The Portland daily press., 1894-01-15
Flow Of Congressional Oratory To
Be Unhindered This Week.
ELECTIONS LAWS IN THE SENATE
TARIFF in THE HOUSE.
days to the HornbIower Nomination
Hawaii Always in the Background
Great Time in Prospect When Its
Friends Try to Hitch the Income Tax
Bill Onto Wilson's Measure.

Bill Onto Wilson's Measure.
Washington, January 14.-Debate, not
action will mark the proceedings of
both Houses of Congress this week. In
the House the feature will be the tariff
debate. In the Senate, the bill to repe
the federal election laws will be the text
of the speeches. The week is expected
to open in the Senate with an executive
session, after the morning hour, perhaps,
to consider the Hornblower nomination.
The majority report of the Judiciary
committee is adverse to confirmation.
The matter may occupy the attention of
the body in executive session two days.
Otherwise Senator Gray of Delaware,
conformably tosnotice, will call up the
elections repeal bill Tuesday. The bill
will be made unfinished business and be
kept before the Senate until passed or
debated. 1t is understood the Democratic
Senators have decided to refrain from
extended debate on this subject and
will content themselves with two or
three speeches which may be made by
Seniors Gray, Bate and Hill. The Repub-
lican speakers this week will be Senators
Lodge, Frye, Chandler, Hoar and per-
haps others. The hope of the Repu bli-
cans. is that their speeches will oblige
the Democrats to reply at length. Present
expectations ara that the debate will con-
sumo at least two weeks. Some time
during the week tariff speech will be
delivered by Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire and there is always present
the possibility of resolutions and speeches
nm, hn hi Of n, L.
morning hours of the week. This
probability has been reduced almost to
a certainty by the recently published
correspo dence.
The tariff will be the almost exclusive
topic in the House this week. General
debate ended with a remarkable demon
stration Saturday night, when Repre-
hours and forty minutes in favor of the
Wilson bill, advocating it as an ap-
proach to free trade. Beginning with to-
morrow's session, the House will take up
the consideration of the bill under the
five minute rule and the paragraphs will
be open to amendment. Already the
desk Of chairman Richardson is covered
with amendments to be proposed by
various members who want to make sure
that their propositions receive proper at
tention. The probability is that there
axe few if any. amendments except such
as the committee on ways and means ap-
prove, that will receive.sufficient support
in the House to secure adoption What
amendments thesscommitee will propose
are not yet developed andssthere may be
none. 1t would not surprlsesthe friends
of the bill should there be some changes
desired by the committee before it re-
ceives the final touches in the House.
The order of consideration of amend
| ments has been under consideration by
chairman Richardson. He is inclined to
| hold, and has so stated, that the amend
| ments should be received as propo sed,
without reference to the relation of the
schedules they affect to the order of the
BILL Unless he has changed his mind,
there will be no priority given amend
| ments to one section over another. The
| hill will be thus discussed and open to
amendment this week and next, and then
vote will be taken on it's passage on
the Goth inst Night sessions will be
held, at which gentlemen will have the
opportunity ito express their views at
| length upon the measure The time has
already been nearly all spoken for.
| Tie scheme Of internal revenue will be
reported to the House Thursday by
| Chairman Wilson as an independent.
separate measure. The friends ofssthe in.
come tax proposition will endeavor to at
| tach it to the pending bill and upon this
motion may come one of the most inter-
esting struggles of the debate unless the
matter is settled in caucus.