St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-01
TARIFF BILL LEADS.
The Great Debate May Begin
on Wednesday.
KR. WILSON IS TO OPEN IT:
]. Caesar Burrows to Reply
to Mr.. Wilson.
!iLIU0KALAM AGAiN LOOMS UP
fhe Hawaiian Question to Be
Discussed adj Nauseam.
ER. WILSON IS TO OPEN IT:
!ILIU0KALAM AGAIN LOOMS UP.
BALDWIN, rs FIRM FOB RIGHT,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-In accord
ance with the resolution of adjourn
ment, congress will reconvene Wednes-
lay of the present week. The pro-
sramme in the house for the coming
week has not been definitely arranged,
but it is probable that the tariff and
Hawaiian questions will both figure.
The tariff debate will begin as soon as
The house reconvenes Wednesday. The
Democratic members of the ways and
means committee have not yet decided
lpOn the limits which will be set upon
The debate, but the Democratic leaders
seem to believe that it ought not to run
more than two weeks, four days for gen.
fral debate and the ten days for debate
lnder the fve-minute rule. Whether
Mr.. Wilson, who is to open the debate,
.an speak Wednesday will depend on
whether the Republicans insist upon
The full reading of the bill before the
debate begins. InaSmuch as the formal
reading of this bill was dispensed with
when the Mckinley bill was considered,
ihe Democrats cannot believe that the
objection to dispensing with the read
ing of
THE WILSON BILL
will be interposed by the Republicans.
In that case, Mr.. Wilson's opening
speech will be heard On Wednesday.
followed by that of Mr.. Burrows, who
will reply to Mr.. Wilson'S argument for
The Republicans. At the very outset of
the tariff debate, however, it will be an
iagonlZed by the Republicans, who will
come forward on the Hawaiian matter.
Mr.. BOutelle, of Maine, served notice
that as soon as congress reconvened, he
would call up the resolution which he
introduced, aud which he maintained
was Of a privileged character. The
question as to Its privileged nature
was held in abeyance By the speaker to
be decided when it came up formally
before the house. In order to prevent
embarrassment on this point. it has
practically been decided by the Demo
cratic leaders to allow the Hawaiian
matter to be brought up in the shape of
The McCreary substitute for the HIT
resolution on Friday, and to give that
hay and the next Saturday for its con-
Jideration. Whether the
MCREARY SUBSTITUTE
which condemns eX-Minister Stevens
will be passed or not is doubtful, the
purpose at this time being only to give
both sides an opportunity to ventilate
their views in order to get this question
temporarily out or the way so that the
Tariff debate can proceed uninterrupt-
Hdly. 1t is not probable that any
attempt will be made at the outset to
set limit to the tariff debate. 1t will
be allowed to run two days, perhaps
three. ana then, if the Republicans de-
cline to acquiesce in the Democratic
plan, special order fixing the limits of
the debate will be brought in from the
committee on rules. 1t is barely pos
slble that some measure for the relief of
the treasury may upset the present
prospects in the house for the present
week. The surplus is at its lowest ebb.
and some proposition for the repletlon
Of the national eXchequer may be
brought forward. 1t is not probable
that the senate Will really get down to
close business application during the
week, and some of the most experienced
observers of the course of the senate
under circumstances similar to those
which will surround that body when it
shall reconvene, freely predict that
there will not be a quorum during any
part of the present week, and that,
therefore, no important business will
be undertaken until Monday. the Sth.
The senators generally feel that there
Is liStle that the senate can do in the
way of promoting legislation until the
honse shall act upon some of the meas
ures before it. ......-.--.
THE SENATE CALENDAR
contains 104 reported measures. but there
are less than half dozen of these that
will require any great amount of time
for consideration. There are number
Of claim bills, of which the McGarrahan
and the Woodbridge are the most prom
inent, which will, in all probability, be
disposed of at an early date, but whether
this week or next, or later still, will
depend altogether upon circumstances.
The most important bill on the calendar
is the federal elections bill, and it is
possible that it may be taken up for
speechmaking during the week, though
1t is not likely that there will be an
effort to pass the bill during the week.
The bill increasing the bank circulation
to thesfull amount of bonds deposited is
also still before the senate, and in con-
dition TO be taken up at any time. The
senate is not likely to discuss the
Hawaiian question again while the for
eign relations committees investigation
is incomplete, so that subject bids fair
to remain in allegiance for some weeks
unless there should be unexpected de-
velopments. The outlook for legislation
in the senate IS not, therefore, very
good either for the present week or for
the immediate future. The senate will
do comparatively little until the house
sends the tariff and appropriation bills
over.