The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-11
HAS THE TRACK.
All Legislation Secondary
to Repeal.
ANOTHER WEEK OF TALK.
The Dreary Monotony of the Silver
Debate Not Likely to Be
Broken in Upon.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. - The Senate
during the coming week will devote itself
almost entirely to the discussion of the
repeal bill. Possibly there may be an oc-
casional break during the morning hour,
but the calendar affords very little scope
for diversion in this respect The calen-
dar IS, indeed, one of the briefeSt, owing TO
the fact that general committee action has
been discouraged in the interest OF legsla-
ton on the Sherman act 1t contains two
or three bills providing for the settlement
OF Government claims, three resolutions
for the payment of the expenses of the re-
cent claimants to seats in the Senate, SEN
ator Morgan'S resolution for a financial
compromise, half a dozen measures of
minor Importance reported from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, Senator Hill's bill
for the repeal of the Federal election law
and Senator Voorhees, repeal bill and his
bill for the removal of the tax on State
banks.
voorhees, decided more than week ago
that ii would be inexpedent to push his
bill in the interest of the national banks
until the more important repeal bill
should be disposed of. and his repeal bill
has been laid aside to allow the House
measure to be discussed until the Senate
is ready for action, when, if conditional
repeal is accepted, Voorhees, bill will
probably be substituted for the bill which
comes from the other end of the Capitol
Senator Hill will not attempt to secure
consideration for his ant-Federal cleo
tiOn law bill until the question of repeal
is concluded.
They are the only subjects OF national
Importance before the Senate, except Sen
atOr Peffer's resolution concerning the re-
serves Of the New York, Philadelphia and
Boston banks. The other measures on the
calendar stand no show, according to the
present aspect of affairs, of receiving the
slightest atte ntion. 1t is quite evident that
1t is the purpose of repeal advocates to
hold the measure before the Senate for the
present. as the one object of the session, to
the exclusion of every other subject, as
far as that can be done. This bill has the
right of way after 2 o'clock. 1t is even
possible that the bill will be pressed more
persistently during the present week than
it was last week, now that there is a ces-
sation of compromise talk.
The outlook for the week, therefore, is
one of solid talk on the financial situation,
with the bill repeating the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law as the basis.
Senator Teller began his speech yesterday
and will continue it tomorrow. Senator
Mitchell of Oregon has given notice of a
speech on Tuesday, and Senator Daniel of
speech on Thursday Other speeches
sufficient to occupy the time of the Senate
for the week are known to be in prepara-
tion. Part of the day Wednesday will be
devoted to eulogies of the late Senator
Stanford of California
In the House there is nothing OF impor
tance on the horizon for the coming week
except the work of the Ways and Meaus,
Banking and Currency and Appropria-
tionS committees, which are proceeding
under the resolution passed when the com
miitees were announced. None of the
other House committees has had a meet
ing ard not bill has been reported. This
leaves the House Without a calendar, and
therefore unable to go ahead with the
consideration of legislative matters except
by unanimous consent.
CODgratulatOry kilograms and messages
continue to arrive at the White House,
expressing the felicity of the public from
one end OF the country to the other over
the happiness which has been brought to
the chief executive Of the nation and his
wife by the birth of another child. Both
Mrs. Cleveland and her babe are as we'll
as conditions will allow. The day at the
White House was spenl very quietly.