Ct) lis (m ( fflrfl o a iy, jjj WX' i : X -s H i AV U I K VJL V I VIVA VOL. VII THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1894. NO. 198 STATUS OF THE TARIFF TUB Clouds ' AM tlie Penaing Bill TMcier THan Eyer. NO ONE CAN FORETELL THE END Tomorrow Morning House Members Will Caucus Upon Their Ac tion Everything Depends. Washington, Aug. 11. The tariff bill is in a cloud tonight, and there are as many opinion aa to its present status and as to its future as there are political groups. . Surface developments today showed the democrats of the senate were willing to pull together again for a time in order to see if the caucus of the house democrats would offer any solution to the perplexing problem. The call for a caucus of the house, approved by the speaker, and requested by the house conferees, shows that the leaders in that body have become greatly concerned over the fate of the bill an acknowl edgement that it is in a critical state. But neither the action of the senate in de laying the Hill resolution nor the call of the caucus by the house democrats in sures the passage or defeat of the bill, nor yet does it certainly mean the senate bill or nothing. There are many who believe the- democratic caucus will re sult in the final success of the senate bill, and that this 'action will be taken because the democrats of the house, or a majority of them, will not want to risk any vote whatever in the senate for fear of killing all tariff legislation. This feel ing, however, was stronger at 2 o'clock than , at 6 today. It is quite probable the time which has been gained will be devoted towards reconciling the differ ences, making a compromise bill hur riedly and with the least possible fric tion and passing it as quickly as possi ble, providing such action will be acceptable to the house caucus. The parliamentary tangle in which the bill will be placed if no report is made by the senate conferees, has caused considerable 'discussion, and opinion is divided as to the course open to the houses. AH these tangles, however, would all unravel at once if the wings of the democratic party again flapped in harmony and an agreement - were reached by the conferees. If this be found impossible, it is contended by some that the house would concur in the senate amendments and pass the bill at once, whether the particular copy of the bill on which the conferees are at work is on the clerk's desk or in the confer ence room. It is also claimed that the house can rescind the action by sending the bill to conference, Tvhich would bring it as amended ' by the senate again to the house. The parliamentary difficulties are not so serious as the other complications which have arisen, and which may arise before the caucus Mon day and before the senate meets again to prevent an adjustment of differences. At present the questions remaining un answered are: - ; Will the house caucus decide to take the senate bill, or will a decision be reached to make one more effort to agree on a compromise bill? ; It is conceded by almost all parties now that fewer concessions are to be ex pected from the senate than could have been obtained a week ago ; that the out look now is between no bill, the senate bill and the senate bill modified, but not to a great degree. i ; When Speaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson determined, after a conference at noon, that a house caucus should be called for Monday morning, another hew element was added to the tariff situation. The house conferees had pre viously concluded that a caucus was de sirable, and Crisp quickly ' assented to the plan, his name and that of Wilson's heading the petition to Chairman Hol nion that the caucus be called. With this authoritative endorsement from the house and tariff leaders, signatures were secured as fast as the paper could be passed about, and the number necessary for the call was obtained within half an hour. Crisp went over , to the senate and told the senators what had been done, and this was one of the -main causes for the postponing of? the Hill resolution until Monday, as the caucus at 10 a. m. will give opportunity for the Highest of all in Leavening Power. rl I 1 Yt7x v r house to determine upon its policy be fore the Hill resolution is taken op at 12 o'clock. Throughout the day the purposes of the case were ' canvassed from every standpoint. Crisp said of it : " "There is no prearranged programme for the -caucus. The house conferees thought they would like to inform their associates of the difficulties encountered and of the position they had taken upcto the present time.- I do not know that they desire or intend to ask'for any par ticular line of action. It is palled simply to allow them to inform the democratic members of the exact situation. 'What line of action will be developed I cannot say, and .1 think it will depend largely en circumstances. There is no purpose on the part of the conferees, so far aB I know, to present the question of 'the sen ate bill or no bill,' but that may and probably will come up." Chairman Wilson also treated the cau cus aB designed for the purpose of giving and receiving information and' advice. He said he would make a full statement of the recent difficulties in conference, and of certain misapprehensions which had been given wide publicity. One of these misapprehensions w,hich Wilson will clear up is as to the tender of free sugar; and free coal by the senate con ferees, and he will tell his colleagues that the tender was not made ; or at least was made with the knowledge that it would assist in defeating the bill. Wilson has not stated what line, if any, he would ask the caucus to take. He says the house conferees have not as yet decided among themselves that the time has come for the acceptance of the entire senate bill. Whether he will leave the caucus to shape its view on this question, or wilL ask its continued support in an aggressive policy, has not been indicated by him to the members. Warner, Tracy and other administra tion men of the honse said tonight that deference would be given to the wishes of Wilson. They expressed a certainty that if he assumed the leadership of any exact line of policy the house would stand behind him. It is accepted as 'certain, however, that ihe direct issue of the senate bill or no bill will be precip itated at the caucus, whether Wilson in itiates it or not. Several members' stated their intention to present resolutions on this line in the event the tariff leaders did not do it. In some quarters it was believed some middle ground would be reached before the caucus ended. After the senate adjourned today the democratic steering ' committee met. The member declined to divulge the pro ceedings. One of those present stated that the feeling was very hopeful as to the outlook for the senate bill, but that there was no assurance as to its fate, and the assurance could not be obtained un til more time" could be had to canvass the situation. He thought that by to morrow it would be known whether the house would accept the senate bill in its entirety or not. The conservative sena tors have claimed from the beginning that if the' house democratic caucus could have the opportunity to act on the bill uninfluenced by the house conferees it would accept the senate bill.