Evening journal., 1894-02-19
TARIFF BILL DELAYED
II Will Be Another Week Before
the Committee Finish It.
CLEARING UP wEBKIN THE SENATE

MIR. Bland Now Confident OF a Quorum In
tho House and smooth Sailing For His
soigniorags BIII-A Picture Of Mrs Har-
rison to Bo Hung In the White House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The fight over
the silver seigniorage bill will be resumed
In the house today, and Mr. Bland is conf
dent that there will be a quorum on hand
10 order the previous question either today
or Tuesday. Once the necessary quorum
Is obtained-and that is only question OF
time, as the opponents Of the measure
have practically abandoned hope Of defeat
ing the bill--it will be brought to a vote,
n need be, by a special order from the COM
mittee on rules, the speaker having prom
ised a special rule II the emergency de
mands Il.
On Wednesday the JOY -O'Neill contested
election case will come up. and after il Ia
disposed Of the Cobb-Whatley case and the
EnRlish-H Hilborn case may follow. II not,
the remainder Of the week will probably
be devoted to appropriation bills. the forti
iications bill being the first
Senators Daniel, Gallery aud White OF
California have given notice of speeches on
the Hawaiian resolution for this week, and
II is probable that other senators will speak
upon the subject before next Saturday.
There will be an effort to have the resolu-
tion disposed Of during the week, as there
will also be to get Senator Stewards bond
resolution off the calendar There will
probably he some speeches on this question
also.
Indeed the senate will make the week,
as far az possible, cleaning mp week, so
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will necessarily prevent the consideration
OF less important subjects when IL shall
once be begun. The special orders for the
week include the consideration OF the
printing site, Russian thistle and McGar-
rahan bills
Tarin Bill Delayed.
The Democratic members Of the senate
committee on finance have decided that
they will not be able to report the tariff
bill 90 the full committee tomorrow, as
they had announced they would be, and
one OF the members Of the subcommittee
which has had the bill under consideration
said that he would not attempt to say
when the bill could be reported
81 shall be very well satisfied, he said
iii the bill Is In shape TO be reported by
the beginning OF next week" The com
mittee had been very hopeful just before
the adjournment Friday night Of being
able TO fulfill Chairman voorhees, promise
TO get the bill in readiness for the full COM
mittee this week, but after putting in a
long days work at the close of week
given up almost exclusively 20 the bill the
members found il still in chaotic condi-
tion, and they were compelled TO admit TO
themselves, as they did later to outside in
quirers, that the task they had set them
selves had been impossible Of accomplish
ment
The reason for the postponement is dis
covered Ia the fact that the work OF salts
| flying Democratic senators has been found
a veiv difficult one, as is also the coustruc-
! tieh us 70 bill that is sure 10 be accepted by
this schate-an undertaking requiring
maav changes OF purpose aud alterations
/ OF ths figures at first made.
Waen the subcommittee began theiI
work ttey had before them the draft Of q
| bill upon which Il WAS believed il would
be an easy matter 20 secure agreement, but
this bill has been changed in some respects
several times and has become 50 worn from
handling and erasures that il has hecom,
necessary to destroy the original copy and
replace IL with a new one. There is still
much demand for concessions on the part
| Of senators on minor items, and many Ol
the most important features Of the bill are
entirely unacted upon. Sugar is included
in this list. and IL looks as If its fate would
be about the last question 10 be determined
| By the subcommittee.