The Portland daily press., 1894-01-05
BREAKERS AHEAD.
Prof. Wilson Finds Plotting the Tar
riff Bill Dangerous Work.
MANY DEMOCRATS SEEM WILLING
TO SEE TT WRECKED.

Some Significant Things in Yesterdays
| Voting III the House-Democrats OPP
posed to the Bill May Hold a Meeting
TO Devise Means of Fighting Tire
| publicans Determined that the Demo-
Which Belongs to Them.
Washington, January 4.-While no
formal agreement was made to that
effect, Chairman Wilson of the commit
tee on ways and means says the Demo-
cratic memb ers of the committee have
expressed an opinion that it would be well
| for them to refrain from taking part in
| the general debate on the tariff bill. Mr..
Wilson will open the debate in accord
ance with the general understanding on
| that subject. The members of the COM
mittee," said Mr.. Wilson, will defend
the provisions of the bill in the course of
the five minutes speeches. Being anxious
to expedite the passage of the bill, they
will probably not deliver formal speeches
in its support. We want to reach vote
about the 22nd, but SO many contingent
cies may arise in the course of the de-
bate that the day for taking the vote has
| not peen determined upon"
An informal meeting of all the Demo-
cratic members of the House dissatisfied
with the tariff bill, will be held tomor-
row morning At this meeting an effort
will be made to agree upon some con-
certed action looking to the defeat of the
measure, if such.resuit be possible. One
representative who frankly announces his
purpose of voting against the bill if it be
not materilly amended, said today that
at tomorrow's meeting of the caucus it
would not be possible to secure pledges
from majority of the Democrats to sup
port the bill. 1t was currently reported
this afternoon that one Democratic
mem Der of the ways and means commit
tee who is dissatisfied with the measure
had refused to attend the caucus or to
be bound by its decisions.
A study of the last vote in the House
today discloses some interesting facts
-Four of the memb who voted for the
Boutelle resolution were Mr.. Adams, a
new member from Pennsylvania and Mr..
Mccall of Massachusetts, who opposed to
filibustering on principle, Republicans,
ana Mr.. Pence of Colorado, and Mr.
Boden of Minnesota, Populists. The
absence, CT failure to vote, of Demo-
counts for the inability of the majority
to proceed with the Wilson bill. OF the
Democratic members from New England.
only Messrs. Everett of Massachusetts,
and Pigott and DeForest of Connecticut
voted to make quorum. Ten of the
eighteen Democratic members from New
York We're not recorded and the six DEM
ocratic representatives from New Jersey
were represented by Mr.. English alone
The six Democrats from Louisiana all
| failed to respond to their names, except
Mr.. Blanchard. by not being within the
rail when their names were called. Mr..
Gatherings OF Mississippi, member of
the committee on rules, and Mr.. Bynum,
member OF the committee on ways and
means, failed to get their names on the
roll, although they afterwards tried to
make good the oversight. Messrs Cock
| ran of New York, and Stevens of Massa-
ehusetts, members of he committee on
ways and means. were hot recorded. Mr.
Cochran was not at the Capitol. In view
of these facts, the prospect of the i'm
mediate passage of an order fixing date
for a vote upon the passage of the bill
which the committee on rules will report
tomorrow, becomes a matter of interest
ing speculation. 1t is said by some Re-
publicans that the order cannot be passed
tomorrow. The Republicans have de-
cided, it is said, to refuse unanimous
consent to the printing in the Congress
ional Record of undelivered speeches
The committee on rules at it's meeting
tomorrow will fix upon the 22nd or 23rd
inst, according to one of the members,
as the date for taking the vote upon the
bill.
Representative McCreary, chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs, said to-
day that he had done all that he could
to secure the present discussion of the
resolutions reported on Hawaiian affairs
The action of Mr.. Boutelle prevented his
efforts from proving successful and he
cannot see any prospect that the Hawaii
an matter will be heard of now until
after the tariff bill is out of the way.
Representative Burrows, Republican of
Michigan, of the committee on ways and
means; scheduled to open debate on the
Wilson bill for the opposition said this
afternoon regarding the action of the
Repu blicans yesterday and today: "Our
position is just this: We hold.and CHARGE
that this bill is intended for and will re-
suit in the destruction of many Amerl-
can industries That being the case.
we simply decline to aid the Democrats
in bringing the matter before the House,
We say the majority must take the
responsibility OF initiating the proceed
lngs and must have their own Quorum
on the floor for that purpose. From pre-
sent appearances it will be necessary to
issue the warrant of the House to compel
the attendance of some Democratic mem
bers, so the consideration of the Wilson
bill may be begun"
DEMOCRATS LOSE ANOTHER DAY
Mr.. Boutelle Again Ties Up Business in
the House.
Washington, January 4.-There were