Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-09
MR., SAVERS CALL
He Wants the Appropriation Com
mittee to Go to Work.
ThLX OF POSSIBLE LEGISLATION
The Popgun Bills in the Senate to
Be Passed
FREE SILVER AND SUGAR

FREE Sll4N ER AND SUbAR
Out Of the storm comes the voice Of Mr..
Sayers, away down In Texas calling the
democrats to go to work in the winding up
Of their business. 1t is no bugle note, but
| merely a formal and businessike call for
the members of the House committee on
appropriations to get to work on their ap-
preparation bills the third week of this
month. 1t is usual for the appropriations
| committee to get about two weeks start
on Congress- so as to have some one of the
appropriation bills ready for consideration
soon after assemblage. 1t looks as If about
all the democrats now have to do is to pass
their appropriation bills, clean up their
desks and make ready for their successors.
Whether they will attempt more in the
short lease of power they have between the
hrst Monday in December and the 18th of
March Is uncertain. They have not yet
sufficiently collected their shattered wits
after the shocH OF Tuesdays cyclone 10
make or even consider any plans.
NJ IiI"c TOr CoHsuitatiOn.
There has been time for any number
of them to get together 10 consult upon the
matter, ana no one oI them Is IN the posi-
tion TO be dogmatic ABOUT 1T. The manner
in which silver democrats ana solo demo-
Gratis, Tree trade democrats and protection
democrats nave been s,dusnlSfed without
discrimination ,edvSs no opportunity lor
them 10 cLnCiuue llidt IL Was ,AiS tniiS
more than tilat thins winch oii"hIed the
people win the whole party. IN 10 SOME
taih If an attempt TO pass Tree saver olii
lnrouan the House at Ihls session. tf All
The silver democrats should aorGe tndt titiS
were a wise tninS ~ 40 they Wou'i pe
hume rica,iy strong enough To dccofnpiiiin IL,
for the defeat oI SILVER Oh every Vote ttaeil
during tnis Con5iess On tlie question has
been with the assistance Oh inen VINO voted
against Tree collage, though believing III IL,
because they wanted 10 stahu ny ne au-
mlnisIration. The general Uplnlon aiming
democrats is that t.Ieie "ii oe very
few OF their number Influenced by any sucn
motive now. Inc cacAOo VIII ne a rare
bird, and, If there Is anything on winch
most oil the democrats in congress VIII
i4ree, il viii probably Ue III anta,onism CT
Mr.. Cleveland. 1t IS benerany conceded
mat an attempt at TINS nour 10 leSlsiate III
favor Of silver would De IA useless, IL not a
very foolish THING. But It's being both use
less ana foolish would not necessarily bar
the attempt Ii the Diii should pass tne
House, II would have but poor prospect oi
passing the Senate, ana II 1t got through
both houses, IL would, OF course, be Vetoed
The popsun Eiiis.
1t is said by democrats that the Senate
will at once, on the redssemoling OF Con-
sress take up the popgun bills which were
pasSeu by the House at the last session ana
try to wind up their career with this final
stroke of tariff tinNering. The republicans
will. of course, not permit these bills 10 go
through long as they nave power 10 pre-
vent, and they can prevent 1t easily unless
there is an Immaculate change of the rules OF
the Senate ~ give the majority power
~ close debate and take vote dt any hour
they desire. The opposition On the part OF
democrats to sucn change in rules viii now
| i..a mar "A StsS.S SION.
rne fact that the republicans Will organize
the next Senate VIII be reason enough Tor
certain democrats To desire the maintenance
of the Old deadlock rules. Inelr argument Is
that the republicans Will certainly attempt
Some legislation analogous to the 'force
bill" They don [ believe that the Lodge bill
will be revived, but they do expect tnat
some broad and sweeping measure to CEN
tralize power and to make the federal gov
ernment stronger Will be passed through
both houses OF Con-. reSS Ii the pubiicanS
nave the power To 40 So. And they are not
entirely cOnnuent that Mr.. Cleveland would
veto it. Fer iiiS reason they Will in ali
probability retain the Old rules When the
republicans come into power in the Senate
they will be hampered in any attempt at
change OF rule by the fact that Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson Will still preside and will not
make the initial ruling which Is necessary to
permit vote ON this proposition. No mat
ter what may De The viii OF the majority,
the assent of the Wee President is essential
to a change OF rules for the reason that he
has 1t in his power to recognize Senators to
talk from the beginning OF one session to
the close OF the other. With this motive
for not changing the rules the democrats
will probably be content with making an
effort TO pass the popgun tariff bills, with
the certainty tnat the republicans will not
permit them to succeed. IL is predicted also
tnat the angry democrats will press a free
sugar bill, or, at least, bill to abolish the
diiferential duty in favor OF the refined prod
uct. II tney are in earnest about this they
may possibly get it through.
Republicans to Organize the senate.
The fact of the republicans having con-
troll of the next Senate Is questioned by
nave the balance Of power While Jones OF
Nevada and Stewart have declared them
selves populists, and Peter was elected as
a populiSt, they are all three republican
popul.Sts, and no one doubts their voting
win the republican party TOR Organization
and on ali questions except silver. There
are thrty-siX straight republicans in the
present Senate. The votes OF these three
Senators, which have been cast risnt along
with the republicans, have given them an
actual strength of 80 votes. The three
Senators from Montana, Wyoming and
Washington, and the three from New Jer-
sey, West Virginia and Kansas, will in
crease this to 40 The reports from North
fusion populist from that state. The one
republican raises their number to i6, and
IL is a 2turai assumption tnat the pOpu-
lists, being elected by the aid of repub-
cans will act with them in most matters,
and will be about as closely allied to the
republicans as is PETER. On the question
of organiZation therefore, the republicans
will be very apt to have AZ votes. While
this result Is shown by giving the repub-
licans certain populists, they are men who
are popuists only in name and on account
Of one issue; men who cannot act with
the democrats and who differs more widely
from the populists, sitting on the other side
of the chamber than they do from the re-
publcans.
OHtSera PrnmOteh