The record-union., 1894-04-23
MATTERS BEFORE CONGRESS.
Tariff Debate Will Continue This
Week in the Senate.
WILL OCCUPY THE
ATTENTION OF THE HOUSE.
President Cleveland Writes Letter to
President Black of the National As
ISOLATION of Democratic Clubs, Urg-
ing That the ORGANIZATION Should
Strive for Principles Rather Than
Special to the REcoEp-UNroS.

Special TO the REcoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, April D. The prospect
is that the tariff debate in the Senate will
continue this week on much the same
lines as have been observed since the
agreement for the regulation of hours OF
debate was entered into, Notwithstanding
the arrangement that the reading of the
bill by paragraphs shall be begun at
O'Clock on Wednesday. The Republican
Senators are counting upon the continu-
ance OF this programme for at least
another week, and expect to go on with
their general speeches just as they have
been doing for the past three weeks.
General debate" said Senator Aldrich,
in discussing the outlook, will conclude
| Tuesday at O'Clock, and will be resumed
Wednesday at l o'clock
Senator Aldrich is among those who
have not yet spoken upon the general
features of the bill, and he will not have
time 10 get in before the reading of the
bill is begun. He will probably speak on
Wednesday or Thursday, though prob
ably not until the beginning of next
week. Besides replying to Senator Hill,
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revenue features of the pending bill.
The speeches announced for the week
are those Of Washburn on Monday, Mills
and Palmer on uesday, Higgins on We'd
nesday, and Cullom on Thursday and FRI
day. Other speeches, among them one
by Senator Lindsay OF kentucky. may be
made on any of these days.
If no one else should be prepared to
proceed at any time, Senator Quay will
continue the speech of which he has al
ready delivered several installmentS 1t
is understood he has not exhausted more
than half of the material he has collected
on the various features of the bill, and
that when his speech is finally concluded
and printed it will make a large book on
/ the tariff.
Senator Dolph may also, at any time,
conclude his unfinished speech.
Senator Mills is expected to reply in a
general way for the members OF the FL
nance Committee TO the attacks which
have been made upon the bill, and his
speech will be about three hours in
length.
Nine Republican Senators will MAX Q
manifest their disposition to contest every
inch of ground at the very beginning of
the discussion of the paragraphs as such
on Wednesday by attempting TO have the
provisions Of the first paragraph, provid-
ing that the tariff shall go into effect on
the 30th Of June, changed. They will
contend that the custom has always been
to give at least six months notice in
making change of the tariff laws. They
also say there are other questions in the
paragraph which will need careful con-
sideration, and number of Senators say
the chemical paragraph, the first one on
the bill, will not be reached until next
week.
Senator Harris upon being asked said
that no agreement had been reached for
the continuance of the present agreement
as 10 the hours for debate, and he was
not prepared TO say what would be done
in that respect when that stage of the con-
sideration of the bill should be reached.
at will depend on circumstances" he
said, whether we shall go on as at pres
sent. We possibly may during this week,
but / should say not longer. We have
already had the bill under consideration
for three weeks, and its opponents have
consumed the greater part OF the time.
They certainly should have had oppor-
tunity to exhaust their long speeches,
and if disposition should be shown to
continue to make them | shall ask for an
extension of the daily time for debate.
| We shall come to that soon, if it becomes
apparent that those who are unfriendly
to the bill mean to adopt dilatory tactics,
l think we shall begin by meeting earlier,
and if that change does not suffice to ex-
act sufficient progress we shall gradu-
ally extend the hours into the night, and
will begin a contest which must either ex-
haust the Senators or exhaust the debate,
or result in final action on the bill.
The appropriation bills will continue to
occupy the attention of the House during
the coming week, after tomorrow, which,
under the rules, viii be devoted to the
consideration of business reported from
the District of Columbia Committee. On
Tuesday the diplomatic and consular
bill which consumed the major portion
of the last week, will probably be fin
ished, and on Wednesday the postoffice
appropriation bill, the consideration of
which was Interrupted by the departure
of Chairman Henderson of the Postotfice
Committee as one Of the committee to
attend the funeral of the late Senator
Vance, will be resumed. The only item
in this bill undisposed of is that prOvid-
ing a subsidy for the fast Southern mail.
As a strong ignt is being made to cut OFT
this appropriation, it may require two
days to get it out of the way. The gen.
eral impression seems to be that the adj
versaries of this appropriation will not be
able to defeat it, as il has earnest cham
pions not only i'll the South, but in the
North and West.
Business is so far advanced in the
House that no attempt Will probably be
made to deprive the Committee on Claims
OF Friday, the day set apart under the
rules for the consideration of bills on the
private calendar.
After the postoffice bill is completed,
the army bill will be taken up, and,
should it be completed the river and bar
Dor Dill will follow. There is little
chance, however, that the latter bill will
be reached this week.
The only possibility of varying the
monotony OF this programme is the pre-
cipitation of a debate on some resolution
in connection with the Committee on
Coxey's Army of the Commonweal.
The Populists in the House, as in the
Senate have come 10 the front as advo-
Gates for fair play for the Industrials, and
they may spring some resolution bearing
on the subject, which would throw il
open for discussion.