Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-12-12
THE WEEKS WORK.
Resume Of the Past, and Presage of
the Present Week, in Congress.

strangers and visitors be rigidly
watched and that no person be allow
ed to enter the galleries carrying any
sort OF extra package, and suspicious
looking characters will be closely
scrutenized when about the Senate
chamber or in the corridors.
1t is generally conceded that the
routine of legislative business for this
week has been badly disarranged by
the sudden collapse of the bankruptcy
bill, as much of the weeks session had
been set aside to be devoted to the
consideration of that measure. AS ii
is the Housebegun the weeks session
yesterday without any settled work
or definite object in view.
The tariff bill cannot well be taken
up before the first of next week for
active consideration.
The bill for the admission of Utah,
which consumed the morning hours
Friday, will again come up during
the morning tomorrow. Republicans
will probably continue their filibuster-
ing programme, and at the conclusion
Of the hour tomorrow the privilege
Of the bill will end and it will return
to its place on the calendar. Mr.. Kill
gore, of Texas, in charge of the meas
ure, says in that event he will ask the
committee on rules for a day for con-
sideration, and expects that before
next Saturday night the bill will have
passed the House and been sent to
the Senate.
Today the committee on judiciary
meets, and it is expected it will imme-
diately report with favorable recon-
mendation Mr.. Bailey's bill for the es-
tablishment of a voluntary system of
bankruptcy, although the House gave
crushing majority against the Tor
rey bill, which included both volun-
tary and involuntary features. The
prevailing opinion is that overwheInl-
ing sentiment in the House favors a
single voluntary bankruptcy law, and
Mr.. Bailey thinks it can and will be
passed without debate.
There are no bills of national i'm.
portance on the calendar. The most
important, perhaps, is the bill to pro-
tect forest reservations, which has al
ready had some consideration and
which will probably be disposed Of
this week. 1t involves large amount
of western land and is being bitterly
opposed by the far western members,
A favorable report on the bill to
refund the cotton tax collected du-
ring the period between 1864 and
1868 amounting to $68072,388, has
been ordered by the judiciary com
mittoe, and it is the ardent desire Of
southern members that it receive con-
sideration this week.
1t is not improbable that the lIa-
waiian affair may reach the arena of
debate in the House before the close
of the week. The Hill resolution call
ing for the papers in the case declared
that the intention of the administra-
ton to restore the queen is repugnant
to the spirit Of the constitution. This
was postponed until today by the COM
mittee, but it is not thought that the
Democrats will make further resist
ance to the first resolution at least.
Some very interesting preliminary
skirmishing is likely to occur when
the resolution gets in tho House.
The contes over Senator Hills
Federal election repeal bill, from the
beginning Of Congress, has been ox-
pected to furnish more genuine politi-
cal talk than any other likely to be
under discussion during the present
Congress. Having succeeded in the
fifty-6rst CongI ess in preventing the
enactment of the force bill, Demo-
Gratis, now that they are III full con-
troll of all branches Of the government,
seek to follow up Their triumph by
wiping from the statute books yirtu-
ally all laws permitting Federal inter-
ference at general elections, and as
the party north and south is united
upon this policy, aud as the bill has
already passed the House, it would
seem there Is every prospect of sue
cess. Naturally the Republicans, as a
party, antagonizc the bill. Some Re-
publican Senators are strongly OPP
posed to the proposed legislation and
will exert every Legitimate effort to
prevent favorable action. While they
recognize the futllity of their oppose
ton in preventing the ultimate pass
age Of the bill, they hope in the end
to gain a party advantage by putting
their views on record.
The programme for the week also
promises a speech by Senator Morrill,
on the financial features of the Presi-