The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-01-11
THE PROGRAMME
What the House May or May Not
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SERIOUS DEMOCRATIC DESTRUCTION.
Eastern Members Will Fight the Income Tax Feature Bltterly-The Hawaii m Matter May Come Up In
 the Senate.

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 | WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The tariff bill will occupy the entire attention of the house during the week, or, if not the bill itself, then the row over the at tempt to get it before the house. After four days of fruitlesS effort to secure the presence of q voting democratic 1 quorum, the house adopted just before 1 adjournment Saturday night the eX- treme eXpcdient of ordering the arrest , of all members without leave. Depu. ties were sent out in all directions to serve the warrants on these members.
 Of the forty members absent without leave twenty-one are democrats and nineteen republicans. As some of them live at long distances they can hardly get them here to-day, and quorum is 1 therefore doubtful, although the demo cratic leaders express their confident hope that 179 voting democrats will be : in their seats when the gavel raps at noon. From the republican ab. sentees, of course, no aid is ex. pected. They can be brought here uuiCSS, ouJ Llcy CduI DU Dc iHttIc to vote. This applies to some of the democrats as well as repu blicans, an if the opposition within the ranks oi the democratic majority can be organ. i2ed, as some of them desire, enough democratic members might refrain from voting to prevent the considera- tion of the bill in its present shape.
 Privately some of the democrats do not hesitate to admit the gravity of the situation is very great. The possibil- ity of defeating the consideration of the bill strikes terror into their hearts, and some of them openly advocate a resort to the parliame entary eXpedient utilized by the Fifty-frst congress of counting a quorum. Speaker Crisp as serts most positively they will not be forced to this resort He thinks a vot- ing quorum will be here certainly on Tuesday of the coming week at the farthcst 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 sui ficient number of democrats will vote to consider the bill, the leaders will be obliged to submit to material modifica- tions, which the disgruntled members will propose. Some of the eastern demo- crats who are fighting the income tax proposition are willing to go to almost any lengths to eliminate this feature of the bill
 SENATE PROGRAMME
 | WASHINGTON, Jan. s. The principal item of the senate programme for the week has been agreed to. It is to be the consideration of the federal cleo tions bill, which is to be taken up af- ter the conclusion of the morning bus mess on Tuesday. This programme, like all other prearrangel moves in the senate, is subject to change, but it is believed it will be practically observed in this instance, except in one con- tingency. It is barely possible the af- fairs of Hawaii may again demand the attention of the senate to the exclusion of all other subjects for at least DOT tion of the week.
 ; If the government should fail to give explicit denial to the report in circula tion that Mir. Willis has asked the Dole government to retire in the interest of the queen, there are sure to be a num- Der of resolutions of inquiry introduced and several very pointed speeches may be expected. There will, in any event. be some discussion of Hawaiian affairs over Senator HOar's resolution, inquir- ing into the expenses and salary of MT. Blount while on his special mis- sion. and there is possibility the Frye resolution declaring that until the congressional inquiry is concluded this government should suspend all efforts at interference in the affairs of that country, may be called from the table. The whole matter depends largely : upon the news from the Pacific and the attitude assumed by the administra- tion. If it should become apparent the , Auckland report was not truthful, the senate would be disposed to let the : subject alone until the committee on : foreign relations concludes its investi- gations.
 l If the federal election bill be allowed : to hold it's 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 i seem probable that there will be al- 1 most, if not quite, solid party vote against the repeal of the existing laws, there are a great many republicans too l indifferent to the question to exert 1 themselves to the extent of making i speeches against it. The opposition ! will be led by the New England sen | ators, and in this Senators Hoar, Frye and Chandler are expected to take 1 leading parts There will probably ] also be speeches from other republic i ans in the debate
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