Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-08
TARIFF BILL BLOCKED.
The Situation Tn the House Be-
 comes Intensely Interesting.
WARRANTS FOR ABSENT MEMBERS.
Some Democratic Members Advocate That Spea ker Crisp Should Resort to "Count- ing Quorum Caucus May Be Called-The Senate and Hawaii.

Called-The Senate and Hawaii.
 WAsHINGTON, Jan. S.-The tariff will oc- cupy the entire attention of the house dur ing this week, or, ie4ot the bill itself, then the row over the attempt to get it before the house. After four days of fruiteess ef- 1ort to secure the presence of voting Demo cratic quorum the house adopted, just be- fore adjournment on Saturday night, the extreme eXpedient of ordering the arrest of all members absent without leave War rants were issued for the arrest of 40 mem bers. Among these were Messrs. Cadmus, Cornish, Fielder, Gardner, Geissenhainer and Loudenslager of New Jersey; Belden, Lefever, Lockwood, Magner, Page, Sick els and Weaver of New York; Bingham, Scranton, Heiner and Woomer of Pennsyl- vania.
 The other absentees have been excused on account Of sickness, important business or other cause. Deputies were sent out in all directions to serve the warrants. Of these 40 members, 21 are Democrats and 19 Republicans.
 As some of them live a long distance, they can hardly get here today, and a quo rum is therefore doubtful although the Democratic leaders express their confident
 
 their seats when the gavel drops. Democrats Look Grave.
 From the Republican absentees of course no aid is expected They can be brought here under duress, but they can't be made to vote. This applies to some of the Dem ocrats as well as Republicans, and if the opposition within the ranks of the Demo- cratic majority can be organized, as some of them like Mir. Sperry desire, enough Democratic members might refrain from voting to prevent the consideration of the bill in its present shape.
 Privately some of the Democrats do not hesitate to admit the gravity of the situa- tion. The possibility of defeating the con sideration of the bill strikes terror into their hearts, and some of these, like Colo mel Oates, openly advocate q resort to the parliamentary eXpcdient utilized by the tifty-tirst congress of counting quo rum. Speaker Crisp asserts most positive ! ly that they will not be forced to this re- sort. He thinks voting quorum will be here certainly on Tuesday at the latest. If it cannot be obtained, then another Democratic caucus will be called. This is indeed what those who are dissatisfied with the bill are aiming at. They declare that as soon as they can demonstrate that not a sufficient number of Democrats will vote to consider the bill the leaders will be obliged to submit to material notifications which the disgruntled members will pro pose. Some of the eastern Democrats who are fighting the income tax proposition are willing to go to almost any lengths to elim- mate this feature of the Wilson bill. An Interesting Week Begun.
 Altogether the prospects are good for a very interesting contest in the house dur ing the coming week. Of course, if the quorum is secured today or Tuesday, the special order will be passed, modified prob ably to recompense the house for the two 1 days lost since the order was reported by | lengthening the time of the debate to that l extent. Once the debate is under way un- 1 der the operation of this order, it will pro- ceed to the exclusion of everything else, i with the night sessions devoted to general | debate.
 1 Mir Tarsney of Missouri, member of the ways and means committee, said to an As | sociated Press reporter last evening that if a voting quorum was not secured by Tues | day he would favor the adoption of a rule empowering the speaker to count mem | bers to make a quorum. We must meet revolution with revolution," said he.
 If the Democratic members are driven to this resort, it is believed that the Repub- | licans for self vindication would be com i pelled to support it.
 l Hawaiian Matters In the senate.
 The principal item of the senate pro- gramme for the week has been agreed upon. It is to be the consideration of the federal elections bill, which is to be taken up after the conclusion of the morning business on Tuesday.
 This programme like all other prear engagements in the senate, is subject to l change, but it is believed that it will be practically observed in this instance eX- cept in one contingency. It is barely pos sible that the affairs of Hawaii may again demand the attention of the senate, to the exclusion of all other subjects, for at least d portion of the week.
 If the government should fail to give eX- plicit denial to the report that Mir. Willis | has asked the Dole government to retire in the interest of the queen, there are sure to be d number of resolutions of inquiry in- troduced, and several very pointed speeches may be expected.
 There will in any event be some discus sion of Hawaiian affairs over Senator IIoar,s resolution inQuiring into the ex- penses and salary of Mir. Blount while on his special mission, and there is a possIbili- | ty that the Frye resolution. declaring that until the con ngressional inquiry Is completed ] this government should suspend all efforts at interference in the affairs Of that coun- try, may be called from the table. The i whole matter depends very largely upon the color of the news from the Pacific and the attitude assumed by the administra- tion If it should become apparent that the Auckland report was not authentic, the senate would be disposed to let the sub feet alone until the committee on foreign relations can conclude its investigation.
 Elections BiIrs Prospects.
 If the federal elections bill is allowed to hold its place on the calendar and to be taken up, it will doubtless give rise to some partisan speeches on both sides of the chamber. While it would seem probable that there will be almost if not quite Q solid party vote against the repeal of the existing laws, there are a great many Re publicans too indifferent to the question to exert themselves to the extent of making speeches against it. The opposition will be led by the New England senators, and in this Senators Hoar, Frye and Chandler are expected to take a leading part. There will also be speeches from other Republican senators in the debate.
 It seems probable that there will be an effort to keep down speechmaking on the bill on the Democratic side. Senator Gray will lead the fight for the bill because of his position Gs a member of the committee on privileges and elections. Senator Hill will be among the most jealous supporters of the bill on the floor of the senate.
 Spain Still Showed Under.
 MADRID, Jan. S.-The heavy frost and snow continue throughout Spain, and the railways are blocked. In Madrid the thea ters, cafes and streets are deserted.
 St. Paul Wants the Encampment.
 ST. PAUL, Jan 8.-A movement is on foot in this city to secure the national Grand Army encampment in 1895.