Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
NOT SURE OF AVOTEYET
An Attempt Will be Made This Week, Though, In the Senate.
BOTH SIDES USE WAITING TACTICS
1he Debate on tho Election Repeal Bill In the House Closes Today, and Then the Voting BegIns-The Geary Amendment Hill Next on Calendar.

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 Voting BegIns-Thc Geary Amendment
 Dill Next on Calendar.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-It is the common expectation that this, the tenth week of the extra session of congress, will mark an important epoch in the history of the con gress. In both houses legislation of the first order of importance is pending-in the senate the silver repeal bill and in the house the bill to repeal the federal election laws-and it Is believed that in both cases the weekHwill make a sensible advance to- ward conclusion.
 According to the present arrangement, Mir. McPherson of New Jersey is to take up the debate in the senate today. He has been an earnest listener to most of the speeches that have been delivered on the pending bill. and his own speech will be in the nature of a reply to a number of the points made by the silver men. Probably Senator Martin of Kansas and Senator Cock krell of Missouri will follow MT. Me Emerson.
 The Struggle on Wednesday.
 Wednesday the crucial test is to be made that is. if n sufficient number of senators respond by that date to Mir. Noorhees' summons to insure the attendance of a quorum. In that case the effort will be made to bring the silver repeal bill to q HLdl NOle Dl SlIlluS COullnuOuSlN, lnt ptlT- pose being to tire out the opponents of the bill.
 If the plans of the repealers are success ful, the bill will probably come to a vote before the close of the week. But if the silver men succeed in the attempt to break a quorum and force an adjournment at any stage of the proceedings they are confident that the senate will be obliged to pass compromise measure or allow the entire repeal proposition to fail
 After the bill to repeal the federal cleo tion laws has been disposed of in the house, as, under the pending order, it will be on Tuesday, it is expected that the McCreary bill to amend and modify the Geary Chinese registratios4 and restriction act will be given the right of way. When the bill was reported, the committee asked that two days be allotted to a discussion of the measure and that then a vote be taken on its passage. The committee on rules has not yet decided upon the terms of an order, inasmuch as Representative Geary has eX- pressed desire for more time for the con sideratiOn of the subject. Representative Oates desires to bring up the bankruptcy bill reported to the house last week but prefers post tponing consideration until the 10th inst. rather than to enter upon it at the close of the week; so it is possible that Mir. Iieary will get an additional day for the Chinese bill.
 This would bring it to n vote on Friday, and the house may then adjourn over Saturday. But nothing definite has yet been determined upon any of these mat ters.
 Election Bill Debate Closes Today.
 The bill to authorize the New York and New Jersey Bridge company to build n bridge over the Hudson at New York is an other measure likely to be called up at any time
 As to the election bill the Democratic caucus called for tonight will decide wheth- CT the Tucker bill or the Fitch bill best ex- presses the views of the Democratic party on the subject and shall be passed. The debate will close with today's session. For the Republicans, Messrs. Deliver and Payne will speak and probably MT. Bur rows. For the Democrats, Messrs. Fitch and Fellows of New York and MT. Tucker, author of the pending measure, will speak the latter having the close.
 A fear has been expressed that there will not be enough Democratic representatives present on Tuesday 10 constitute quorum and pass the bill, but the managers say that the absentees left the city intending to return on that day. and they confident ly expect that the roll call will show ma jority of the house for the passage of the bill. Even if the Republicans, as it has been reported is their intention, do not vote the Populists will support the bill, the repeal of the federal election laws being one of the demands of their atform.