The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-05
MORE LIVELY IN CONGRESS-.
The Tariff Bill Makes Room for
More Diversified Debate.

I
Federal Election Laws and Nc
Creary's Hawaiian Resolution to be
the Leading Events of the Week.
Bland to Call up His Bill to Coin the
SeiEniorage.
Washington, Feb. 4.-1he tariff bill
! having for time retired 70 the seclusion
| of the Senate committee room, the fea-
! lures of the week in congress will be the
votes on the bill to repeal the federal cleo
ton laws in the Senate, on the McCreary
| Hawaiian resolution III the House, and
perhaps on the Stewart resolution declar-
| ing against the proposed treasury bond
! issue in the Senate. The election law
! repeal bill comes up in the Senate to-mor-
row afternoon, and is to be discussed by
| Senators Chandler, Bate, Hawley, Harris,
| Hoar, Frye and Vest. BY agreement
! the discussion is to close Tuesday at
| O'Clock, when the Senate will proceed to
vote on the bill and pending amendments.
STRUGGLE FOR PRECEDENCE.
There may be a struggle for precedence
| Wednesday, as Senator Teller has given
| notice of his intention to call up the cele-
| brated McGarrahan bill, while Senator
! Vest has given similar notice respecting
| the bill to provide for the erection of a
new government printing Office. Either
| of these bills is sure to give rise to debate
! and many difficulties lie in wait for the
| printing office bill in particular, mainly
| because the Senate and House committees
/ having Jurisdiction over this subject have
| fallen into disagreement respecting the
selection of a site.
| Further promise for lively day in the
| Senate Wednesday is to be found in the
| fact that the Stewart bond resolution will
again be taken up in the morning hour
! with some chance of finding more per-
| manent resting place than the Vice Pres
ident's table if the discussion is not pro-
tracted beyond the limits of the morning
hour.
The interest in the executive sessions
during the week will depend largely upon
whether the committee on the judiciary,
which meets tomorrow, acts upon the
pending nomination of Wheeler H. Peck
ham to be an associate justice of the su-
preme court.
IN THE HOUSE.
| The proceedings in the House of Rep
| resentatives this week will have a variety
that has been lacking for two months past.
After the vote on Tuesday afternoon
| upon the resolutions relating to Hawaii,
Mr.. Bland of Missouri, will call up the
| silver seigniorage bill, heretofore re-
| ported by him from the committee on
coinage, weights and measures. BY the
| provisions of the bill, the Secretary of the
| Treasury is directed to issue $50 900, 900
| certificates, representing the seigniorage
of the bullion now in the treasury, pur-
chased under the Sherman law of 1890
Mr.. Bland is sanguine that the bill will
pass without serious opposition or delay
Il see no reason" said he, ''why the
House should take more than one day to
consider it. The subject has been thor
oughlY discussed and every one is as ia
miliar with it as he can hope to be. at
least in the course of this term of con-
gress."
SPECULATION AS TO THE VOTE.
"How many republicans will vote for
it2"
more than thirty, should say, judg-
ing from the number who have told me
that they would support it The demo
Gratis who opposed the passage of the
Wilson bill for the repeal of the Sherman
law last fall, will, l assume, vote with me
for it, and many democrats who voted for
the Wilson repeal bill and have been dis
appointed at the lack of results there
from, have expressed a willingness to help
pass the bill l believe that two-thirds
If not three-fourths, of the democratic
members are for it.
How fast can the bullion be coined,
Mr.. Bland, and the seigniorage become
an actual fact2"
20, that depends upon the willingness
of the officials. They could turn out
$1,000, 600 or s., 900, 600 mouth if the mints
were run double time, but l don't expect
they will do that"
CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.
When the Bland bill is out of the way,
and probably not more than two days at
theoutside will be given to its considera-
ton, the contested election case of
O'Neill VS.. JOY, from the Eleventh
district of Missouri, will come up on the
report of the committee on elections to
GUST MIR. Joy and seat Mr.. O'Neill. Mr.
O'Nelll says that never since the demo-
Gratis on the committee heard the evil
dence and read the law of the state. have
they had any doubt of the justice of his
claim. The laws of Missouri require
that ballots which are not numbered and
which do not have the initials of the
judges on them shall not be counted.
| showed enough such ballots to give me
several hundred majority and to the
democratic members Of the committee
that was enough. 1t is principle of the
Democratic party, YOU know, to give full
force and effect to the provisions of state
laws, and they rested on that. ] wanted
to go into the equities of the case and
show up the false registration, repeating
and other methods used TO defeat me, but
the committee said that was not neces-
sary when we had such a perfectly clear
case on the law" Mr.. O'Neill will prob
ably be seated by straight party vote of
The House
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Should there be any time left after
these two matters are disposed of, the
House will be asked to consider the forth
tcations bill, which has been on the cal
endar since Dec. 10. Both Speaker Crisp
and Chairman Sayers are anxious that
the record for promptness made by the
committee in reporting other bills shall
be equalled by the House in disposing of
them, and they will make every effort to
keep these measures before the House.
Besides the Notifications DILL, there are
on the calendar, and will be considered
in the order named. the pension bill, the
District of Columbia bill and the sundry
civil bill.
Baseball Notes.
Memphis is at work and will be in