The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-18

Busy Week is Expected in the House
and Senate-The End of the Tariff
Tinkering is At Hand.-Other Wash
ington News.
Washington, June 17.-Now that the
appropriation bills, except that provid-
ing for the general deficiencies, are ali
ont of the way, the House is likely to
be precipitated into something of a
struggle for the priority of consideration
OF a number of measures of more of less
general Importance. The contest may not
take place in open sessions of the House,
although that is probable, but it may
be fought out before the committee on
rules. The first struggle is promised for
tomorrow when Mr.. Hatch, Democrat
Of Missouri, chairman of the committee
on agriculture, will ask the House to
take up his anti-option bill.
The measure is materially different
from the one he has formerly cham
pioned, and the geneneral purport is the
same and will be opposed by the repre-
sentaJives from large cities and their
vicinities. 1t is believed majority of
ohO AAoooo AcfOl odO pIluCiplC Ol buO
bill. The author hopes the debate on
it will not extend over two days. It
there should be a difficulty experienced
in bringing it to q close, the power of
the committee on rules will be invoked
and it will burden the calendar no long
er than Wednesday at the iurthesJ.
Then Mr.. Joseph, Democrat, of New
admit New Mexico to statehood. This
will be opposed, it is supposed, by the
Repu blicans, probably with out avail
and after these two bills are out of the
way, it is thought the general deficiency
will be put upon its passage. 1t will be
reported to the House, it is understood,
Tuesday of this week. Should it not be
taken up, Mr. Cooper, Democrat of, Indi-
ana, stands ready to urge his bill, pro-
viding for the taxation of greenbacks,
the same as gold and silver care taxed,
which has been favorably reported from
the committee on banking and currency.
Friends of the bill providing for the
election of senator. S by the direct vote
Of the people, are earnestly. pressing the
House managers for day on which
that measure may be given the right of
way. The majority of mem bers of the
committee, on rules are understood to
favor the consideration of the above
named bills in the order given. The
Democratic managers look forward to
the coming week in the Senate with
confidence: The Republicans are out
Mr.. Harris, the parliamentarian in
charge of the skirmish line in the great
contest, declared last night that next
Saturday the tariff bill would be out of
the committee as whole. Mr.. Aldrich,
the Repu blcan leader, admitted the out
look was favora BILE to rapid progress.
These declarations would appear to
hn 0J11Si hot tha o,,I
approaching, nevertheless in those por-
tions of the bill which are yet to be act
ed upon, there is much that must cause
debate. Last weeks progress was really
amazing under the peculiar difficulties
that confronted the managers. There
was a revolt against any further increase
in the wool schedule LED by Senators
Mills, Villas. Coke, George, Berry, and
for three days the party managers la
bored to bring about an agreement.
Meanwhile Mr.. Quay. armed with his
endless Speech refused to listen to any
agreement until the concessions de-
manded by Messrs. Smith and Murphy,
and reinforced by the senator from Penn
sylvania, was conceded by the revolving
Democrats As soon as this was done,
voting began and paragraph after parag-
raph, remodelled anew for the last time,
won't through according to programme,
Messrs. George and Berry refusing to
vote.
But two schedules remain before the
free list is reached. They are paper and
sundries. Little debate is expected on
either The Democrats believe the free
list will be agreed to as fast as read
The Western Repu blicans when raw wool
is reached in the free list, will renew
the attack and seek to have small
duty at Least put upon that article Ev-
cry member Of the committee on the
Democratic side, declared under no con-
dition will he consent to the removal of
wool from the free list. Some members
assert it the only thing demanded by
the party platform which is left on the
bill. The vote in the Senate few daysago
was sstoo close to be ignored andwhen the
question comes up again, surprise would
not be very great if there was some small
duty placed on raw wool. Although no
positive announcement to that effect is
made, it is believed the Democrats will
be wiling to recede from all their pro-
posed amendments to the administrative
feature of the bill if by SO doing they
can shorten the time for debate. Forty
nine pages are devoted to this subject
and amendments are numerous. 1t is
obviousa the debate would be very ma
ter;ally shortened by letting the McKin-
Secretary Carlisle and the customs offic-
ials who have been consulted, agree that
owing to the length of the debate up to
this time, it,,would be better to permit
the administrative act of June, 1890.
to stand rather than attempt the recon-
struction of it at this late day. The ar
gument is also made that the new law
could be enforced better under the
method of administration with which
the customs officers are familiar and
which has been construed by the depart
ment and courts, than under regulations
that changed the system in any degree.
The remaining bone of contention in the
majority party is the income tax. This
will cause some lively debate, although
it may not be protracted.
GERMANY is SCHEMING.