Western cyclone., 1886-06-03
MANY WEEKS YET.
uofore Congress Will be Able to Conn
pass Pending Business.


Washington special: Congress will not
- here later than the 18th OF july" said
CONGRESSMAN Morrison when asked about
+to nrobable time Of adjournment. The
business OF both houses has shaped itself
efficiently now to make something like a
.ofp forecast OF the duration Of the session
nossihe. Some Of the old members, and
among them Mr.. Randall profess to believe
+hat # will be possible to adjourn before
4ho FIRST Of July, and others are making
wild predictions Of q session lasting until
4bn middle OF August, but the safest predic-
4ion seems to be that Of Mr.. Morrison. If
+bo onnonents OF tariff reform are desirous
Of preventing any debate and able to en-
force their wishes by majority vote, adj
;ournment may come about the time Mr..
Randall names, but if there is a tariff dis
cuss1on it will take good two weeks. Mr..
Morrison allows that much in his esti-
mates. but says it will not be permitted to
90 beyond that. (
There is reason to believe that there will
no an effort to prevent consideration Of the
tariff bill, but some of the republicans say
thev will not join in that, as they want a
debate. It seems more probable, however,
that the republicans will defer to the wishes
ri the Randall faction in this matter, and
if Mr.. Randall wants to make the fight at
+he very start to prevent the bill being
taken up the chances are the republicans
will vote with him. The exact day when
the motion will be made to go into COM
mittee Of the whole to consider the tarlH
bill has not yet been fixed, but it will be
some time next week. When this motion
Is made the opposition will try to vote it
down if they want to prevent debate but if
there is to be no effort to ward off discus
sion the opposition will wait until the gen.
eral debate is closed and the bill is taken
m by sections Then a motion will be
made to strike out the enacting clause. Ii
that prevails the bill will be dead, but if the
fight is made at the start on the question
Of consideration, it can be renewed every
day OF the session.
1t is as yet impossible to say whether the
opposition will be able to control a major
itv vote. They seem perfectly confident,
and the chances are eunquestionably in their
favor, favor, but the whole matter really
turns on the course taken by the New York
delegation. The president, two cabinet
officers and two assistant secretaries are
New York men, and ought to be Rble to con-
troll the New York delegation. II they can
the tariff bin will be passed. Whether they
can is the question OF the hour.
Il do not think any attempt will be made
to subject the tariff bill to the same test
applied to the last, says prominent New
York congressman. while we unques-
tionably have strength enough, republicans
standing by u.s. to strike out the enacting
clause that is not the programme. We
shall move to recommit the bill, with in
structions to report the administration
part OF the same OF course the effect will
be the same as striking out the enacting
clause, because Col. Morrison will never
represent such bill. But this move, how
ever, he and his free trade committee will
have to take the responsibility.
"The uncertainty is, therefore, not as to
the ultimate fate Of this bill. 1t lies in the
tactics Of the republicans. There are in
dications that the republicans desire and
are anxious to debate the bill. Ii they de-
eide to do so they will vote against striking
out the enacting clause and against re-
committal, and the bill WILL thus come up
for discussion. The republicans want to
put the democratic majority on the record,
especially in regard to free e'wool, on which
they wish to have a square vote independ-
entity of the rest Of the bill. / think that
will be their principal object. Thus you
see, the bill may be disposed Of in forty
minutes, or may hang on for four to six
weeks. There is where the uncertainty is. I"