Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-15
WEEK OF DEBATE.
ItWiII Nov b. Talk, Talk, Talk in
Halls Of Congress.
Tariff. Federal Elections. incsms Tax and
Hawaii Will be subjscis.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA Debate, not &C
ton, will mark the proceedings of boif
houses of Congress this week. In the
House the feature vi be the tariff debate
and in the Senate the bill to repeal the fed
erai election laws. Work is expected te
open in the Senate with an ex, cuiive ses
sion. after the morning hour. perhaps. to
consider the Hornblower nomination. The
msj >iity report Of III. judiciary committee
sdser.e to the confirmation, will insist
upon final action and may occupy the at
tention of the body in executive session TO,
two days. Otherwise Senator Gray Of Del
aware, conformably to notice, will call NJ
the elections repeal bill on Tuesday, The
bill will be made unfinished business and
vii! be kept before the Senate until passed
o. defeated.
IL is understood that the Democratic
senators have decided to refrain from ex-
teniing debates on this subject and will
content themselves with two or three
speeches, which may be made by Sens tors
Gray, Bate and Hill, The Republican
speakers thi, week y i'll be Senators Lodge,
Frye, Chandler and Hoar and perhaps 9TH
ers the hope of the Republic ans being tha,
their speeches will oblige the Democrats to
reply at length. The present expectations
are that the debate will CONSUME ut least
two weeks
Sometime during the week tariff speech
will be delivered by Senator G ,llinger Of
New Hampshire, and there is always the
present possibility of resolutions and
speeches on the subject of Hawaii, during
the morning hours of the week, and thi.
probability is reduced almost to a certainty
by the recently published correspondence.
The tariff will be almost the exclusive
talk in the House this week. General de-
bate ended with remarkable demonstration
Saturday night. preventative Bryan
delIved speech of two hours and fort,
minutes in favor of the Wilson bill advo-
eating it as an approach to free trade.
Beginning with tomorrow's session the
House will take up consideration Of the
bill under the five minute rule, para graphs
to be open to amendment.
Already the desk of Chairman Richard
son is covered with amendments 70 be pro-
posed by various members, who want to
proper attention. The probabilities art
that few, if any, amendmen except such
as the committee on ways and means AZ
prove, VIII receive euuClcut support III tue
House to secure adoption. What amend
ments the commi tee will propose 10 NOT
yet developed, may be none. It would n,
surprise the friends of the bill should ther,
be some changes desired by the committee
b fore it receives the final touches 10 the
House.
The order of cont leration of the amend
ments has been under consideration by
Chairman Richardson. He i, isclined to
holl, go he stated, that the amendments BE-
received as proposed, without reference to
the relation of the schedule they affected
to the order of the bill. Unless he has
changed his mind there will be no priori',
given amendments to one section over an
other. The bill will be thus discussed and
open to amendment during this week and
next. then vote taken on its passage on
the 29th inst. Night sessions will be held
at which the gentlemen will have an oppor-
tunity to express their views at length upon
the measure, and the time is already nearly
all spoken for.
The scheme of internal revenue will be
reported to the House, Thursday, by Chair
man Wilson as an independent, separate
measure. Friends of the income tax propo-
.ition vii. enieavor to attach it to the pend
ing bill and upon this motion may come
one of the most interesting struggles Of the
debate unless the matter is settled in eau
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