Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-05
THE WEEKS WORK.
Congress Has Plenty and to Spare
Planned Ahead.


WASHINGTON, March THE Senate will
wait for the finance committee to act on the
tariff bill. The House will continue to
make show of industry on the tariff bills.
This is in brief the probable congressional
programme for the present week.
There will be all sorts of side motions
and discussions to fill up the vacant inter-
walls. In the Senate Hawaii is the standing
dish and is likely to remain so for some
time. Senator Caffery of Louisiana, has
given notice of his intention to speak on
this subject and there 10 some curiosity to
hear his maiden effort at oratory in the
Senate.
The unfinished business before the Sem
ate is bill TO remove the existing death
trap and build a new government printing
office. Disputes as to the sites have ham,
pered consideration of the measure hereto
fore, but now, by the remarks of Senator
Dolph, Oregon, Thursday, the tariff ques-
lions and whole subjects of government
been interjected into the debate.
1t is quite possible that the gov
ernment printing office bill will be the
medium for continued tariff discussion
under the accommodating rules of the
Senate, which permits a man while NOM
inally addressing the Senate on one sub
ject, to devote his remarks exclusively to
another ani entirely different topic.
The extreme improbability, IS matters
now look, that the tariff bill will be in con-
ition to be reported to the Senate during
the coming week, renders it more
likely that the tariff discussion will
ne again started indirectly by
Republican senators before the re-
vised bill reaches the Senate for
action. General debate on the pension sp-
oropriation bill will probably close in the
House tomorrow and then il will be subject
to the limitations of the five minute rule
until passed. This stage of the proceedings,
O'Neil, who is in charge of the measures,
believes will be reached by Tuesday after
noon at the furthest.
Following this bill the District of Colum-
bia appropriation bill will be called up and
then the sundrv civil bill. The considera-
lon of these two will doubtless require all
the time at present allotted to the committee
on appropriations, bu. If they should not,
several other committees entrusted with the
preparation of appropriation bills are ready
to report.
The naval, diplomatic and consular and
postal bills are all ready. and the morning
uour every day will see some measures of
more or less general interest proposed for
action, though the Speaker has not been
advised of the intention to ask coneidera-
ton of any particular question.
Unless the plans of the Democratic men,
bers of the Senate finance committee go
awry the tariff bill will be laid before the
full committee Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. After comforting together the
greater part of the day the Democrats be-
lieve they have come as near solving the
situation as is possible, and the intention
tonight is to take a final vote tomorrow
afternoon.
The disputed schedules were so largely
discussed and SO many tentative proposi-
tons considered, that it only remains to de-
eide which shall be incorp orated in the bill.
The open schedules are sugar, whiskey.
c al iron ore, lead ore, lumber, cotton,
fabrics leather, tobacco and silks.