The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-05
VOORHEES, PROMISES
Public People Do Not Take Them
Very Seriously.
The Great Tariff Debate VIII BE
Launched in the Senate
Today.

WASHINGTON, April Tomorrow
at two o'clock when Mr.. Voorhees,,
chairman of the finance committee,
calls up the tariff bill in the Senate
and makes the opening speech, he
will inaugurate debate, the end and
outcome of which no man can foreteli.
Mr.Noorhees confidently expects the
final vote to be taken within six weeks,
but Voorhees, expectations on other
occasions have not always been real
lied.
Some of his colleagues are not so
sanguine and no Republican is will
ing to fix period of less than two or
three months within which such a vote
can be had on the passage of the SEN
ate tariff bill.
Voorhees, speech, which contains
not less than 1900 words, will prob
ably be the only speech delivered to.
morrow, Mr.. Allison prefers to wait
until Tuesday to make the opening
remarks for the Republicans. Other
Senators who may speak early in the
debate are Messrs. Hoar, Cullom,
Lodge, PETER and Morrill,.
In executive session on Monday,
Call will insist upon the consideration
of certain Florida nominations, upon
which he intends opposing. Tomor-
row, also, Morgan will report the Be-
hiring sea bill and will ask Voorhees,
to give way Wednesday and permit
the bill to be taken up and kept be-
fore the senate until passed This
will involve at least one closed legis-
lative session.
Morgan also intends to call up the
Chinese treaty on Thursday, and as
the debate on this convention will
doubtless occupy several executive
sessions, the outlook for the tariff de-
bate progressing beyond the two open
ing speeches during the coming week,
is not encouraging. Voorhees, is the
victim of conditions that were unex-
pected and all obstacles will probably
be brushed aside by the end of the
week.
The order of procedure in the house
this week has been pretty clearly
marked out by advance notices from
those in charge of leading issues
What rate of progress will be made,
however, will depend upon the pres
ence of quorum of Democratic mem
bers to consider and dispose of the
business on hand.
Tomorrow the O'Neill. Joy contested
election case is again to be taken up,
and is to be pressed to a final conclu-
sion under the provisions of the spe-
cial order. Toe English-Hilborn e,ec-
ton case, from the third California
district, is included within the terms
of order and will be taken up as soon
as the O'Neill-Joy contest has been
disposed of.
Bland has given notice that on
Tuesday ha will ask the House to take
up his seigniorage bill and put it on
its passage, "the objections of the ex-
ecutive to the contrary notwithstand
ing" II is hardly probable, however,
that the election coses will be out of
the way by that time, as the managers
OF the House do not look for a quorum
tomorrow. But the seignorage bill
will be given the right OF way as soon
as the pending order has been fully
executed.
Mr.. Bland says his bill may ccupy
the attention of the House for two
nays, but gives no intimation of his
opinion for the chances of passing it
over the veto. Que Of the leading
Democrats of the House, who voted
for the bill, says tlereis not the slight
est hope of it's passage and that in his
opinion it will be called up merely for
the purpose of enabling some Of its
advocates to make speeches at It's OBJ
sequies.
Mr. Bland says as soon as the seign-
forage bill is out of the way he will
ask the committee on coinage, weights
and measures to report a bill for the
coinage of silver and that he will urge
it upon the attention of the House at
the earliest opportunity and every OPP
portunity until it is considered.