The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-03-01
THE PROGRAMME.
What Is Likely to Be Done in
 Congress This Week.
THE SEICNIORACE BILL TO co ON.
Outlook for the Week, Though, Full of Contingencies-The Forecast In the Senate Bids Fair to Re
 Busy Week.

WASHINGTON Feb. 28 The battle over the Bland seigniorage bill will go merrily on in the house this week. Despite the many reverses Mir. Bland has met in his attempts to procure a quorum he is as determined as ever to to fight it out on this line if it takes all winter. If he does not succeed, how. ever, in the course of few days it is not probable the speaker and his as- sociates on the rules committee will permit his bill to longer block the path of business. As the opponents of the measure have now adopted an open fil- clustering policy. rule will be formu- lated by the committee on rules this morning to prevent this and bring the vote down directly to Mir. Bland's mo- tion.
 A caucus will be held to-day or Tues day to consider the question of an amendment to the rules, which will either give the speaker the power to count a quorum or place it in the speakers power to compel vote with the alternative of fining members While it would seem from the num- Der who signed the caucus bill-116- that a majority of the democrats favor some method of preventing filibustering, some of the leading members do not desire to push such a modification of the rules at the end of this long fight With eighty majority they think they should first vindicate their ability to extricate themselves from their present thumiliating position and afterward, they argue, the events of the past few weeks would furnish ample justification for such modifca- tion of the rules.
 The outlook for the week is, there fore, full of contingencies The strug- gle over the Bland bill may drift into a big parliamentary contest over change in the rules, in which event there will be some bitter opposition manifested from the democratic side, especially of the proposed rules con. templated lodging in the speakers hand the power to count quorum Pending the result of the silver fight the democratic opponents of the measure, no matter what they may favor with regard to a change of the rules as an abstract proposition, will contest anything which is designed to lessen their powers of obstructing the seignorage bill. If the silver bill is gotten out of the way before the end of the week. the contested election cases and appropriation bills will fol- low.
 OUTLOOK IN THE SENATE.
 WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-The senate has made but little progress during the past two weeks in its efforts to clean up the calendar in advance of the forth coming discussion of the tariff bill in the senate. If the opportunity is afforded it will continue it's work on the calen- dar during the present week There are so many special orders, however some of which have been brought over from previous weeks, that it prob- able comparatively little progress will be made this week. It is probable at least two days will be necessary to dis pose of the bill to provide new gov ernment printing office building and another day to the bill for the rear. engagement of the Florida judicial dis. tricts.
 The Hawaiian resolution introduced by Senator Turpie and the Stewart bond resolution are also undisposed of, the pending motion on the latter being to refer to the committee on finance, which will probably be done with lit- tie if any more speechmaking. The speech on Hawaiian affairs, of which Senator Turpie has given notice, is as yet undelivered, but it is understood that he will make an effort to get the floor during the present week.
 It is also possible that the report of the committee on foreign relations, to be made to-day, concerning the diplomatic relations between the United States and Hawaii, under Sena- tor Morgan's resolution, will cause more or less debate, and even though the tariff bill should not go into the senate during the week, there need be no surprise if there should be more or less reference in the senate to that sub- ject. It bids fair to be busy week and one of varied interest