The Portland daily press., 1894-07-02

senator Hill HaS NOT Given Up His Fight
on the Income Tax by Any Means and
9E There Are Signs of Disaffection in the
Populist Ranks-The Programme of
the Week in the Senate and House.
Washington JulYs1.-Unless all signs of
the times fail, the week will see the tariff
bill out of the Senate and on it's way to the
House. where the struggle will be renewed
pending the final contest. In the confer
ence the fight is now for the hours rather
than the days. The Democratic managers
are making every possible effort to get the
bill out of the Senate by Tuesday night,
failing to accomplish this, they threaten to
remain in session on the Fourth of July.
In some sanguine minds there is still a
lingering hope the bill may be defeated,
Senator Hill, it is said, talks this way in
private, but does not SO express himself
publicly. He is quoted by those who have
discussed the situation with him as saving
the bill is dead, and he belived that rather
than see the income tax put upon the
country Mr.. Hill would not be at all dis
turbed should the tariff measure with that
forming part be defeated on the final
vote. Certain elements cause the majority
the same feeling of uneasiness over the out
come. Among them the attitude of Senator
Blanchard and the assertion repeatedly
made during the past week by the Populists,
that because of their votes heretofore cast
in the committee of the whole in favor of
the bill. it must not be assumed they will
necessarily vote for it under all conditions
on the final passage.
Some OF these rumors go SO far as to say
Mr. Allen last week notified Mr.. Jones
through Mr.. Berry, that he could not vote
for the bill.
Nevertheless, when the whole situation
is canvassed, there appears to be little
ground for doubt that the bill will-pass the
Senate substantially as amended. 1t does
not seem certain that the bill can be
pushed through the Senate in the two days
set apart for that task by Mr.. Harris, for
Mr.. Hill, who has relaxed none of his en-
ergy in the fight on the income tax, will in
sist upon discussing that subject again.
Possibly tomorrow. however, not to any
great length. The Republican have a
number of matters to which they will again
call thesattentionsof thescountry :and it is
very likely that four or possibly five days
may be consumed in further consideration
of the bill, instead of the two DESIGNATED
by the Democratic managers. In anticipa
tlon of the disposition of the tariff bill this
week the committee on appropria tions have
got its matter well in hand and the appro-
priation bill will not detain the Senate long
after the tariff is out of the way, for when
it has it in mind SO to do 1.-THE Senate COM
mittee easily pass two of them in day.
The only bill likely to cause any ext ended
debate, is the pension bill which will form
the ground work for number of partisen
speeches.
There will be some criticism on the sus-
pension of the appropriation for building
IN the navy. The committee up to this time
have reported to the Senate Notifications.
pensions, military, post office, diplomatic,
military and academy bills. The agricul-
tural appropriation bill will be reported to-
morrow. The pension and army bills will
probably be the first called up by the
Senate
The House will be in waiting humor till
the Senate tariff bill is laid before it. Little
interest will attach to its proceedings until
Chairman Wilson and associates on ways
and means can be put in possession of their
changes, and asked to decide what they
| are going to do about it. 1.-The session will
be limited to five days. AS the Fourth is a
holiday, a number of the committees have
asked for few days for consideration Of
| measures on the calendar, but the commit
| tee on rules will not decide whether anv
| special orders will be made for the week
| until after tomoror w. .sThere is disposition
| on the part of the committee to keep the
decks clear fer The tariff bill. One of the
measures which may come up is the Cooper
bill, to tax greenbacks. 1t is under control
of Mr.. Hall of Missouri. who will probably
| ask for it's consideration on Monday. A
number of gentlemen signified a desire to
| speak upon the bill, and it will be antagon.
lied generally by the Republicans.
| Mr.. Hall does not believe it can be disposed
| of in less than two days. Another measure
| to which members attach no little impor-
| tance which may come before the House up.
on it's reassembling after the Fourth is the
joint resolution providing for the election
| of Senators by the people.