Show ITHE TARIFF QUESTION lamay cause a split in ee banks HOAR EXPLAINS THE FORCE BILL senator gorman leada the the house will not consider Senate Tariff amendments our regular correspondent washington D 0 august 27 senator quays resolution setting aside the force bill aud naming a date to bejin voting upon the bill has braueht about a condition of affairs among the republicans in the senate not unlike that which existed when the late conoldine dine an me too platt resigned their seats in the senate there is a three cornered fight in the republican ranks which wai when senator frye reft 0 senator edmunds and the other republicans who early in the refused to sanction a change in the ruea of the senate to cut oil debate said 1 I do place the responsibility for the de feat of the election bill on senators who are now that the bill shall be postponed I 1 place it on senators who declared in a republican conference held earlier in the session eliat they would not support a rule for a previous question cowardice never yet won a battle and never yet retained a friend senator edmunds replied in the same tone comparing mr frye to a highway robber senator hoar delivered alon speech principally devoted to the force bill and apologizing fur bringing it forward he gave senator quay several sharp raps in the course of his remarks but mr quay paid not are slightest of attention to him mr hoar offered a substitute for the quay resolution vilich includes the original g g rule that was endorsed by alie can caucus borne weeks ago and in addition provides that the force bill shall be voted upon september 4 so anch for the condition of things on the republican faide senator german has the democrats well in hand and what they propose doing or how they will botn apon the quay resolution should it ever reach a vote is known anly to themselves they have been too well aware of the boht cal advantages which the discus sion of the tariff bill has given them to fall into a trap set by sir quay and promise to wind up that debate on the 33 dinst when three fourths of the bill has not yet been touched that would be too great a price to pay for nothing and that is all that mr quay has to offer the adoption of hig resolution would kill the force bill for the present session officially but it has been unofficially dead for all time ever since the republican caucus refused to adopt the gas law necessary for its passage the most radical members of the republican party in the house have en into an agreement to prevent the the consideration of the senate amendments to the tariff bill until the senate passes the election bill it would not be very surprising if the senate should conclude to aban don the tariff bill entirely as a party measure and let it go over until next winter the investigation by a special house committee of mr coopers charges against the commissioner of pensions was begun today to day and mr cooper pro auses to see that all the damaging facts are brought out so that the coat of white wash the majority of the committee has already trevare tre pare d to apply shall not prevent the public from seeing as they actually are geml f r mr cooper mr reed continues to ignore the committee which wants very much to have several bills which it has reported acted upon one of these days the laborers ill net an opportunity to ign r the huelke and do it senator carlisle characterizes the ar ni of the MI e schedule of the tariff hill as being sn insidious and in duties sena tur ironically says that llie finance committee should not be held responsible for a bill which has been made up by the beneficiaries themselves and only handed to the committee for the purpose of having it explained to ho country and defended in the senate the house lias passed the bill to inspect freab meats intended for importation io hilll extending aid to tural the compound lard bill is to lie voted on katurd 13 and that biting dealing in options and lauret lu uret next wednesday alic bill exempting from the provisions ot the alien land law lias been by vote of the house laid on the table 1 the river and harbor bill lias gone to a conference committee mr harrison and almost his entire cabinet have gone away they left tor fear of being dragged into the senatorial fight they will have to return be fo rethe fight Is ended the congressional campaign committee are beginning beg ining to hustle ahinga a little arrangements will be made to specially look after all districts which gave less than a thousand majority either way at the last election |