Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-21
THE AGONY TO EMO.
The Isrin Riil To be Disposed of ThI
Week-OongressionA Work.

Week-Oongressiona Work.
WASHINGTON, D. @, January 2O.-The
present week will witness the close of an
almost continuous debate Of nine months
in Congress on the tariff question. By
agreement the Senate is to proceed to a
vote upon the substitute for tie Mills bill,
at l o'clock Tuesday afternoon, butif that
limits not extended, some important pro-
visions of the bill will have to be voted on
with little or no consideration in the SEN
ate.
The schedules yet undispossd of are
those which concern rice, gold-lea lum-
Der, cotton manufactures, wool aud wool
ems. gloves, leather and mol&sss. Over
wool and lumber the principal conflict has
been raging before the committee Oh
finance in charge of the bill, and members
of the committee say in consequence OF
the continued pressure from interested
parties no agreement would be reached re.
specting these subjects until the very last
moment. As to wool the probability
favor no change from the schedule as
originally reported in the substitute,
though there is possibility that the rate
of duty on common wool would be reduced
from II to 10 csnts pound.
AS To LUMBER.
Sawed white pine lumber would be ad-
mit.ed under a duty Of $50 thousand
ieet instead of 81 as st present A p.ovis-
ion would probably be inserted that in
case Of lumber imported from countries
that lay an exIort duty on lumber mean
ing CANADA, the reduction shall not take
effect Michigan and Wisconsin lumber
men want such lumber to pay, in addition
to the 81 80 duty the amount of the ex-
port duty, which 10 the case of lumber
from Canada would be 50 a thousand.
This might have a tendency, it is said, to
cause Canada to repeal her export duty, but
in case she did rot such a provision would
virtually make a pIohlbit0ry duty here,
and that the committee want to avoid.
There has been some tslk about the
probability of certain Republican Senators
not vcting for the bill, but well informed
friends Of the measure say there is no dan
ger to be feared from that source. Besides
the foil strength of the Republican side of
the chamber, it IS believed that Senator
Brown, of Georgia. will vote for the bill.
Although the voting would begin at one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, it will be late
that night, if not Wednesday, before tie
final vote on the adoption of the substi-
tute can be reachsd.
WHEN THE TARIFF BILL Is DISPOSED OF
the Senate will find itself confronted by
an accumulation of business demanding
prompt attention. First in importance
are the appropriation bills, which have
come over from the House. These are for
the District of Cclumbis, Pensions, Con-
sular and Diplomatic service, Military
Academy and Legislative, Executive and
Judicial appropriation bills. The frat Of
these has been under consideration by the
subcommittee Of the Committee on Ap-
propTiatiOns, and would be ready 10 he
reported to the full committee rs soon as
Chairman Allison is relieved from tee
duty Of mansging tine tariff bill. The
committee will recommend increased ap-
pr, priatiOns iOr street improvements ami
schools over these made in the House. The
other bills will come up rapidly, and If
the committee can control the matter,
they viii keep the Senate busy this week.
Several Senators, however, have other
legislatioa they desire accomplished.
THE PROCEEDINGS II THE HoUsr
promise TO be interesting from the begin
ning this week Monday brings with it
that dread of orderly legislators suspen-
sion-but it 80 happens that under the
rule the dag will not bo open to irdis-
criminate motions, as was the case on the
last suspension day, in as much as the
motions 10 be made must come from COM
mittees, and not from individual mem
bers. The Oklahoma bill is the unfinished
business, and the members who have been
pushing the measure hope for betterIe-
suit thsn attended their efforts when the
bill was last under consideration. They
argue that with the advantageous position
they hold as the result Of the resembling
OF the ) o'clock rule, they must
prevail in the end. Then too, the
Democrats are bound by caucus mandate
not 70 tilibuster against the bill, and the
individual Republicans VINO nave Deen
particularly active IN ObstTuctiUs its con-
siderations a1e understood to have done
so net so much from opposition TO the
Oklahoma bill a. from desire to continue
1t as barrier against the passage OF the
Union Pacific funding bill. IL is believed
that when they are convinced that the
latter measure will not come up as the
next in order after the OklahOms bill they
will allow a vote to be reached in the Ter
ritorial bill.
Mr.. Crisp expects to call up the pending
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES
Tuesday and Wednesday, bat just what
order the business Of the week will ss-
-uue II is not possible 20 state, IS the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors have
selected the same days for tie consider
atom Of their appropriation bill, while
Mr.. Randall intends 20 move to proceed
with the sundry civil appropriation bill
slready before the House. Theee measures
are suficient to fill in all of the working
time OF the House during the week, while
in addition conference report on the Me
araugua Canal bill, which may prove to he
a bore of contention, is likely to be ADDED.