Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-04-02
A LONG SESSION.
Prospect is that Congress VIII Con-
iisue fiII Next October.
Mfkias Ras!e sioxiy-We:isra Silver hen
Oe Not gtaf c5a Jhsif csu,e.

W.smsarox, Ap II IL Spec,a! J.
II the pasf fortnight is 70 be taken as a
t1eagnr. 81 pso2reas, then instead Of reach-
ing m Ediou-gmeEt in July the prege.it
.egyi0n viii lap over and far, into the next
and leayc q grfGt daui of unfinished 5usi-
r,es4 Of that. The dreary nonetony Of roll
calls the ringing of boil+ - call members
from committee rooms nnd the rushing oi
uIesgcuGerg h.ther ard yon tn hunt mp the
.bseuf haze been tisc principal sources OF
unluaorneut 10 oulookefs,, end it is q scr;
Of nmumyneEt OF which Il very little gocg a
greet way.
Among the live questions abou, the cap
itOI IA this. "Wby do the Democrats have
40 much difficulty in maintaining quo
rum There are two answers. One l.:
"Ber9usc faey have such, a brutal maj iori
ty Each feI,oG thinks he ran leave at will
and It viii make no difference, and the
city members are particularly bad--a very
large number Of thcm being feverish 10 gcG
nway Friday afternoon and unwilling 10
s fetuFu until Tuesday The fact H. we
haven't got oar big majority well or9an-
fzeti ard disciplined yet - So say the Dem
ocrata. The Republicans put it thus: "Thc
majority of the majority have got mp a
mass Of atGff which the minority of that
majority doesn' wn,t to see adopted, and
yet does not want to break party lines ana
vote against. Take this contested election
casc Of o Neill a9ningt Joy. The fair mind
Cd Democrats don't want to turn ont Mr..
Joy, and yet they don't want TO vote
against report OF their own committee" I"
4 Republican View.
Mr.. Mccall Of Massachusetts, says:
"fhoge absentee Democrats arc not here
because their hearts are not In tho WORK
which was rut out for them. They want
II reform Of the tariff, and they want n
great many other things, but they don't
want q general onslaught on everything
that Ia distinctiycly northern and north
eastern" When, however, an opinion Is
asked of such Republicans as General Gros-
vcuor aud Henderson, they have the came
old explanation--the total deprayity of
Democrats aud their iuborn inherent, ir
rcmediahle incapacity TO govern the coun-
try. Whatever the reason may be, il is
certain that the dominant party IL burning
daylight and the leaders are getting cx-
tremey nervous about it, IA n grent many
important measures are still tn be discuss
cd and on at least three Of tbem--the
l!atch nntioption bill leading--the fight Is
to he terrific
The various McGaun bills to protect la
hor or, as the sarcastic members say, to
make their authors solid with the laborers,
haze been pretty well ground through the
judiciary committee, and Messrs. Boatner
Of Louisiana, Terry OF Arkansas aad
stone Of Pennsylvania, as subcommittee, su
Gre hnrd at work Investigating Judge Jen-
kius and the railroad employees. Mr.. Boat
ncr coutiunes To promise that he will stir
IL. l.. 4 e.,
very energetic work on the question of col
lcctug what the Pacific railroad owes the
government, but Senator Cullom aud 9th
er old senators smile rs skeptieally as ever
and propbcsy confidently that nothing
viii he done at this session.
Tho Coxcy BiiEEard.
The approximations bills also have taken
upn great deni more time than was cx-
pectcd, and there are some measures from
the committees on public lands aud Indian
affairs which are expected To excite lively
debate. In the recent dull times, when the
prinCipAl husucVs was calling the roll an
answering thereto, our only amusement
were the current comments On the BreGs
uridge cnso aud the freezing out of Cox
ey'a army Of invasion According to Che
weather bureau, the blizzard which scat
tered CuNcy' q forces started In Texas and
travelled northcastwsrd John Allen says,
however, that II ia u great mistake to sup
pose that Providence sent the blizzard e.
pccialiy 70 ubate the aaIign influence OF
CoSev. as Il was really started by the flop
ping of the two wings Of the TeXns Democ-
racy in their late efforts Go get together.
The Texan members admit that the iloa-
ping was vigorous indeed. hut just the
sHmp the two wings have got together. aud
the whole delegation expect to be returned
by the usual figures, with majority OF
t5o, coo or SO for the state at large
Whom President Cleveland returned from
his late trip down the river, all who saw
him expressed astonishment at his vivaci-
~ and greatly improved appearance, ard
for few days he seemed really glad to see
members and handed ont the offices with
something like cid fashioned Democratic
alaerity. Before he got through with the
SeigninraEo bill. however, far different r.
ports were given out, not only as to health.
but a. 90 bis temper and spirit, And now
II Ia the turn of western Democrats to he
on the anxious seat. Mr.. Bailey says; at
IL all nonsense TO try TO 70 ON this way,
one side Mt time, like half sled ON ice.
The Democrats have got to do just like the
Republicans did on some of the questions
that arosc In their early days and particU
latiy during the war--that is, 'plow
around the difficulty. In other words. the
Democrats must cut loose from Clevelaud's
silver policy. 1t is all nonsense to go on
pretending or trying TO make ourselves be
lieve that he il friendly TO silver when we
know az a matter of fact that he is hostile
10 it,"
Another Hot Fight Looked For.
IL any siugle standard man has been in
dulging the hope that either success or
failure in any measure 50 far reported
would paciEy the silver men aud make
them quiet Tor the rest Of this congress, he
may ahapdon il ut once. Mr., Bland frank
ly acknowledges that the least little mite
Of success only whcis the appetite of his
folks for acrc. aud any successful oppos
tion irri;ates them aud cNcites them 10
greater effort The advocates OF radical
measures in connection with the tariff do
hot 40 quite 50 far, but it is every day
more evident that in the house the cppos.i-
zion to She senate's action on the Wilson
Hill is growing aud several Republicans
look forward glcetully Go another hot tght
before the seratc amendments arr adopted