The Forrest City times., 1894-08-17
CREATED A FURRY.

The House Free Hills Introduced In the Senate-No Hope of Their Passing that Body. but Fear Entertained that in Some Way They Might Force a Showing of Hands to be Made.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-There was something of a furry about the senate yesterdOy during the earlier hours of the session when the four separate tariff bills came over from the house, | for it was feared that in some way ac- tion might be forced and showing of hands compelled to be made. Espe- | cially was this true of the bill to put sugar on the free list. There appears, however. to be no hope for any of these bills to become laws, as there is a disposition on the part of the leaders to smother them in committee. The sugar bill, of course, possesses the most political significance, and it can not be doubted but that there are very many democrats who would like the opportunity to vote upon the question of free sugar as an independent propo- sition.
 The republicans can be depended upon to. do all they can to prevent the democrats from carrying out any de sire they may have in this direction and they base their intention upon the statement that it would be bad poli- tics. One of the leaders said last sugar and gave the growers bounty and that the democrats repealed that law. Now the democrats wanted the republicans to assist them in putting sugar back on the free list without the bounty. This the republicans will not do.
 It is believed that all these bills will be sent to the finance committee with out much trouble. that being the usual course. Should there be any effort on the part of those anxious for free su- gar to attempt to prevent this and se- cure immediate action, as Mir. Vest suggested yesterday, then the bills will be called up one at time, and made the basis for the formation of new tariff bill Mr. Hill began that work yesterday when he gave notice of an amendme mt providing for the repeal of the income tax.
 
 the senate free-coinage amendment for each of the independent bills. MT. Allen will offer as an amendment the Peffer tariff bill, and Mir. Aldrich will offer an amendment that repeals the enacting clause of the bills to which the house agreed yesterday. A most determined fight will be commenced should there be any disposition shown to treat these independent measures with any degree of seriousness.
 In view of the anxiety of members of congress to get away and secure the close of all business it does not appear how a quorum can be maintained to keep up this sort of thing, for the re- publicans would insist that the demo crats provide the quorum with which the senate should do business AL ready senators are preparing to leave the city, Messrs. Teller and Dixon hav- ing taken their departure In the house a number of members have gone and the prediction is made in the sen ate by both democrats and republicans that the end of this week will find the senate without a quorum.
 The only thing that now keeps the senate is the sundry civil bill and the tariff bill which will reach the presi- dent to-day. With these two things out of the way there would be no reason why an adjournment should not follow. Senators do not place much faith in the story that the house will refuse to adjourn until the senate acts upon the bills mentioned, but as soon as matters now attracting the attention of the senate are out of the way the house will be put to the test by the passage on the part of the senate of joint resolution provid- ing for a time for adjournment sine die. Any attempt to frustrate am ad- journment means the inauguration of period of filibustering and the con- sumption of time by the senate, with the inevitable result that nothing will