Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-02-05
ELECTIONS BILL NEXT.
Senate Agrees to Take a Vote
on 1t tomorrow.
THE HOUSE HAWAIIAN DEBATE.

ILL hOOSb IL "A w AA4AN OoOA La
Time Extended For Discussion of the Hit,
BouteIle and McCreary Resolutions.
Secretary CarlisIe's Act In Issuing Bonds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The first two days
of the present week in the senate will be
taken up with the federal elections bill to
the exclusion of everything else except the
routine morning business, which will in
clude only the Introduction of bills and
the presentation of reports and petitions.
The senate has agreed that the discussion
of the bond resolution of Senator Stewart,
which under ordinary circumstances would
have the right of way up to 2 o'clock of
each day until disposed of, shall go over
until Wednesday to permit the uninter-
rupted continuation of the debate on the
elections bill, upon which the vote will be
taken on Tuesday afternoon
The agreement provides that the senate
shall sit on Tuesday until this measure is
disposed of, and in all probability it will
be observed. There is a bare possibility,
however, that the debate may not be eX-
hausted by that time and that the DISPOSE
ton of it will not be accomplished then, as
agreements of this kind in the senate are
Hawaiian Question May Come Up.
There is also an agreement that the dis
cussion of the bond resolution shall be re-
sumed on Wednesday, and the week is like
ly to produce several speeches upon this
question.
Senate7 Berry has given notice of an in
tention to call up on Tuesday the bill con-
corning the rights of way granted to rail
roads through the public lands in terrific
ries Senator Vest, of his wish to take up
the bill for the increase of the accommoda-
tions for the government printing office on
Wednesday, and Senator Quay, of desire
to have an hour set apart on Thursday for
eulogies on the late Representative Mulch
Ter, but all these orders are liable to change.
1t is indeed quite certain that Senator Ber-
rvs bill will go over because of the order
concerning the elections bill.
1t is possible that the Hawaiian resolu-
ton introduced by Senator Turpie from
the foreign relations committee or the
house resolution on the same subject, which
will probably reach the senate during the
week, will receive degree of attention.
but it is hardly probable that much time
will be given to it because of the other sub
jects pressing for attention.
The House Programme.
The Hawaiian debate, Mr. Bland's bill
the treasury, the ONeill-Joy contested
election case and perhaps the Notifications
appropriation bill will occupy the atten-
ton of the house during the coming week.
BY an arrangement agreed upon just be
fore the house adjourned Saturday night
the Hawaiian debate is to be extended I'M
til $3.50 Tuesday, the special order for its
consideration being modified so as to in
clude a provision for a vote upon the Bou-
telle resolution as we'll as the MCCreary
and Hit resolution. The extension of the
time will serve the purpose of definitely
disposng of Hawaii in the house, inasmuch
as on Tuesday, had the order not been
modified, it was Mr.. Boutelle's intention
to come to the front with his resolution
AS it was privileged question, it could
not have been put aside and might have
resulted in additional complications, so
that the Democratic leaders concluded that
the shortest way out of the difficulty would
be to agree Ia the comproici.e
AS yet no Democrat has broken over
party lines on the Hawaiian matter as far
us debate is CeLcerned, and it seems likely
that the McCreary resolution will pass by
practically a strict party vote. Mr.. llol-
man, however, is still bent upon Offering
his resolution condemning the action of
Mr.. Stevens, but at the same time repro
batting the course of the administration in
attempting to restore the deposed queen.
How much Democratic strength, if any,
this resolution will command is still prob
lematical.
Opposition to the Bond Issue.
On Wednesday Mr. Bland will call up
his bill for the coinage of the silver seign-
forage in the treasury, amounting to over
81, OUO, 900, that sum to be made immedi-
ately available if necessary to meet the
wants of the treasury by the issuance of
treasury notes similar to those issued I'M
der the act of 1890 Mr. Bland and many
of his Democratic colleagues who are bit
terly opposed to the bond issue want to re-
lieve the treasury in this way rather than
by the issue of bonds, and it is probable
that during the debate there will be
heavy outcropping c e riticism of the &C
ton of Secretary Carlisle in so far as it re-
lates to the use Of the proceeds of the sale
of bonds to pay the current expenses of the
government.
The Republicans will take the position
indicated by the minority report that
there Is no silver seigniorage in the treas
ury, the bullion against which notes were
issued under the act of 1890 not having
been coined. They will also take the posi-
ton that while the coinage value of the
silver in the treasury is S1Sl, 9l4, 961, its &C
tual market value is but S97, 1855 052, or. In
other words that the silver obligations of
the government, coined or uncoined, if is
sued up to the full coinage value as if sill
yer were at par ($129 per ounce, would
only be worth about IS cents ON the dollar
and could only be sustained by the credit
of the government. Mr. Bland expects
that the debate upon his bill will not last
over two dayS