The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-08
A WEEKS PROGRAMME,
THEY WILL FIGHT OVER THE
TARIFF BILL,
Deputies Sent Out to Arrest Members
of the House Absent From
Washington,
PROGRESS OF THE WORK OF THE COM.
MITTEB,
A Bill Repeating the Ten Per Cent Tax on
State Bank Issues to Be Reported
Other Work,

Washington, January THE tarifr bill
will occupy the entire attention of the
house during the coming week. or, If not
the bill itself then the row over the at
tempt to get it before the house, After
four days Of fruitlcss effort TO secure the
presence Of voting democratic quorum,
the house adopted. just before adjourn
ment Saturday night, the extreme OK
pedient of ordering the arrest OF all mem
bers absent Without leave Deputies were
sent out in all directions last night TO
serve warrants on these members. OF the
forty members absent without leave,
/ twenty-one are democrats and nineteen re
publicans Some Of thcm live at long dis
tances. They can hardly get here tomor-
row and n quorum is therefore doubtful.
although the democratic leaders express
confident hope that l79 voting democrats
! will be in their seats when the gave drops
at noon,
From republican absentees. of course. no
aid is expected. They can be brought here
under duress. but they can not be made TO
vote. This applies to some of the dem
ocrats as well, and II opposition within
the ranks of the democratic majority can
be organized, as some OF them desire,
enough democratic members might re
frain from voting 70 prevent consideration
OF the bin in Its present shape.
Privately, some Of the democrats do not
hesitate to admit the gravity of the situ-
alton. The possibility of defeating con-
sideraton OF the bill strikes terror into
their hearts and some Of them, like MIR.
oates of Alabama, openly advocate re
sort to the parliamentary expedients utn-
lied by the Flfty-hrst congress oil count
| ing Il quorum.
| Speaker Crisp asserts most positively
that they will not be forced to this resort,
| lie thinks q voting quorum Will be here
/ certainly on Tuesday at furthest II it
/ can not be obtained then, another dem
ocratic caucus WIN be called. This is IN
decd what those vino are dissatisfied with
/ the bill are aiming at They declare that
as soon as they can demonstrate that
not sufficient number OF democrats VIII
vote to consider the bill, the leaders will
| be obliged to submit TO material modlhca-
lions. which dsgruntlcd members VIII pro-
pose.
some Of the Eastern democrats who are
! lighting the income tax proposition are
Wiling to 20 to almost any length to
eliminate this feature of the hNl Altu-
getner the prospects are good for very
interesting contest in the house during the
coming week. Oicyursc. n a quorum Is
secured tomorrow or Tuesday the special
order will be passed, modiued probably to
include the TWO days lost since, and
, llugthenng time OF tine debate 10 mat eN-
| tent Once the debate is under way IT
| VIII proceed 10 the exclusion If anything
/ else.
Mr. Tarsney OF Missouri said tonight
| that II voting quorum was not secured
[ by Tuesday he would laYor the adoption
/ OF the rule empowering The speaker to
! count the members to make quorum.
I'VE must meet revolution with revulu
| ton" said he III democratic meHuers
/ are driven TO this resort IL is believed that
| the republicans for sell-yiuiied5ton would
| be compelled to support II. -
| The committee work of the house has
/ been greatly delayed ~ the llarrel over
the tariff only two reports rave been
presented one from the judiciary on Mr..
/ Balley's bankruptcy bill and the other
! from the banking ana currency on the biIl
/ OF Mr. Brawiey vi south Carolina rcmit-
/ Ting the 10 per cent tax f1llsc-dble on
I of private currency, ISSUED during the
money famine last fall But with the
[ prospect that the house VIII De engaged
| with routine and long speeches Gt the
/ tarln during the coming wet me COM
/ mlttce charmen nee expecting 10 get
| th.r associates Iogcther and accom- liHh
| considerable work. IT Is possible thGt an
| important bill repeating the 40 per cont
I tax on state bank issues w.ll be rtlciled
| from the committee on banning ara cur
fency at An carly date d -.laS tEs efiolns
week There are, hJ%cJer WEE dheF-
, ences To be harmonzcd before the report
can be made. MIR. 'tu-s b!li, which re-
| meals the State bank tax without r"gLlat-
! ing the future State nan,s Issues, was con-
! siaered by the committee II the last incel-
ing 10 some extent MI COX I'll Is
| Kidding fur favor against Chairman SPRING
ar'g which removes the tax On certain
Kinds Of state bank issues, secured by
government, State or mum -ipal hords.
Mr.. Springer thinks the oils dc not con-
Met and both VIII be reported II Is pioD-
able however, that simple repeal bill
viii first be- reported and tint NJ SPRING
er's bill Will be taken NJ by The com-
mittee later.
The ways ana means committee have
two important tasks before them 'lne
| rs the final settlement OF the terms Of the
internal revenue branch Of the tarlH Din,
and the other IS the authorization or
bonds to meet the Increasing treasury
I deficit. go
Mr. Wilson says the bond n estiOn VIII
have 70 wait until the tarin is disposed OIL
IL Is thought, however. mat the bond pro-
position VIII emanlte from the ways and
I means committee at an cary 1ay, as a
majority favor the measure recommended
! by Secretary Carlisle. The minority how
eyer do not favor the bond measure but
favor the coinage Of the se!gnlorage IN
the treasury, or else resort to another IS
. gIIa NJ notes