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upon In conference by the Republican
will be printed at present.
senate Program,

upon In conference by the Republicans
will be printed at present.
senate Program.
The program in the senate Is much
more indefinite on account OF the wide
latitude allowed for debate, and the alb
sence OF any parliamentary method OF
bringing the report 10 vote. The Dem
ocratic senator's, IL is safe 10 presume
from their talk, intend 10 assail the COM
promise on sugar TO which the conferees
agreed. and 10 make a pretty stin fight
against the restoration 10 the dutiable
list of cotton bagging, cotton ties, bur-
laps. etc. which they succeeded with the
aid OF the Populists and one or two Re-
publicans In placing on the free list.
They will make strong opposition 10 the
restoration Of white pine 20 the house
rate OF 81 per thousand. Some of the
Democratic senators discussed the pos
sibiEty OF defeating the report i'm the SEN
ate on the presumption that they might
b. able 10 secure as many votes against
the report as they did TO place those
articles on the free list. But no one
inagines seriously that the report Is In
any danger in the senate when IT comes
10 a final vote. And. moreover the most
nGOnllDtnt Oh the i'fillDtTbl'C StEdiOIS
freely express the opinion that the fight
In the senate. though il may be spirited,
will be brief. They believe vote will be
reached within three days I'm the senate.
The parliamentary procedure on con-
ference reports may have an important
bearing on the course OF this debate IN
the senate. question has arisen as
10 the parliamentary practice. IL is the
established procedure 10 consider con-
ference reports as an entirety. so that no
vote can be taken on n separate feature
of the report. This report must be ac-
cepted or rejected as whole. This
practice becomes important in view Of
the desire among those opposing the bill
10 secure n separate vote on sugar. lum-
Der, cotton, ties. cotton bagging and
other items which have aroused excep-
tional interest. One Of the conferees,
who is an authority ON parliamentary
procedure. said:
There can be no doubt that the con-
ference report must be considered as
an entirety. The rulings of Speaker
Blaine. Speaker Carlisle and others have
placed that beyond controversy, and 4 e
same rule has been observed in the sem
ate The ONLY question before the
houses Is: Shall the report pe accepted
or rejected as a whole? For that reason
no motion relating TO sugar. cotton ties,
cotton bagging or any other item of the
report Is in order. The vote will be taken
on agreeing TO the entire report. and II Is
only by defeating the report as a whole
that II would be possible TO reach any
special item. Should the entire report
be rejected then a motion would be in
order 10 recommit the bill TO the confer
ence. with instructions on any particular
subject The strength OF the report lies
In its entirety"
Some Of the opponents OF the bill I'm the
senate hold that a motion TO recommit
with instructions as to separate items
wpufd- be In order befere-the vote
taken on accepting the report as an en-
tirety. but the best parliamentariars In
both branches say that the practice is
well settled. and that the vote must be
taken first on the adoption or rejection
Of the report. II rejected then any other
motion would be in order.