The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-10
Appropriation Bills to Be Held Back and Used
as o Club Against the Passage of
Certain Pending Measures
Senator Aldrich Accused BY Democrats
of Preparing q Trap for Them.
Silver and Quarantine Discussed in Congress-
Condition of Funds Appropriated for
Indiana's Public Buildings
POOR SHOW FOR LEGISLATION.
Holman Outlines the Plans OF the Dem
cratic Majority I'm the House.

Holman Outlines the Plans OF the Demo
cratic Majority I'm the House.
Special to the Indiana apolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The friends of the
anti option bill express some impatlence at
the delay of the quarantine authorities of
Louisiana who, according to Senator
Whites statement last week, are on their
way to Washington TO be heard in protest
against the Harris national quarantine
bill. The quarantine measure has sup
planted Mr.. Washburn's antl-option bill.
and Mr.. White is recognized as the leader
of the opposition TO that bill. Its friends
argue that the New Orleans quarantine
authorities should have been in Washing
ton days ago. and when Senator Harris an
nounced this morning that, owing to their
non-appearance, he would not expect g
final vote before Thursday. some of them
did not hesitate to state that the entire
visit of the Louisiana quarantine officer 8
was merely q clever pretext OF Senator
White to still further delay final action on
the anti-option bill. Senator White has
been recognized ever sipce his entrance
INTO the Senate as one of the most brilliant
and forclble OF the Southern orators. His
opposition to the anti-option bill Is, of
course inspired by the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange. which is a strong factor
against the passage Of that measure.
IL is impossible at this time to discuss
the possibilities of the passage of either the
anti-option bill. the bill to repeal the Sher-
man silver purchasing act, the national
quarantine bill or the bill TO restrict immi-
gration-the only legislative measures of
taft nlI rsnn Vt fn w hnFn hn ,t
this session of Congress. without regarding q
the fact that their tate Is ineXtricably in
voived with that of the battle between the
Cleveland and anti i-Cleveland factions in
the Democratic party. This mixture OF
faotl0nal Democratic policies is stirred by
the desire OF a large section of the Demo-
cratic party to force an extra session of
Congress soon after March l. in defiance of
the expressed wishes of President-elect
Cleveland. The plan is to force an extra
session. as already outlined IN these dis
patches. by causing the failure of one or
more of the appropriation bills necessary
to conduct the federal government. Chair
man Holman, of the House appropriations
committee, had the hardihood to declare
to-day To some of his friends that some of
the appropriation bills necessary to carry
on the machinery OF the government would
be held back until it became certain that
what Mir. Holman described as Legislation
that the people do not want" had 10 chance
of passage. The legislation which Mr.
Holman describes means in such an IN
stance as the repeal of the Sherman silver
act. not what the people do not want. hut
what Mr. Holman doesn't want The
power of Mr.. Holman as chair
man of the appropriation committee
is great. but it remains to be seen whether
he cannot he Ovcrruled by the prodigious
influence which Mr.. Cleveland has already
assumed to exert over this Congress, which
will not be In existence when he becomes
President. The utterancs of Mr.. Holman
is chiefly of value IS indicating a deter.
mined effort which President.elect Cleve-
land may find it necessary to combat on
the part of powerful faction of the Dem
0cratic party. more or less allied with the
Populists, to force An extra session of Con-
gress in March through the defeat of one OF
more Of the great appropriation bills. The
failure of one of these bills to become law
would either seriously embnTrass cne or
more of the executive departments OF
would compel q calling OF an extra session.
with OF course no other purpose than the
appropriation of money for the specific
need. An extra session of Congress- how
ever, would not be limited BY the occasion
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