Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-19
iseLKSrx OF WORK.

No Prospect q .a,yariatiqn From the
| Program followed by the, Hopse in
| tho Last Fvv Days-Supporters OF
| the Bland Eli Expect Ii 90 be Out OF
| tho Way By Tomorrow Night
Hawaiian Matters TO Engage Sena-
torial KlO4tence.
W1sAtheruJ, Feb. JS.-There appears
no present prospect OF variation from
program followed by the houfs of repre-;
sentatives the last few days. Mr.. Bland
has Speaker Crisp's earnest support In his
intention to keep the seigniorage bill be-
fore the house until 1t shall be disposed of
In some way. After adjournment yester-
asy tie speaker said,
"we shalt 60 right siong iustss we have
been going until quorum votes dpon tie
question of closing debate aud remains
until the vote on the passage of the bill is
taken. think we shall have quorum
with us on Eonds,, ce-ts,nly BY Tuesday.
But whether or not we Will so fight along
and tbs bill will be passed"
This last statement was In Response to
NJ. ssyers, chairman of the committee on
spproprisHops, who hsd expressed the
opinion that Mr.. Bland would not sueceed
In securing the attendance of q quorum
favorabIy disposed toward his measure,
"Why," said Mr.. Crisp, I'VE have only
hssts ntns ~otes short of quorum in the
house this <esE. IN thst number were
nine populists d eight republicans.
Those eight republicans will become eight
cen, I am assured, when the bill is before
the house for PASSAGE"
This supporters of tho Bland bill conf.
IDENTIFY expect that It vii Be out of the way
by Tuesday night at the furtheat. IN ysn-
swer to q question why the committee on
fixing the time for taking vote, Mr. Bland
explained that undo. existing conditions
such proceeding would be usele55.
"Until we get q quorum" he said, 1--WE
could not adopt the order and when the
quorum IS at hand We won't need an
ORDER"
kftsr the ssigniorage bill has been dis
posed of, Chairman Brown Of the commit
tie on elections will ask the house to take
up the report In the contest of O'Neill VS..
Toy from. the Eleventh district of Missouri.
10y, a republican, ii tbs sitting member,
and the committee by a straight party vots
have recommended that O'Neill, a demo-
crat, and former member of congress, be
given the seat. The speaker has stated
that he favors action on this subject next
in order. but Chairman Ssyers of the sp-
propriations committee will sntsgonizs the
motion with the Notifications appropria-
ton bill unless Mr.. O'Nein Of Msssachu-
sets asks to have the pension appropria-
ton bill taken up. Mr.. O'Neill ia the
chairman Of the Cub committee in charge
of that measure. Mr.. Sayets said Satur-
day:
our bills, and although promised Speaker
Crisp to let the O'Neill-Joy case come up
last week in case the Bland bill was out Of
the way think might insist in having at
least one of the bills disposed of. We have
Ave upon the calendar, all good bills, and
want them we'll on their way to the senate.
The committee has made an excellent rec
ord for promptness in getting them ready
for consideration, but l want TO supple
ment that record with one equally good
for getting them out of the house."
SO whether the election case or sppro-
priation shall follow the Bland bill the time
of the house for this week promises to be
we'll occupied.
Until the tariff bill can be reported, Ha-
w&iian matters will probably engross sena-
torial eloquence this week, almost to the
exclusion of other topics. The transmits
BIOL 10 congress tO-morroW OF ffeelCe Mt
Dole's letter and Minister Willis reply will
probably excite debate in the senate.
Members of the committee on foreign re-
lations are preparing to speak In the light
of the information gathered by the investi-
g alton just ended. The superstition that
the committees report will be submitted
to the senate within ten days tends to fas-
ten the attention of the senate upon the
subject ard arouse expectancy as to the
position Mr.. Morgan will take.
The resolution of Mr.. Stewart denying
the authority of the secretary to issue
bonds under the provisions of the resump-
ton act, which was lost sight of during
the executive business of the past two or
three days, still remains undisposed of and
may be made the text of speeches.