Evening journal., 1894-02-26
TARIFF BILL COMPLETE
An Attempt to Report It to the
Senate Today.
ENEMIES OF THE BILL IN CAUCUS.

WASHINGTON, Feb &c. 1t Is the inten-
ton Of the senate finance committee TO re-
port the tariff bill to the senate today un-
less the Republican offer some Erenuous
objections. Following this it is expected
that Senator Voorhees, will give notice
that he will call up the bill on the fpllow-
ing Monday and ask that IL be kept beNore
the senate until disposed Of.
1t is part Of the programme that the Uih
shall be taken up every morning immedi-
ately after the morning business and kept
before the senate to the exclusion Of every
thing else II is intimated that II there i
any disposition to prolong the debate o
move will be made for extra hours and
longer sessions.
The Democratic subcommittee will con-
slider the bill for short time before the
full committee meets The bill, which
was sent to the printer Saturday night,
will be changed in some particulars before
10 is finally submitted.
Few Alterations Necessary.
AS IL stands now there are three PROPOSE
tions which have not been wholly agreed
TO- and whatever is done will necessitate
alterations. But, AS showing bow near
complete the bill is, one member Of the
subcommittee said that he saw no reason
why it should not be reported today; that
the full committee would not change a
single thing, even 10 the dotting Of an i"
or crossing Of It,"
He thought that no prepared report
would be made on the bill by the comh9it-
tee, the bill itself standing for reporb.
The Democrats win offer to allow the Re-
puhlicans week In which to submit their
views either In the form Of a bill or a re-
port.
It is not believed that the Republicans
will consent TO report upon the bill to-
day. aud this may interfere with the Dem
cratic programme and delay the reporting
Of the bill. The Democratic members OF
the committee do not attempt to conceal
the feeling they have that the caucus
called for today mt the same time the COM
mittee meets is antagouistic to the benefit
Of some Of the features Of the bill. Ii is
said to be unlikely that any members Of
the finance committee will attend the
caucus.
The senate has made but little progress
during the past two weeks in its efforts to
clean up the calendar In advance Of the
forthcoming discussion of the tariff bill.
If the opportunity is afforded, it will con
tinue It's work on the calendar during the
present week. There are so many special
orders, however, some Of which have been
brought over from previous weeks, that IL
is probable comparatively little progress
will be made this week.
Fnibustering Against Bland.
The battle over the Bland seigniorage
hin will 20 merrily on IN the house this
week. Despite the many reverses Mr..
/ Bland has met In his attempts TO procure
quorum, he is as determined as ever to
| fight it out on this line If it takes all win
ter II he does not succeed, however, In
the course Of few days, il is not probable
/ that the speaker and his associates on the
rules COMMITTEES will permit his bill to
| longer block the path Of business.
AS the opponents Of the measure have
now adopted an open filibustering policy,
a rule will be formulated by the commit
tee on rules today to prevent this aud
bring the vote down directly TO Mr.. Bland's
motion. A caucus will be held tonight or
Tuesday to consider the question of an
amendment TO the rules which will either
! give the speaker the power to count a
| quorum or place it in his power to compel
a member to vote, with the alternative Of
hning him.
While it would seem from the number
who signed the caucus bill-li6-that a
majority Of the Democrats favor some
method OF preventing llibusterng, some
of the leading members do not desire TO
! push such a modification Of the rules at
the end of this long fight. With 50 major
/ ity they think they should first vindicate
their ability to extricate themselves from
the present humiliatiug position, and aft
rrward they argue, the events Of the past
two weeks would furnish ample justiica-
tion for such a modification OF the rules
The outlook for the week is therefore
! full OF contingencies. The struggle over
the Bland bill may drift into a big parlia-
mentary contest over a change In the rules,
I In which event there will be some bitter
opposition manifested from the Democratic
side, especially il the proposed rule con
templates lodging in the speakers hand
the power TO count q quorum.
Pending the result Of the silver fight the
Democratic opponents of the measure, no
matter what they may favor with regard
60 q change of the rules as an abstract
proposition, will contest anything which
| is destined to lessen their powers Of OBJ
structing the seigniorage bill II the sill
yer bill is gotten out of the way before the
end of the week, the contested election
cases and appropriation bills Will follow.
The President Goes Duck Shooting.