The record-union., 1894-06-04
The Sugar Schedule Will Occupy
the Senate's Attention.
STATE BANK QUESTION THE TaPIC
IN THE HOUSE
A Fire at Ottumwa, Iowa, Results I'm
One Person Being Burned to Death.
Several Others Injured. and Five
Blocks of Property Being Laid In
Ruins.
Special to the RECORD UNION.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-The sugar
schedule will again this week be the CEN
tral point around which the proceedings
in the Senate will revolve. Among nu-
erous Senators who were asked for their
opinions as to when the debate on tho
schedule would cease, not one would at
tempt to fix definite time. The discus
sion has already proceeded for three days,
which is the utmost time that Democratic
Senators would admit before the debate
was begun would be necessary to allow
it. Some think it will be possible to
reach verdict by Monday or Tuesday,
while others assert that there are exigen-
cies which may prolong the discussion of
the schedule until the latter part of the
week.
Among other lines fpolicy which have
been conversed among the opponents of
the bill is that of allowing the sugar
schedule to be accepted as amended by
the Committee on Finance, without TAX
ing any vote on the schedule in the Conn
mittee of the Whole, the object being that
the opponents of the bill shall not be al
lowed to show their hands at this time,
and especially that they may refrain from
exhibiting their supposed strength among
Democrats and PopuliSt Senators.
Senator Harris adheres to his deter
minatiOn to ask the Senate to prolong the
daily sessions into the evening. Some of
the Republican Senators have taken this
notice to mean that he will ask the Senate
to sit Monday until the sugar schedule
shall be disposed of, but conversation
with him and other Democratic Senators
indicates that his purpose is hardly so
Hpfi hIt a ba nfQ iO fn
as near the goal as it may be possible to
do. I'VE want" said Senator Jones, "to
see that the Senate does a good days
work each day, and if 1T should be APP
parent that there has been no effort to Sc
cure delay for delays sake. we should
hours, but it the proceedings should indi-
cate that the long speeches are to con-
tinue, we should prob, by ask the Senate
to sit well into the nighi.'
The Republicans will resist the effort to
extend the sessions beyond 6 O'Clock, to
the extent Of at least demanding that a
quorum be maintained, and some of them
will divide to assist in making quorum.
The Democrat appreciate the difficulty,
and Will make an effort to have as near
quorum OF Democrats as possible to meet
this emergency. They have the pledges
OF more than fifty Senators, including
most of the Populists and some of the Re
make a quorum as long as may be re-
ouired.
Senator Harris said when the night ses-
sions were once begun they would be
continued until the bill should be finally
disposed of. Meantime they will main
tain their efforts to get the republicans to
agree to fix day for the final vote.
The outlook for the week in the House
of Representatives is so much in doubt
that Democratic caucus NAV be neceS-
sary TO agree on plan of action. The
State Bank question has been debated
until the leaders are anxious tor vote.
But the debate has shown the State Bank
men that they are liable to be defeated
by inability to agree on any one of the
many questions discussed. AS the State
Bank principle was incorporated in the
Democratic National platform, the lead
ers are loath to see the bill defeated, so
that a caucus tomorrow or next day may
be called for the purpose Of formulating
party measure which will command
united support 1t is probable that the
final vote on the bill will be taken dur
ing the week, unless the whole question
is allowed TO go over until a caucus COM
mittee can frame satisfactory bill.
The Rules Committee are considering
the advisability of giving one day to
Representative Cooper'S bill for subject
ing greenbacks and Sherman notes to
State and local taxation. Chairman Hol-
man of the Indian Committee is pressing
the Indian appropriation bill, and its
consideration will come Immediately
after the State Bank debate, unless
Cooper secures an intervening day. The
Indian bill will be warmly discussed, as
there is disposition to question the wis
dom of many of Mr.. Holman's reduc-
tionS. The debate is expected to last a
week.