The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-11
ANOTHER WEEKS ORATORY
Repeal May Not Reach a Vote Until
October IdGS.


To-day Thirty three Statesmen
Booked for Remarks; and That is
Not AlI-Several Will Occupy the
Floor for Two Days, Respectively.
The House at Sea, Though Much
Committee Business and Few Re-
ports May Fill in Time While it
Awaits the Senate.
Washington, Sept 1O-The repeal bill
will continue to be the absorbing topic of
interest before congress this week. To-
morrow in the Senate MIR. Teller may
conclude his speech, begun Saturday.
Notice of speeches to come have already
been given, sufficient to fill in the greater
part of the week, and others are known
to be in course Of preparation; so that in
the absence of an agreement of some kind
there is no reason to believe that vote
on the bill can be reached this week.
MR. MILLS MAY SPEAK TO-DAY.
Although he has not fixed definitely
upon the date of the delivery of his speech,
Mr. Mills of Texas may follow Mr.. Teller
in the debate. It is the current report
that he will advocate unconditional repeal.
and, as the senator comes from a strong
SILVER SJdJb anu uuSJ JuGFtDN dutdgOulL6
a number of his constituents, his utter
ances will doubtless be listened to with
great interest.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon is down for
a speech Tuesday and may be expected to
deliver a strong argument from a free
coinage standpoint.
THBTY-THREE OR MORE TO SPEAK.
Senator Shoup of Idaho, will address
the Senate Wednesday in the same line,
and MIR. Hansbrough of North Dakota
and Mr.. White of California will follow
on the same day, if time permits, also
with free silver speeches. Thursday
Senator Daniel of Virginia will have the
floor for the beginning of his speech, pre-
sumably for conditional repeal; and this
is as far as the programme of the Senate
has been fixed
Speculation is rife as to the length of
the debate now progressing. Thirty-three
senators are said to have arranged to
speak on the subject, besides which ten or
or dozen more may address the Senate
before the close of the debate. Mr..
George of Mississippi has stated that he
expects to speak about two days. Messrs.
Jones of Nevada and Daniel of Virginia
will each consume two days, and Messrs.
Morgan of Alabama and Stewart of
Nevada will each speak one day.
Even if a compromise shall ultimate ly
Dc dEfGtQ upon. INC uIldl NOuC Will uOL IN
all probability be reached earlier than
| about the first week in October, Some
| senators are of the opinion that the de-
| bate will continue until the middle of
October
THE HOUSE WITHOUT PLANS
In the present unsettled condition of
affairs, it is impossible to fOretell what
will be the programme Of the House of
Representatives for week ahead, fact is,
no course of action has been laid out by
the leaders, and they are satisfied to let
each session of the body take care of it
self. This state of things is likely to con-
tinue until the Senate acts upon the re-
peal bill pending before it, or the time
comes when the committees on appropria-
tions and ways and means have
some proposed legislation formulated
for the considera tion Of the House. 1t is
expected that tomorrow the report of
the committee on accounts will be called
up for discussion. There is in this the
material for a debate that may last sew
eral days, for the minority recommend
considerable reduction in the number of
committees to which clerks shall be al
lowed, and further, that all clerks except
those who are made annually by the
statute shall be paid for the session only.
II is hardly probable, however, that there
will be much of contest over the mat
ter, nor that the radical change recon-
mended by the minority will be adopted
in the end
FEDERAL ELECTION LAWS.
Such a course would amount almost to
a revolution. The undertaking tendency
of years past has been to increa Sc and
not diminish the number of committee
clerks and of clerks who are changed
from the session to the annual list. Later
in the week, if it is possible for the com
mittee on election of President and Vice
President and representatives in con-
gress to report the measure to the House,
one of the bills providing for the
repeal of the federal election laws
may come up for consideration; but the
probabilities are against it, SO too, the
bill introduced on Saturday by Mr.. Ev-
erett of Massachusetts,, to modify the
Geary law by extending the time Tor the
registration from May, ,, 1893, to
Sept. l, 1894, and in various other
ways alleviating the severity Of the pro-
visions Of that measure This bill is un-
derstOOd to be an administration measure,
and early action is said to be desired
The committee on foreign affairs In
which it has been referred, does not meet
until Thursday, 50 that, unless a special
meeting is called, report upon it cannot
be looked for until the latter end of the
week. 1t is likely that after disposing of
LhC 1G IOl U VI AOlIllAlltUtt Ull accounts the
House will take u three days recess
while waiting for some matter to be nut
in shape for action.
BANKRUPTCY BILL FORTHCOMING.
Judge Culberson, the chairman of the
Judiciary committee, has called a meet
ing Of that committee on next Tuesday.
Perhaps nothing will be done then. ex-
cept to organize; but it is certain that the
subject of national bankrupt law will
be taken up in the near future. Col.
Oates haSintroducc dagain the Torrev bill.
as perfected by the majority of the House
committee last winter, and MIR. Bailey. of
Texas, has introduced the much
bTiefer and simpler bill for
voluntary bankruptcy, which ne
introduced into the last con
gress. An earnest effort is being made to
bring the two sides on the subject to-
gether, and pass bill similar TO the Tor
rey bill in its machinery, but making less
stringent provisions j for involuntary
bankruptcy There is a strong sentiment
in the House in favor Of a bankruptcy
bill, but there seems TO be a general OBJ
lection to having it include stringent pro
visions for forcing persons into bank
ruptcy against their consent.
The judiciary committee of the Senate,
as well as of the House, is favorable to
some national legislation on bankruptcy;
but it will be necessary for the friends of
the Torrey bill to modify the definition Of