The morning news., 1894-08-15

When four separate tariff bills came over
from the House, for IL was feared that in
some way, action might be forced and a
showing OF hands compelled to be made.
J specially was this true of the
bill to put sugar on the free list. There
appears, however. to be no hope for any
Of these bills TO become laws. as there Is
a disposition on the part of the leaders to
smother them in committee. The sugar
Dlll, OF course, pOSs sses the most politi-
cal significance and il cannot be doubted
that there are very many democrats who
would like tie opportunity to vote upon
the question of free sugar as an indie
pendent proposition.
The republicans can be depended upon
10 DO all they can TO prevent the demo-
Gratis from carrying out any desire they
may have in this direction and they base
their intention upon the statement that it
would be bad politics. One of the leaders
said TO night that the republicans made
Tree sugar and gave the growers a bounty,
and that the democrats repealed that law
Now the democrats wanted the repub-
hcans to assist them in putting
sugar back on the free list without
the bounty. This the republicans will
not do. 1t is believed that all these bills
will be sent TO the finance committee
without much trouble, this being the
usual course. Should there be any effort
on the part of those anxious for free sugar
TO attempt to prevent this and secure
immediate action, as Mr.. Vest suggested
to-day then the bills will be called up one
at a time and made the basis for the for
nation of another new tariff bill.
Mr.. Hill began that work to day. when
he gave notice of an amendment provid-
ing for the repeal of the income tax. Mr..
Stewart is ready to lay before the Senate
a free coinage amendment for each of the
af1f lg n
an amendment the PETER tariff bill, and
MIR. Aldrich will offer an amendment that
repeals the enacting clause of the bill TO
which the House agreed yesterday.
a most determined fight will be com
menced should there be any disposition
shown to treat these Independent meas
ureS with any degree of seriousness. In
view of the anxiety Of members of congress
TO get away and secure the close of all bust
ness it does not now appear how a quorum
can be maintained to keep up this sort
OF thing, Tor the republicans would in
slst that the democrats provide the
quorum with which the Senate should do
business Already senator's are prepar-
ing to leave the city, Messrs. Teller and
Dixon having taken their departure. In
the House a number of memb bers have
gone, and the prediction is made in the
Senate by both democrets and republi-
cans that the end Of this week will find
the Senate without quorum. O
The only thing that now keeps the
Senate is the sundry civil bill and the
tariff bill, which viii reach the President
tomorrow. With these two things out
of the way, there would be no reason why
an adjournment should not follow. Sena-
tors 40 not place much faith in the story
that the House will refuse to adjourn un-
til the Senate acts upon the
bills mentioned, but as soon as mat
ters now attracting the attention of the
Senate are out of the way, the House will
be put to the test by the passage, on the
part of the Senate, of a joint resolution
providing for time for adjournment
sine die. Any attempt to Illustrate an
adjournment means the Inauguration of a
period of filIbustering and the consumma-
ton of time by the Senate, with the in
evitable result that nothing will be ac-
complished.