Show A I the idest till tariff and 11 dutli the leading at a adriner dr iner STANDARD special S F I 1 chronicle service I 1 washington march 19 there was a rather remarkable dinner at the white house ast last night the tile president invited senators dawes aidrich allison All HiB 1112 cuck cock morrill and jones of he the senate and me kinley burrow burrows cannon cannou conger and Bing bingham liana ot of the lalouve bodine to dine with him film informally it being under understood stoA that matters of public policy were to be discussed during the evenin evening g the dinner was earlier llian than peu buil if and was as served in the private dining room after tho tile menu was half finished the tile pres pret introduced the subject of the tariff and asked how the committee on ways and means it were ere petting getting along with their bill mr fr 1 mckinley I explained the situation hile all the gentlemen gerA lenten aroun around it the able table un ler standing g the significance of the question ga give ve him their at tenton lon the file president then asked mr aldrich Alt lrich and mr allison what propst prop ct the bill would have in the senate when it reached that body they told him they would be able to pass it in good g 0 od order provi providing dirIg it conformed to the policy policy represented b by v the bill reported e and passed by them last se sension ision the expressed him elf very warmly upon the ilia subject 0 the tariff explaining that in his op opinion nion the interests of the country demanded I that there should be a reduction of the revenue particularly on articles of food and the necessaries es of life thera was a goott deal of feeling be he explained particularly in the northwest north against maintaining the tariff that had ben imposed during the tho war the republican party was pledged to reduce tile revenues and duties had batter better ba be cut down if the government was compelled to economize la in order to make boh both ends meet then the silver question was taken up and the president asked mr ir conger chairman of the houe hou e 0 committee on coinage weights and measures what the prospect was in the tile house for tint that kind of legislation mr air conger thought it was entirely arba be that the windom bill w would ou 1 d pass a very much as it had ben boen d decoded ee r d ea I 1 upon by the tile committee but when the president asked mr aldrich what prospect the bill would hae bae in the senate ha he was informed that tin thi committee en on finance had already reported a substitute which differed materially from the measure which mr windom had already prepared d and that they would insist upon tta ts passage and agree to no other m whereupon hecq mr jones of navada spike quite freely and explained to the president the character aclei of the tile senate bill the tile most remarkable feature about it he eaid said was that it has been agreed to by tho the senate committee on finance and wag was the only financial measure that bad had ever evor been endorsed to euch such an extent by that committee any measure he be sa as it was remarkable that auld c mid secure thu tho approval of mr M and himself bit b it the wind in bill wan was not so popular the president did not engage in a con controversy sy but intimated rather strongly str ongy chatin that in his op opinion inori the windom hilt bill covered tile case about as well ell aa as any that cond could be bede de vi VI edan 13 1 3 and dhe lie was wag particularly anxious for the passage of this sort u of at measure |