- They Btill have this faith, - The house confer ees were in .a committee room , in the senate end of the capital when, the steer ing committee was in session, and there was more or less communication between the two bodies, evidently bearing on the terms of the settlement. ' Wilson and Montgomery, of the house conferees, and Strauss of New York had a conference with Secretary Gresham to night; at which the situation was dis cussed and careful consideration given the proposition to have the honse take the senate bill in its, entirety and sub sequently correct any defects by passing separate bills. Private Secretary. Thur; ber came to the conference with a - mes sage from the president. - A report was in circulation that it had been decided to take the senate bill, but Strauss, after the conference, said no course had been decided upon, and that the policy to be pursued was still a matter of specula tion. ' "" ." Like a ship without a rudder is a man or a woman without health and the necessary strength to perform the ordi nary duties of life. When the appetite fails, when debility, and . a disordered stomach, liver, kidney, and bowels as sail you, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Thb Chronicle is prepared to do all kinds of job printing. Latest U. S. Gov't Report T7TV fl.O V j0v I Fishing Season Closed " Astoeia, Aug. 11 The fishing season closed last night at midnight, and by 8 o'clock ' this morning all the can neries had packed all the fish on hand. It is estimated that since the season opened nearly $1,500,000 has been, paid the fishermen of Astoria canneries alone. The fishermen are preparing to leave immediately after the regatta. Fish Commissioner. McGuire-secured a boat tonight, and will; patrol the river in the neighborhood of Baker's Bay, where it is reported that Commissioner Crawford has signified his intention to allow traps to continue fishing during the close Beacon. If any are found, Mr. McGuire will ask Governor Pen noyer for instructions. - ' Another House Cftocis. Washington, Aug. 11. Speaker Crisp and the house conferrees are circulating a call for a caucus of the houee. The names of Crisp and Wilson 'are among the first signed to the call for a caucus Monday. It is recalled -thai in his speeh to the recent caucus Crisp said when the matter was resolved into a choice be tween the senate bill or" no bill, tho conferrees would call upon their col leagues for advice. . " ' ' . Madeline Pollard as an Actress. ' .' New Yohk, Aug. 1 1. The World this morning announces that Madeline Pol lard is to appear on the stage under the management of Clayton Roberts. Ac cording to Roberis, Miss Pollard will be gin her season in the middle of October, in Chicago, and will appear in New York during the winter. There are still many details to be completed, and for that reason many points are withheld. , rvalue From the JJrltlah - London, Aug. 12. In British naval cir cles the Japanese attacks upon Wei-Hai-Wei and Fort Arthur are regarded as dar ing to rashness, and the pluck of the Japanese is praised unstintedly:. The at tacks are compared to . a euppositive British attack npon Toulon. HOW TO HUM r-MH mND FAST. Keep the Knees Jlent, Jran Forward and Lift the Feet Very Slightly. Physiologists'and lovers of athletics may be interested in recent experi ments and researches . of - '. French artillery captain, M. do . Kaoul, who, some fifteen years ago, began to try and find ovit the most economical and least trying way of walking1. There are many manners of walking, says the Popular Science News, some of which are- much devoid of grace, but it may be supposed that as far as effi ciency is concerned one must be better than the others. ' M. de Kaoul has come to the conclusion that, as far as fast walking is concerned, the best method is that which he calls marche enflexion. The principle is to run without leaping, to. raise the body above ground as little as possible, to keep the knees bent, the upper part of the body inclined forward, so that practically you are always running after your center of gravity. The feet must be raised only very slightly. M. de Raoul, who has now some years of experience, says that he can now take any man .between twenty and sixty and teach him to run as long as his legs can carry him without getting out of breath. Some men can, on the very first trial of the method, run seven or eight miles without stopping, while, with the ordinary tactics, they could not have run over one mile. The first kilometer (a kilometer is five-eighths of a mile) is usually covered in seven minutes and a quarter, the second in six minutes, and the- third in five min utes and forty-five seconds . An inter esting feature of M.. de Raoul's re searches is that even after a long run, according to his method, a stiff walk is no trouble at all; the muscles which work in both cases do not belong to the same set, and while one exercise is performed the muscles' which minister to the other rest. :"i Dr. Adolph Liebmann, of the, Whit worth institute, Manchester, England, said in an address the other evening in New York city that remarkable prog ress had been made in the manufactur ing of artificial indigo. Experts have devoted much time to this production, he states; and the result is that indigo can be evolved from coal t.nr lw different methods, but as yet no one has succeeded in discovering a process suf- iicienuy cneap to compete with natural indigo. 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