The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-05
CAPITAL newsstand GOSSIP.
Good Work in Both Houses and
Plenty Of II.

The Repeal Bill TO be Pressed in the
Senate, and Certainty oRits Passage.
Remedy for Our Monetary Straits
to be Formulated by the House Fl
nance Committee-State Bank Tax
Question and the Tariff Taking
Shape Probability of Months Re-
cess of Congress After Disposing of
the Sherman Purchasing Clause.
Then the Committees Can Work
without Embarrassment.
Washington, Sept. 4.-There win be no
adjournment of the extra session, but it is
not unlikely that there will be a recess
after the Senate disposes Of the repeal
bill That viii be, in all probability, in
the latter part of this month. Senator
Voorhees,, the chairman of the finance
committee. has announced plainly and
cmphatically that he is not disposed to
tolerate any delay in the consideration OF
his repeal bill merely for the sake of
delay Nevertheless he is willing that
every senate who wants TO speak on the
bill shall have ample opportunity to do so
TO BE PREssED.TO A VOTE.
To attain this full and fair discussion,
it is supposed, viii require about three
weeks and it is safe to say that when
the discussion is over the bill will be
pressed to vote. The repeal senators
have it in their power to bring about that
result, and they will do It, If they have to
resort to cloture to accomplish their pur
pose And when it comes to a vote repeal
viii be easily carried. Several senators
who have been all the time supposed to
be against repeal. among them Senator
Gordon. Will, it is now understood, vote
for it, There is no hope whatever of de-
foatng it. The utmost the silver men
hope for is to postpone action on 1t until
the improved state of the country, or
some other not we'll defined course, will
intervene, and VIII do away with the ne
cessity of action on the repeal bill. But
even that hope has been abandoned by
many of them, who now feel tnat they
can DO but one thing-protest against it
in discussion, ana by their votes.
THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE IBLE.
While the Senate is discussing the re-
peal bill, the House hopes to enact some
needed legislation to be reported by the
judiciary and the banking and currency
committees. A bill to repeal the present
laws allowing federal supervision of cleo
tions is expected from the judiciary com
mittee. This would command the sup
port of the entire democratic strength in
the House. II would bring about a much
needed unity in the democratic ranks,
and would heal the divisions which the
silver question brought about. a bill has
already been introduced to prevent the
use Of troops at the polls.
70 RELIEVE THE PRESENT TROUBLE.
From the committee on banking and
4 int, IaA
to do something toward relieving the
present financial troubles. 1t is under
stood that Secretary Carlisle does not APP
prove the Johnson inter-cOnvertible bond
bill in the form in which it was brought
before the committee on Friday. Unless
some form of currency can be devised
which shall be used for exchange for
bonds, as proposed and not will have the
effect of attacking the gold reserve of the
treasury, the bill viii not meet with the
secretarys approval, and the probability
is it viii not be reported from the commit
tee.
STATE BANK TAX AMENDMENT.
Mr. Cox Of Tennessee, a member of the
committee wants to amend the Johnson
bill by adding a section repeating the
state bank tax; but Chairman Springer
thinks Mr. CoX's proposition Will be sub
mittcd to the House as q separate bill.
on banking and currency will disappOint
the expectation of the House, if it does
not bring in some measures of financial
! relief. These financial measures, the re
peal of the federal supervision laws, and
some other matters of not so great i'm
portance can very fully engage the time
of the House during this month.
RECESS MAY FOLLQw.
After they are disposed of congress can
very well take a recess of a month-the
| month of October-and it is not imprOba-
able it will do 50. 1t can do so without
| amy real loss OF time.
| The appropriation committee cannot
/ get its bills ready by that time, for it
must wait until September 30, the close
| of the first quarter of the fiscal year be-
| fore it can have any estimates on which
| to base its calculations. After getting
! the estimates il can work on the appro-
priations Just as well, and more rapidly,
| during a recess, when its members will
! have nothing to take their attention from
the work in hand.
/ HEARINGS ON THE TARIFF.
The ways and means committee. having
| decided to have hearings, cannot possibly
have a tariff bin ready by the end OF this
| month. As in the case of the appropri-
ations committee, it win be able to do its
work more rapidly during recess of the
/ House eli bne House should take recess
from the first of October to the first of
| November, the committee could have the
tariff bill ready by the latter day. and the
House, on reassembling, could go to work
at once on its consideration.
And that is about the course things
will take, Judging from the present state
Of affairs. A recess during October would
! expedite ra ther than retard legislation
after certain matters are disposed Of
REVIVAL OF THE SCANDAL.
The Breckenridge scandal has revived.
| In addition to the published statement
/ or, / should say, the republished state
mout-that Mrs Gov. Blackburn will tes-
! tify that Col Breckinridge placed Miss
l1nLlnll aLA1 hnllan .-i1lre hn 1.-aa 1.1.i.