The record-union., 1894-02-05
Repeal of the Election Laws Fore
most for Discussion.
MEASURES WHICH WILL OCCUPY
THE TIME OF THE HOUSE.
Four Deaths and Many Persons In
jured, the Result of Storm in Ala
bama-The War in Honduras Con-
tinues-Prestdent VasqueZ Hemmed
In at Teguoigalpa.
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoS.


WAsHN GToN, Feb. 4.-The first two
days of the present week in the Senate
will be taken up with the Federal cleo
tions bill, to the exclusion of everything
else except the routine morning business,
which will include only the introduction
of bills and the presentation of resolu-
ton of Stewart, which will go over until
Wednesday, to permit uninterrupted con-
tinuation of debate on the elections bill.
upon which vote will be taken Tuesday
afternoon. The agreement provides that
the Senate shall sit Tuesday until this
measure is disposed Of. There is bare
possibility, however, that the debate may
not be exhausted by that time, and that
the disposition of it will not be accom-
pliShed then, as agreements Of this kind
IN the Senate are not always considered
inviolate.
There is also an agreement that discus
sion of the bond resolution shall be re-
sumed Wednesday. 1t is possible the
Hawaiian resolution introduced by
Turpie from the Foreign Relations
Committee, or the House resolution
on the same subject, which will prob
ably reach the Senate during the week,
will receive attention, but 1t Is hardly
probable that much, if any, time will
be given it, because OF subjects press
ing for attention.
The Hawaiian debate, BANDS bill for
the coinage of the silver SeIgniOrage, the
O'Neill-Joy contested election case and,
perhaps, the 1ortitications appropriation
bill viii occupy the attention OF the House
during the week By arrangement agreed
upon just before the House adjourned
last night the Hawaiian debate is eX-
tended TO $3.50 Tuesday, the special order
tor its consideration being modified SO as
to include vote upon the Boutelle reso-
luton, as we'll as the McCreary and Hit
resolutions.
AS vet no Democrat has broken over
the party lines on the Hawaiian matter.
and it seems likely that the McCreary
resolution will pass by practically a
strict party vote. Holman, however, is
still bent on Offering resolution con-
uemning the action of Stevens, but at the
same time reprobating the course OF the
Administration In attempting to restore
the deposed Queen.
Wednesday Bland will call up his bill
for the coinage of silver seigniorage, which
amounts 10 over so, 900, 900, that sum to
be made immediately available, if neces-
sary, TO meet the wants OF the treasury
by the issuance of treasury notes similar
10 InOSe issued u1Qef LD6 AcC OF 1871.
Many Democrats bitterly opposed to the
bond issue want to relieve the treasury in
this way rather than issue bonds, and it
is probable that during the debate there
viii be a heavy outcropping Of criticism
on the action Of Secretary Carlisle, in so
lar as it related to the Use of the proceeds
OF the sale OF bonds to pay current eX-
penses Of the Government. The Repub-
licans will take the position indicated by
the minority report, that there is no sill
YER seigniorage in the treasury, the bull
ion against the notes issued under the
Act OF 1880 not having been coined. They
Will also take the position that the silver
obligations of the Government, coined or
uneoined, if issued up to the full coinage
value, as If silver Were at par, would only
be worth about tiftytive cents on the dol
lar, and could only be sustained by the
credit of the Government. Bland ex-
poets that the debate upon the bill will
hot last over two days.