The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-19
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TARIFF PROGRAMME.
The Republicans Hope to Rush It
Through In Week
TWO DAYS DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
Ia the Senate There Is No Chance to
Limit Speeches.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
In the Upper House VIII Have Con.
siderable to DO with the Prog )
rcss OF the Bill.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The Indications
tonight arc that the tarIi. bill as agreed
TO by the republican confcrees yesterday
will have passed both houses aud be law
ut the end of this week. Delays and COM
plications. now unanticlpated. might some-
what prolong the iinal struggle.
Tho republican confcroes have been
working hard all day consulting and ar
ranging tho details Of the report which
they now believe they viii be able to sub
init on their colleagues tomorrow morning.
The bulk of this work has fallen upon
senator Allison and Governor Dingley.
who are preparing the attachments OF tho
effect OF the changes made by the con-
ferees. which Will be submitted to their
respective houses. They have had small
army OF clerks at work throughout Tho
dav in the room OF fhe senate committee
ON iuance, preparing the bill for the print
or. IL the task can be accomplished to-
night 80 that the printed bill can DO laid
before the democrats tomorrow morning
the debate Will begin In the house tomor-
row afternoon. IL is not believed that
there will be any disposition on the part
of the democratic members OF the confer
cnce to delay the bill IN fun committee.
but they have had no meeting 10 deter
mine their course.
senator Allison and Representative
Dingley were engaged ZIP to midnight In
the preparation of the report which is 10
accompany the bin when II Is presented TO
the respective houses. After the meeting
Mr. pingley authorized tho statement that
that measure would be submitted to the
run conference committee including the
democratic members tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock for final action. lie confidently
believes that the whole committee VIII
complete It's work hy midday and that the
conference report will be submitted 10
the house at noon. II there is delay in
completing the consideration OF the Dill
in conference by noon the house VIII he
asked TO take recess Tor an honr or TWO
unul the report ii ready only limited
number of copies OF the bin as hnally
agreed to IN conference by republicans VIII
he printed al present.
One or two OF the democrats are ton'sht
inclined to insist upon day for deuphra-
ton, hut they of course realizc thnt 'hoy
are helpless If the majority desire TO report
tho bill over their protest and inasmueh
as the republican leaders OF the house de-
cided tonight TO give Two fun days for the
discussion of the repor; In the house, they
probably VIII agree In the decision Of the
majority 10 make the report tomorrow.
the report must be acted upon by tho
house before II is considered In the een-
ate. The committee on rules VIII meet to-
morrow morning and prepare n rule when
will bring vote on the report before ad-
journmcnt on Tuesday. The rulo Will be
presented and adopted as soon rs the con
fcroes make their report. probably soon
after noon tomorrow The debate VIII fol-
low Immediately The South Carolina dis
pensary bill viii be used 10 consume the
time until the report is brought in. II
Is not believed that n single republican
vote In the house VIII be recorded against
The report.
more indefinite on account Of the wide
latitude for debate and the absence OF
any parliamentary method OF bringing the
report to vote.
The parliamentary procedure on confer
eucc reports may have an important bear
Ing on the course of the debate in the
senate. a question has arisen as to tho
parliamentary practice II liz the estab-
lished procedure to consider conference re-
ports ms an entirety, 30 that no vote can
be taken on any separate feature Of the re-
port. The report must he accented or re-
jectcd as whole. This becomes impor-
tant In view Of the desire. among those
opposing the bin to secure separate vote
on sugar. lumber. cotton, ties. cotton bag
sing and other items which have aroused
interest
Some of the opponents OF the bin In
the senate hold that u motion to recon-
nit with instructions TO separate II would
be in order before the vote Is taken on
accepting the report as an entirety, but
the best psrliamentarians in both branches
say that the practice is we'll settled and
that the vote must be taken FIRST on the
adoption or rejection OF the report. II re-
jected. then any other motion would be
In order.
II is learned today that there were some
changes in the verbiage In the sugar
schedule not noted In the Associated Press
last night, and that the provision OF tho
ratification OF reciprocity treaties by tho
seDate was retained In the modified rcci-
procity clause. The Associated Press re-
port last night covered most Of the
changes upon the important provisions Of
the bill Among the other things agreed
to were the senate rates on steel tubing
and hollow bille,s used In the manufacture
OF bicycle frames.
The rate on cotton bagging u 7-lo OF