The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-18
TARIFF Bill PROSPECTS
Predictions That the End Will be
Reached This Week,
INCOME TAXwILL RAISE A BREEZE

Aside from This Feature, However, IL IL
Believed That There VIII bo Few Fur.
ther Protests Against the Measure-Ths
Anti-OptIon BuI in the House.
WASHINGTON, June ls.-Senator Harris
said when the senate adjourned on Satur.
day that the tariff bill would pass the
senate by next Saturday. and when Sen
ator AldrlCh, the leader of the opposition
20 the bill, was asked what he thought of
Mr.. Harris prediction expressed the opin.
ion that should it not be entirely realized
1t would come near it. Il think, he said,
that by next Saturday night we shall be
on the fag end Of the bill"
Both declined to state whether there
had been any negotiations for an agree
ment as to the time for the final vote be-
tween the leaders on the respective sides
Of the chamber. 1t is known, however
that this question has been cauvassed
more or less in the numerous conferences
which have taken place between Senators
Cockrell, Harris and Jones' on the Demo
cratic side, and Senators Aldrich and AL
lison, on the Repu blican side II is also
known that they have not agreed deli
nitely upon time, because of the diff
Guilty on the part Of the Republicans of
determining what time might be required
for speeches by senator's on that side
They have however, canvassed the ques-
tion sufficiently to feel assured that there
will be comparatively few more long
speeches
There are, however, some Republican
senators who do not exactly agree with
the joint prediction OF Senators Harris and
Aldrich, and who say that while they do
not consider that the time for the final
passage of the bill is not far distant, they
think considerable time will be required
for the consideration of the income tax
and for the votes on various features Of
the bill, as well as probably some speeches
when the bill shall be reported from the
committee Of the whole 1t is not consid-
cred probable that the income tax can be
disposed of within less than two or three
days at the outside. There is also a prob
ability that Senator Lodges amendment
for retaliation will be revived by the sill
yer Republicans, which would have the
effect of at least briefly reopening the sill
yer question in connection with the tariff.
The only tariff schedules which have
| not been disposed of are silks, papers and
sundries. These, with the free list, the
Income tax and the administrative fea-
| lures of the bill complete the measure
There is very little prospect of many
| speeches on silks or papers, but there are
several articles in the schedule Of sun
| dries and in the free list which are cal
culated to develop debate. The wool
question will be revived when the free
| item shall be reached in the free list, and
while the contest will not be so prolonged
as it was when the subject was taken up
on the wool schedule, it promises to be
| quite animated for a short time
| 1t still seems strongly probable that the
administration part of the bill will be
withdrawn and the present administra-
| tiOn law allowed to stand. Senator Jones
said today that he favored this course for
the purpose of eXpeditiug the passage of
the BILL and his judgment will most likely
| be allowed by his Democratic colleagues
to control their course
The anti-option bill will be pressed TO
the front in the house of representatives,
and Mr.. Hatch, its author, is confident he
can secure vote on it about Wednesday.
The deficiency appropriation bill, which
is the last of the appropriation bills, was
! reported from the committee today, and
| it is expected that it will be taken up
about Thursday when anti-option is out
of the way The members interested in
the many southern war claims, which
have been punched as an omnibus bill
claims, are seeking to get a special rule
giving them an early hearing, These
claims have been approved by the court
of claims, but there is no way of paying
them until congress makes an appropria.
tion. The New Mexico statehood bill and
the Cooper bill to tax greenbacks are also
struggling for an opportunity for an early
| hearing