The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-05
ENDING OF THE SESSION
ADJOURNMENT NOW LOOKED FOR
ON OCT. 30.

op06Cn Alter speech on the larlu TO
Follow Each Other in Quick Success.
sion in the Senate-Democratic Fears
OF Political Disadvantage All That
Keeps Congress Together.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Copgress will ad-
journ about Oct. 90. Both parties are
staying here now simply to close the record
on the tariff. The republicans want to
defend and explain their bill. The demo-
Gratis want to criticise it and contrast it
with the Mills bill 1.-The reporting of a
tariff bill changes the republican front in
the very thick of the BATTLE" said Speaker
Carlisle tonight, The republicans appre-
ciate this as keenly as the democrats,
and are anxious to prevent the possible
losses that may result from it. From Mon
day, when the Senate meets again. until
Oct. 20, speech after speech will be made on
the republican bill. The republicans, tax
ing Senator Sherman's cue, will put the best
face possible upon their change of policy.
The democrats will try to remove the wash
Both sides of both houses are anxious to get
away. Every senator and every represen-
tative has engagements at home and abroad
nowadays.
ALL ANXIOUS TO GO.
Personally, no one of them would remain
another day in Washington, if he could
help it. Hence, when the tariff bill was
reported yesterday, everybody begap to
talk adjournment. This morning Speaker
Carlisle went over to the Seuate to see
what the democratic senators wanted to do
about it. Senator Cockrell and the others
whom he first saw, wanted TO postpone
adjournment until the bill had been thor
oughly discussed, and urged that the repub-
licans were not united on their bill, that
Senators ingalls, aud Plumb, to say
nothing of others, would never
vote for it and that an attempt ought to be
made to bring them up to the rack. The
speaker agreed with them, but said that
inasmuch as the matter lay in the hands of
the democratic senators, he must con-
suit the wishes of all. When he came
to confer with the rest of the democrats he
found them strongly in favor of an imme-
diate adjournment.
UNDERSTOOD BY THE COUNTRY.
They said they thought the country un-
derstood that the republicans were in
harmonious and that their bill was
humbug and nothing would be gained
by speechmaking. After further confer
ence the speaker and the democratic
senator's finally agreed upon Oct. 10 as the
day of adjournment. The speaker went
to the House and had Mr.. Turner of
Georgia, the only democrat of the ways and
means committee then present, prapale the
resolution. But when they heart of it q
number Of House democrats vigorously pro-
tested, and being led by Mr. Oates of Ala
bama, and being reinforced by Clifton r.
breckenridge, who returned later in the
afternoon, they succeeded in stopping the
adjournment movement for the present
They insisted that the republican tariff bill
should be thoroughly discussed. This will
now be done before adjournment
Mr.. Oates of Alabama, it will be remem-
bered, surprised the House last month with
an early adjournment resolution. To-day
he said 1t would take quorum of the House
to pass resolution providing for adjourn
ment on Oct. 10. ~ would raise the point
myself. The condition of things is
entirely changed by the appearance
of the republican tariff bill. We
cannot afford to let the republicans say we
ran away from their bill. We want to stay
here until it is thoroughly debated and until
that the Senate republicans do not mean to
exhibit their divisions by pressing a vote
upon it."
Clifton r. Breckenridge of Arkansas,
one Of the majority of the ways and means
committee, thought he had gotten back Just
in time to aid in preventing a blunder on
the part of the democrats. "Why," he
said, "if the agreement to adjourn on next
Wednesday had been proposed to the re-
publicans they would have jumped
at it. Then on Monday and Tuesday
Senators Allison and Aldrich would have
made their speeches defending the bill and
our friends would have been shut out. As
it is now, there will be opportunity for dis
cuss1on On our side, aud the inconsistency
OF the republican position ard the incon-
gruity and inadequacy of the republican
bill will be exposed"
MR.. TURNER IN DEMAND.
Mr.. Turner, as the only democratic men,
Der of the ways and means committee in
the House this morning, was greatly sought
out by everybody, with inquiries as to the
probable date of adjournment. He could
only say that that would be determined by
the conference of the day. He added: "For
my part, think now that, as both bills are
given to the public, and the issue is fully
made up we might as well adjourn. There
is no possibility of passing bill. The polit-
ical speeches might as well be made on the
stump. / agree with what Mr.. Sherman
said on this subject in the latter part of his
remarks in the Senate yesterday" He was
asked If he had read the Senate tariff bill.
He replied that he had. "It does not i'm
prove the situation" he said ''It verifies
our declarations that this PROPOSE
ton is to reduce the reve-
nue. without relieving the taxpayers.
1t weakens their position by making their
purposes more clear. think it puts them
in worse position than they were without
bill, except that it may assist them in
frying the fat from the individuals the bill