The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-21
NO MORE LEGISLATION
This Session Of Congress Practi-
cally at an End.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSING oRAToRY.
They Say They VIII Prevent Proposed
Speeches by Democratic Senators with
Reference to the Much Discussed Tar

inQuestion-The Quorum Disappearing.
WASHINGTON Aug 21.-Mr. Harris,
from the finance committee, yesterday re-
ported back to the senate the free sugar
bill amended SO as to provide duty of 40
per cent. fiat on all sugars. The free coal
bill was reported back amended so as TO
provide for reciprocal free coal. The iron
ore bill was reported back without
amendment. The barbed fencing wire
bill was amended SO as to make barbed
wire free, the house making free only the
material from which it was made. The
free raw material bills were sent to the
calendar, where they can only be called
up by majority vote. The senate at l:35
p. m. adjourned until Wednesday.
Yesterdays session of the house lasted
less than All hour. A few unimportant
bills were passed by unanimous consent.
The house managers have decided not to
permit any more legislation, save by
unanimous consent, and the regular pro-
gram from now until the final adjourn
ment will probably be the consideration
only of such minor bills as encounter no
objection. ...s-.
The Republicans say there will be no
more business of importance transacted
in the senate this session, except perhaps
the passage of the bill correcting the al
cohol schedule. The Republican leaders
say this session is over to all intents and
purposes, and they include in this the
making Of speeches as well as the passage
of bills. Yesterday, from the time the
senate met until it went into executive
session, Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky,
was ready to make speech. The Ken
tucky senator desires to defend the action
of the senate finance committee and the
Democratic senators who supported them.
1t is also understood that Senator Allison,
of Iowa, was ready to make a speech of
, some length on the present status of tar
iff legislation.
1t is possible that both of these speeches
will be made by the courtesy Of the SEN
ate, although the Republicans said that no
speeches would be made and that the in
terdict against any more business in
| cluded also speeches. Some of the Demo
Gratis assert, however, that if any attempt
| is made to prevent the speeches on the
Democratic side that quorum of the SEN
ate will be recalled under duress and by
the esergeant-at-arms.
On the Republican side it is claimed
that the tariff debate, as well as tariff
| legislation, is closed. This may lead to
some ugly feeling il insisted upon. II
Senator Lindsay should get the floor he
| could not be interrupted by points of no
quorum, as he could not be taken off the
floor without his consent, but whenever
the attempt is made to call up the resolu-
ton upon which he is to speak the point
can be made, and the present indications
are that when the senate meets tomorrow
there will not be a quorum present, as a
number of senators intend leaving before
tonight.
Senator Harris has given notice that
Immediately after the reading of the jour
nal tomorrow he will move an executive
session. This is in the interest of Judge
Porter, of Tennessee, whom he desires to
have confirmed. II there is objection in
the executive session sufficient to cause
the point of no quorum to be made, it
will result in carrying the nomination
over until after adjournment. There
seems, though, to be a quasi-understand-
ing that there shall be IA confirmation OF
rejection without regard to the presence
of quorum upon the vote which may be
| cast