The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-30
Then the Senate Will Take Up the
Chinese Measure and Try to Dispose
of 1t Before Adjournment.
If FilibuStering Is Begun a Clio
ture Rule Will Be Reported.
HOOsier Officeseekers Searching Wash
ingtOn in Vain for Governor Mat
thews-The SuryeyOrship.

WASHINGTON. Oct. %. - If Senator
Voorhees, calculations do not miscarry
the repeal bill will be disposed of by the
Senate between 2 o'clock and the hour OF
adjournment tomorrow. There will be a
few more speeches on the subject during
the day and a few more amendments Of
fered. and, in all probability, voted down,
after which the vote on the main question
will be. taken, the bill will be passed by a
majority of ten, or possibly eleven. votes,
and the long contest will be ended and the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act ex-
plunged from the books, so far as it lies in
the power of the Senate to do that.
With the silver phase of the financial
question out of the way, the Senate will
be ready to either adjourn until the be-
ginning of the regular congressional ses-
sion in December or to take recess until
some specified time previous to the 4th Of
December. With the pressure removed, 1T
is probable that the Senate will tomorrow,
for the first time for almost two weeks,
adjourn after the conclusion of the days
business until noon the next day, after
which the sessions will run along regularly
in accordance with the customs OF that
body until some other emergency arises to
create change. 1t is probable that the
Senate will, during the week, dispose of
the House bill extending the time in which
Chinese laborers may be allowed TO regis
ter This bill will be reported to the Senate
by it's committee foreign relations to-
morrow, and the supposition is that it will
be taken up promptly after the passage of
the repeal bill, as the administration is un-
derstood to be DESTROYS of having the bill
become law before adjournment
If the House should lose time In dis
posing of the repeal bill the Senate has
draw for working material The federal
elections bill could be taken up If desired,
but it will be allowed to go over until the
regular session. The probabilities are that
if after the repeal and Chinese bills are out
of the way there should be time for other
work, it will be devoted to the private bills
and other measures of minor importance
on the calendar. There will also be an effort
to clear up the executive business. Ii the
committee on the judiciary succeeds In Sc
of Judge Hornblower to be Justice of the
Supreme Court will be considered and prob
ton confirmed by the Senate later in the
week. Senators are counting upon an adj
it shall be will depend wholly upon the
wishes of the committee on ways ana
means. Prominent members OF the ELL HOUSE use
pose of the repeal in one day after recelv-
ing it.
bill this week as soon the repeal bill
comes back from the Senate The friends
of the former measure have given up all
hope of procuring vote it at this SeS-
sion. When the repeal bill comes to the
House tomorrow evening Tuesday, If
the unexpected does not happen, Mr.. Will
son will be recognized to move concurrence
in the Senate amendment. The silver men
show no disposition to filibuster. but II
brought In by the committee on rules that
will force an immediate vote. Although
Mr.; Bland and the extreme silver silver men
would like the declaratory clause or the
voorhees, substitute stricken out they will
telegraphed to be here. and they. expect
26O members present when the bill comes
to the House
the hands of the subcommittee, but has not
yet been submitted to the full committee or
the majority members. IL propapiy VIII
be so submitted during the week. Work
has not been pushed with quite so much
vigor since it seems possible that the silver
bill will be passed and Congress adjourn
louisiana members were inclined to think
that no matter what had been done with
the bill, SO far nothing has been agreed
Upon in reference to sugar. While there has
been considerable talk in the committee as
to the increase OF the tax Oh whisky and
| beer, it seems not to. have been generally
| decided upon. The whole matter of an in
| crease in internal taxes would depend large
| ly upon the estimated revenues to be de-
rived from the customs. During the past
week there has been less talk about an
| income tax than before Ii is claimed by
| some members of The majority that the bill,
when it comes to the House, Will meet with
| a great deal OF opposition, and 1t will be
J doubtful policy to<weigh it down with any
| thing that will cause pronounced oppoSl-
| ton. The majority members or the ways
and means committee would be we'll pleased
| to see Congress adjourn soon, so that they
| might be allowed to work on the bill until
the regular session in December. The COM
rnittee of the House Will hold their regular
| meetings during the week, but unless some
thing unexpected turns up there will be very
| little of public interest.
The committee banking and currency
promises to have another spirited meeting
/ Tuesday, when the Springer resolution au-
| thoriZing the committee a subcommittee
| to go about the country and hold hearings
on the bills before the committee will be
disposed Of The most important thing that
| is pending before the committee, and upon
which most interest centers, is the pro-
| Iosed repeal of the 10 per cent. tax on State
| bank circulation. The division in the COM
| mittee Is very close, and IL may take an
| actual vote to determine what shall be
done. Six Republicans and one Democrat
| are known to be against the repeal, and it
/ Is thought that two other Democrats arc
| so counted, although the Democrats in favor
| of repeal claim that they Will have ma
| jOrity when the vote comes. If this ma
! jority cannot be obtained in any other way,
| ported with conditions imposing federal re-
| strictions upon bank circulation. II is
| thought by some that such a bill would
perhaps meet with more favor in the COM
| mittee than unconditional repeal. Then
| when the bill got into the House the condi-
tons could be swept away by those who
| would prefer TO see the bill pass absolutely
| repeating the tax and the statutes in refer