The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-11
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
The End of the Debate on the Tariff
Not in Sight Yet.

Washington, June 10,-The fourth draft
Of the pending tariff bill, which was laid
before the Senate for consideration on
April 2, names June 30 as the time when
the law shall go into effect That day
ends the fiscal year, and through all the
prolonged debate which has since occu-
pied the Senate, Senators Jones and Har-
ris have contended that they would begin
collecting duties under the new law with
the beginning of the new fiscal year The
present condition of things hardly sup
ports their belief. There are several
very important schedules yet to be CON
sidered, to say nothing of matters that
have been left open pending final faction,
when the bill comes out of the committee
stage and goes into the Senate.
EsParagraphs 81, SIS and S6 in the china
schedule have the House bill rates given
for the reason that the committee re-
ported no changes Changes were
suggested IN the Senate, however, but no
action was taken pending the arrival of
certain data from the treasury,
temporarily passed over. They have not
since been taken up but will be
considered later on. So also another vote
will be taken on sugar in the open Senate.
The tobacco schedule. which presents a
radical change from the House bill was
agreed to formally in committee of the
whole, with the understanding that
definite and final action should be post
poned until the vote was taken in the
Senate
The spirit schedule win probably be
completed tomorrow. The wool sched-
ule and the putting Of raw wool on the
free llst-questions which will follow
are bound to call out protracted debate.
Prolific subjects of discussion viii also
be found in the rates fixed on silks, pa
pers, and in the sundrieS schedule, where
coal will be found.
Pearl buttons and gloves will be made
the basis of considerable talk, and the
free list can hardly be disposed Of in a
day. Three great items in the free list
agricultural implements, lumber and raw
wOol-Will be stubbornly fought for the
purpose of making q record, but without
hope OF changing the result.
When the bill has been finally cOnsid-
cred in the committee of the whole and
reported to the Senate, the struggle over
sugar Will be renewed
Meanwhile, the condition Of the appro-
priation bills is giving the democratic
leaders uneasiness, and If they do not get
through by June 30, Joint resolutions, ex-
tending the terms of the present appro-
priation bills will hayeto be passed.
IN THE HOUSE.
The order of work for the House this
week is pretty clearly blocked out by the
managers, but that the House will fulfill
their desires is very uncertain.
Monday win be devoted to the affairs of
the District of Columbia. Then the In
dian appropriation bill, of which seven
pages were considered last week, will be
taken up under the fve-minute rule. 1t
is the hope oftthe leaders that II will be
out Of the way by Wednesday night, but
the outlook is not iattering. If the bill
shall drag along later in the week, sum
mary end to the debate may be secured
by means of an order from the committee
on rules.
Next in order will come the bill to erect
a government printing Office on one Of the
public reservations in the city Mr.
Hatch's anti-option bill, or Mr. Coopers
bill to tax greenbacks as other money is
taxed. These three bills are marked for
consideration after the indian bill is out
of the way, and before the general de-
fciency bill shall be called up. The order
in which they will be considered, how
ever will depend upon the action of the
House itself