Evening journal., 1894-03-05
TARIFF BILL NOT READY
It's Completion Is Now Promised
For Tuesday Morning.
DULL WEEK AHEAD FOR THE HOUSE

The Iron Schedule Uncertain.
WASHINGTON, March 5-rhere will be a
lull Ia the house for several weeks after
the excitement that has existed there since
the holidays 10 Is the intention of the
house managers TO push the consideration
of the appropriation bills TO the exclusion
OF everything else during the coming week.
Two days. probably three. will be taken
20 complete the consideration of the pen.
sion appropriation bill, which has been un-
der discussion for the past two days After
it is disposed Of the District of Columbia
and consular and diplomatic bills will con-
sume the balance of the week. When
these are completed, the election cases viii
be taken up, and then the house will re
turn TO the other appropriation bills.
senate Waits For the Tarin BnI.
The senate has made so little progress to-
ward legislation during the past two or
three weeks that the calendar has been
changed only in a very slight degree, and
the special orders made some time since,
except in the case Of few speeches, are
still undisposed Of The printing bill, the
Russian thistle bill and the McGarrahnn
bill all hold their places, whence they can
be called up in order, but they are subject
20 displacement If any question Of more
general Importance should be presented,
even though informally.
II the tariff bill should not be reported
during the week. it is still likely 20 be- re-
ferred to and speeches made upon it. It is
the subject which is uppermost in the
minds of all senators and is liable 10 ap-
pear unexpectedly in some shape
There probably will also be a few more
speeches on the Hawaiian question Sena-
tor Caffery has not yet made his speech on
the subject, of which he gave notice some
time since, and there are also other sena-
tors who probably viii wish 20 be heard if
opportunity offers For the rest. and If no
other general subject should present itself,
the senate may be expected 20 take mp the
calendar and dispose Of as many OF the
minor bills as possible.
The Democratic members of the senate
committee on finance hud it necessary to
take at least one more day TO consider the
tariff bill before presenting it to the full
committee. They had been very anxious
10 complete the bill Saturday, so as to be
able to lay it before the full committee to
day and they did not relax in this purpose
until the last moment before completing
their work, but they found that il had been
necessary to give SO much time to the SEN
ators who wanted 10 be heard on the vari-
ous schedules that they had comparatively
little time for consultation.
Consequently they were unable TO send
the bill TO the printer and postponed this
until today. when they promise to COM
plete the bill in time to have it printed for
presentation on Tuesday morning
The committee have progressed so far
and have heard the dissatisfied senators so
fully that they feel confident now Of being
able To carry out this programme, although
there is considerable detail work sull TO be
done.
Opposition Is Active.
While some of the schedules of the bill
have been agreed to for the time being by
the committee, the work is not considered
finally concluded upon any Of them, and
| important changes are liable to be made
up to the last moment before the meeting
of the committee. For this reason MEM
bers of the committee decline absolutely TO
! give out any OF the rates fixed. They also
refuse TO confirm any figures published.
and lille they do not say that the rate Of
40 cents per ton on iron ore and coal is er-
roneous they assert that whatever figures
/ they may have agreed 10 on these articles
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Is with these articles 80 it is with the en-
! tire list
The contest between the memhers Of the
committee and the discontented element
has been very sharp. Senators Hill. Cor
man, Brice, White. Gallery and Smith and
possibly two or three other senators CON
stitute a very compact organization, and
they constitute an influence which the
committee is finding it difficult to resist.
These senators have been i'm constant con
sultation. Still members of the committee
do not believe that the opposition OF the
senators will go to the extent of opposing
the bill by their votes. Sugar Is still. as
il has been from the start. the most dis
turhing element with which the committee
has been called upon 20 deal, and there is
far greater trouble in fixing a rate salts
factory 70 the refners than to the planters.
The Republican members of the commit
tee have not changed their purpose Of ask.
ing FOR am explanation in committee OF the
changes made, and they will insist upon
explicit and comprehensive statements.