Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-20
Congress is Simply Waiting for the
Presidents Action.
PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN
It Will Be a Fight Between the
Two Great Parties.
ANXIETY IN THE SOUTH

Congress is now simply waiting for Cleye-
land to act on the tariff bill. II Cleveland
returns Wednesday and signs the bill, as It
Is hoped he will. an adjournment will occur
this week Both houses are ready to ad-
1ourn, and within two hours after notice is
received that the tariff bill has become a
law 1t Is expected that this session will
end- The bill to correct the free alcohol In
the arts clause of the tariff act may be
passed, and soma reimbursement work
will be done each day that the session lasts.
but as far as matters of general interest
are concerned, the session is as good as at
an end row. The democrats of the House
are extremely anxious to get home to be-
gin an early campaign. Many have gone
already.
interest In LegislatiOn Has Ceased.
Their interest in legislation has ceased,
and the question of holding their seats in
the next House Is uppermost in Importance.
1t Is only too evident that the Representa-
tives who voted to send the popgun bills to
the Senate are. for the most part. greatly
relieved to know that the Senate will not
act on the bills. and that. therefore. there
will be no need of the session being pro-
longed. The general feeling is that one of
the most important and exciting congress
sional campaigns for years Is about to
Though early for a campaign to begin, Ii
Is expected to start with great activity as
soon as Congress adjourns.
The two campaign committees here have
been at work for some time and the clerks
of the several Congressman are being kept
busy now looking up records for speeches
on the stump. Only those members in solid
districts will take more than two weeks
vacation before going into the field.
Character of the Fight.
ha linz he tafa of
Washington is that the fight is going to be
a straight one between the two great par
ties. in which the pcpulist element will not
figure to any great extent. An unusual
feature of the situation il the anxiety OF
democrats from certain sections of the
south. The Louisiana members are anxious
about the affairs in their state. 1t Is said
that the republicans have a chance to get
two. and possibly three. Representatives
from that state, and the Louisiana men,
bers themselves willsnot be surprised II the
republicans gain sufficient strength there
to give the electoral vote Of the state to the
republican candidate when the presidential
election comes around.
No Program In the House.
Speaker Crisp returned today from sew
eral days rest at Old Point Comfort, Va.
He says there Is no program for the week.
Members of the ways and means committee
say tuSS w uot tuAhA sAS ASSANSAis wan AS'
the tariff bill become law until the last
moment in order that the customs officers
may have all information possible before
putting the act into effect. This would give
Until the midnight of Monday next, SO that
an adjournment could not come until Tues
day.
Representative Tarsney will make no ef-
fort to push his free silver lead ore bill, be-
yend getting 1t on the House calendar. He
made the report today, reciting the passage
of the bill In the last Congress and as a
part of the Wilson bill. As 1t was evident
no quorum was In the House to do business
Mr. Tarsney let the bill go over until next
session.
Chairman Wilson is at Long Branch as
tie guest Of Representative Isidore Straus.