Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-14
WILL TAKE TEN DAYS
Mr.. Cleveland'S Probable Course
With the Tariff Bill.
WILL sign 1T AND SEND A MESSAGE
Urging Congress to Remain and
Act on Popgun Bills.
VANISHING SENATE QUORUM

1t Is believed that Mr.. Cleveland will hold
the tariff bill to the extreme OF the ten
days limit. and will then sign II and send
a message to Congress urging a prolonga-
ton OF the session until the popgun bills
passed by the House by rapid transit YES
terday have been acted on. 1t is expected
that he will take the occasion TO again de-
nounce earnestly those features of the bill
to which he objected i'm his letter to Mr.
Wilson, and to excuse his signing Of the bill
upon the plea that there were some feat
ures of IT worth preserving, and that he
relied upon Congress TO correct the rest
He is expected to engage in very savage
denunciation of the triumphant German and
his followers.
The Plan of the House.
Meanwhile. the House. after disposing of
the routine business of the session, will
probably I'LL up the time with three days
adjournment, but refuse to pass a resolu-
ton To close the session until it has been
fully demonstrated that the Senate will not
engage in further tariff legislation. or until
some of the bills passed by the House yes
terday have been acted upon.
The House is il earnest when IL PROPOSES
TO put sugar, ccal iron ore and barled wire
on the free list; and Il proposes to make a
stubborn fight for these bills; placing the
they realize that the promise Of success is
very small There is a great deal of talk
among certain democratic Senators about
putting the free sugar bin through the Sen
ate at once.
Senators and Free Sugar.
Such men as Jones and Pugh. ana MANY
others, who contended with the House
that the Senate bill must be accepted by
force OF necessity. but that some of its
imperfections might be cured afterward
are outspoken in their declarations of in
tention 10 pass the free sugar bill Not
wlthstanding this, the situation Is such
as TO indicate that further legislation on he
tariff question by the Senate at this session
is impossible. The declaration that a fres
sugar bill can be passed is based upon the
assumption that the republicans will vote
Tor II. This appears to be an unwarranteI
assumption. The republicans have had
about as much tariff legislation as they
want and do not propose TO lend them
selves TO further agitation of the question
until they are in a position TO carry out
their own policy.
Republicans Have No Interest.
The republican steering committee Of the
Senate have decided that their party have
no further interest in this session Of Con-
gress after the appropriation bills are dis
posed Of The republican Senators will be-
gin leaving Washington today and some OF
the democrats are going also, so Thar The
prospect is that at the end of two siavs tbe
Senate Will be without quorum and that
none VIII appear again before the bezin-
ning OF next session. The democrats of the
nrance committee Of the Senate would
probably be glad TO report favorahlv the
bills which passed the House yesterday So
as TO make their record clear, though know
ing that no action by the Senate could be
had. They are embarrassed, however. by
the fact that the committee is equally d.
vided on this question on account of a
vacancy among the majority. Besides the
az on. Of Tla m.
son-it is believed cannot be relied upon
The plan Of those democrats in the SEN
ate who want to pass the free sugar bil is
therefore TO prevent its going 10 the COM
mittee and TO act upon IL in the Senate az
orce. The acquiescence Of the republicans
is necessary 10 this plan. and If the man.
ayers OF that party can control no assist
ance whatever will be given TO it's CARRYING
out An effort was made 20 take the sugar
bill up in the Senate today. but IL went
over on objection, and the motion viii be
renewed tomorrow.
The senate Rules.
The intricacies OF the House rules have
confused the representatives Of the people
for more than a hundred years, but the
apparent simplicity of the Senate rules con-
ceals more opportunities for sharp prac-
tice than even the House committee on
rules can devise under the present practice
of that body.
morning what the reception would be In
the S,nate OF the House ''popgun" bills put
ting coal. iron ore, barbed wire and sugar
on the free list Chief Clerk Towle hand
ed the bills TO Capt. Bassett with his usual
grace and Capt. Bassett bowed no lower
than usual as he laid the precious docu-
ments upon the table. The Vice President
laid the first bill before the Senate, putting
coal on the free list. Senator Manderson,
who has not been a member OF the COM
mitt on rules SO many years for nothing, de-
manded the reading of the bill in full, and
objected To the second reading. The other
three bills met with the same reception.
This was strictly in accordance with
that bills and Joint resolutions from the
House of Representatives shall be read over
and may be read twice on the same day IL
not objected to. for reference but shall not
be considered on that day, as in committee
of the whole. nor debated, except for refer-
ence. unless by unanimous consent"
Probable Fate of the Popsun Bills.
So the popgun bills Will remain on the
table until tomorrow, when the second read-
ing in full Will be demanded.
After that Mr.. Manderson may invoke
the application Of clause 4 Of rule IA,
which declares that every bill and joint
res oluticn of the House of Representa-
tives which shall have received a first and
second reading. without being referred TO
a committee. Shall. IL objection be made TO
further proceeding thereon, be placed upon
the calendar.
This would relieve the committee on
finance of all responsibility in the matter
and make IL impossible for the Senate to
consider any one Of these bills unless by q
direct affirmative vote upon a motion to
proceed 70 the consideration Of each one OF
them.