Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-05
THE DOCKING SYSIt N.
Absent C0ngreSSmen MOI
Likely 10 Be Cut Short.
TARIFF 0UTCUME IN DOUBT.
Positions Of Murphy and Smith as
Doubtful as That OF Hill.

WASHINGTON. May 8. - Congressional
salaries for the month of April became
due yesterday. 30 that mem bers had b rir
first experience with the new procedure
Of docking for absenteeism.
Up 10 Thursday night 2l3 members had
filed their certih at :. showing the
number Of days. If any. they had been
absent Yesterday about 90 more certifi-
Gates were put in, leaving about 100 un-
accounted for
In the certificate, thus far received, six
days is the greatest number Of absent
days admitted by any member. The
"dockage" for this at Sl3.G9S "A day ia
tS2 49, The grrat majority of the men,
bers certify that they have not been abb
sent at ALL and the most OF those who
certify absence limit the period 10 one or
two days Al this rate the total dsduc-
tions will be small
Congressman are showing much un-
easiness in making out the certificates, as
there Is nothing beyond their word of
honor TO show how many days they have
been absent. They feel reluctant to sur
render n part OF their salary. and yet are
bound in honor to report the days for
which reductions are TO be made The
only excuse recognized by law Is sickness.
Speaker Crisp and Sergeantat-Arms
Snow are not going back Of the face Of the
returns made by each member.
The Tariffs Chances.
Notwithstanding the truce agreed upon
between the Democratic and Repu blican
senator's, whereby it was arranged that
hostilities on the tariff should cease until
next Tuesday. there has not been day
when there has been louder talk aud
stronger protestations on the respective
sides of the chamber than yesterday.
While the Republican senators have
allowed the Democrats to infer that when
the amendments are publicly announced
and the assurance Of a vote sufficient to
pass the bill is given thsy will yield to the
majority, they assert privately that they
know that the necessary votes cannot be
obtained aud declare that the Democrats
In the senate are gradually approaching
more serious trouble than they have yet
encountered, and In making this state
ment they assert that Senators Murphy
and Smith are as doubtful as is Senator
Hill In the support Of the bill as It is to be
amended. IL is asserted that Senator
Smith only cast his vote for the German
resolution in the Democratic caucus upon
the assurance that the resolu tion was not
binding
Allen and Kyle Counted Upon.
The Democrats express the greatest
confidence in the success Of the bill.
Senator Faulkner says that the bill will
become law before June is. and that
congress will adjourn by July& Other
Democratic senators declare the tariff
bill will pass the senate before June L
More than one asserted that both Sena-
tors Murphy and Smith had given as
surance Of support.
IL is noticeab able, however, that some of
the Democratic senators are canvassing
the probabilities Of securing the Populist
vote in the senate, and they say that Sen
ators Allen and Kyle will vote for the
bill, so that they can lose Hill, Murphy
and Smith, II necessary, and still have the
requisite 4S votes.
The program Of the Democratic man
ayers is to introduce tariff amendments
on Monday, have them taken up In the
full committee on finance on Tuesday and