The record-union., 1894-01-08
Tariff Will Occupy the Attention
of the House This Week,
PROVIDING THE DEMOCRATS CAN
MUSTER A QUORUM.
The Federal Election Bill the Upper
most Question In the Senate, After
Which the Hawaiian Question VIII
Demand the Attention of the Upper
House of Congress.
Special to the REcoRp-UN

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE tariff bill
will occupy the attention of the House
during the coming week. After four days
fruitless effort to secure the presence of a
voting Democratic quorum, the House
adopted, just before adjournment, an ex-
treme expedient, ordering the arrest ofall
members absent without leave. Deputies
were sent out in all directions last night
to serve warrants on members of the forty
absent without leave-twenty-one Demo
Gratis and nineteen Republicans.
Democratic leaders express confident
hope that 179 voting Democrats will be in
their seats when the gavel drops at noon.
From the Republican absentees, no aid is
expected. They can be brought here un-
der duress, but cannot be made to vote.
This applies to some Democrats. as well,
and if the opposition within the ranks of
the majority can be organized, enough
Democratic members might refrain from
voting to prevent consideration of the
bill in its present shape Privately, some
Democrats admit that the gravity of the
situation is very great. The possibility
of defeating consideration OF the bill
strikes terror into their hearts, and some
OF them, like Oates of Alabama, openly
advocate a resort to the parliamentary eX
pedient utilized by the F'itty-First Con-
gress of counting quorum. Speaker
Crisp asserts positively that he will not
be forced to this resort. He thinks that
a. voting quorum will be here certainly
by Tuesday at the farthest. it cannot
be obtained then, another Democratic
caucus will be called.
This is what those sdissatisfied at the
bill are aiming at. They declare that as
soon as they can demonstrate that not a
sufficient number of Democrats will vote
TO consider the bill, the leaders will be
obliged to submit TO material moditca-
tions which dIsgruntled members will
propose. Some Eastern Democrats fight
ing the income tax proposition are will
ing to go to almost any length to elimi-
nate this feature of the bill. Altogether
the prospects are good for a very interest
ing contest in the House during the COM
ing week. OF course, ii no quorum is Sc
cured tomorrow or Tuesday, the special
order VIII be passed. Once the debate is
under way it will proceed, to the eXclu-
sion of everything else.
TarsDey, member Of the Ways and
" sans Committee, said tonight if vot-
ing quorum was not secured by Tuesday
he would favor the adoption of rule en-
p0wering the Speaker to count members
TO make a quorum.
''We must meet revolution with revo-
lution,'' said he. ''If the Democratic
members are driven to this resort it is be-
lieved the Republicans, for self-vindica-
ton, would be compelled to support it.
The Committee on Work of the House is
not fairly under way, as the opening
snarl over the tariff has required all the
attention of the Democratic leaders who
constitute the Chairmen of the leading
committees. Only two reports have been
presented since the session opened, one
from the Judiciary Committee on Bal
ley's bankruptcy bill, and the other, the
Committee on Banking Currency, on the
bill of Brawley toMemit the 10 per cent.
tax collectable on clearinghouse certif-
Gates and other forms of private cur
rency, issued during the money famine
last fail, but with the prospect that the
House will be engaged with routine and
long speeches the committeeman expect to
get their associates together and accom-
plish considerable work. 1t is probable
the important bill repeating the 10 per
cent. tax on State bank issues will be re-
ported from the Committee on Banking
Currency at an early day, perhaps during
the coming week. There are wide diff
ferences of opinion between the Demo
cats as to the principles Of such meas
ure, and as these differences cannot well
be reconciled, the general desire in the
committee is TO report a bill simply re-
pealing the tax, and then let the House
decide all differences"
THE sENATE's PROGRAMME.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE principal
item of the Senate's programme for the
week has been agreed upon. 1t is the
consideration of the Federal elections
bill. 1t will be taken up at the conclusion
of the morning business Tuesday.
Hawaii will again demand the attention
of the Senate, to the exclusion of all
other subjects, the latter portion of the
week. If the Government should fail to
give an explicit denial of the report that
Willis has asked the Dole Government to
retire in the interest of the Queen, there
is sure TO be a NUM- ber of resolutions of
inquiry introduced, and several pointed
speeches may be expected. There will in
any event be some discussion on Ha-
waiian affairs over Hoar'S resolution in
curing into the expenses and salary of
Blount, and the possibility that the Frye
resolution, declaring that until Congress
sional inquiry is concluded this Govern
ment should suspend all efforts at inter-
ference in the affairs of that country,
may be called from the table. The whole
matter depends very largely upon news
from the Pacific and the attitude assumed
by the Administration. If it should be-
come apparent that the Auckland report
is not truthful the Senate would be dis
posed TO let the subject alone until the
Committee on Foreign Relations can con-
clude its Investigations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Regarding the
report from San Francisco tnat the Mo-
hican is being placed in readiness to sail
for Honolulu, the Secretary OF the Navy
said tonight: 1.-The Mohican is IN the
same condition she has been for month,
namely, the condition of general readi-
ness, but have not issued any orders to
herr
The Mitchell-Corbett Fight.
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. THE usual Sum
day crowds swarmed Corbett's training
1r,na rtarS today At AIitcholl,S r,lann q