Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-02
A TROUBLED PARTY.
The Democrats Who Will Come
Back to Congress Tomorrow.
THREE VERY COMPLICATED QUESTIONS.
The Tariff, McCreary Resolutions
and Treasury Deficiency.
PLAN FOR THE WEEK.

1t Is not In entire joyousness, but troubled
with many perplexities, that the democrats
come back to resume the session of Con-
gress. Most of the members of both houses
of Congress are in town now, or will be
before tomorrow morning, and 1t is expected
that there will be no difficulty of a quorum
when Congress meets. 1t is expected from
the very outset that this will be a troubled
session The plan for the week in the
House Is that the tariff shall be taken up
tomorrow and general debate be indulged
In for two days. After that, according to
the agreement entered into by the repub-
hcan members of the foreign affairs COM
mittee, the Hawaiian resolutions are TO be
taken up ON Friday and discussed for two
days. Both Of these questions are extreme
ly perplexing to the majority. and there Is
another which Is threatened to be forced
upon them at once, which will be even more
troublesome.
The Treasury Deficiency.
The shrinkage of the fund now in the
treasury is 50 rapid that it is said that some
means must be provided at once to meet
the deficiency. The expectation is, there
fore. that the consideration of the tariff
question and all other matters must be in
terrupted within a week, and some measure
for the relief of the treasury be adopted
without delay. By what method this relief
is to be given is entirely unsettled and the
differences of opinion are radical That the
money has got to be raised at once will
force speedy action, but a hard fight is ex-
pected. There is no basis for a prediction as
to what will be done, except that the issue
of bonds In some form is the only means of
raising money as speedily desired, and it
Is what the administration wants. The
limited time within which the money must
be raised will probably force democrats to
consent to a bond issue who are violently
opposed to it.
The Tariff Bill Debate.
The present purpose of the democrats is
to limit the general debate on the tariff bill
to four days. and then to proceed to the
consideration of the bill under the five
minute rule as rapidly as possible, with the
idea of having the bill through the House
before the end of January. The majority of
the ways and means committee failed ut
terly in their efforts to come to an agree
ment at their meeting last night, and on ac-
count of the absence of Mr. Bynum post
poned a vote on the income tax question,
though they had resolved formally that a
vote should be taken at that time. 1t Is
said that the advocates of the proposition to
abandon the income tax in all it's forms
has made a good many valuable converts
since the recess adjournment and there is
q possibility that this plan will be adopted
II not by the House by the Senate.
The McCreary Resolution.
There is very widespread Discrimination
among democrats to adopt Mr. McCreary's
resolution censuring Stevens and Wiltse in
the Hawaiian matter. During the two days
fixed for the discussion of this matter the
administration will be severely arraigned
by the republicans and at the same time
there are several democrats who have it in
mind to participate in the arraignnent 1t
has become perfectly apparent that it will
De impossible to pass through either house
OF Congress any Endorsement of Mr.. Cleve-
lands attempt to restore the queen, and 1t
Is very doubtful whether the McCreary
resolution can be adopted in the House. 1t
is understood that there are forty or fifty
democrats in the House who think that Mr..
Cleveland should be rebuked, though it is
improbable that many of them would have
the courage of their convictions. Very few
believe that Mr.. Clevelands course was JUS
titled, and even among those few there are
some who think that il would be extremely
unwise to adopt the McSreary resolution
without further investigation, especially as
the Senate Is investigating the matter,
being unsatisfied with the information in
their possession.
An Unfortunate Complication.
1t is urged that it would be very unfortu-
nate for the party in power il the McCreary
resolutions were adopted in the House and
after that the Senate investigation should
disclose a condition of affairs different from
that assumed on very incomplete testimony
on the part of the House committee Some
or the democrats In the House suggest
amendments to the McCreary resolution re-
hevins Wiltse from censure and declaring
II to be the judgment of Congress that no
action looking to the restoration of Liluo-
kalani should be taken. The more general
impression appears to be, however, that
either the resolution will be recommitted
70 await the result Of the investigation in
tne Senate or that an investigation by the
Rouse VIII be ordered A very large num-
per OF the democrats believe that it would
oe extremely unwise for the House to pass
resolutions OF censure against Mr.. Stevens
witnout better investigation of the mat
yer tnan has been made. There does not
appear TO be any probability that the Nc
Orsdry resolution will be adopted, even
unosr the lash Of the administration whip.