The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-19
The Democrats of the House Make Their Bx-
pected Attack on the Senate Tariff Bill,
and Are Easily Repulsed at ALI Points.
Republicans Expect Another "Scare"
Message from President Cleveland.
A New York Commission Dealer Talks Of the
Effect of the Mills Bill on His Business aud
on the Men from Whom LIE Purchases.
ADJOURNMENT AT LAST.

Both Houses Decide To Terminate the Pres
ent Session on Saturday.
epecal to the IndiscapoIis Journax
WASHINGTON. Oct lS.-Congress will adjourn
at o'clock on Saturday. The Senate, becom-
ing weary and dsgusted with the endsavors Of
the House to keep up the farce Of session,
passed an Adjournment resolution, and within
a half hour Mr. McMillin. Democratic mem.
ber Of the comnaittse on ways and means, called
up the proposition in the House, and at the end
Of three hours Of debate 1t was, by that body.
adopted. The Democrats In both Houses,
at the last moment showed al
most indecent eagsrness to get away.
They did this notwithstanding tho fact that they
have been pretending to want to stay here. In
both houses the Repu blicsns advocated o recess
till Nov. II or 10. which would give two or three
weeks more time before Congress, under the
Constitution, reconvenes on Monday. Dec. 3,
but the Democrats solidly demanded an adjourn
ment As anticipated. the Democrats in the
House attempted, under the stress of circun-
stances, TO attack the Republican substitute for
tho Mills tariff bill and the Republican endeavor
to reform the tariff by producing an alleged
and making . misstatement in reference
to the work in the Senate committee
on finance, but it proved a boomerang McMf-
I'm was compelled to admit. before be sat down.
that the Republican proposition TO increase the
duties on the luxuriss and put on the free list
or greatly reduce the duties on nscesssries OF
life which cannot be produced in this country in
sufficient quantities, was the only true and
equitable way to reduce the income. Then the
Republicans proved beyond question that the
Democratic member of the committee on ways
and means, as stated the other day oy Mr..
Blaine in Indiana, had changed the sugar sehed-
uls so ss to conform to the wishes and demands
OF Mr.. Havemeyer. the mopopolist who IL &C
the head Of the sugar Trust.
There will not be much done before the ses-
sion closes, and most OF the men Ia either
House will get away before Saturday. lot OF
them left for their homes tonight washing
ton 10 extremely quiet now, and everybody Is
glad that the session is almost ended. 1t will,
on Saturday, be nineteen days longer than the
longest session on record. Cnless the President
sends the promised bomb sleil' to Congress be-
be uneveuttul and witnessed by less
than three dozen statesmen. There are men in
the city tonight who say the President may.
when he Is waited upon by the committee from
both houses TO notify him that Congress is
ready to sdjourn and ask il he has any further
communication to make TO IL, .eply that he has,
aud that be may send in a message rapping the
Republicans over the head for not taking action
on the tariff, or Tor tho attitude or the Repub-
lica9s on the Canadian question. be could have
O message read in both houses at the very last
moment aud cut out any reply. The Repub-
licans are on the qui yive for any sensational
move the President may make. and they will
checkmate it if possible. They realize that
they are dealing with sensational President
Biustering Message May He Sent
Special 60 me Indianspoiis JournaA
New YORK, Oct 15.-Strauge rumors have
been floating around IN political circles for sew
eral days to the effect that President Cleveland
contemplated grand political coup d'etst. II
has been impossible to run these rumors down
to any definite point. and it was not until to-day
that they materialized into form. 1t is now said
by those who pretend TO know the inne.
working Of the Democratic political ma.
chine that My. Cleveland contemplates a
new retaliatory message From wha,
can be learned OF the matter and the motives
which inspired it. it appears that the White
House is greatly alarmed over the political situ
alton. Daily reports have been forwarded from
here to Washington REGARDING the situation in
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The
canvass which has been made in those States
is not reassuring. and il shows that the Demo
Gratis ara in much worse situation now than
they vere az the same time in 1854 This
is saying . great deal. These reports
from all accounts. also state that the further
the question or free trade versus protection o
American industry is discussed, the worse the
Democrats appear to be of. After a discussion
here among leading politicians, Mr.. Cleveland
was advised TO take some steps to change the
issue, or at least to cloud it. AS
o result q new retaliatory message Is con
templated. and is stated to be ready to be sprung
out on the people at q moments notice. How
far this retaiatory message will 20 no one
knows. Mr.. Clsveland's friends state that il i
comes it will DO very strong in terms, and ever
intimate that il may be tantamount to a declara
tion OF war. Tonight the matter WAS discussed
in the uptown hotels, aud the opinion was ex
pressed that perhaps in some quarters, now tha
the matter had leaked out, the message nigh
not come at all