The evening bulletin., 1894-06-18
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Last Week Of Tariff Debate in
the Senate.
IT MAY PASS NEXT SATURDAY.

Several Senators That Claim to Know In
teryiewed on the Subjcct-Silks, Papers
and sundries the Only Schedules That
Have Not Been Disposed Of-Probable
Program of the House.
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Har-
ris said when the senate adjourned Sat
urday that the tariff bill would pass the
senate by next Saturday, and when SEN
ator Aldrich, the leader Of the opposi-
tion to the bill, was asked what he
thought of Mr.. Harris prediction ex-
pressed the opinion that if it should not
be entirely realized it would come near
it. II think" he said that by next
Saturday ni-ht we shall be ON the fag
end of the bill
Both declined TO state whether there
had been any negotiations for an agree
ment as to the time for the final vote be-
tween the leaders on the respective sides
of the chamber. 1t is known, however
that this question has be@ canvassed
more or less in the numerous confer
ences which have taken place between
Senators COckrell, Harris and Jones, on
| the Democratic side, and Senators Aid
rich and Allison on the Republican side.
1t is also known that they have not
agreed definitely upon time because of
| the difficulty on the part of the Repub-
| licans Of determining what time might be
required for .Jeeches by senators Oh that
side. They have, however, canvassed
the question sufficiently to feel assured
that there will be comparatively few
more long speeches.
There are, however, some Republican
senators who do not exactly agree with
the joint prediction of Senators Harris
and Aldrich, and who say that while
they do not consider that the time for
the final passage of the bill is far dis
| tant, they think considerable time will
be required for the consideration of the
! income tax and votes on the various
| features Of the bill, as well as probably
| some speeches when the bill shall be re-
| ported from the committee of the whole
| When it is considered it is probable that
the income tax can be disposed of in less
than two or three days at the outset.
| There is also probability that Senator
! Lodges amendment for retaliation upon
| England will be revived by the silver
Republicans, which would have the ef-
feet of at least briefly opening the silver
| question in connection with the tariff.
The only tariff schedules which have
not been disposed of are: Silks, which
is now under consideration, papers and
sundries. These, with the free list, the
income tax and the administrative fea-
lures of the bill complete the measure.
There is very little prospect of many
speeches on silks or paper, but there are
several articles in the schedule of sun
dries and i'll the free list, which are cal
culated to develope debate. The wool
question will be revived when the free
wool item shall be reached in the free
| list, and while the contest will not be so
prolonged as it was when the subject
was taken II ON the wool schedule, it
promises to be quite animated for
short time.
1t still seems strongly probable that
the administrative part of the bill will
be withdrawn and the present admins
tratiVe law allowed to stand. Senator
Jones said yesterday that he favored
this course for the purpose of expediting
the passage of the bill, and his Judgment
will most likely be allowed by his Demo
cratic colleagues to control their course