The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-02
FLOOD GATES OPENED.
But Some Distractions Still to the
Torrent Of Tariff Talk.
THE SEARCH FOR A QUORUM OF
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS.

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Election Cases Will Be Settled and the
Seigniorage Bill Taken Up-It Can Not
Be Passed. but Bland Wants an Oppor-
tunity to Deliver It's Eulogy-The Week
in Congress.
Washington, April Tomorrow at
about two, when Mr.. Voorhees,, chair
man Of the finance committee, calls up
the tariff bill in the Senate and makes
the opening speech, he will inaugurate
debate, the end and outcome of which
no man can foretell. Mr.. Voorhees, conf
IDENTIFY expects the final vote within six
weeks, but Mr.. Voorhees's expectations
on other occasions have not always been
realized, and some of his Democratic
colleagues are not SO sangulne. NO
Repu blican is willing to fix the period
at less than two or three months, within
which the vote can be mad on the pas
sage of the Senate tariff bill. Mr.. Voor-
hees's speech, which contains not less
than fifteen thousand words, will
probably be the only speech delivered
tomorrow, Mr. Allison preferring to wait
until Tuesday to make the opening re-
m marks for the Republicans. Other
Senators who may speak early In the
debate are Messrs. Hoar, Cullom, Lodge,
PETER and Morrill,. In executive session
Monday. Mr.. Call will insist upon the
consideration of certain Florida nomina-
tion, upon which he intends opposing
the administration.
Tomorrow, Mr.. Morgan will report the
Behrlng sea bill, and will ask Mr.. Voor-
hees to give way Wednesday and permit
the bill. to be taken up and kept before
the Senate until passed. This Will in
volve at least one closed executive
session. Mr. Morgan intends to call up
the Chinese treaty Thursday. AS debate
on the convention Will doubtless occupy
several executive sessions, the outlook
for the tariff debate progressing beyond
the two opening speeches during the
coming week is not encouraging. Mi.
Voorhees, is the victim of an unexpected
condition but all the obstacles will
probably be brushed aside by the end of
the week.
The order of procedure in the House
this week is pretty clearly marked out
by advance notes from those, in charge
of the leading issues. What rate of pro-
gress will be made, will depend upon the
presence of a quorum of Democratic
members to consider and dispose of the
business in hand.
Tomorrow the O'Neill-Joy contested
election case will be taken up and be
pressed to final conclusion under the
provisions of the special order. The Eng
lish.Hilborn election case from the third
district of California is included within
the terms of the order and will be taken
up rs soon as the O'Neill-Joy contest is
disposed of. Mr.. Bland has given notice
that Tuesday be will ask the House to
take up the seigniorage bill and put 1t
on it's passage. the objections. of the
Executive to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing.n 1t is hardly probable that the
election cases will be out of the way by
that time, as the managers of the House
do not look for quorum tomorrow.
The seigniorage bill will be accorded
right of way as soon as the pending or
der is fully executed. Mr.. Bland says
his bill may occupy the attention OF the
House two days. He gives no intima-
tion of his opinion of The chances for
passing it over the veto. One of the
leading Democrats of the House, who
voted for the bill, says there is not the
slightest nope of it's passage, and in his
opinion it will be called up merely for
the purpose of enabling some of it's advo-
Gates to make speeches at it's Obsequles.
Mr.. Bland says as soon as the seignior-
age bill is out of the way, he will ask
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures to report a bill for the free
coinage of silver and will urge it upon
the attention of the House at the earliest
opportunity and every opportunity until
it is considered.