The herald., 1894-01-15
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Forecast of the Weeks Work
in Congress.
The Tariff Bill Will Be Open to
Amendment.
Democrats Will Have to Hustle to
Maintain Quorum.
Decisive Action the Bond Issue
Question Expected soon-Ths Treas
sury Confronted by an Alarm
Ing Deficiency-Notss.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA The real work
on the tariff bill will commence tomor-
row, when the bill will be read by sec
tions and be open to amendment under
the fve-minute rule. From now on the
t'il will be in constant danger of amend
ment and the house Democratic leaders
have urged upon all their colleagues the
absolute necessity of continual presence
until the final vote is taken. Chairman
Wileon said: sit is of the utmost i'm
portance that every Democratic member
be present in the house from this time
until the passage Of the tariff bill. From
this time forward, actual voting on
amendments will proceed from day to
day. 1t will be necessary to maintain d
quorum as the absence at any time of
sufficient number for vote, might in
volve the loss of day or two in the
consideration OF the bill. What is OF
more consequence ia that the amending
of the bill be made while the friends OF
the measure and a majority OF the
house are present to express their pre-
ferences, for it would be moet untortun-
ate if amendments were made through
the absence OF a sufficient number OF
Democratic members to prevent them;
for this reason it ie essential that
Democratic majority should attend the
sessions until the debate Closes"
Committee amendments necessary to
correct imperfections discovered ia the
bill will have the right Of way.
The bill will first be read in sections
la~ knn Al rla ow.A ftar
be open to amendment in any part.
The Democratic members of the ways
and means committee had meeting
this afternoon to decide upon amend
ments to bs offered. The decision of the
Democratic members OF the committee
to report the income tax and other in
ternal revenue features of the commit
tees revenue plan as separate measure,
removes one of the main dangers of the
bill, as the opposition to the bill was
formidable. The fact that the proprsi-
tion is not Included in tho bill will, it is
thought, strengthen the attempt to re-.
move the sugar bounty, aud substitute
in its etead a duty OF cent on sugar.
Should this be done it would raise $780,
100000 revenue and save $4,000, 900
sugar bounty, and remove the necessity
for and probably kill the income tax
proposition. A great difficulty in the
way OF the modification OF the bill in
this particular is that the Repu blicans
will not vote to restore the duty on
sugar, which was placed on tine free list
by the Mckinley law.
The most important committee work
the coming week, will be that before
the ways and means committee, where
the internal revenue bill is still under
consideration. The unexpected change
in the attitude of Representative Bv-
mum in moving a reconsideration of the
internal revenue features, has caused
much doubt as to what the committee
will ultimately do with the bill. The
members have agreed that work on the
bill shall be completed so as to 10 be-
fore the house next Thursday.
As the committee on foreign affairs
have re ported all the Hawaiian resolu-
tions reported to them, the correspond
ence submitted by President Cleveland
has been submitted to them, and the
committee will determine st meeting
Thursday what course ia to be adopted
with reference to it.
The coinage committee having agreed
to report the Bland seigniorage bill,
will now give attention to the Bland
free coinage bill. Stone of Penney
vsnia is drafting report of the minor
ity against the Bland seigniorage bill,
but neither the majority nor minority
reports will be presented until after the
tariff debate is closed.
Senator Galinger has given notice of
tariff speech tomorrow, but it, as we'll
as the elections bill, may be crowded
over until later in the week by Hawaiian
talk and the contest over the Horn
blower nomination.