Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-18
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS

An Open Contest Liable sn tho House Democratic Managers of the Tariff
 BIl In the Senate Feel Confident.
 WASHINGTON, June 17.-Now that the appropriation bills, except that providing for general deficiencies, are all out of tte way, the house is likely to bs precipitated into something of a struggle for priority of consideration of number of measures of more or less general importance. The contest may not take place in open sessions of the house, although that 1t is probable, but may be fought out before the com mittee on rules.
 The first struggle is promised for to- souri, chairman of the committee on agri- culture, will ask the house to take up the anti option bill. This measure is materially different from the one he formerly cham p!oned, but the general purport Is tue same. It will be opposed by the representatives from tue large cities and their vioini:ies, but it is thought majority of the house favor the principle of the bill. The author hopes that debate on it will not extend over two days; If there should be difficulty experi- erced in bringing it to @ close the power of | the committed on rules will be invoked so | that 1t will burden the calendar no longer l than Wednesday at the furtherest, when Mir Joseph, dem, New Mexico, will bring | foward his bill to admit the territory ot | New Mexico to statehood.
 | The democratic managers look for ward to the coming week in the senate with confidence; the republicans are, outward S.I yta iy ahor nj the skirmish line in the great contest, de- cIared last night that when next Sat urday came the tariff bill would be ont oi committee of the whole, and MT. Aldrtct the republican leader, admitted that the outlook was favorable to rapid progress
 These declarations would appear to justify
 the conclusion that the end was approach ing, nevertheless in those portions of tht
 bill which have yet to be acted upon
 there Is much that must cause debate.
 Last weeks progress was really amszlpt
 under the peculiar difficulties that con fronted the managers. A revolt agsins any further increase in the wool schedule
 was led by Senators Mills. Villas, Coke George and Berry, and for three days tn party managers labored to bring about al
 agreement. Meanwhile MT: Quay, arme with an endless speech, refused to liste
 to any agreement until the concessions de |, manded by Messrs. Smith and Murphy, re
 inforced by the senator from Pennsylvania had been conceded by the revolting demo
 crats. As soon as this was done the votin
 began and paragraph after paragraph, re : modelled anew for the last time, wen \ through on schedule time.
 But two schedules remain before th free list is reached. They are paper an sundries. But little debate Is expected o
 either. The democrats believe the fire
 list will be agreed to as fast as read, br
 the western republicans when raw wool
 reached in the free list. will renew the a |. tack and geek to have small duty pr
 upon that article.
 Every member of the committee on u } democratic side has declared that under I
 condition will he consent to the removal
 wool from the free list and some of tl
 members say 1t is the only thing demand'
 by tho party platform left in the bill.