San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent. !
WASHINGTON, June IL

{ making any predictions as to whe
the final vote will be taken on tn
; tariff bill in the Senate, but the
!, take no stock in the assertion @
Senator Harris that the Democrat
: will force vote before the close o
the present week, not because the,
doubt Senator Harris willingness
to do so, but because they doub
his ability to keep quorum on thu
floor continuously for that purpose
The Republicans have not altered
their position. They contend tina
eight hours day is sufficient
| ly long for the Senate to
sit, and that they are en-
titled to debate each schedule OF
the bill as it is taken up. Their
willingness to accept the agree
ment to debate certain schedules
under the five minute rule furnish.
ed convincing evidence that they
| have no wish to filibuster; but
| they do not intend that such i'm
portant portions of the bill as the
wool schedule and the income tax
shall be railroaded through with
out debate. Senator Henderson,
of Nebraska, expresses the opinion
that it will be nearer month than
week from this time when the
final vote is taken.
Senator Brice made one of the
most remarkable statements ever
publicly made by Senator when
he said: "Whatever you may hear
about dissensiOn, L can tell you,
that there will be forty-three votes
for the bill, whatever there is in it.
Senator Jones may make modifica-
tions, but whatever he finally de-
cides upon will be voted for by for
ty-three Senator'S" In other words,
if Senator Brice knows what he is
talking about, forty-three Senators
have agreed to sink their own in
dividuality and principles and to
vote for whatever Senator Jones
tells them. Never before has the
majority of the Senate delegated
such autocratic authority to one
man.
There are people who say that
Representative "Bilp Springer, of
Illinois, has no influence with the
administration, but / notice that
he has been able to get his son, r..
w. Springer, a lifetime position as
chaplain in the army, although the
young man, who has been drawing
six dollars a day as clerk of the
House committee on banking and
currency while studying for the
ministry, was only ordained to
preach about two months ago. Mr..
Springer may not be able to get
places for his constituents, but he
manages to provide for his family.
Ex-Representattve Abner Taylor,
of ILL.,, is regarded as an authority
on political matters in that state.
He has just been over the ground
and this is the way he sizes up
the situation: at isn't question
of Republican success, but of how
large our majority will be. l put
the Republican plurality at $4,000
in November, but snail not be sur
prised if it reaches 100000. There
is no longer the slightest doubt
that the legislature will be Repub-
lican, and the Democrats may con-
slider themselves lucky If they get
as many as five out Of the states
twenty-five congressman.
Representative Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky, has shown himself to be
the possessor of skin as thick as
that Of rhinoceros, but thick as it
is it was penetrated by direct
shot from his Democratic COL
leagues in the House. He has been
Boosting Of his intention to take
charge OF the general deficiency APP
preparation bill when it was ready
to be reported by the House, by
virtue Of his being chairman ofthe
subcommittee which has charge OF
that bill. AS soon as his Democrat
ic colleagues found out that he
really meant to do so, they lodged
a formal protest with Chairman
Sayers, Of the Appropriation COM
mittee, and the result was that Mr..
Sayers informed Breckenridge that
he would not be allowed to take
charge Of the bill, because Of the
refusal Of Democratic members to
recognize his leadership in even so
small a matter as the management
of a bill which usually goes
through without any serious OPP.
position. II Breckenridge were
not entirely without the sense Of
shame he would resign from Con.
gress and withdraw from his con-
test for denomination.
The Democrats of the House are
more susceptible to the influence