Show HOW THEY MAY STAND Probable Attitude of the Republican Senators Washington May 7The Republican steering committee of the senate held a conference today for the purpose of considering the attitude of the Republican Repub-lican party in the Senate on the tariff question in viewt of the claims made by the Democrats that they have assurance assur-ance of the 43 votes necessary to pass the bill While the members of the committee do not freely discuss the action of the committee i is understood they decided > to notify the Democratic leaders they had no intention of filibustering against the tariff and especially would not be tarIf inclined to resort to dilatory tactics If the Democratic party should prove to bill be substantially united on the tariff billThe The interchange of views developed the fact however that the Republicans cans think there is much material in the new compromise bU for legitimate I discussion and that they will insist upon the right to discuss the bill as amended upon its merits |