Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-28
AT TER REPEAL, WHAT?
The Do Nothing Policy Appears to
Be Losing Ground.
THE SESSION WILL Be PROLONGED.
The Tariff and Other Measures to
Be Taken Up.
MR.. M'MILLIN'S WARNING.

The fight over the repeal Of the Sherman
law ends in the House today Tomorrow
the rules of the House are expected to be
adopted. Then comes up the question of
whether the House will fold its hands and
call 1t a sessions work or go ahead with
other business. just as at any other ses-
sion. The subtle forces that have been at
work to bring about a speedy adjourn
ment have been observed for some time by
those who feel that Congress cannot at
ford to leave Washington without an at
tempt to deal with matters which were re-
garded as Of the greatest Importance be-
fore the silver question began to absorb
attention.
Under the surface there Is an active fight
over this question Of general policy, and
the men who have been making a fight for
tariff reform during their whole public
career and still stand the platform Of
their building are determined that the work
fight Is over. The feeling there is in this
fight is cropping out here and there and
there is indication Of lively struggle if
the advocates Of inaction persist
The Session Will he Prolonged.
There seems to be very little reason to
doubt that the session win be prolonged
For week there will probably be a period
Of comparative rest, after which the House
will get down to business. The rules will
probably be adopted on Tuesday-tomorrow
-and on Wednesday there will be a session
for the Introduction of bills for reference
to the committees. An adjournment will
probably be taken then until Saturday.
when. II there are any reports from COM
mittees. they can be submitted and the
measures go on the calendar. II there is
business will begin in the House in the
usual way.
A RumOr as to the senate.
1t comes in an underground way that the
managers In the Senate are counting con-
fidently upon a vote on the repeal bill at
the end of two weeks. The radical silver
men do not know upon what this conf
dence is based. and say they think 1t will
prove a mistaken calculation. The declara-
tiOn Mr.. Morgan has made that he thinks
s 10 eor e the
law should be passed before the repeal bill
is acted on, though he favors the repeal. is
received with great satisfaction by the sill
But whether the fight over repeal is brief
or prolonged. the impression is growing all
the while that the work of Congress will 30
Mr.. McMiiiin's Note of Warning.
A note Of warning to those who are cry
ing for repeal and adjournment" was
sounded by Mr. McMillin on the floor of the
House Saturday night. This was the first
open move in the fight against the do-noth-
ing policy which has been quietly advocated
ceived indicates that there IL a strong SEN
timent against anything which looks like
trtfiing over the other work Of Congress
party measures are what are talked about.
but they by no means comprise all the
work Of Congress, and the hundred and oae
Of so much quicker II Congress does not
yield to the self-indulgence Of idleness.
Mr.. McMillin said at the close Of his sill
yer speech:
Not That Kind of q Rest.
Il have heard a good deal Of talk about
passing this bill and then adjourning and
gcing home and giving the people a rest
Give the people a rest'-under tax Of 60
per cent on all they eat and wear. Give
New York a rest under the further domi-
nation of Davenport and force at the polls.
There Is no rest and can be no prosperity
under such conditions. You need not look
Tor prosperity while a third Of all the mon
ey In existence Is taken by the federal tax
gatherers every year. You attempt to
give you eternal rest. As II to confess that
the passage of this one measure was the
only thing for which the democratic party
sand utterances with reference to the i'm
portance Of tariff legislation where there
was one on the currency question in the
terances on the force bill legislation where
there was one on the currency: and / can
not believe that my distinguished and val
cile to their consciences that they have
properly discharged their duty should they
go back to New York after the session had
Davenport where they found him as snug
as bug In rug" daughter anc ap-
plause.)
Duty Of the Party.
II believe the democratic party was sent
he m daa1 vxffh
deal with the tariff question, to deal with
the question Of force at the polls. and my
friends. we have got no Sunday schools
celebration job on our hands as sure as
you are born. daughter and applause) We
are called upon to revise a pension roll thar
has million pensioners on It: we are cali
ed upon to revise the tariff with a bank
rupt treasury. and we are called upon to
Let u.s. as one man. try to get together.
Why did not we do it before this bill was
brought In, a measure that prevents any
thing In the way of amendment being had
to It.. or anything that we can do to get
together on bill that has never been re-
ported on by any committee in the House,
and on which there has been no caucus de-
termination OF what was best to be done
No, but the democratic party was divi,lad
into two hostile camps, and arrayed against
each other. When a bill IS brought in 1t is
not SO sacred that We cannot amend 1t, ami
1 stand ready to offer an amendment which
would make It better If l could have the
find 1t.
The True Policy.
Now I believe the true policy of the demo-
cratic party is to dispose Of this measure
DO not want any unnecessary delay 1 do
not want to impede legislation in any way
but 1t is Just as quick to pass a bill through
the Senate that has an amendment in It
as one without an amendment and maybe
a little Quicker After we have done that
we have exploited ourselves before the
country as divided party. let us take Ip
these questions on which we see eye to eve
and speak the same thing. Let us once
more lock Shields, let us once more touch
elbows and march on to a glorious victory.
II there be those here who do not want
this policy, let them go to the rear until
this battle Is fought, until the peoples rep
resentatlves defend them. AS sure as YOU
pursue the do nothing policy there will be
little done. and you will remain respons-
ible" cloud applause)