The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-19

that the report is in danger in the senate
N'nsn i comes 10 a final vote. And
moreover. the most prominent Democratic
ssAdSerS Ireely express the opinion that
me ns1t IN the senate. which may be
SPIRITED. VIII be brief. They believe >
vote viii be reached IN three DAYS in the
senate The parliamentary procedure on
conference report may have an important
bearing on the course OF the debate in the
senate. \ question has arisen as To fha
p@rh2lnerIary practice. IL IS the estab-
llSieC PTocS1ure 70 consider conference
reports as an entirety so that no vote
can De taken On any separate feature OF
the report The report must be accepted
or reJecfed as whole. This practice be-
CONES important in view of the desire
among tnCse opposing the bill to secure
separate vote on lumber cotton ties.
cotton 0asSing. sugar and other items
watch have aroused exceptional interest.
AS AN ENTIRETY.
One Of the conferees. VINO is an author
lty on parliamentary procedure. said to-
night:
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 be-
yond controversy and the same rule has
Dsen observed in the senate The only
question before the house is: Shall the
report be accepted Or rejected as a whole?
fOf that reason. 10 mOticl relating to
sugar, cotton lies. cotton baggine or any
otner item OF the report is IA oruer. The
vote viii be taken on agreeing 70 the en-
tire report. and IL only by defeating
the report as Wl0.e that il would be
possible TO reach 2Iy special item. Should
the entire report BE- elected. an order 10
recOm-nlt the bill III be made The
strength of the bill S in its entirety..7
Some Of the OppO- us OF the bill in the
senate hold thar notion - recolnmlC
WITH instruction as 10 separate items
would oe in order before tne vote is taken
on accepting the report as an entirety.
But the best parla4nentarians 81 both
branches say that the practice Is well set
tied and tnat the vote must Oe taken first
OF the adoption or REESE zOn OF the report.
II reJectecs then any ctner motion would
be IN order.
CHANGES OF VDRBIAGE.
It is learned today mat ul=re we're some
changes Of yeTb-aSe n che sugar sched-
ule not noted IN the Associated Press re
port last night and that the provision fC.
tne TatlrcaLLOn rrea-4es by the senate was
retained in the modified reciprocity
clause The Associated i-ress report lasC
night covered most OF The changes upon
the important provisions Of the bill
among the other Things agreed 10 were
the senate rates on steel tubing and hOl-
low b!llets Used in the manufacture of BIZ
cycle frames. The rate on cotton bagginE
is 40 of a cent. The house rate was lI-lO.
Senator Allison and Representative
Dingiey were engaged up 10 midnight in
the preparation OF the report which is To
accompany the bill when it is presented
to the respective house. After the meet
ms Mr.. Dingiey authorized the statement
that the measure would lie sumbitted to
tne 1un conference committee including
the Democratic membership tomorrow
morning 2J 10 o'clock tor final action. He
confidently believed that the whole com
miBtee Will complete its work b. mid
day ana that the conference report will
be submitted 20 the house at noon. II
there is delay il completing the con-
sldsration of the bill in conference the
house VIII be asked to take a recess for
an hcur or two. until the report is ready.
Only limited NUMBER of copies of the
bill as finally agreed 10 in conference by
the Republicans will be printed at pres
ent.