The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-21

But on the Other Hand, Mr.. Quay Has
Some More of That Speech All Ready
for Firing-He Has Already Delivered
What Would Make $50 Newspaper Col
umns of Small Type-Business, of the
House.
Washington, May 20-''The end is in
sight," remarked Senator Jones of the
finance committee, yesteday. "We expect
to begin gathering taxes under the Wilson
bill the first of JULY This statement was
endorsed by Mr.. Harris. The fact that, be-
ginning tomorrow, the Senate will meet at
10 o'cloc k and the belief that the RepubI-
cans have decided not to interpose un-
reasonable opposition or prolong debate on
the bill, leads the managers of the measure
to take this view of the situation. Messrs.
Harris, voorhees, and Jones of Arkansas,
claim that they have the forty-three votes
necessary to pass the bill. The Democrats
assert that they will finish the metal and
wood schedules this week. The Republicans
say the debate on the iron ore and manu-
factures of iron schedules will be protracted
and that the metal schedule cannot possibly
be disposed of this week. No set speeches
have been arranged for on the tariff but
the front gain. Mr.. Quay's speech, so far
as it has been delivered, in six instalments,
would make over $50 closely printed news
paper columns Mr.. Quay may possibly con-
sumo as much more space and printers ink
With seven and half hours a day for the
consideration of the bill during the coming
week, it would seem tn headway ought to
be made. Mr.. Morgan is anxious to have the
Chinese treaty disposed of and it NAV
happen that Mr.. Harris will grant him an
afternoon for this purpose.
Some general legislation is in sight in the
House this week. The managers concluded
| that it would be safe now to intermit for a
brief period their efforts to send the appro-
pr1at1on bills to the Senate, as that body is
apparently committed to the tariff bill for
a month or more to the exclusion of all
other business. Two or three days will be
required, it is believed, for the considera-
ton OF the Legislative, executive and
judicial appropriations bill, which will be
taken up again tomorrow. Although gem
eral debate on the measure has been ex-
hausted, several features will be criticized
in short speeches. Among these is the
omission from the bill of an appropriation
for force of clerks in the internal revenue
division to be employed in the settlement of
sugar bounty claims. Some Republicans
contend that it would be just as we'll to wait
for the repeal of the bounty before reduc-
tion of force is made. With the final dis
posal of this measure, the consideration of
appropriation bills will be- suspended for 6.
time and other matters taken up The first
of these will be the Brawley bill to suspend
the operations of the ten per cent
law in respect to clearing house certificates
and other substitutes for currency issued
during the financial crisis last year. An
amendment will be offered by Mr.. Cox,
Democrat of Tennessee, providing for the
repeal of the law outright, and will be the
principa feature of the discussion. It is
understood that great majority of the
Democrats, all the Populists and few RE-
publicans will vote for this amendment.
Representative Everett of Massachusetts,. in
the course of Fridays proceedings, said he
had been at home (Boston) for several days,
and while there had learned that the senti-
ment of his people on this subject was radi-
eally different from what he supposed it
was AS the result of information derived
from this personal contact with his consti-
tuents, he should probably vote to repeal
the law. One of the Maryland delegation,
which has been generally solidly opposed to
repeal, is now said to favor the Cox amend
ment. These two measures are expected to
occupy all the week, but should their dis
cussion fall short of that period. the Hatch
anti-option bill will be taken up