must Vote on His
Motion to Take Off the Differential
Duty of 1-8 Cent on Sugar.
OUTLOOK NOT ENCOURAGING
Democratic Senators Striving to
Reach an Agreement.
Interview with Mr.. Harris That Shows
President Cleveland Must Have Had
Sudden Change of Heart.

WASHINGTON, July 21-When the Sem
ate on Friday adjourned over until Mon
day it was understood that this was done
with the hope of making peace in the
Democratic party by patching up the diff
ferences on the tariff bill. Among other
plans which some of the Democratic Sem
ators had in view then was one getting
Senator Villas TO withdraw his motion to
have the Senate recede from so much of
its sugar amendment as provides a duty
of 1sc pound on refined sugar. According
ly, Mr.. Villas was appealed to by large
number of Democratic Senators to relieve
the Senate of the embarra ssment which
the Offering of the motion has caused, by
not insisting upon the amendment. This
he has declined to do He said late to-day
that he had no intention of withdrawing
1T. 81 shall let the motion be decided upon
its merits" he said, cor call the Chair to
rule upon it, but shall not withdraw it,
/ did not offer the motion with a view
Of throwing a bomb, and if it had that
effect it not the result of my purpose
1 thought / saw an opportunity to compro-
mise the differences existing between the
Senate and House, and made the motion
with that end in view. 1t has seemed to me
that this dfferential duty is the vital spot
of the differences between the two houses
of Congress, and 1 believe that if it could
be gotten rid of the two bodies could cas-
lily compose their differences and an agree
ment be reached upon the bill.
Senator Villas spent the entire afternoon
in the office of the Secretary Of the Sem
ate, looking up the parliamentary law
bearing upon the question of the admssi-
bility of an amendment of the character
of his and fortifying himself to resist the
point of order which would be made
against his motion that a Senate amend
ment to bill cannot be entertained un-
der the rules when a bill is in conference
There is very little doubt that this point
when made. will be sustained by the
Chair. Senator Harris has said that if he
is in the chair when the point is made he
will sustain ii. In case of an appeal from
the decision, 1T is understood that the Re-
publicans will vote with a majority of the
Democrats to sustain the decision. They
say that while they will vote for the orig
inal motion, if put, they will not oppose
by their votes a ruling of the Chair which
they believe will be right. In the event
that the Chair is sustained il would ap-
pear that there would be nothing left for
the Senate TO do but either to give in
structions for recess.c-- from the entire
or 10 instruct It's cOn1ereeS
to stand by the Senate bill However, there
are mysterious hints of other means of
getting instructions to the conference on
the subject of the differenti9l duty on
sugar 1t is possible that other expedients
will be tried, but what they may be no
one has undertaken to say.
AS to the general situation in the Senate
with reference to the tariff bill and the
feeling caused by the Presidents letter, it
does not appear to have materially changed
since yesterday. a large majority of the
Senators working
bring about an agreement. 1t is even in
timated that an effort has been made to
bring the President and some of the con-
servative Senators together. 1t does not
appear, however, that the men who are
most largely responsible for the Senate
bill in it's present shape have so far shown
any disposition to change from their former
exactions, and unless the peacemakers
make rapid headway between this time and
Monday the prospect is good foo another
day of very animated speeches in the Sem