The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-07
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
It Will Be the Principal Thing in
 the Senate This Week.
LONGER HOURS 10 BE ENFORCED.
Efforts to Get Republicans to Agree to a Date for the Final Vote on the Tariff Bill-State Bank Tax and Indian App
 propriation In the House.


 WASHINGTON, June 4.-The sugar schedule will again, this week, be the central point around which the pro- ceedings in the senate will revolve. Among numerous senators who were asked for their opinion as to when the debate on this schedule would cease, not one would attempt to fix definite time. The discussion has already pro- ceeded for three days, which is the ut most time that democratic senators would admit before the debate was be- gun, would be necessary or allowed to it. Some think it will be possible to reach a verdict to-day or Tuesday, while others assert that there are con- tingencies which may postpone the disposition of the schedule until the lat ter part of the week.
 Among the other lines of policy which have been discovered among the opponents of the bill is that of allow ing the sugar schedule to be accepted as amended by the committee on finance without taking any vote on the schedule in the committee of the whole, the object being that the opponents of the bill shall not be forced to show their hands at this time, and especially that they may refrain from exhibiting their supposed strength among demo- crats and populist senators.
 Senator Harris adheres to his deter imitation to ask the senate to prolong its daily sessions into the evening, be- ginning with to-day. Some of the republican senators have taken his mo- tice to mean that he will ask the senate to sit to-day until the sugar schedule shall be disposed of, but conversation with him and with other democratic senators indicates that his purpose is hardly so definite, but that the inten- tion is to press as near to the goal as it may be possible to do.
 We want" said Senator Jones, ito see that the senate does a good days work each day, and if it should be ap- parent that there has been no effort to secure delay for delays sake we shall not probably ask for very extended hours, but if the proceedings should indicate the long speeches are to con tinue we should probably ask the sen ate to sit we'll into the night"
 The republicans will probably resist the attempt to extend the sessions be- yond o'clock to the extent of at least demanding that quorum be main tained and some of them will decline to assist in making quorum. The democrats appreciate this difficulty and will make an effort to have as nearly a quorum of democrats as possi- ble on hand to meet this emergency. They have the pledges of more than fifty senators, including most of the populists and some republicans, that they will remain to aid in making a quorum as long as may be required.
 Senator Harris said yesterday that when the night sessions were once be- gun they would be continued until the bill should be finally disposed of. Mean time they will maintain their efforts to get the republicans to agree to fix a date for the final vote.
 The outlook for the week in the house of representatives is so much in doubt thata democratic caucus may be necessary to agree on a plan of action. The state bank question has been de- bated until the leaders are anxious for a vote. But the debate haS shown the state bank men that they are liable to be defeated by inability to agree on any one of the many plans discussed. As the state bank principle was incor porated in the democratic national platform, the leaders are loath to see the bill defeated, so that caucus to- day or tomorrow may be called for the purpose of formulating a party mea- sure which wil command united sup port. It is probable that the final vote on the bill will be taken early in the week, unless the whole question is al lowed to go over until caucus com mittee can frame satisfactory bill.
 The rules committee are considering the advisability of giving one day to Representative Cooper's bill for sub jecting greenbacks and Sherman notes to state and local taxation. At pres ent these forms of paper money are ex- empt from taxation.
 Chairman Holman, of the Indian committee, is pressing with the Indian appropriation bill, and it's considera' .tion will come immediately after the state bank debate, unless Mir. Cooper secures an intervening day. The In. dian bill will be warmly discussed, as there is disposition to question the wisdom of many of MT. Holman's re- ductions. The debate is expected to last week.
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