Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-07
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
It VIII Be the Principal Thing in
the Senate This Week.
LONGER HOURS TO BE ENFORCED.
Efforts to Get Republicans to Agree to .
Date for the Final Vote on the Tariff
Biu-State Bank Tax and Indian APP
preparation In the House.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Ine sugar
schedule will again, this week, be the
central point around which the pro-
ceedings in the senate will revolve.
! Among numerous senators who were
| asked for their opinion as to when the
debate on this schedule would cease,
not one would attempt to fix definite
time. The discussion has already pro-
ceeded for three days, which is the ut
most time that democratic senators
would admit before the debate was be-
gun, would be necessary or allowed to
it. Some think it will be possible to
reach a verdict to-day or Tuesday,
while others assert that there are con-
tingencies which may postpone the
disposition of the schedule until the lat
ter part of the week.
Among the other lines of policy
which have been discovered among the
opponents of the bill is that of allow
ing the sugar schedule to be accepted
as amended by the committee on
finance without taking any vote on the
schedule in the committee of the whole,
the object being that the opponents of
the bill shall not be forced to show
their hands at this time, and especially
that they may refrain from exhibiting
their supposed strength among demo-
Gratis and populist senators.
Senator Harris adheres to his deter
mination to ask the senate to prolong
its daily sessions into the evening, be-
ginning with to-day. Some of the
republican senators have taken his no
| tice to mean that he will ask the senate
to sit to-day until the sugar schedule
| shall be disposed of, but conversation
with him and with other democratic
senators indicates that his purpose is
hardly SO definite, but that the inten-
ton is to press as near to the goal as it
may be possible to do.
1--WE want" said Senator Jones, "to
see that the senate does a good day
work each day, and if it should be APP
parent that there has been no effort to
secure delay for delays sake we shall
not probably ask for very extended
hours, but if the proceedings should
indicate the long speeches are to con-
tinue we should probably ask the SEN
ate to sit well into the night
The republicans will proba bly, resist
the attempt to extend the sessions be-
yond c o'clock to the extent of at least
| demanding that a quorum be main
tanned and some of them will decline
to assist in making quorum. The
appreciate ILLS
and will make an effort to have as
nearly quorum of democrats as posi-
BILE on hand to meet this emergency.
They have the pledges of more than
fifty senators, including most of the
populists and some republicans, that
they will remain to aid in making a
quorum as long as may be required.
Senator Harris said yesterday that
when the night sessions were once be-
gun they would be continued until the
bill should be finally disposed of. Mean
time they will maintain their efforts to
get the republicans to agree to fix a
date for the final vote.
The outlook for the week in the
house of representatives is so much in
! doubt thata democratic caucus may be
necessary to agree on plan of action.
The state bank question has been de-
bated until the leaders are anxious for
! a vote. But the debate has shown the
state bank men that they are liable to
be defeated by inability to agree
on any one of the many plans discussed.
As the state bank principle was incor-
porated in the democratic national
platform, the leaders are loath to see
| the bill defeated, SO that caucus to-
day or tomorrow may be called for the
purpose OF formulating a party mea-
sure which will command united sup
port. 1t is probable that the final vote
on the bill will be taken early in the
week, unless the whole question is al
lowed to go over until a caucus COM
mittee can frame satisfactory bill.
The rules committee are considering
the advisability of giving one day to
Representative Cooper's bill for sub
jecting greenbacks and Sherman notes
to state and local taxation. At pres
ent these forms of paper money are ex-
empt from taxation.
Chairman Holman, of the Indian
committee, is pressing with the Indian
appropriation bill, and its considera-
ton will come Immediately after the
state bank debate, unless Mr.. Cooper
secures an intervening day. The In
dian bill will be warmly discussed, as
there is a disposition to question the
wisdom of many of Mr.. Holman's re-
auctions. The debate is expected to
last week.
Quiet at Sofia.
| SOFIA, June Troops are still post
| cd he STR of he h11f