The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-07
-, Probabilities as to the
Tariff Bill.
SAGE By THE SENATE DOUBTFUL
pumorcd New Treaty With China and
Other legislative Gossip.
orr kesula Correspondent.

onr kesula Correspondent.
IL ,sulNGloN, Dec. 1.-THE Con
'.;o,al mill resumed work today,
he is a wise man indeed who
toll from the raw material
,rn 10 be IN hand what its prod
are to he and how long it will
President Clevelano's mes-
is. IN ne respect at least, like
new ta fl bill; it depends large.
mon the politics of the man
!, he thinks of it, or at least
h he says he thinks of it--some
seldom or never express their
opinion upon such questions as
tariff aud finance. There is one
10 about the message upon which
men agree; it is thoroughly
veandsh from its beginning to
end.
looks now as though the talk
MT getting the tariff bill through
house before the holiday recess,
ch prevail,d here a few days
was entirely too premature.
members of the ways and means
bmit,ee know, and if they don't
odv does, the bill with its &C.
panying maj ority and minority
prs will not be ready to be
prted 10 the house until next
k, and if the bill is not reported
next week it may be set down as
rtain,y that it will not be passed
he house before Christmas. 1t
a, of course, be put through
house in forty eight hours after
rs reported, but it would be u
Eseding so unusual that it
ID be generally condemned, even
iends Of the bill. Chairman
On says it is not his desire to
|ent the bill being debated TO a
Enable extent in the h )use. To
bad the bill through the house
id give his enemies chance to
|ge him with being afraid of
lte. There is at present cor.
fable taking Democratic oppo.
b to the bill, but there isn't
Ugh of it to endanger the pas.
of the bill, so far as the house
oncerned, although it is ex
ed to result in few slight
ldments thereto.
ut the outlook in the sena e is
OF uncertainty, and unless some
be proposed changes are made
ae rules there ia small chance
he Wilson bill to get through,
though 1t be ever 30 iadicious.
mended And even if the rules
cnaaged there are a number of
Cleveland Dem ocratic senator's
VI actions no one can predict to
',a'n'y There are only forty.
Democrats in the senate and it
i llst forty.three of them to
"a majority of that body as at
Fat constituted. The three
uilsts senators have not commit.
themselves on the Wilson bill,
Vagh their positions on the tariff
''anlly Is known. The thirty
republicans may ba counted
70 vote solidly against the
IL is well to keep these things
nlad as the session goes on
WI the Alabama and Louisiana
vi. vote with the Republicans
sugar and iron ore schedules
easily be defeated (even if
opullsts voted with the Demo
J, and hints are not lacking
.aey will do SO; also, that they
" get assistance from Tennessee
vest Virginia. Still, it mus,
,s DV forgotten that the fall
Ign OF the administration and
A, party machinery will be ex
~ " Keep the Democrats in line
on nt Oil aud the power of such
a IOila'on must not be under
ios fumored that the admins
Po ,a is about to conclu lie tn,
n, ,sl'lons of new treaty witt
s,,;oy which in return for tn,
|ia sun of all interference will
il, I h in the United States
s,too o'ada itself to purchase $50,
b W y, worth of silver bullio,
eus W. annually and to grant u
''c'al Concessions that woul{